I see a lot of people bashing Apple for patent trolling just as much as Microsoft. Sure there's a few Apple fanbois who think Apple can do no wrong, but it seems most people dislike Apple and Microsoft both.
They have pretty good coverage where I live, not great but they are a bit better than AT&T and a bit worse than Verizon here coverage wise. This is in New Mexico.
This analogy seems to fall apart to me. In the car scenario you have to actually copy the car. In the case of software the computer copies it for you.
It seems a better analogy would be you using someone's software, and then programming an identical piece of software yourself, compiling it, and then using the program you wrote.
Just wanted to comment because it's funny how your comment could have been written by me.
All I use my TV for is a large monitor for my PC and my PS3. I watch stuff on youtube or other sites, or stuff I downloaded from my PC, and I watch netflix through my ps3. That's more than enough television for me.
It's pretty easy to know if a model is good or bad before you buy it. There are hundreds of reviews you can look at to tell you that. And even if this hypothetical CEO is so busy that he can't google for a single review, price is a pretty good indicator of whether a phone is good or not. 90+ percent of the time, a phone that costs $200+ is going to be good hardware quality.
I understand that not everyone is knowledgeable about technology, but can you really blame Android if an ignorant person can't tell the difference between an operating system and the hardware it's running on? Sure some people will blame Windows when their HP laptop shipped with faulty RAM, but that doesn't seem like it has really hurt Microsoft much.
And besides that, I thought this was a "news for nerds site." Not "news for business majors."
I'm sure if they just did a comparison with equally priced phones the failure rates would be nearly identical.
The answer to your question? That depends on if you look at a study like this and make incorrect inferences from it or not, which says more about you than the phones.
Unlimited Data without tethering for about 15 dollars less a month than Verizon. Coverage isn't as good but it may be fine depending on where you live, make sure you check first.
While I agree that the amount of collusion going on between cell companies is ridiculous, you're forgetting about Sprint.
I know their coverage might not be good for everyone, but it's definitely worth a shot to look at the map and see if it works for you. For a plan with minimal landline minutes, unlimited mobile minutes, unlimited text, and unlimited (minus tethering) data, Sprint was about 30 dollars a month cheaper for 2 lines than Verizon would have been. And that's before this price change.
Technically the Sprint plan is indeed unlimited, but they do charge you extra if you want to tether (or use the "mobile hot spot").
There has been some complaint of sprint getting angry at customers who were using upwards of 20gigs a month on their phone, but I think that's because they were almost certainly tethering to a pc and downloading things without paying the tethering fee. The complaints come out because they are butthurt they got caught.
Actually, I'd say that the difference between a professional craftsman and a hobbyist who builds stuff in his garage is often largely because the professional has a much larger assortment of tools to use.
Why does it matter? If someone bought a prepaid card with their credit card and Gamestop, how would knowing that person's X-box live password get them access to their credit card info?
I think you're missing the rest of the conversation. I'm refuting the point that books are for knowledge while TV is for entertainment. Both a TV show or a book can be primary for entertainment or knowledge. Neither has a monopoly on either one. Maybe "no knowledge" was badly worded. The point is that Twilight is primarily for entertainment, not knowledge, so it is equivalent to most TV shows.
I read a book like this once when I was a kid. It was about Han and Chewie's smuggling adventures prior to meeting Luke. It was a really cool book (When I was a kid at least, I'm not sure how it would hold up if I read it now).
Books and film can both be used for entertainment, knowledge, or both. There are some books that are purely entertainment and provide no knowledge (Twilight). There are some movies/tv shows that may or may not be entertaining, but do provide knowledge (Documentaries).
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By real computer I assume you mean overpriced POS.
Unless you are going to argue that a $1,000 custom-built gaming pc isn't a real computer.
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I see a lot of people bashing Apple for patent trolling just as much as Microsoft. Sure there's a few Apple fanbois who think Apple can do no wrong, but it seems most people dislike Apple and Microsoft both.
I won't lie, that was pretty funny.
You're retarded. This is the most obvious case of sarcasm in the written word I've ever witnessed.
The same goes for the AC above you.
I was going to post this video also. Mod this post up!
I think it's fairly easy to tell they talk like that from listening to their songs, even without knowing their ethnicity.
They have pretty good coverage where I live, not great but they are a bit better than AT&T and a bit worse than Verizon here coverage wise. This is in New Mexico.
Sprint is still better than AT&T or Verizon. As long as Verizon doesn't buy them up we have at least one good choice for awhile.
(Unless you're unfortunate enough to not live in an area where Sprint has good coverage, to which I must say, that sucks.)
This analogy seems to fall apart to me. In the car scenario you have to actually copy the car. In the case of software the computer copies it for you.
It seems a better analogy would be you using someone's software, and then programming an identical piece of software yourself, compiling it, and then using the program you wrote.
That was exactly my first thought. This sounds a lot like the Chrome to Phone extension.
If Google tried to own Hulu and Youtube they might get in trouble from the anti-trust people.
Just wanted to comment because it's funny how your comment could have been written by me.
All I use my TV for is a large monitor for my PC and my PS3. I watch stuff on youtube or other sites, or stuff I downloaded from my PC, and I watch netflix through my ps3. That's more than enough television for me.
It's pretty easy to know if a model is good or bad before you buy it. There are hundreds of reviews you can look at to tell you that. And even if this hypothetical CEO is so busy that he can't google for a single review, price is a pretty good indicator of whether a phone is good or not. 90+ percent of the time, a phone that costs $200+ is going to be good hardware quality.
I understand that not everyone is knowledgeable about technology, but can you really blame Android if an ignorant person can't tell the difference between an operating system and the hardware it's running on? Sure some people will blame Windows when their HP laptop shipped with faulty RAM, but that doesn't seem like it has really hurt Microsoft much.
And besides that, I thought this was a "news for nerds site." Not "news for business majors."
I'm sure if they just did a comparison with equally priced phones the failure rates would be nearly identical.
The answer to your question? That depends on if you look at a study like this and make incorrect inferences from it or not, which says more about you than the phones.
Unlimited Data without tethering for about 15 dollars less a month than Verizon. Coverage isn't as good but it may be fine depending on where you live, make sure you check first.
While I agree that the amount of collusion going on between cell companies is ridiculous, you're forgetting about Sprint.
I know their coverage might not be good for everyone, but it's definitely worth a shot to look at the map and see if it works for you. For a plan with minimal landline minutes, unlimited mobile minutes, unlimited text, and unlimited (minus tethering) data, Sprint was about 30 dollars a month cheaper for 2 lines than Verizon would have been. And that's before this price change.
Technically the Sprint plan is indeed unlimited, but they do charge you extra if you want to tether (or use the "mobile hot spot").
There has been some complaint of sprint getting angry at customers who were using upwards of 20gigs a month on their phone, but I think that's because they were almost certainly tethering to a pc and downloading things without paying the tethering fee. The complaints come out because they are butthurt they got caught.
Actually, I'd say that the difference between a professional craftsman and a hobbyist who builds stuff in his garage is often largely because the professional has a much larger assortment of tools to use.
Why does it matter? If someone bought a prepaid card with their credit card and Gamestop, how would knowing that person's X-box live password get them access to their credit card info?
I think you're missing the rest of the conversation. I'm refuting the point that books are for knowledge while TV is for entertainment. Both a TV show or a book can be primary for entertainment or knowledge. Neither has a monopoly on either one. Maybe "no knowledge" was badly worded. The point is that Twilight is primarily for entertainment, not knowledge, so it is equivalent to most TV shows.
I read a book like this once when I was a kid. It was about Han and Chewie's smuggling adventures prior to meeting Luke. It was a really cool book (When I was a kid at least, I'm not sure how it would hold up if I read it now).
How is that any different than film?
Books and film can both be used for entertainment, knowledge, or both. There are some books that are purely entertainment and provide no knowledge (Twilight). There are some movies/tv shows that may or may not be entertaining, but do provide knowledge (Documentaries).