Not too long ago Apple didn't have one of the most popular phones on the market. Instead, they were the underdog. The ROKR was an epic failure and no one really knew if Apple could pull off a phone.
But they went shopping around anyway, more or less 'begging' to let someone take their yet un announced product. Not only that, they were asking the network to NOT have total control of the device. (These were the days when Verizon would cripple a phone to turn a quick $.50 making you send a photo on their network). In addition to that they were asking them to upgrade their servers, spend money, so that it could do this fancy thing called 'Visual Voicemail.' In return for all of this, Apple would sign a exclusivity contract with said network.
Sprint* said thank you and respectfully declined. AT&T also declined. Verizon's CEO went above declining and more or less gave Jobs the finger. Cingular said 'what the heck' and let Apple in.
AT&T bought Cingular, honored the contract and here we are today.
It was a HUGE gamble. It paid off, but Apple had never made a phone before. There was no "AppStore". The iPod Touch didn't exist. iTunes Music store existed, but wasn't a dominant force in the marketplace and still DRM protected.
But Apple didn't "blow" anything. No one predicted the iPhone's success, not even Apple. AT&T is clinging to that contract like a liferaft, because they know the second it is up Verizon is going to bend over backwards to accomodate the iPhone. * All gathered from internet hearsay over the years.
You mean like America's Funniest Home Videos? That's more or less what viral videos are. Me and my girlfriend watched Censored Count last night along with numerous other similar videos for a half an hour.
Some people still do. It's not something you can get at Walmart but if you live anywhere close to the country there is a good chance that: 1) There are farmers markets around. The best and freshest produce and meat money can buy, and usually competitive on price. 2) Some farmers let you just buy a side of a cow (or an entire cow). So for $x00 you can buy an entire cow. The farmer raises it, kills it and you can have a say in how it is butchered. This does require a deep freezer (unless you're going to throw one heck of a braai). Usually ends up cheaper than super market and you know exactly where your meat is coming from.
Demographic 1 is my parents. I'd easily get them one of these. Just like I got them a MacMini and put it in SimpleFinder or an iPod nano (1G) and Shuffle (2G). Say what you want about "Windows and Linux are just as easy", but I have never gotten a support call about anything. Heck my mom (technophobic) figured out her iPod all by herself. I had to walk my GF through Lucid's install. She was patient, but it's something my parents wouldn't have stood for.
They replace their BlockBuster/Redbox rentals with something 'On Demand'. Plug and play and I never have to figure it out again.
Demographic 2. Myself. Apple makes some great hardware. The fact that this is just an ARM processor with a GPU decoder means that tinkerers could get XBMC running on it. (They already have a BeagleBoard fork). My Gen 1 AppleTV is one of the best XBMC devices out there. It's TINY, easily fits under the TV. With the Broadcom chip it does 1080p. But I had to 'hack' it to do that. I built my own HTPC, but the smallest cases are still huge compared to the AppleTV. With the AppleTV I can pull it, toss it in my backpack and go over to a friend's house and watch something.
The cheapest ION boxes are $200+. The Boxeebox isn't even a box, it's a pyramid, and again is $229. The AppleTV IS one of the cheapest pieces of hardware out there that will do what I want it.
I just got an iPod Touch 4G to replace my iPod 4G which was on its last legs. It it unbelievably small. It has some great apps, but I want to use it as a GPS device over bluetooth. I did a bit of research, but I still haven't found any device out there that is comparable.
The Archos 43 looks close, but I can't find a price and only goes up to 16GB (*It does have a Mini SD slot)
That's why so many people are OK with illegal immigration. Because they know that illegals will never be able to replace electricians and plumbers or other manual labor. [/sarcasm]
Pricing also had a huge part in it. Europeans calls were expensive, but SMS was relatively cheap. In the US the carriers looked at Europe and said "wow, everyone texts, lets charge $0.10 for these..." I think it's up to $0.20 for some carriers now. UNLESS you want to pay them an extra $10/month for unlimited. That's $120 a year just for unlimited texting.
I was amazed at what you could do in India with your phone and SMS messages were on the order of $.01 or $0.005 each. I could get train schedules, update my prepay, send some of my balance to someone else. I heard in the Nordic states you can even verify your taxes with an SMS.
WRONG. Downloading is NOT ILLEGAL. No one has ever been sued for downloading a single thing. You are not breaking copyright laws by downloading.
Uploading, such as in torrents, is illegal. You are the one breaking copyright because you don't have the right to distribute the work.
Semantics, yes. But there is a difference.
I can't wait for the Boxee Box just because it'll be a prepackaged XBMC box. I'm really hoping D-Link is good with releasing the drivers and such.
SickBeard + SABnzbd + Server in the closet... It's like having my own Awesome 12.5TB PVR. I'm so far behind on most shows I don't really care if I watch them the night they come out. The automation is amazing. Much better than the manual or RSS only feed I was doing earlier.
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No, and don't call me Shirley.
Tits.
Seriously. Thats all you need to do. Hire a stripper and write Plone across her tits. Show it to your boss.
You don't understand business if you try logic and reason.
Women = Time * Money.
Time = Money.
Women = Money^2.
Money = sqrt(Evil).
Women = Evil.
Yep. All I saw was.
Really? hmm.. **********
First WM7 gets Angry Birds, and it's all over.
How could anyone get confused
Not too long ago Apple didn't have one of the most popular phones on the market. Instead, they were the underdog. The ROKR was an epic failure and no one really knew if Apple could pull off a phone.
But they went shopping around anyway, more or less 'begging' to let someone take their yet un announced product. Not only that, they were asking the network to NOT have total control of the device. (These were the days when Verizon would cripple a phone to turn a quick $.50 making you send a photo on their network). In addition to that they were asking them to upgrade their servers, spend money, so that it could do this fancy thing called 'Visual Voicemail.' In return for all of this, Apple would sign a exclusivity contract with said network.
Sprint* said thank you and respectfully declined. AT&T also declined. Verizon's CEO went above declining and more or less gave Jobs the finger. Cingular said 'what the heck' and let Apple in.
AT&T bought Cingular, honored the contract and here we are today.
It was a HUGE gamble. It paid off, but Apple had never made a phone before. There was no "AppStore". The iPod Touch didn't exist. iTunes Music store existed, but wasn't a dominant force in the marketplace and still DRM protected.
But Apple didn't "blow" anything. No one predicted the iPhone's success, not even Apple. AT&T is clinging to that contract like a liferaft, because they know the second it is up Verizon is going to bend over backwards to accomodate the iPhone.
* All gathered from internet hearsay over the years.
You mean like America's Funniest Home Videos? That's more or less what viral videos are. Me and my girlfriend watched Censored Count last night along with numerous other similar videos for a half an hour.
They spelled me wrong. I'll have to get in contact with them and figure out who transcribed 0100010001010011 wrong.
Isn't cyanide organic? And I believe that uranium is 'all natural' too.
Some people still do. It's not something you can get at Walmart but if you live anywhere close to the country there is a good chance that:
1) There are farmers markets around. The best and freshest produce and meat money can buy, and usually competitive on price.
2) Some farmers let you just buy a side of a cow (or an entire cow). So for $x00 you can buy an entire cow. The farmer raises it, kills it and you can have a say in how it is butchered. This does require a deep freezer (unless you're going to throw one heck of a braai). Usually ends up cheaper than super market and you know exactly where your meat is coming from.
Cut out the middle man.
This would have been posted sooner, but I accidentally the submit button.
Did you install it for him? Does his printing work (My GF had a Dell printer which didn't?)
Separate demographics.
Demographic 1 is my parents. I'd easily get them one of these. Just like I got them a MacMini and put it in SimpleFinder or an iPod nano (1G) and Shuffle (2G). Say what you want about "Windows and Linux are just as easy", but I have never gotten a support call about anything. Heck my mom (technophobic) figured out her iPod all by herself. I had to walk my GF through Lucid's install. She was patient, but it's something my parents wouldn't have stood for.
They replace their BlockBuster/Redbox rentals with something 'On Demand'. Plug and play and I never have to figure it out again.
Demographic 2. Myself. Apple makes some great hardware. The fact that this is just an ARM processor with a GPU decoder means that tinkerers could get XBMC running on it. (They already have a BeagleBoard fork). My Gen 1 AppleTV is one of the best XBMC devices out there. It's TINY, easily fits under the TV. With the Broadcom chip it does 1080p. But I had to 'hack' it to do that. I built my own HTPC, but the smallest cases are still huge compared to the AppleTV. With the AppleTV I can pull it, toss it in my backpack and go over to a friend's house and watch something.
The cheapest ION boxes are $200+. The Boxeebox isn't even a box, it's a pyramid, and again is $229. The AppleTV IS one of the cheapest pieces of hardware out there that will do what I want it.
I just got an iPod Touch 4G to replace my iPod 4G which was on its last legs. It it unbelievably small. It has some great apps, but I want to use it as a GPS device over bluetooth. I did a bit of research, but I still haven't found any device out there that is comparable.
The Archos 43 looks close, but I can't find a price and only goes up to 16GB (*It does have a Mini SD slot)
That's why so many people are OK with illegal immigration. Because they know that illegals will never be able to replace electricians and plumbers or other manual labor.
[/sarcasm]
Jobs even audited a few classes in calligraphy and claims thats where the WYSIWYG concepts came from.
Not sure if "Auditing without even being a student" is considered stealing though.
Same reason numerous engineers go into technical management.
You can teach an engineer to manage, for the most part you can't teach managers engineering.
There have to be some technical people in the military that could be promoted from within into these positions rather than just a throttle jockey.
How long have you been waiting? I remember this from almost a year ago, if not longer.
What about the re-orientation of the close,min, max buttons? WTF do they think this is, Gnome?
Seriously, It's been close, min, max left to right since the beginning. Why the hell the change now?
Pricing also had a huge part in it. Europeans calls were expensive, but SMS was relatively cheap. In the US the carriers looked at Europe and said "wow, everyone texts, lets charge $0.10 for these..." I think it's up to $0.20 for some carriers now. UNLESS you want to pay them an extra $10/month for unlimited. That's $120 a year just for unlimited texting.
I was amazed at what you could do in India with your phone and SMS messages were on the order of $.01 or $0.005 each. I could get train schedules, update my prepay, send some of my balance to someone else. I heard in the Nordic states you can even verify your taxes with an SMS.
African Diaspora than the Jewish Diaspora...
But is that with or without the coconut?
In the US this is true.
Look at every lawsuit the RIAA/MPAA has filed. It's all uploading.
WRONG. Downloading is NOT ILLEGAL. No one has ever been sued for downloading a single thing. You are not breaking copyright laws by downloading.
Uploading, such as in torrents, is illegal. You are the one breaking copyright because you don't have the right to distribute the work.
Semantics, yes. But there is a difference.
I can't wait for the Boxee Box just because it'll be a prepackaged XBMC box. I'm really hoping D-Link is good with releasing the drivers and such.
SickBeard + SABnzbd + Server in the closet ... It's like having my own Awesome 12.5TB PVR. I'm so far behind on most shows I don't really care if I watch them the night they come out. The automation is amazing. Much better than the manual or RSS only feed I was doing earlier.
Who cares? They're one time use. Literally. Once they get charged once, they don't work any more. Not for the same vendor, not for any other vendor.
So I buy... a soldering iron on Ebay. I go to paypal. I "add a new card". Generate a new number. Enter it. They charge it.
If for some reason I forget and try to charge a number I've already used, I get a transaction denied.
https://deskshop.discovercard.com/thincard/thinclient.html
You might not have a Discover Discover card, but a Discover card issued by another bank.
I wrote a javascript bookmark so I don't have to sign it just to open another window.
https://www.accountonline.com/Athena/PageServlet/thinclient.prod.xsl?loginlib=loginlib&issuerid=1&brand=Citi is Citi Mastercard's.