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Quote: Originally Posted by physguy The question is only what did that freedom cost? The one time I purchased an unlocked phone in the US I got no discount and I paid as much as I did for the iPhone I now have. The service plan I got was the sa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell You saying you could buy a phone and take it to Verizon, Sprint, Cingular, or T-Mobile? I had options.. Buying an unlocked GSM phone, I could go to the GSM provider who offers me the best deal at that time…
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Quote: Originally Posted by physguy Its been said many many time but just tends to be conviently ignored. The iPhone is cheaper than similar phones, for the real world. Given that Apple also negotiated a significantly lower data plan for the iP…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Addison What does it mean, it means they are trying to stop the hackers as hackers=instability... Right and that is ALL Apple is concerned about.. the user. Hence, having us pay full price for a phone they refused …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Amorya Stop trying to propose 'solutions' that require more work on my part than the existing state of play! I'm hopeful that Apple is not trying to shoe-box me into third party browser based solutions that will req…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kickaha Seriously, toss in an IM client, (or use one of the WebIM sites physguy has mentioned) and you have IM SMS, IM IM, email -> MMS, email email. And that's today. On the iPhone, IM is impractical as an S…
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Yes, Apple received feedback. Also, one day after purchase of the iPhone I realized that I couldn't text multiple recipients. There was nothing on the web about it at that time. Needing a different headset that would fit in my ears, I went to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by ac921ol So, i have a few problems that made me walk right out of line!! 1.) Cant send any MMS?? (are they changing this) 2.) I cant record videos at all??? (are they changing this) 3.) any other little problems t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kickaha On adding features like multiple recipients? Probably. On adding MMS? I really, really doubt it. The European market is a bit different at the carrier end as well... Personally, couldn't care about MM…
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Piper Jaffray, CIBC, UBS, Goldman Sachs, BofA have all reduced their own initial estimates for the number of iPhones they believe will be sold in the final qtr. Piper's new estimate is for 800,000, the others are all less than the 1 million Apple f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell I really want you to explain how and why this is wise? Sarcasm....Humour check!!
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell This wasn't decided by the market, the market was given no choice. Few people use SMS on a computer where IM and email are widely available. Look at it this way. If SMS, IM, and email were given an equal chan…
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Quote: Originally Posted by physguy Care to give at least some support to your statement that you might have some credibility. Did you read the link above? Where is there any credible information the "iPhone sales have tailed off sharply? ? …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kickaha "I'd rather Apple support my desire to plug in serial devices (and I repeat, that every other device on the market supports!!) than wait for 4-5 years for everyone to adopt USB." Tut.. tut... Using your po…
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Some significant "head up arse" stuff being written on this thread. Very, very few friends, family or people I have yet to meet have devices that support email or IM. but they ALL have devices that support SMS and can be reached by me now with SM…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kickaha *shrug* I call bullshit on you, you call bullshit on me. Seems fair. From my perspective, SMS and MMS, despite their current popularity, are on their way out, to be replaced by IM and email. (Previous dis…
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Quote: Originally Posted by maxx66 Happened to all the rumors about the iPhone getting a carrier in the UK. It all died down and I have heard nothing for a while, every day nothing is announced it feels more and more like we're gonna be waiting …
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Quote: Originally Posted by physguy 1) texting - don't use it. Didn't get a 'smart' phone until decent e-mail came along. Cheers, You are in a distinct minority then and probably older than 30. I read recently that 80% of users under the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kickaha While I agree that giving feedback to Apple early and often is a good thing... didn't you go try it before you bought it? I wouldn't buy a $599 phone sight-unseen... I think that's the point tomkarl is tryi…
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Exactly same thing happened to me a couple of times so I had to stop using the iPhone as an alarm. Now use my old Nokia phone as an alarm clock. It doesn't have the problem. Should be easy to fix, as it was sure to be an oversight, but then so …