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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning Yes some providers charge roaming between the countries, because they are independent countries. So their statement is wrong, but that doesn't change the fact that roaming occurs world wide, including the US.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kolchak Let me get this straight. You're saying because I sold my iPhone and iPod Touch after my experiences with them left me wanting, I know nothing about them. Oooookay. I'm done with this silliness. According to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kolchak Where exactly did you pull that assumption from? In point of fact, I owned both an iPhone then later an iPod Touch for a while. I sold both when I realized I hardly used them, something I can't say about my Hac…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning Which carrier, Vodafone charges you a connection fee, and then the rest of the call comes out of your monthly minutes. They are in the same country, what is your point? How much does it cost to call from N…
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit they are released with os x updates, not available otherwise. What did i miss? NVIDEA RELEASE NOTES as referenced: Quote: v. Known issues ----------------------------------------------------------…
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit I was wondering why OS X would be to blame, as Windows and Linux you generally need to contact the manufacturer for driver updates for things like this. However, I did that and see why you're pissed. T…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kolchak Only about 500** of which actually do something useful. Another 500 are flashlights. **Exaggeration, but you get my drift. Talk about exaggeration and from someone that doesn't own an iPhone, it must be n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Nice! Usually I don't care for posts that copy/paste large lists but in this case it appears to be needed. Some of these posts are so out in left field that it's hard to tell if they are trolling [or] simply …
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[/LIST]Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning have you actually seen some of the European roaming charges? They are actually quite cheap now for roaming Yep. They passed a law last year to standardize maximum roaming charges to reduce the roami…
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Re your response, i.e., Quote: Originally Posted by gus2000 To be fair, Europe settled on the GSM standard long ago, while the United States has struggled with competing and incompatible RF standards for decades. Additionally, the EU has 60%…
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Quote: Originally Posted by KingKuei Since a 32GB iPhone costs $699 and the lowest end MacBook costs $999, then you are okay paying $850 for it? At $850, you are only $150 from a full-function laptop. If this is your idea of "okay", then Apple ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bartfat Yeah, I really doubt the 3G modem will be included at all. Because it's such a data hog, plans would have to be prohibitively expensive for the carriers to seemingly justify the expense of the device on their …
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmz Not at all. The market, or rather hypothetical market, for this device is quite clear. It's not a replacement for either of the major gadgets, computer or smartphone. It's an inbetweenie, that can do many things th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism My interest drops considerably if there is no cellular data access. Using it only on WiFi does not fit my needs. I am hoping that the 3G data card is including by default like with the Kindle for access to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Abster2core …I contend that there will be a new SDK day one, i.e., January 27, which will give the developer the necessary tools to immediately port their iPhone/iPod touch apps to the new device. In effect, the curren…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips Agreed, I think a new version of the OS for the tablet and associated SDK is inevitable. I suspect the current iPhone OS will run 'as is' within a special window (supporting cut/copy/paste) so all that is…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram Why does your headline refer to a Taiwanese newspaper, The Commercial Times, as being "Chinese"? Much of the world considers Taiwan as a separate country. Perhaps you should ask the 'Chinese'. …
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Whether one likes it or not, the best screen for viewing in in-direct bright light, e.g., sunny day outdoors, indoors near a window, etc., is on a glossy back-lit. Non-glossy back-lits are second. AMOLED's are nearly invisible in bright light an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SinisterJoe It could be useful for certain tasks but I imagine these machines would still be used primarily with a keyboard & mouse. I agree. Certainly a touchscreen would be great in the classroom, information …
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Quote: Originally Posted by success While I agree that iPhones are better, for me at least, those figures only support the fact that good marketing is effective. It doesn't always mean the product is better. Although in this case it does. So I wo…