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Quote: Originally Posted by markb You WILL NOT see a Verizon iPhone anytime soon. Verizon demands control of the user experience and Apple cant give that control up. Not true. Verizon has sold smartphones for years with very little "customiz…
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Quote: Originally Posted by noexpectations Ahh...but now you have two boards. Except Verizon owns 55% and Vodafone 45%. So Verizon actually controls it.
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Quote: Originally Posted by noexpectations That is actually a disadvantage. Verizon Wireless has two different companies (Verizon and Vodaphone) who must mutually agree to all strategic and capital decisions....while at the same time, trying to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by hittrj01 You could say the same thing about Verizon. Land line, FiOS tv, FiOS and DSL internet, cell phones, network cards, MiFi, etc. The difference is that Verizon's services are actually better than their competitio…
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Two questions: I wonder how many millions Apple's slow worldwide iPhone rollout has cost AT&T directly over the years. For all the iPhones that were bought, jailbroken, ETF'ed, and sold on eBay to users in other countries, AT&T has paid …
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 If I bought a Milestone (the droid isn't available here) the the navigator would say nothing as voice is only available in the U.S, so what happens when the cache runs out? Do you hang up the call and wait fo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 The "multitasking myth" is one of the most hyped things of all time among iPhone detractors. You're correct. Because like MMS, tethering, and 3rd party apps, it has been a standard feature on "smart" phones …
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Quote: Originally Posted by plovell Final decision on Verizon or not depends upon how much control Verizon wants. If they want their own App Store and crippled phones, like they do with others, then No Deal. If they want the current Apple m…
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Apple has 89 million reasons to consider Verizon in the US, and nearly 500 million reasons worldwide to consider a 3G CDMA iPhone. As I've said before, I've got to believe that Apple would love to sell me a CDMA iPhone next year and then another LT…
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It is called the "Top Ten Gadgets of 2009", not 2007. If you look at the other stuff on the list, obviously they're looking for what is new and innovative -- not necessarily what is most popular and/or practical. I think they spelled it out very…
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Quote: Originally Posted by The Friendly Grizzly My mother has Verizon landline service. No bill is ever the same, and lately they started with two lines of billing with odd letter/number codes. One item was about $4.50 the other about 5-someth…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 Well, we live in times where the device makes the carrier. Signal strength and call quality can vary from place to place. But a lousy UI and medicore user experience tends to stay as it is. I find it s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kscottmyers I would argue this. There are way too many factors in the mix. Where are you located in the country? What phone do you use - smartphone or voice only? Are you using edge or 3G? A properly designed surve…
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I wonder how long it will take AT&T to properly respond -- that is, with a lawsuit and a TV ad featuring Luke Wilson chucking pages from a magazine at a map??
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Don?t try to spin LTE as some insightful idea on Verizon?s part. They are working on it because they have reached a dead end with EVDO. Sprint already made their choice for 4G a couple years prior. Everyo…
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Here's a great Engadget post that systematically destroys Prince's article... and to Engadget's credit, at least they clearly mark it as an editorial... http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/e...its-not-calls/
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Quote: Originally Posted by samab EV-DO rev 0 has a peak theoretical download speed of 2.4 mbps and an average download speed of 400-700 kbps. EV-DO rev A has a peak theoretical download speed of 3.1 mbps and an average download speed of 600-140…
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Quote: Originally Posted by surebet07 Well, duh. Show me any 3G Service that can outperform WiFi (Wireless N = 54-600 Mbs). Um, that wasn't the point. We are talking about a MOBILE service. I don't care if AT&T gives me great service wh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell AT&T does praise the speed of its own 3G network, but it has never directly compared the speed of its network against Verizon. By claiming "fastest", you are by definition comparing yourself against all…
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Quote: Originally Posted by surebet07 Did you read the same article that the rest of us read (above)? AT&Ts 3G covers 75% of the US population...where we live and work. I wouldn't call that very little. Yeah, it's not 100%.....but I really…