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Quote: Originally Posted by ouragan Videotron in Quebec, Canada, just launched its new cell phone network, termed 3.75G. I suppose that this means that Android phones will reign supreme, without any competition from Apple, for a period of 18 mont…
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In related news, another source "Close to an Apple" has revealed that the iPhone 5 may be the first to include a vegetable peeler. "This would make the next iPhone indespensable to the Kitchen Crowd" said Analyst Imso Fullakrap in a report for Br…
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Quote: Originally Posted by samab It's called ETF by the PR writers, doesn't actually mean it's ETF. The American solution is much better for the average consumer. You sign a 2 year contract, they give you a free or $50 cell phone. You break…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd I love the "are you one of those people" putdowns. Are you one if those people who thought the Earth was flat? It's a form of well poisoning. You are wrong about the NYT source. It is a direct source. Someo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by samab UK --- paying off the remaining part of the contract is not called early termination fee, it is called paying off your contract. I work for a UK telco. We call it an Early Termination fee. And that is all y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Onhka Just how the hell does a non-existant law is anything? Even a blank piece of paper. Laws in several european countries compel the removal of SIM locks. The US has no such law, this is my point. I'm going t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Onhka Perhaps you should read your link. There is not US law re SIM lock. Which is prescicely my point - The US law on removing sim locks is a blank piece of paper. There is no law in the US compelling removal of t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by samab I don't really see any reason for Qualcomm/CDMA hatred. You don't like Qualcomm BREW and Verizon GIN --- well, AT&T managed to deploy BREW a decade later. You don't like the lack of SIM card --- well, j…
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Quote: Originally Posted by shadash Unlocked means unsubsidized. Apple tried that in 2007 and it didn't work as well as they had hoped. Unlocked and unsubsidised iPhone 4's are available in many countries, including the UK - Only direct from …
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Quote: Originally Posted by samab Every single cell phone manufacturers make both CDMA and GSM phones. Except they all don't. Quote: WCDMA is a CDMA technology, so you might as well bone up to the fact that Qualcomm won --- Qualcomm is the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by brucep i wou;ld gather that for all the bs here today . stint or t-mobile may just grab the i-phone . or maybe the i=phone will go out to market at full price and we choose we to go ??? But verizon's EGO and app…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blackintosh Umm, their network is not everywhere. How are you going to rule the world like that? Leave off the "umm" next time will you? Perhaps not everywhere, but GSM covers more of the globe than BetaMax...…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Two points. 1) the wsj doesn't quote random rumors, or stories from the village idiot. If they mention sources then the sources are legit, and probably spoon-fed it to the WSJ. Probably Apple, trying to get…
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Dear WSJ the Verizon iPhone will be released on Feburuary 29 2011. Can I please have my consultancy fee now?
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Quote: Originally Posted by MarkXPII This has nothing to do with race and everything to do with both wanting to control everyones lives from birth to death - that is all nothing more and nothing less - your racist accusation fails. Since the gove…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ascii Safari has more security flaws than the Death Star. Stand by, stand by... So you're saying it has a small hole only a Jedi could hit?
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Quote: Originally Posted by PG4G You do have to remember when referring to The Daily Telegraph's report that the mobile cell towers have a much better coverage in Australia than they do in the States. Australian telecommunications technology is a…
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Apple in "Things get hot in the sun" lawsuit shocker? Excuse me, I'm off to sue my local theme park for getting wet on the log flume and river rapids.
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Quote: Originally Posted by str1f3 You should be asking yourself why no one cared. Palm did not have the money to compete in ads with Apple and needed Sprint to pay for ads. They were also a company a year from either being sold or going bankrupt…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kotatsu You guys in the US really are in a mess with this while AT&T aren't you. Here in the UK the iPhone is on 5 carriers now, with the previous exclusive carrier (O2) having lost their exclusivity some time ago …