Well... the thing is that people still desire a browser as part of their OS package. Without one, its too hard to get Firefox etc. Having to tell users to resort to the command line and FTP to get a web browser would confuse and anger a great many Windows consumers.
China protects its companies (many of which are at least partially state owned). The US does not. One of the reasons so much manufacturing is done in China is because that's the only way to sell there. China puts high import taxes on goods made elsewhere, while the US does not. So if a company wants to sell their product in China they can only do so in a cost effective way by making said product there. If the US matches Chinas tarifs things would be very different.
I know its overly popular these days to call any malware, trojan or other malicious bit of software a virus, but they really dont meet the definition. Frankly, I cant think of a real virus being released in quite some time. Which just seems lazy to me.
People have their phones set to auto update without a password? How odd... that would mean that they store their apple id credentials in the phone and if its lost anyone who finds it can buy anything from itunes etc. Never even occurred to me to do such a thing.
It comes down to the contract. What I signed when I first setup my account granted me unlimited data at a fixed price with no expiration date. So legally they cant force me to change my data plan till it comes time to sign another contract. So long as I never sign another one (meaning that I keep my current phone or pay full price for my next when my contract is up for renewal) I will continue to have unlimited data for the 30$ a month my original contract granted me. In my case, I just renewed my contract, extending my unlimited plan for another two years. So its a non issue till 2014.
Q: Will Verizon convert me to a new plan, or can I keep my old plan?
A: Verizon won't switch you over to the new plan unless you ask. You can keep your old plan, even if you trade up to a new phone after that date and extend your contract.
Q: What if I have an "unlimited data" plan? Can I keep it?
A: Yes, you can. But —and there's a big "but" here— Verizon will no longer let you move the plan to a new phone after June 28, unless you pay the full, unsubsidized price for it. For most smartphones that will add hundreds of dollars to the price. A subsidized Verizon iPhone 4S costs $200. The price you'll pay if you keep your unlimited plan: $650. (Verizon stopped signing up new customer for unlimited a year ago)
So for me, nothing will change, at least for a while. I'll still have my 30$ a month unlimited plan. This may shift when it comes time to get a new phone, but thats a ways off. In two years who knows what the wireless landscape will look like.
The screen real-estate on a mobile device is too tight for an add to be non-intrusive and simply piss people off. Annoyed customers are not paying customers.
Really? The one I had cost under a grand, ran all the same software I ran on my desktop and was under three lbs (which was light for a notebook at the time). Granted, it was grey scale and was not a very fast CPU, but it was a very nice tool to have compared to the PDA offerings at the time (palm and newton).
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Well... the thing is that people still desire a browser as part of their OS package. Without one, its too hard to get Firefox etc. Having to tell users to resort to the command line and FTP to get a web browser would confuse and anger a great many Windows consumers.
Nope, 35$ to read their book. http://www.amazon.com/Dianetics-Modern-Science-Mental-Health-3/dp/1403155429 and of course if you actually join the church it costs thousands to hundreds of thousands to advance in it.
Well... the kid is named after the voice on my iPhone isn't it?
Name one other "religion" that charges you to read the "bible" and forbids you to tell anyone what they teach under pain of law suite.
That's more or less how such "private" commercial universities work.
They send my ballet to my house and then come back later to pick it up. Not sure how much lazier I could get and still be able to type/write my name.
You dont understand! Apple is using TWO displays, unlike the one used by the military in helicopters. TWO! Clearly patent worthy.
China protects its companies (many of which are at least partially state owned). The US does not. One of the reasons so much manufacturing is done in China is because that's the only way to sell there. China puts high import taxes on goods made elsewhere, while the US does not. So if a company wants to sell their product in China they can only do so in a cost effective way by making said product there. If the US matches Chinas tarifs things would be very different.
I know its overly popular these days to call any malware, trojan or other malicious bit of software a virus, but they really dont meet the definition. Frankly, I cant think of a real virus being released in quite some time. Which just seems lazy to me.
I'll start: Steve Jobs is God
Then God is dead?
Isn't this more or less the idea behind a leyden jar? If so, are they not more like capacitors then batteries?
Its proving difficult. Not the first part, but the web browser.
What if I build an OS with a native API that runs on the souls of war orphans, but it also has a web browser? What then Mr Beard?
Still not going to see Ted. But thats more about Marky Mark then Seth.
What we REALLY need is a transparency project for the transparency project transparency project. What are they up to?
Huh? Specs show no USB, much less full sized.
As a Native American, I disagree.
People have their phones set to auto update without a password? How odd... that would mean that they store their apple id credentials in the phone and if its lost anyone who finds it can buy anything from itunes etc. Never even occurred to me to do such a thing.
Much like all those adds claiming "Ours is the only product with TERM WE TRADEMARKED!"
Unbreakable encryption that can be decrypted is much harder.
It comes down to the contract. What I signed when I first setup my account granted me unlimited data at a fixed price with no expiration date. So legally they cant force me to change my data plan till it comes time to sign another contract. So long as I never sign another one (meaning that I keep my current phone or pay full price for my next when my contract is up for renewal) I will continue to have unlimited data for the 30$ a month my original contract granted me. In my case, I just renewed my contract, extending my unlimited plan for another two years. So its a non issue till 2014.
Q: Will Verizon convert me to a new plan, or can I keep my old plan?
A: Verizon won't switch you over to the new plan unless you ask. You can keep your old plan, even if you trade up to a new phone after that date and extend your contract.
Q: What if I have an "unlimited data" plan? Can I keep it?
A: Yes, you can. But —and there's a big "but" here— Verizon will no longer let you move the plan to a new phone after June 28, unless you pay the full, unsubsidized price for it. For most smartphones that will add hundreds of dollars to the price. A subsidized Verizon iPhone 4S costs $200. The price you'll pay if you keep your unlimited plan: $650. (Verizon stopped signing up new customer for unlimited a year ago)
So for me, nothing will change, at least for a while. I'll still have my 30$ a month unlimited plan. This may shift when it comes time to get a new phone, but thats a ways off. In two years who knows what the wireless landscape will look like.
If screen real-estate was truely the issue, people would have stayed on their desktops/laptops.
I have a hard time fitting my desktop system in my shirt pocket.
The screen real-estate on a mobile device is too tight for an add to be non-intrusive and simply piss people off. Annoyed customers are not paying customers.
Really? The one I had cost under a grand, ran all the same software I ran on my desktop and was under three lbs (which was light for a notebook at the time). Granted, it was grey scale and was not a very fast CPU, but it was a very nice tool to have compared to the PDA offerings at the time (palm and newton).