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Quote: Originally Posted by monkeystation I can't believe some of the reactions I read here, it's pretty sad to be honest. The EU is trying to do some good for our planet by giving the industry some simple and really not so difficult rules. As y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by w00master Imho, I'm hoping the EU passes this. I know I'm among the minority here, but imho there's no good reason why Apple has never had replaceable batteries for the iPods and iPhones. iPhone & iPods should ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Booga This legislation isn't very forward-looking. Any power source with an energy density like some of the new batteries are planned to have is going to be dangerous for unqualified people to handle when removed from…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE I am not worried about this even if it passes. By the time they finalize this proposal batteries will be more efficient and smaller. I am sure Apple engineers will come up with something innovative. I doubt…
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Quote: Originally Posted by THT Source? Not been very active could mean not very successful very easily in CEO speak. Yes, it is pretty easy to understand that you haven't stated any facts. The only known facts stated here with respect to Noki…
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Quote: Originally Posted by THT Cost? And are you really sure it is unlimited? What's the excessive use policy? By the way, isn't 384 or 512 kb/sec kind of slow for the supposedly awesome European cell networks? I do not know how to make it…
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Quote: Originally Posted by THT What's your standard data rate? What are the limitations of the plan? Unlimited data@ 384 or 512 kb/sec. No limitations. All you can eat.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning Vodafone Choose any of the countries. Meteor in Ireland will. O2 in Ireland will let you. The Swedish operators will, Estonians as well, Russian, German, Finnish, Belgium also... I had no problems in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by THT You didn't state any facts. You stated an opinion as to why Nokia doesn't do well in the US market. At least yb1 gave a decent opinion (Nokia doesn't do flip phones) of why while yours was a rather laughable: Nokia…
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Quote: Originally Posted by THT Please name an operator, and the plan as well. Business plan? Consumer plan? Pay as you go? I'm curious. Also, what kind of card? SIM card? PC Card? Many of us with Macs use Novamedia's product: Launch2Net. N…
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Quote: Originally Posted by yb1 Addabox, is there a correlation between the number of post's one has, and the breadth and depth of their knowledge? would it be more 'classy', in your opinion, if i waited for 3 or 4 posts and then declared myself …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM It's great if you aren't charged extra for tethered use. However, I do understand why the US operators would want to charge more for a notebook unlimited plan vs. a phone unlimited plan, it's much easier to be …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning And in which market did they do the majority of those sales? Was it the US market?
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE Well, if selling one million 3G iPhone in just 2 days is a failure and if a 25% to 30% year to year computers sale increase is a failure then I would love you to tell me what you consider a success!! It is co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning Quite a lot, although not for free (you still have to pay for the data usage, not additional to for tethering) Exactly my point. Charging for tethering is like charging someone for breathing but the fac…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM What other operators are allowing tethering for free? Hi Jeff, All of my co-workers, including myself, that have purchased and iPhone, also have a second phone that tethers with our personal laptops or wor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by THT No need to rationalize Nokia's poor performance in the USA nor any reason to go insulting the cell phone market in the USA. VOIP (over WiFi) is already available as a 3rd party app for the iPhone. Tethering …
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Quote: Originally Posted by THT Sure. But it's a matter of perspective with Apple's USA bread and butter and Nokia indifference to the USA. Apple is only going for 1% or 2% marketshare. The profitable, higher end of the market. If relegated to "s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning As for Nokia, and CDMA phones, have a read up about Qualcomm, and their anti-competive practices. Qualcomm practices brought about GSM. The Europeans were not going to license their tech, so they created …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning I consider the iPhone a failure in the same way i consider Apple screwing up their other products, especially in Europe, they try and continue with an American sales method, which doesn't work here I am wit…