Wait a minute - if Apple has the patent on in-OS advertizing, does this mean that Microsoft will be unable to follow suit because Steve Jobs has ensured no one else but him gets to do it?
Good point. The last thing Steve Ballmer wants is to lose a call and have Steve Jobs pop out from behind a tree, pointing as he yells a Nelson Monts style "HA HA!"
Microsoft's strategy sounds good in theory, but if in practice their own employees ends up not liking or using their free phones, how would that look for them? Only time will tell.
As long as a ring of websites try and work together to force the issue and all go to the paysite model, someone will still offer free news and people will go there. The day where no free news remain on the internet? Well, there's always network news at six and eleven, isn't there? There will always be a free options somewhere.
... is that people will just say "screw that!" and go to another website where they can get it for free. World events aren't copyrighted to any one provider (for now, anyway...)
And this wifi is given to you for free, anywhere you are? You have to tell me where this wonderland of free service is, because I sure as hell have to pay for mine.
Two known offenders are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1000 points for finishing the game on easy) and Avatar: The Burning Earth (1000 points for making a 50 hit combo, which can be done five minutes into the game).
Can slashdot posts be considered confessions from a legal standpoint? Because I'm pretty sure that someone, somewhere, is just waiting for a lawsuit red flag to drop...
... Doctor Bruce Banner stubbed his toe on a table leg, then declared to the journalists "HULK SMASH!" before smashing his way out through the brick wall.
I'm not paying for newspapers as it is - I can find a dozen abandonned editions of the day of any given local paper in the subway and in food courts on any day of the week. Why would I pay for the web version of something I already get for free?
Of course you can buy unsubsidized phones, but how good is that for the bottom line of the company? If the jailbroken version is *too* succesful, then the phone carrier with the contract will decide that they have no interest to pursue this relationship since no customer will have incentive to purchase a 3 to 5 year contract with them - so they'll move on to another company that will sign them an exclusive phone model. This is the whole rationale of the iPhone-AT&T relationship.
The whole thing reeks. I'm done with Motorola. What is the point of this exactly? What does Motorola lose by you running a custom ROM? New phone sales when they decide after a year not to provide any Android updates?
The point is that with all phones, money is lost on the hardware but made on the stringent phone contracts attached to them. Even if the hardware manufacturers could make a sliver of profit on the phones themselves, they'd lose their lucrative contracts with the phone companies if they did not do everything they can to satisfy the shareholders that they're slapping the handcuffs and ankle restraints on the clients. Why do you think Apple is STILL locked on to AT&T after all these years?
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Are you sure of your choice? They could help you achieve greatness.... in that case, better make it GRIFFINDOR!
Wait a minute - if Apple has the patent on in-OS advertizing, does this mean that Microsoft will be unable to follow suit because Steve Jobs has ensured no one else but him gets to do it?
Good point. The last thing Steve Ballmer wants is to lose a call and have Steve Jobs pop out from behind a tree, pointing as he yells a Nelson Monts style "HA HA!"
Microsoft's strategy sounds good in theory, but if in practice their own employees ends up not liking or using their free phones, how would that look for them? Only time will tell.
This whole premise sounds like something you would read on the Onion itself: "OFFICE COWORKER THINKS ONION IS REAL NEWS."
Google promised to 'obey Chinese law' and avoid linking to material deemed a threat to national security or social stability
So basically Chinese Google will not be connected to the internet.
As long as a ring of websites try and work together to force the issue and all go to the paysite model, someone will still offer free news and people will go there. The day where no free news remain on the internet? Well, there's always network news at six and eleven, isn't there? There will always be a free options somewhere.
... is that people will just say "screw that!" and go to another website where they can get it for free. World events aren't copyrighted to any one provider (for now, anyway...)
And this wifi is given to you for free, anywhere you are? You have to tell me where this wonderland of free service is, because I sure as hell have to pay for mine.
Two known offenders are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1000 points for finishing the game on easy) and Avatar: The Burning Earth (1000 points for making a 50 hit combo, which can be done five minutes into the game).
Your monthly bandwidth usage bill will be following shortly.
Can slashdot posts be considered confessions from a legal standpoint? Because I'm pretty sure that someone, somewhere, is just waiting for a lawsuit red flag to drop...
And how is paying 100 millions in lawyer fees any different from paying 100 millions in damages to Viacom?
Every time two huge corporations duke it out in court, it's always a long protracted battle that can have only ONE clear winner: THE LAWYERS.
You know there's a problem when chinese knockoffs are getting more awesome than the original american-made toys.
Just make sure to choose a payment plan that fits your lifestyle.
... Doctor Bruce Banner stubbed his toe on a table leg, then declared to the journalists "HULK SMASH!" before smashing his way out through the brick wall.
When I saw Mortal Kombat Armageddon for free on network television, I still felt I paid too much for that.
... translates to "don't hold it that way" all over again.
Legend of Zelda games have had the same rupee symbol for years!
Do they have it yet?
I'm not paying for newspapers as it is - I can find a dozen abandonned editions of the day of any given local paper in the subway and in food courts on any day of the week. Why would I pay for the web version of something I already get for free?
The RIAA is the source of all evil because they keep promoting *gasp* MUSIC!!!
Of course you can buy unsubsidized phones, but how good is that for the bottom line of the company? If the jailbroken version is *too* succesful, then the phone carrier with the contract will decide that they have no interest to pursue this relationship since no customer will have incentive to purchase a 3 to 5 year contract with them - so they'll move on to another company that will sign them an exclusive phone model. This is the whole rationale of the iPhone-AT&T relationship.
The whole thing reeks. I'm done with Motorola. What is the point of this exactly? What does Motorola lose by you running a custom ROM? New phone sales when they decide after a year not to provide any Android updates?
The point is that with all phones, money is lost on the hardware but made on the stringent phone contracts attached to them. Even if the hardware manufacturers could make a sliver of profit on the phones themselves, they'd lose their lucrative contracts with the phone companies if they did not do everything they can to satisfy the shareholders that they're slapping the handcuffs and ankle restraints on the clients. Why do you think Apple is STILL locked on to AT&T after all these years?