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From: DevilsPGD on 5 Jul 2010 15:26 In message <i0t1qf$m7t$2(a)news.eternal-september.org> Justin <nospam(a)insightbb.com> was claimed to have wrote: >They should LEASE the airwaves, not sell them Not a bad idea in theory, however, the pricing would need to be relatively perpetual (possibly allowing for growth tied to inflation, and requiring repricing if the spectrum's use changes, or it isn't being used), otherwise a mobile company might spend billions rolling out a national network only to have the FCC triple their spectrum rental prices and push them out of business.
From: Char Jackson on 5 Jul 2010 16:19 On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 16:38:40 +0000 (UTC), Justin <nospam(a)insightbb.com> wrote: >They should LEASE the airwaves, not sell them Some might argue that selling a license to use a thing is not the same as selling the thing itself.
From: Mike Jacoubowsky on 5 Jul 2010 16:22 "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:040720102145383591%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > In article <2f2dnbVTiLodwazRnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, Mike > Jacoubowsky <MikeJ(a)ChainReaction.com> wrote: > >> This lawsuit is marginally frivolous, but it wouldn't bother me at all if >> Apple decided that the best way out of this mess was simply to provide >> free >> cases. They'd likely be out a few dollars each (they're apparently a bit >> more complicated than the $.10 variety) but it would restore confidence. > > marginally frivolous? have you read the filings? I was being kind. > they are claiming all sorts of stuff, including willful and malicious > intent. it reads as if someone sat down and made a long giant list of > every possible thing, just to see which ones stick and which are > rejected. > >> By the way, Apple's claim that it's a signal-strength-"indication"-only >> issue is bogus. I can hold mine such that it not only drops the signal >> bars >> from full to maybe one, but will also drop calls. If it was just an issue >> with the indication, it wouldn't be dropping calls (something it won't do >> if >> the phone is left on a table, for example). > > that can happen with any phone. anandtech found that it held onto calls > better than other phones, even with the drop in bars. It *does* hold onto calls better than my 3G. Even hand-held. But it holds onto them even-better if you don't hold it across the left side. >> The other issue I have (which would likely be solved by a case) is that >> it's >> a really easy phone to drop (it's shape isn't very friendly to hold) and >> it >> slides across furniture, even fabric-covered, causing it to become one >> with >> the floor if you're not really careful. > > that's a different issue. one major drawback to the glass on both front > and back is you can't tell which way it's facing by feel, whereas you > can with the older iphone and just about every other phone. > >> Despite that, I have found it one of my best upgrades ever. It's got a >> camera that's actually useful, it's dramatically speedier than the old >> phone, its web browsing never hangs like my 3G frequently did, the >> battery >> lasts longer, and it's actually got voice dialing (which I discovered by >> accident). > > the 3gs had voice dialing too. I realized that after I looked into it some more. I never had a 3GS, so I didn't know (and since I wasn't considering an upgrade to the 3GS after just a year or so, knowing that a newer phone would be out that would have more compelling reasons to upgrade, I didn't familarize myself with the 3GS in general). Nice feature in my opinion. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
From: Kimmy Boyer on 5 Jul 2010 17:49 On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 15:01:58 -0400, Peter Pan wrote: > "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:B66dnRTaC9Qhiq_RnZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > >> >> If the user doesn't make a backup somehow, he will sooner or later regret >> it! That backup should preferably be on a device owned and controlled by >> the user. Still almost any backup is better than none! >> >> <snip> > > there is an old saying in data processing circles, there are two types of > users.. those that have lost data and those that will :) Pan, let me see your peter. -- BREAKFAST.SYS halted. Cereal port not responding. USER ERROR: replace user and press any key to continue. SYSTEM ERROR: Keyboard not found. Press any key to continue. Computer possessed? Try DEVICE=C:\EXOR.SYS DOS Tip #17: Add DEVICE=FNGRCROS.SYS to CONFIG.SYS
From: nospam on 5 Jul 2010 18:22
In article <-YCdnYebC9qZoq_RnZ2dnUVZ_hudnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, Mike Jacoubowsky <MikeJ(a)ChainReaction.com> wrote: > It *does* hold onto calls better than my 3G. Even hand-held. But it holds > onto them even-better if you don't hold it across the left side. and that makes sense. touching an antenna will change things. that's the laws of physics, and it's difficult to litigate those. :) the fact that many users say that it works *better* puts a rather big dent in the claim that it's defective. nothing is perfect and obviously there are some issues. whether they can be addressed in software remains to be seen. |