i don't see why not. In Apple's case, they don't own the music, they just charge for the bandwidth usage and credit card transaction fees. Not sure if Amazon is the same way. It would be the right thing for them to return their cut since it's only chump change for them, but who knows if they'll actually do it.
if you go to your account online and click on rate and plan features you 'll see what they charge you. when you click on other charges, you get a screen that shows a breakdown, depending on your state/billing address.
here's New Jersey:
Additional Charges
The additional charges for new customers in your area are shown below, including explanations of each charge.
The amounts shown below are based on the highest fee/surcharge rates assessed in your state; your actual fees/surcharges may be less. In addition to the AT&T charges described below, you will be billed for mandatory taxes and fees imposed by federal, state, and local governments on wireless subscribers.
State NEW JERSEY
Regulatory Cost Recovery Charge 1.25
Federal Universal Service Fund 11.4%
State Universal Service Fund $0.00
Other AT&T Surcharges 0.00%
but it will take a while. I think web based apps are not yet fully ready for prime time. you not only have to make sure your apps are stable, you're also adding your internet connection as a factor to the performance and stability.
check the link to the US Treasury. it's not illegal. it's a similar situation when a place doesn't accept bills over $20, or when toll booths don't accept pennies.
Vista does both on volume backup copies of changes and external backups automatically, and presents them in the same 'previuos versions' UI timeline list.
Just like Time Machine, in Vista you can view folders or documents at any previous time whether they are a recent change that is still stored on the volume or a backup from six months ago on an external hard drive.
Vista also does this more transparently, without the need for application integration because of its simplicity in accessing the previous version via a simple open/save dialog box.
may I ask which version of Vista does this or where the settings are for it? I'm looking around my basic version (which BTW costs more than Leopard) and I can't seem to find those settings and features.
now instead of worrying about just the idiots around me who can't drive, now I gotta worry about the ones above me too? they'll be on their cell phones and eating a burger while flying their cars.
you'll try it on your wife's phone and break it or you'll do stuff to it that she won't like. She'll end up buying another one. In the end Apple will get you to buy 2 iphones.;)
exactly what vulnerability in mDNSResponder is it exploiting? Since mDNSResponder also runs on windows if you install bonjour for Windows, does that mean it can possibly be affected too?
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Staples selling a glorified calculator for $9.99 as a "PDA" with 32kb of RAM neither makes it a PDA by any common sense definition
but it does what a "PDA" is supposed to do, except today's pocket PC/palmtop just added more functionality.
(Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM).
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. I think Apple is trying to do what it always does, make a product that just works and is simple.
I think that basically sums up why people would buy the iphone. The phones you mentioned can probably do everything and more than what the iphone can do, but can it do it so easily that grandma can use it?
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the itunes phone was as much apple as it was motorola. it is called THE itunes phone after all, stop making excuses for them and trying to scape goat using motorola.
It was called the itunes phone so motorola could sell more of the stuff. if they tied it with the itunes brand, they figured it will sell like hotcakes.
the newton was shit, face it. please name the pda's it's more powerful than now? i'd love to hear you explain that one.
have you gone to a Staples store and look at some of the cheap PDAs there? I'm talking about the glorified electronic address books with some other functions built in with it. It's marketed as a PDA.
the original imac's where horrible pieces of junk, it wasn't until they got past version 4 that they improved
Junk or not (personal opinions aside), it still sold millions. I don't think that is considered going out with a whimper.
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The itunes phone was not their work. It was motorola's. You could tell because Steve Jobs spent 2 seconds introducing it, and that's it. he didn't sell it like all the other Apple products he introduces.
The Newton is still being used by some, and is more powerful than some PDAs on the market right now.
The original iMac...they sold millions of units and brought Apple back from the dead.
The cube was just overpriced, but it was well designed, and it's a collector's item now.
when I was younger, I was taught to look both ways before I cross the street. Did those folks just forget that basic rule or are the people that got killed the only people on the planet that was never taught how to cross the street?
go watch the keynote on the iphone introduction. Fast forward to about an hour and 8 minutes into it. Steve Jobs mentioned it will be available in Apple Stores AND Cingular Stores.
But the reality is that human beings aren't sleek, minimalist and
symmetrical in their UI needs. We're multi-digited, mono-dextrous creatures with clumsy
fat appendages and pre-wired for physical feedback.
so how do you explain the iPod with its scrollwheel? not much feedback there except for the clicking and scrolling sounds, yet Apple sold millions of them.
I have never understood why you would buy from iTunes in the first place.
it's quick, it's easy, i get that 1 song i want from the album, and it's legit. i don't care if it's DRMed or locked in to Apple. if my $79 shuffle dies, i'll buy another one.
every so often he gets something right. if you spray enough bullets on a target, you'll hit it sooner or later. He basically does the same thing, shooting in the dark and hoping to hit the target.
Apple did not invent it nor develop it, like a lot of things. They just make it easier for joe sixpack to use and implement such things. Simple, seamless and flawless integration is their forte.
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i don't see why not. In Apple's case, they don't own the music, they just charge for the bandwidth usage and credit card transaction fees. Not sure if Amazon is the same way.
It would be the right thing for them to return their cut since it's only chump change for them, but who knows if they'll actually do it.
if you go to your account online and click on rate and plan features you 'll see what they charge you. when you click on other charges, you get a screen that shows a breakdown, depending on your state/billing address.
here's New Jersey:
Additional Charges
The additional charges for new customers in your area are shown below, including explanations of each charge.
The amounts shown below are based on the highest fee/surcharge rates assessed in your state; your actual fees/surcharges may be less. In addition to the AT&T charges described below, you will be billed for mandatory taxes and fees imposed by federal, state, and local governments on wireless subscribers.
State NEW JERSEY
Regulatory Cost Recovery Charge 1.25
Federal Universal Service Fund 11.4%
State Universal Service Fund $0.00
Other AT&T Surcharges 0.00%
so what about gmail and yahoo? do you see them doing that @ thing? they seem to work fine, and they have users logging in from around the world.
but it will take a while. I think web based apps are not yet fully ready for prime time. you not only have to make sure your apps are stable, you're also adding your internet connection as a factor to the performance and stability.
check the link to the US Treasury. it's not illegal. it's a similar situation when a place doesn't accept bills over $20, or when toll booths don't accept pennies.
Vista does both on volume backup copies of changes and external backups automatically, and presents them in the same 'previuos versions' UI timeline list.
Just like Time Machine, in Vista you can view folders or documents at any previous time whether they are a recent change that is still stored on the volume or a backup from six months ago on an external hard drive.
Vista also does this more transparently, without the need for application integration because of its simplicity in accessing the previous version via a simple open/save dialog box.
may I ask which version of Vista does this or where the settings are for it? I'm looking around my basic version (which BTW costs more than Leopard) and I can't seem to find those settings and features.
now instead of worrying about just the idiots around me who can't drive, now I gotta worry about the ones above me too?
they'll be on their cell phones and eating a burger while flying their cars.
you'll try it on your wife's phone and break it or you'll do stuff to it that she won't like. She'll end up buying another one. In the end Apple will get you to buy 2 iphones. ;)
i'm sorry, but cheap and verizon should not be in the same sentence. even their friggin prepay service is expensive.
exactly what vulnerability in mDNSResponder is it exploiting? Since mDNSResponder also runs on windows if you install bonjour for Windows, does that mean it can possibly be affected too?
Staples selling a glorified calculator for $9.99 as a "PDA" with 32kb of RAM neither makes it a PDA by any common sense definition
but it does what a "PDA" is supposed to do, except today's pocket PC/palmtop just added more functionality.
(Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM).
. I think Apple is trying to do what it always does, make a product that just works and is simple.
I think that basically sums up why people would buy the iphone. The phones you mentioned can probably do everything and more than what the iphone can do, but can it do it so easily that grandma can use it?
all jokes aside, check this out: ;-)
http://www.newted.org/
the itunes phone was as much apple as it was motorola. it is called THE itunes phone after all, stop making excuses for them and trying to scape goat using motorola.
It was called the itunes phone so motorola could sell more of the stuff. if they tied it with the itunes brand, they figured it will sell like hotcakes.
the newton was shit, face it. please name the pda's it's more powerful than now? i'd love to hear you explain that one.
have you gone to a Staples store and look at some of the cheap PDAs there? I'm talking about the glorified electronic address books with some other functions built in with it. It's marketed as a PDA.
the original imac's where horrible pieces of junk, it wasn't until they got past version 4 that they improved
Junk or not (personal opinions aside), it still sold millions. I don't think that is considered going out with a whimper.
The itunes phone was not their work. It was motorola's. You could tell because Steve Jobs spent 2 seconds introducing it, and that's it. he didn't sell it like all the other Apple products he introduces.
The Newton is still being used by some, and is more powerful than some PDAs on the market right now.
The original iMac...they sold millions of units and brought Apple back from the dead.
The cube was just overpriced, but it was well designed, and it's a collector's item now.
look again..compare the size of the screen (look at the white border around the screen) to a new one on apple's site.
when I was younger, I was taught to look both ways before I cross the street. Did those folks just forget that basic rule or are the people that got killed the only people on the planet that was never taught how to cross the street?
go watch the keynote on the iphone introduction. Fast forward to about an hour and 8 minutes into it.
Steve Jobs mentioned it will be available in Apple Stores AND Cingular Stores.
But the reality is that human beings aren't sleek, minimalist and symmetrical in their UI needs. We're multi-digited, mono-dextrous creatures with clumsy fat appendages and pre-wired for physical feedback.
so how do you explain the iPod with its scrollwheel? not much feedback there except for the clicking and scrolling sounds, yet Apple sold millions of them.
I have never understood why you would buy from iTunes in the first place.
it's quick, it's easy, i get that 1 song i want from the album, and it's legit. i don't care if it's DRMed or locked in to Apple. if my $79 shuffle dies, i'll buy another one.
whoever it will be, it seems like Apple will already be in on it.
every so often he gets something right. if you spray enough bullets on a target, you'll hit it sooner or later. He basically does the same thing, shooting in the dark and hoping to hit the target.
Apple did not invent it nor develop it, like a lot of things. They just make it easier for joe sixpack to use and implement such things. Simple, seamless and flawless integration is their forte.
The software to rip CD's to .wav to .mp3 and back is all readily available for free.
iTunes is also free, and it rips from CD straight to mp3 too. All the music in my iPod is in mp3 format.
but what are your alternatives? in fact, if you own anything else besides an iPod, what are your choices?