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• Most telcos in Australia offer plans with unlimited SMS already, and have done for a while. This is one way the telcos counter the free blackberry service and iMessage. Make SMS free. SMS is usually absorbed in the cost of the plan. Verizon have a s…

  in Apple's free iMessage expected to undermine carriers' high-profit SMS business Comment by rwm72 October 2011
• Wow! You just described my day White Rabbit! I also agree about your comments on Windows, but it's so easy to forget that MS did not start their lucrative business by being in the OS business. They are a software company and always have been. They…

  in Apple now the largest mobile phone vendor on earth Comment by rwm72 January 2011
• Agreed. I just hope we are not waiting another generation for a true global shift in the IT sector. Your reference to IBM is also spot on. Time will tell I guess.

  in Apple now the largest mobile phone vendor on earth Comment by rwm72 January 2011
• "We have a relatively low share in the handset market. The handset market is well over 1 billion units a year, and the smartphone market is growing faster than a weed. And so there's enormous opportunity here, and we have incredible momentum in that…

  in Apple now the largest mobile phone vendor on earth Comment by rwm72 January 2011
• "It thrills me when my young children pick up their iDevices and enjoy them, without asking for help, or need of a manual. To me that says it in a nutshell. The other day a friend mocked my iPad, "its a toy", you know why they say this, because its …

  in Apple now the largest mobile phone vendor on earth Comment by rwm72 January 2011
• Bigger and better solid state drives, as in the new Macbook Airs, but rolled out across other product lines.

  in Apple commits $3.9 billion to secret long term component contracts Comment by rwm72 January 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by Rot'nApple Now CloudedFuture would never agree with that! Motorola had better offer something revolutionary right out of the gate. And I don't mean a free GPS app, better camera, and a browser that doesn't do multit…

  in Inside Google's Android and Apple's iPhone OS as core platforms Comment by rwm72 November 2009
• Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 Ballmer is a joke, really. Look what happens when you put the sales guy in charge. Whatever Ballmy laughs off today, becomes wildly popular or game-changing tomorrow. MS hasn't released a remotely …

  in Steve Ballmer laughs off Google's Chrome OS threat Comment by rwm72 July 2009
• Quote: Originally Posted by hezekiahb Linux has typically failed in past because of obscurity. It's a geeky operating system that hardly anyone in general public knows much about & most don't really care. Chrome OS would be much different…

  in Steve Ballmer laughs off Google's Chrome OS threat Comment by rwm72 July 2009
• "Their copied office suite seems to do well too. 5 points to anyone who can name where all 5 legs of the Office suite originally came from." - xwiredtva I have seen a few responses to your 5 point challenge... but I would love to know this, as I …

  in Steve Ballmer laughs off Google's Chrome OS threat Comment by rwm72 July 2009