TFA says "But the fact that makes Amitay's revelation extremely crucial is that if someone steals or finds a lost iPhone, he has a 15% chance of unlocking the device and accessing the data within before it gets wiped just by trying out the passwords on the aforementioned top 10 list."
Isn't it true that 10 successful wrong guesses causes the phone to brick?
No problem for the carrier on tethering - they'll get paid one way or another. If you can tether from the phone, they'll just ratchet data plan prices up and data caps down.
Having handsets turned on today is no indication that your place in the market will be there in a year. They had residual market share with a dying OS that was being left further and further in the dust over time.
RIM has a big chunk of market share too, but that doesn't mean they are in wonderful shape. I'm certain that RIM sees the bottom coming up at them too.
Their deal with MSFT is probably good for them because Nokia was in a death spiral, without any kind of a mobile OS that could compete in this market. Selling their soul to MSFT gets them the OS, and it might get them back into retail here in the US. (When was the last time you saw anything from Nokia at the Verizon/ATT store...?)
Meanwhile, shitty/shoddy reporting has killed news in general, not shortages of staff. Considering that they wont' even cover tough topics pretty much sealed the deal for any form of regular news website being considered legitimate or worth a glance. I'd sooner read fark than new york times, since at least I can get more info from fark, such as when they actually covered iran protests and NYT/CNN/Fox news/ABC/NBC/AP were nowhere to be found. Only Al Jazeera has been stepping up as a news org.
Personally, I have long since ignored local news media outlets because of the level of bias they all seem to carry. There are more choices for national and international news, you can find more sources online and sources based overseas, but here in America most of the media is pushing the same agenda - why would I waste my time watching what are essentially 20 minute news-based political cartoons?
The internet didn't kill local news or newspapers, they killed themselves by deciding to stop reporting news and start shaping and creating news.
The lynchpin that is holding MSFT up right now is Windows licensing to business.
My workplace is starting to talk about piloting Macs to desktops. To coders, to support analysts, to systems analysts, etc. This would have been beyond fantasy five years ago. But now half the people making the decision have Macs in their household, and they know it's *nix based which is good, and they are ready to give it a go as soon as someone says "total cost of ownership"
If MSFT starts to see their corporate desktop installation base go, and I think that may be closer than we think - the roaches will really be scattering.
Perhaps, but when I walk past the smoke corral at work, there are only two kinds of smokers. There are the ones who clearly have not been missing any meals, and the ones who are rail-thin but also look like 50 year old baseball gloves.
I don't think either idea appeals to prospective prom queens...
I wonder if, given RIM's spectacular fall, if there won't be some kind of soul-selling between Blackberry and MS to get both of themselves back into the market?
They not only have a reputation problem because of Windows in general, and because of the atrocious previous versions of Windows on the phone, but they are also 4 years behind the curve in the mobile space. The iPhone came out in 2007.
Microsoft is fourth to market with a fourth rate product. Why WOULD any consumer come in asking for it?
My guess is that MSFT will start giving the phones away to get some market penetration.
the Verizon rep's job is to get a subscription, matching the customer with a device that most closely meets their needs and makes them want to buy. Their job is not to push particular handsets off onto consumers in the same proportions as they have them in stock.
Since no one comes into a store asking for a Windows phone handset, what is there that would make someone recommend it to a customer? At this point, nothing.
It's frustrating to deal with ignorance, both of people who willingly hand over all freedom over the works they "own", and also of people who don't understand the tech and hold 5-year old notions of how it works.
The Kindle is just like reading a real book in almost every way. If you want to file your objections under things like "no book smell" or "I like to feel the pages with my fingers" or "I like to be able to give the book to a friend when I am done', ok, those are legitimate objections.
It doesn't help when people cloud the debate by illustrating they are ignorant of the devices about which they speak.
In a way, this is a very ironic post. I think that respecting freedoms involves me respecting others' right to give up their freedom if they feel like they want to in exchange for having the cool new device.
Some subsets of humanity, perhaps indeed the largest subset, only learns by experience. It might take them losing all their books, down the road, or having to buy an entirely new device to keep "owning" what they already "own" before they learn. This is a new technology. We can't get upset yet that the general public doesn't get it. They have to get their knuckles rapped before they will realize.
Our job is not to legislate their choices for them, it's to support and sustain better alternatives so they will come over when they see the light.
Whatever you think of his vision, I don't see this as being motivated by personal greed. He probably won't be around long enough to spend any of the money that would theoretically result.
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TFA says "But the fact that makes Amitay's revelation extremely crucial is that if someone steals or finds a lost iPhone, he has a 15% chance of unlocking the device and accessing the data within before it gets wiped just by trying out the passwords on the aforementioned top 10 list."
Isn't it true that 10 successful wrong guesses causes the phone to brick?
No problem for the carrier on tethering - they'll get paid one way or another. If you can tether from the phone, they'll just ratchet data plan prices up and data caps down.
Having handsets turned on today is no indication that your place in the market will be there in a year. They had residual market share with a dying OS that was being left further and further in the dust over time.
RIM has a big chunk of market share too, but that doesn't mean they are in wonderful shape. I'm certain that RIM sees the bottom coming up at them too.
I agree. It are scandalous.
Their deal with MSFT is probably good for them because Nokia was in a death spiral, without any kind of a mobile OS that could compete in this market. Selling their soul to MSFT gets them the OS, and it might get them back into retail here in the US. (When was the last time you saw anything from Nokia at the Verizon/ATT store...?)
I wonder to what degree this indemnifies them against patent trolling by MSFT later?
vendor lock-in, fud, and stupidity
Well, if when you buy things from Comcast you get the privilege of paying twice what people in other markets pay for comparable products.
"personally I'm not sure how comfortable I'd be using such a system."
So how is this any different than using a debit card?
Meanwhile, shitty/shoddy reporting has killed news in general, not shortages of staff. Considering that they wont' even cover tough topics pretty much sealed the deal for any form of regular news website being considered legitimate or worth a glance. I'd sooner read fark than new york times, since at least I can get more info from fark, such as when they actually covered iran protests and NYT/CNN/Fox news/ABC/NBC/AP were nowhere to be found. Only Al Jazeera has been stepping up as a news org.
Personally, I have long since ignored local news media outlets because of the level of bias they all seem to carry. There are more choices for national and international news, you can find more sources online and sources based overseas, but here in America most of the media is pushing the same agenda - why would I waste my time watching what are essentially 20 minute news-based political cartoons?
The internet didn't kill local news or newspapers, they killed themselves by deciding to stop reporting news and start shaping and creating news.
Does this apply to open source software? No one should be able to make money using it, because the people who did the work made it for free?
I wonder if they feel they are saving in the end when you factor in the cost of chemotherapy, or having that lung removed?
Nicotine and Cocaine are the "Model": Diet.
FIFY :)
The lynchpin that is holding MSFT up right now is Windows licensing to business.
My workplace is starting to talk about piloting Macs to desktops. To coders, to support analysts, to systems analysts, etc. This would have been beyond fantasy five years ago. But now half the people making the decision have Macs in their household, and they know it's *nix based which is good, and they are ready to give it a go as soon as someone says "total cost of ownership"
If MSFT starts to see their corporate desktop installation base go, and I think that may be closer than we think - the roaches will really be scattering.
Perhaps, but when I walk past the smoke corral at work, there are only two kinds of smokers. There are the ones who clearly have not been missing any meals, and the ones who are rail-thin but also look like 50 year old baseball gloves.
I don't think either idea appeals to prospective prom queens...
I wonder if, given RIM's spectacular fall, if there won't be some kind of soul-selling between Blackberry and MS to get both of themselves back into the market?
They not only have a reputation problem because of Windows in general, and because of the atrocious previous versions of Windows on the phone, but they are also 4 years behind the curve in the mobile space. The iPhone came out in 2007.
Microsoft is fourth to market with a fourth rate product. Why WOULD any consumer come in asking for it?
My guess is that MSFT will start giving the phones away to get some market penetration.
the Verizon rep's job is to get a subscription, matching the customer with a device that most closely meets their needs and makes them want to buy. Their job is not to push particular handsets off onto consumers in the same proportions as they have them in stock.
Since no one comes into a store asking for a Windows phone handset, what is there that would make someone recommend it to a customer? At this point, nothing.
Dramatic poster is dramatic
Exactly, yes. The screens are phenomenal today.
It's frustrating to deal with ignorance, both of people who willingly hand over all freedom over the works they "own", and also of people who don't understand the tech and hold 5-year old notions of how it works.
The Kindle is just like reading a real book in almost every way. If you want to file your objections under things like "no book smell" or "I like to feel the pages with my fingers" or "I like to be able to give the book to a friend when I am done', ok, those are legitimate objections.
It doesn't help when people cloud the debate by illustrating they are ignorant of the devices about which they speak.
In a way, this is a very ironic post. I think that respecting freedoms involves me respecting others' right to give up their freedom if they feel like they want to in exchange for having the cool new device.
Some subsets of humanity, perhaps indeed the largest subset, only learns by experience. It might take them losing all their books, down the road, or having to buy an entirely new device to keep "owning" what they already "own" before they learn. This is a new technology. We can't get upset yet that the general public doesn't get it. They have to get their knuckles rapped before they will realize.
Our job is not to legislate their choices for them, it's to support and sustain better alternatives so they will come over when they see the light.
Whatever you think of his vision, I don't see this as being motivated by personal greed. He probably won't be around long enough to spend any of the money that would theoretically result.
No violence, but there was some intended allusion to the ever typical THE TERRORISTS HAVE WON type of bleat.
Free speech suppresses: YOU!
Privacy suppresses: YOU!
Personal freedoms suppress: YOU!
Governmental secret, indiscriminate spying on: YOU!
Governmental indefinitely incarcerates: YOU!
Increasingly numerous snitches and informants snitch on: YOU!
Informer informs on YOU!