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• does the personalized setup cost? $50?

  in Apple to cut products from retail stores and expand personalized setup Comment by old-wiz March 2011
• who work on Symbian? How long before they are all out of work?

  in Microsoft paying Nokia billions to adopt Windows Phone platform Comment by old-wiz February 2011
• inside Microsoft is probably getting punished for it.

  in Microsoft ships 2 million Windows Phone 7 handsets in holiday quarter Comment by old-wiz January 2011
• I was sure that the iPhone would be crippled by Verizon crapware and junk. Maybe I will consider it. Every Verizon phone I've used has been crippled by Verizon and it would be nice to see a change, especially not having to be limited by vCast.

  in Apple will not allow Verizon to preload software on iPhone Comment by old-wiz January 2011
• If the App developers get enough money from the ads and give Apple a cut, Apple will ignore the privacy violations. Money is far more important than privacy.

  in Apple sued over privacy rights in iPhone ads case Comment by old-wiz December 2010
• that money ALWAYS overrides any user privacy. App developers (and Apple?) get a cut from advertising revenues, so there is a huge incentive to reveal users private data or any data they can get their hands on. "privacy policy" is probably ignored…

  in Android, iOS apps skirt privacy policy to share user data with advertisers Comment by old-wiz December 2010
• Quote: Originally Posted by timgriff84 Apples put good ideas in place to protect customers. Bur it needs to be better, an option to turn off in app purchases is only good if you know about it. How about having it off by default. A overall iPod…

  in Gamers claim unauthorized in app purchases from iOS game Comment by old-wiz December 2010
• in-app purchases are the next big scam to steal money from people. You have to trust the developer to follow the rules, which is about like trusting a fox to guard the chicken house.

  in Gamers claim unauthorized in app purchases from iOS game Comment by old-wiz December 2010
• tend to be way overpriced (like Apple), but unlike Apple products, Sony products tend to be crap. They break down, don't work well, and getting service is all but impossible. Years ago Sony produced quality products, but now i wouldn't buy anything …

  in Electronics giant Sony rumored for potential Apple acquisition Comment by old-wiz October 2010
• That Verizon would want to stuff their own crapware onto the phone. They are big on crippling smart phones so that they can only do what Verizon wants them to do. They don't want people putting music from other sources onto their phones; they want…

  in Verizon, Apple quarreled over iPhone retail options, digital content Comment by old-wiz October 2010
• Quote: Originally Posted by Deewin They want to equip VCAST into the iPhones with an Verizon branded logo in them. Vcast is a pile of ****. I think that's really the biggest obstacle; Verizon wants total control. I had an older phone that had…

  in Verizon-Apple iPhone agreement 'may not ever get resolved' Comment by old-wiz September 2010
• "reasonable price" the content providers and Apple have vastly different ideas about what is reasonable. They probably want to charge like $4.00 per issue and Apple doesn't think it's worth that much money. None of the content providers have real…

  in Sports Illustrated says unfair iPad subscription terms led to cut features Comment by old-wiz September 2010
• They would just go to a carrier independent phone like they do in the rest of the world.Then the carriers wouldn't screw up the phones with their crapware and restrictions.

  in iPhone drops to 23.8% smartphone market share, Android jumps to 17% Comment by old-wiz September 2010
• not. It says that Apple will allow users to opt-in so that newspapers can access the subscribers personal information for advertising purposes. Suppose there is an "accidental" bug that automatically opts you in when you subscribe? And the price …

  in Apple rumored to announce newspaper subscription plan for iPad Comment by old-wiz September 2010
• Just what we need, another opportunity for spammers. I haven't even upgraded to iTunes 10, but I'm just hoping you can avoid even having Ping.

  in Ping, Apple's music social network, already plagued with spammers Comment by old-wiz September 2010
• Interesting battle to shape up in Congress: RIAA/NAB vs equipment mfgrs. It will be settled by whichever group makes the biggest "gifts" (bribes) to congress. Congress doesn't give a rats tushie about consumers; it's just pandering to whichever gr…

  in NAB, RIAA seek to push FM radio into iPods and iPhones Comment by old-wiz August 2010
• whatever the "gifts" from the telcos persuades them to do. Sometimes I wonder if congress and the federal agencies have secret price lists for how much corporations have to pay to get exemptions and favorable laws. The telcos have way more money th…

  in AT&T defends Verizon-Google mobile exemption from net neutrality Comment by old-wiz August 2010
• The iPhone has similar problems with rogue apps. I think this is the biggest flaw in downloading apps for phones or iPods - you are at the risk of having data stolen and forwarded to criminals. You would think that the iPhone people would be more …

  in Millions of Android users hit by malicious data theft app Comment by old-wiz July 2010
• They were so adamant that they be able to control the crapware they wanted to put on the phone and Apple was having none of it. They have a crappy "get it now" store which charges you for every damn thing and you can't even put your own music on ol…

  in Verizon: Apple's iPhone made us think different about mobile apps, data Comment by old-wiz July 2010
• You mean it's not enough that we see uncountable ads when we use the web? And what if there's a problem with the purchase option and you are stuck watching ads even though you've paid for the software? This would be incredibly annoying and I would…

  in Apple shows continued interest in an ad-supported operating system Comment by old-wiz July 2010
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