I run the phone program for my company. We currently have around 200 users. I have purchased over 100 devices this year for employees, and not one has selected a windows phone. I offer whatever the current flagship phone is for each brand.
Now, its useful to note that this is in the US. Because our germany counter part, has many more windows phones. However, I notice that German's are very anti google.
This is the way it should be. As Geohat has said, it's my equipment i paid for. I should be able to do what I want with it.
So Sony should work at preventing these 'cheaters' from connecting, not go after the people experimenting with their own equipment.
... reading the stories on the NYT website. I will not even sign up for the free account to read the news. I will simply go somewhere else. I am anticipated when Google news allows me to filter the times out of the Google news feed. I hope that other papers do not follow this lead.
...is my TV or radio. If something major happened i would look to it for information on any emergency situation. I would need it for a large number of things in any situation. If there was a kill switch during an emergency situation i would be lost. Also there is the possibility of access getting into the wrong hands, thus ruining daily operation of millions of businesses and citizens that require the internet. On a side note. If there truly was a kill switch, what would keep techs from developing a network outside of the loop. I bet that if something like this came to pass, someone would be working on a new outside of the loop solution.
...all of those people out there that get headaches from the movies. I have giving the latest 3D movies a few tries in the past few years, and every time i leave the theater disappointed i went. I get headaches from something along the process. There has to be more of me out there. Also, most movies that i see in theaters are not worth the $5-10 a ticket, let alone the $8-15 for 3d ticket prices.
I am not talking about all ads. Normal TV there would be no way to accomplish this.
As an example, there was a story a few weeks back about Hulu adding a premium service. However, this service did not eliminate ads. To me, it would be worth offering a service that eliminated the ads. Pandora is a good example. 40hrs a month of free pandora is a great for anyone. But for a small cost($36 when i did it) i got a year with unlimited, ad free, radio. This is a great example of how to do this service type properly. Pandora is fine for most people with ads, and limits. But for those that wish to have a better service, they are paying for it. And $36/year is not too high of a price.
I agree. I have stopped watching TV, even though I pay for the service, instead deciding to watch videos via hulu or companies website. And thanks to adblock i get minimal ads. Maybe I am a lost breed, one that believes if I pay for a service I do not want to see these ads. As for companies offering a subsidized pricing because of ad support. I believe that is a good idea, as long as they are still going to offer an ad free service. It may not be the solution for me, but for some one else sure.
After the past few revisions of the Facebook design, and privacy policy, FB is on its last leg with me. I used to be a large supporter of the site because it was very good at keeping my information in check. Combine that with some userscripts and the site was a great addition to my social/professional life. But if the site continues to evolve the way it has been going I will be right with everyone that is calling for account deletions.
I look forward to a true open source alternative. I just hope when some strong contenders come down the pipes, the facebook community will realize the need for a change.
Cheers
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I run the phone program for my company. We currently have around 200 users. I have purchased over 100 devices this year for employees, and not one has selected a windows phone. I offer whatever the current flagship phone is for each brand. Now, its useful to note that this is in the US. Because our germany counter part, has many more windows phones. However, I notice that German's are very anti google.
Agreed, get it off.
This is the way it should be. As Geohat has said, it's my equipment i paid for. I should be able to do what I want with it. So Sony should work at preventing these 'cheaters' from connecting, not go after the people experimenting with their own equipment.
I would like to see At&t's dropped call number for the same period.
I agree. But it looks like I'll continue to stick with my pandora.
... reading the stories on the NYT website. I will not even sign up for the free account to read the news. I will simply go somewhere else. I am anticipated when Google news allows me to filter the times out of the Google news feed. I hope that other papers do not follow this lead.
...is my TV or radio. If something major happened i would look to it for information on any emergency situation. I would need it for a large number of things in any situation. If there was a kill switch during an emergency situation i would be lost. Also there is the possibility of access getting into the wrong hands, thus ruining daily operation of millions of businesses and citizens that require the internet. On a side note. If there truly was a kill switch, what would keep techs from developing a network outside of the loop. I bet that if something like this came to pass, someone would be working on a new outside of the loop solution.
...are stupid...
...all of those people out there that get headaches from the movies. I have giving the latest 3D movies a few tries in the past few years, and every time i leave the theater disappointed i went. I get headaches from something along the process. There has to be more of me out there. Also, most movies that i see in theaters are not worth the $5-10 a ticket, let alone the $8-15 for 3d ticket prices.
The best part about this is the fact that they had to recreate the exact angle of the original photos. Great Job!
I am not talking about all ads. Normal TV there would be no way to accomplish this. As an example, there was a story a few weeks back about Hulu adding a premium service. However, this service did not eliminate ads. To me, it would be worth offering a service that eliminated the ads. Pandora is a good example. 40hrs a month of free pandora is a great for anyone. But for a small cost($36 when i did it) i got a year with unlimited, ad free, radio. This is a great example of how to do this service type properly. Pandora is fine for most people with ads, and limits. But for those that wish to have a better service, they are paying for it. And $36/year is not too high of a price.
I agree. I have stopped watching TV, even though I pay for the service, instead deciding to watch videos via hulu or companies website. And thanks to adblock i get minimal ads. Maybe I am a lost breed, one that believes if I pay for a service I do not want to see these ads. As for companies offering a subsidized pricing because of ad support. I believe that is a good idea, as long as they are still going to offer an ad free service. It may not be the solution for me, but for some one else sure.
After the past few revisions of the Facebook design, and privacy policy, FB is on its last leg with me. I used to be a large supporter of the site because it was very good at keeping my information in check. Combine that with some userscripts and the site was a great addition to my social/professional life. But if the site continues to evolve the way it has been going I will be right with everyone that is calling for account deletions. I look forward to a true open source alternative. I just hope when some strong contenders come down the pipes, the facebook community will realize the need for a change. Cheers Hammer_Gaidin