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iPhone Forcing Open Wireless Networks?
fermion writes "Wired asserts that the iPhone blew up the wireless industry. This article argues that because Apple demanded the opportunity to control their own phone, and ATT née Cingular agreed, other companies are opening up the networks, and Google now has the opportunity to make Android a reality. There are other tidbits. Allegedly Verizon turned Jobs down without even listening to his pitch, a decision they may well regret now that they are hemorrhaging customers. Also, that Motorola and the networks were responsible for the fiasco dubbed the ROKR, something which I believe given how damaged the American version of the RAZR was compared to international version. It also estimates that the iPhone cost upward of $150 million to design, and earns Apple about $200 profit per phone."
Let me know how your web browser works with popups, invalid HTML, bad CSS, and barely-functional JavaScript when compared to WebKit, never mind the ever-helpful resolution-independent interface on Mobile Safari.
Why bother.
Cheers, well said. I've had exactly the same experience with my first Apple product ever, the iPod. The hardware is great but Apple forces you to use it's POS software.
Apple is even worse than microsoft, striving for not only a lockin on software but the combination of hardware and software.
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"The chances of a demonic possession spreading are remote -- relax."
Europe's area: 10,180,000 km (3,930,000 sq mi)
Density: 70/km (181/sq mi)
Population: 710,000,000
USA's area: 9,826,630 km (3,794,066 sq mi )
Density: 31/km (80/sq mi)
Population: 303,151,000
You figured it all wrong: in Europe you need MORE antennae installed to cover all the population that is widely scattered. You don't have VERY LARGE areas uninhabited in Europe. And because you have more people, it makes sense to have a standard across different countries.
mazevedo
Yes, and you seem to be especially ignorant about Europe. It is generally known that people in the United States are generally less informed about foreign geography than many of their contemporaries in the world, but your statements are ridiculous.
Areas in square miles according to Wikipedia:
Europe: 3,930,000 sq mi
United States: 3,794,066 sq mi
Texas: 261,797 sq mi
America is a big country. Europe as a whole is bigger. The only reason CDMA is more reliable where you are is that more cell towers running the CDMA protocol are built in the United States, not because it is better than GSM. In Europe and elsewhere GSM is more reliable in the same circumstance since there are no CDMA towers at all.
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Not sure if you meant it to be a hyperbole or if you're just that dumb, but
Europe: 10,180,000 sqkm
United States: 9,826,630 sqkm
Also note that of those 1,717,855 sqkm are taken by Alaska alone so if you're just talking about the continental United States Europe is 2 million sqkm larger.
Please check out your facts before shouting your opinion, thank you. Start at iPodLinux.org e.g.
Bye now.
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"The chances of a demonic possession spreading are remote -- relax."
Texas, meanwhile, has less than 0.7 mio. sq. km (0.26 mio sq mi).
Speak about ignorance.
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