you need more than one to fight a war what about the engines? do they emit less heat like the f-35? are all the angles exactly like the F-35 which is what matters? what about the paint? is it radar absorbing paint? what about the command and control? we have special C&C aircraft to target the fighters onto the enemy so its all over before a dogfight.
its not just about building a demo aircraft. its the whole system
i secretly pre-ordered one for my wife because her 4 is already off contract. she wasn't interested until i told her it has a much better camera especially for low light photos and dedicated CPU space for better photo quality. when you have 2 kids things like this matter. not rooting and tooting and staying up all night getting excited by cryptic commands on a black background
Around the world lots of carriers offer heavy minute/SMS and lite on data plans. I've read of some plans in the 200mb range.
I bet a lot of these worldwide android sales are like that. Just a replacement for the old BREW phones
I was going to buy my wife's 80 year old grandma a droid just for the huge screen to replace her landline and put her on the family plan with us. She's never been on the Internet or even sent a text it she might get a gmail and google plus account soon
Why? I have iPhone and android and the proprietary connector means I can hook my phone into my car's USB port and stream music apps and play my playlists. Not just music off the storage in no order
why buy Kia when toyota and honda already offer what you want. except to save a few dollars on some option.
same here. iOS and Android have sold a billion devices. why switch to a platform with such tiny market share? what will you gain for it. what does it do better that iOS and android don't do already?
damn and i just ordered an iphone 5 last night for my wife. i wish i would have found out about this boycott earlier
oh yeah, i checked out google play for TV/Movies. not only is the selection pitiful compared to itunes. the prices are higher and actually getting the media into your home or on your device is a lot harder and longer and using idevices and itunes
you can get blu ray rips of movies weeks before blu ray street date. it's not 16 year old teenie ninjas breaking into high security factories stealing this stuff to post it on BT. the content owners "leak" their content. or they don't put enough protection into the system to ensure that it doesn't leak
NYC has a different types of cabs and they all have different rules on picking up.
Yellow is street hails Then there limo services where you call them to schedule a pickup. Not real limos but that's what they are called I think there are one or two other kind of medallions as well
The medallions are owned by Regular people and very expensive so there are lots of interests in keeping the system as it is
Nyc has a rule that you don't have to pay anything more than what the meter says.
Along with the rules that all fares have to be paid through the taxi billing system and there are rules for what kind of taxis can pick up where and how. Yellow cabs can only do street hails.
Uber is just a dumb company and the real issues in NYC like having a cab take you out of manhattan and sketchy neighborhoods are not addressed by their service
so? almost every company pays out 50% or more as cost of goods sold or some other cost of doing business. apple is in the 45% range.
if you want to talk about net profit which is the final profit after every expense has been paid then apple is pretty high at 15% with a few other companies. food companies and fox con are in the low single digit range. that's right, a lot of companies spend 95 cents of every dollar they bring in revenue as a cost of doing business
there is too much music for me to buy. $10 a month for an all you can listen to spotify is much lighter on the wallet.
spotify premium and others like slacker have caching and offline listening modes. have had them for years. stupid geek fears have been overcome long ago for normal people
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its easier and cheaper to build tiny drones and cruise missiles than manned aircraft
you need more than one to fight a war
what about the engines? do they emit less heat like the f-35?
are all the angles exactly like the F-35 which is what matters? what about the paint? is it radar absorbing paint?
what about the command and control? we have special C&C aircraft to target the fighters onto the enemy so its all over before a dogfight.
its not just about building a demo aircraft. its the whole system
There is a boycott at google plus. Seems to be working about as well as the slashtart Microsoft and Sony boycotts
i secretly pre-ordered one for my wife because her 4 is already off contract. she wasn't interested until i told her it has a much better camera especially for low light photos and dedicated CPU space for better photo quality. when you have 2 kids things like this matter. not rooting and tooting and staying up all night getting excited by cryptic commands on a black background
retail release is this friday. they always sell more at retail than online.
Around the world lots of carriers offer heavy minute/SMS and lite on data plans. I've read of some plans in the 200mb range.
I bet a lot of these worldwide android sales are like that. Just a replacement for the old BREW phones
I was going to buy my wife's 80 year old grandma a droid just for the huge screen to replace her landline and put her on the family plan with us. She's never been on the Internet or even sent a text it she might get a gmail and google plus account soon
only if you're single. i'm on a 4 line family plan with 2 iphones and its $138 for me and my wife. her parents kick in $50. total bill is $186.
if i go to the mobile share plan with 10GB it's going to be $216 or so for 4 smart phones including my FAN/Premier discount
$199 if you bring them a damaged iphone that was your fault and they will replace it on the spot.
I'll take the possible risk of paying some money over paying up front in case of an accident any day
Why?
I have iPhone and android and the proprietary connector means I can hook my phone into my car's USB port and stream music apps and play my playlists. Not just music off the storage in no order
try to factor in resale value
you have to pay money to get rid of a 4 year Kia while my CR-V will be worth enough to put down a big down payment on my next car
why buy Kia when toyota and honda already offer what you want. except to save a few dollars on some option.
same here. iOS and Android have sold a billion devices. why switch to a platform with such tiny market share? what will you gain for it. what does it do better that iOS and android don't do already?
unlike itunes i can't download a file to keep. i have to keep on downloading from play with my phone which takes long than copying over USB
damn and i just ordered an iphone 5 last night for my wife. i wish i would have found out about this boycott earlier
oh yeah, i checked out google play for TV/Movies. not only is the selection pitiful compared to itunes. the prices are higher and actually getting the media into your home or on your device is a lot harder and longer and using idevices and itunes
you can get blu ray rips of movies weeks before blu ray street date. it's not 16 year old teenie ninjas breaking into high security factories stealing this stuff to post it on BT. the content owners "leak" their content. or they don't put enough protection into the system to ensure that it doesn't leak
ever since i got rid of my work email account off my ipad the battery time doubled or tripled
take 10 people off the street and you will have 10 different use patterns
i read that years ago that wal mart fights every lawsuit, no matter how minor
in this case, i hope so
i just plug my iphone into my laptop all day and not think about it. at home its into the wall
what does wireless charging give me?
why not take the linux or some other open source code and sell it without giving back to the community?
its just bits and i'm not stealing anything
Almost no chance of a fare back to manhattan means wasted time and money
I know a few a few cab drivers.
NYC has a different types of cabs and they all have different rules on picking up.
Yellow is street hails
Then there limo services where you call them to schedule a pickup. Not real limos but that's what they are called
I think there are one or two other kind of medallions as well
The medallions are owned by Regular people and very expensive so there are lots of interests in keeping the system as it is
Nyc has a rule that you don't have to pay anything more than what the meter says.
Along with the rules that all fares have to be paid through the taxi billing system and there are rules for what kind of taxis can pick up where and how. Yellow cabs can only do street hails.
Uber is just a dumb company and the real issues in NYC like having a cab take you out of manhattan and sketchy neighborhoods are not addressed by their service
so? almost every company pays out 50% or more as cost of goods sold or some other cost of doing business. apple is in the 45% range.
if you want to talk about net profit which is the final profit after every expense has been paid then apple is pretty high at 15% with a few other companies. food companies and fox con are in the low single digit range. that's right, a lot of companies spend 95 cents of every dollar they bring in revenue as a cost of doing business
spotify supports offline caching. even for the radio.
sync your device via wifi and no need to worry about bandwidth caps from att or vzw
spotify - hundreds of millions of $$$ every year in PROFIT
pandora is profitable as well
there is too much music for me to buy. $10 a month for an all you can listen to spotify is much lighter on the wallet.
spotify premium and others like slacker have caching and offline listening modes. have had them for years. stupid geek fears have been overcome long ago for normal people