T-Mobile offers the SIM-only "Even More Plus" plan, a cheaper plan designed for people who have bought a phone separately. Last time I checked, the discount was 10 USD off voice or 20 USD off voice and data. So do I understand correctly that you can't get T-Mobile where you live?
I'm using an iPhone 3GS purchased factory unlocked from the Hong Kong Apple Store on T-Mobile US.
I'm getting clear calls & data where iPhone on AT&T users are getting dropped calls.
my contract-free, subsidy-free T-Mobile plan is about $60/month. By going contract free, I save about $10-20/month, but it still comes out to $2k over 2 years.
Old??? Hey! Some of us still use "rabbit ears" aka antennas, you insensitive clod!
Then I guess you don't live in the US as rabbit ears were for the old lower analog frequencies which have been phased out.
The digital frequencies use the UHF band requiring the loop antennas.
The real interesting thing will be when we can get real productivity apps to seamlessly move from mobile to laptop to desktop and back. Sun had their SunRay systems where you could seamlessly move your entire desktop session, including open apps and work in progress, from one desktop computer to another, and even transfer phone calls seamlessly between phones as you moved, say from your office phone to a conference room phone.
The session was running on the server. Nothing "moved." It was just being viewed from a different terminal.
Dead tree distributors only charge ~2% for a surcharge. Apple's pricetag is 30% and they don't even have to pay postage/handling fees to send the magazines to customers (or stores).
The App Store data centers and bandwidth don't cost anything to maintain I guess.
While IPv6 has been known about for over a decade, the problem is that in order for an ISP to get a block of IPv6 addresses, they would need to give up their block of IPv4 addresses.
Comcast has been setting up customers with IPv6 for over a year now and they are still running their IPv4 network for everyone else.
Yeah, like we really need another thing that can be used to pay for overpriced Starbucks coffee... like cash, credit cards, debit cards and the like are completely useless.
It's not "another thing" for buying at Starbucks.
It simply lets you deduct the purchase from your existing Starbucks account by using the app instead of the Starbucks account card.
Now, would you like someone else to make money off of a doll made in your image? Remember, you get none of the money and they did not ask your permission.
Everyone seems to be missing the pedistal which is using the Apple logo without a license.
There are advantages to these "do it in the cloud" ideas, though. Google's promoting of Chrome OS makes the advantages clear: you can access your documents from anywhere, you don't need to worry about your current device getting lost/stolen/damaged/corrupted, because all your important data has been copied off of the computer. No need to worry about installing applications or keeping them secure and up-to-date, since web-apps take care of that for you. And so on...
Instead, Google just decides that you have violated terms of service and deletes your account and you lose everything.
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T-Mobile offers the SIM-only "Even More Plus" plan, a cheaper plan designed for people who have bought a phone separately. Last time I checked, the discount was 10 USD off voice or 20 USD off voice and data. So do I understand correctly that you can't get T-Mobile where you live?
I'm using an iPhone 3GS purchased factory unlocked from the Hong Kong Apple Store on T-Mobile US.
I'm getting clear calls & data where iPhone on AT&T users are getting dropped calls.
my contract-free, subsidy-free T-Mobile plan is about $60/month. By going contract free, I save about $10-20/month, but it still comes out to $2k over 2 years.
$60 X 24 months = $1,440. Not quite $2K.
That's damn fast. Even my 750k high speed line can't do that.
AT&T's blazingly fast "broadband" DSL.
Old??? Hey! Some of us still use "rabbit ears" aka antennas, you insensitive clod!
Then I guess you don't live in the US as rabbit ears were for the old lower analog frequencies which have been phased out. The digital frequencies use the UHF band requiring the loop antennas.
Mobile phones can never be as powerful as desktops.
Even compared to a 1990 PC x86 running DOS?
The real interesting thing will be when we can get real productivity apps to seamlessly move from mobile to laptop to desktop and back. Sun had their SunRay systems where you could seamlessly move your entire desktop session, including open apps and work in progress, from one desktop computer to another, and even transfer phone calls seamlessly between phones as you moved, say from your office phone to a conference room phone.
The session was running on the server. Nothing "moved." It was just being viewed from a different terminal.
No.
Dead tree distributors only charge ~2% for a surcharge. Apple's pricetag is 30% and they don't even have to pay postage/handling fees to send the magazines to customers (or stores).
The App Store data centers and bandwidth don't cost anything to maintain I guess.
While IPv6 has been known about for over a decade, the problem is that in order for an ISP to get a block of IPv6 addresses, they would need to give up their block of IPv4 addresses.
Comcast has been setting up customers with IPv6 for over a year now and they are still running their IPv4 network for everyone else.
Most isp's don't give out ip6 addresses
Comcast has been rolling out ipv6 to customers for a while now. Only to volunteers, and there is quite a backlog getting new routers to everyone.
What's "porn"? What makes Playboy pornographic but not Eyes Wide Shut?
Is that the international version or the US censored version of the movie?
If you're ordering plain coffee at Starbucks, you're doing it wrong. Their coffee is of lower quality and higher price than McDonald's,
Especially when right now any size cup of coffee at McD's is only $1.
So I get to waste time putting money on that special card so that the app can act as the card at the register.
Anyone who buys coffee at Starbucks on a regular basis already has a card for the free "extras" associated with using it.
In my case, I have a card from back when it allowed you to get access to their wifi. Now the wifi is free to anyone.
All that trouble to get overpriced weak coffee.
Actually, bringing up the app is easier than trying to find the Starbucks account card in your wallet.
Yeah, like we really need another thing that can be used to pay for overpriced Starbucks coffee... like cash, credit cards, debit cards and the like are completely useless.
It's not "another thing" for buying at Starbucks.
It simply lets you deduct the purchase from your existing Starbucks account by using the app instead of the Starbucks account card.
After several 1000 generations, if children with mutations are allowed to develop, you may have a new species.
You should check out the RedNeck species of the midwestern United States which didn't take a 1000 generations to develop.
How many laptops does a kid need?
Depends on how often the schools has the computers stolen.
its the only player i know so far, that works without any codec hassles on any computer. download, run, play anything on it. its almost magical.
Many times it displays no video playing avi files.
b. The Mac App store is going to be the only way to install apps on your Apple TV (in the future).
You never downloaded software with your web browser? A disc is your only method of getting software?
Most of what passes as "good" vodka, at least here in Canada, is pretty bad.
Especially if it comes in a skull.
http://crystalheadvodka.com
I'll admit it, when I'm trying to pay attention to the lecture, even someone's screensaver in the row ahead of me can be a major distraction.
Computers are boring. The hot girl in the short skirt is a major distraction.
I'll admit it, when I'm trying to pay attention to the lecture, even someone's screensaver in the row ahead of me can be a major distraction.
Usually the hot girl in the short chick distracts me. Not someone's computer.
Now, would you like someone else to make money off of a doll made in your image? Remember, you get none of the money and they did not ask your permission.
Everyone seems to be missing the pedistal which is using the Apple logo without a license.
With the exception of the Space Shuttle, pretty much everything born of the 80s is "awesomely bad."
Bullshit. Counting from 1978 to 1992
I'm sure the boys in your area have a different definition of "bad" when it comes to your daughters. :-)
There are advantages to these "do it in the cloud" ideas, though. Google's promoting of Chrome OS makes the advantages clear: you can access your documents from anywhere, you don't need to worry about your current device getting lost/stolen/damaged/corrupted, because all your important data has been copied off of the computer. No need to worry about installing applications or keeping them secure and up-to-date, since web-apps take care of that for you. And so on...
Instead, Google just decides that you have violated terms of service and deletes your account and you lose everything.
Mod parent up as FUNNY!