If I had WiFi available everywhere I went, I'd get the N810 in a heartbeat, but I don't.
I've no problems using Skype or a SIP softphone, but they're useless if I don't have a connection. I've got WiFi at home, WiFi at work, and several restaurants/bars here have WiFi (and even there, I'd have to ask for the key), but not everywhere.
Not only that, but media silence can be considered a media anomaly, and possible evidence of malicious use. If you're just sending signalling messages with no media, that can trip certain security features. You want media going through at all times, even if it's blank.
To be fair, I've only ever dealt with Cisco phones in a Skinny environment. I've no experience with Cisco SIP (which I understand is a highly non-standard SIP implementation...).
Never had any TFTP issues--usually CCM takes care of that, and we use a proxy on top of that (not Cisco Phone Proxy). I'm not a big fan of web interfaces, and I like Cisco's phone interface. That big screen is really helpful. Yeah, it'd probably suck to try and configure something small like a 7911 using the phone keypad, but luckily I've never had to configure them. I mostly deal with the larger phones: mostly 7940/7941 and 7960/7961 models, with a bit of 7970 use.
No comfort issues either. I have a 7940 at my desk, and I usually use it in lieu of my cell phone. I can't understand much when it's on speakerphone, but all my co-workers have no problems with it, so it's probably just my hearing (and I know my hearing isn't very good).
I love that you put "and if I really have to" before you mentioned Snom:D
Their phones are a pain in the arse to configure. You pretty much have to use their web interface. Not to mention the buttons require so much effort to push, you're pretty much guaranteed to typo anything you try to enter. Bleh.
On the other hand, I love working with Cisco IP Phones and Avaya one-X 96xx phones. The Cisco IP Phone 7970 is particularly awesome.
Polycom and Aastra phones look pretty sweet, but I've not had much of a chance to play with them.
States should not, under any circumstance, be able to determine their own laws. There are absolute definitions of right and wrong, and it is immoral to let a government pass morally wrong laws.
I should be allowed to practice any conduct I want to in my hometown, provided it does not directly hurt others. Your "hopping borders" idea is completely incompatible with that.
The government has a moral duty to protect the rights of its citizens, and that moral duty is incompatible with state sovereignty.
The federal system is a horrible idea, and I'd love to see the constitution scrapped in favor of a document establishing a single, unified national government, barring any state and local governments from existing.
Paul's "We the People Act" was designed to overturn Lawrence v. Texas and gave express permission to states to forbid homosexual conduct.
Paul doesn't believe in limited government, just limited federal government. He has no problem with individual states violating human rights with no recourse whatsoever.
Microsoft is officially more open than Apple, at least on the mobile front.
You can get a Windows-based phone made by HTC and take it to the provider of your choice. And unlike the iPhone, Windows phones don't prohibit third-party applications.
Microsoft actually did something right for once.
I love my HTC Wizard, and I intend on upgrading to an HTC Kaiser (TyTN II/P4550) one of these days. I'll never consider an iPhone; it's too closed-up compared to Microsoft's openness.
you must first get locked-into a 2-year AT&T contract - making the jailbreak/unlock option less appealing than it was in the past.
It's still pretty appealing. With the price going down to $200, that early termination fee looks surprisingly cheap.
And once the iPhone 3G comes out, you'll start to see a trickle of people selling them on eBay. People will be willing to soak the early termination fee for a chance to make a profit on eBay, and people who don't want to go through the effort of getting a contract and then breaking it will be willing to soak the premium.
The iPhone is not subsidized. Lots of people paid $600 up-front for an unsubsidized iPhone when it first came out.
$600 isn't that much money to pay up-front, and there are phones that are even more expensive (HTC Kaiser comes to mind--I've seen that baby go for $800). It's a little bit more than half my monthly rent, so I could easily afford to pay for it up-front, and I'm just a coder who's only been out of college for a year. Imagine what someone who has an actual nest egg could afford.
No more connectivity problems. No more retarded tech support people.
Of course, I've only had to call AT&T tech support twice, because I never had a single service outage with AT&T (except for the one time when a power surge fried my RG, but that wasn't a problem with the connection), but when I've needed to call them, they actually know what they're doing. I think back to the days when TWC had weekly service outages and I had to constantly deal with retarded tech support people, and I don't know how I didn't go insane.
I'd recommend that anyone still using TWC dump them for AT&T U-verse...TWC just isn't worth what you're paying them.
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If I had WiFi available everywhere I went, I'd get the N810 in a heartbeat, but I don't.
I've no problems using Skype or a SIP softphone, but they're useless if I don't have a connection. I've got WiFi at home, WiFi at work, and several restaurants/bars here have WiFi (and even there, I'd have to ask for the key), but not everywhere.
I'd rather have a version of the N810 with a GSM antenna added.
The N810 would be the perfect handheld device for me, but it can't be used as a phone...
Why the hell should I be forced to leave my hometown if I don't want to be forced into someone else's religion?
People who want basic "rights to be restricted" should sit down and shut up.
Not only that, but media silence can be considered a media anomaly, and possible evidence of malicious use. If you're just sending signalling messages with no media, that can trip certain security features. You want media going through at all times, even if it's blank.
To be fair, I've only ever dealt with Cisco phones in a Skinny environment. I've no experience with Cisco SIP (which I understand is a highly non-standard SIP implementation...).
Never had any TFTP issues--usually CCM takes care of that, and we use a proxy on top of that (not Cisco Phone Proxy). I'm not a big fan of web interfaces, and I like Cisco's phone interface. That big screen is really helpful. Yeah, it'd probably suck to try and configure something small like a 7911 using the phone keypad, but luckily I've never had to configure them. I mostly deal with the larger phones: mostly 7940/7941 and 7960/7961 models, with a bit of 7970 use.
No comfort issues either. I have a 7940 at my desk, and I usually use it in lieu of my cell phone. I can't understand much when it's on speakerphone, but all my co-workers have no problems with it, so it's probably just my hearing (and I know my hearing isn't very good).
I love that you put "and if I really have to" before you mentioned Snom :D
Their phones are a pain in the arse to configure. You pretty much have to use their web interface. Not to mention the buttons require so much effort to push, you're pretty much guaranteed to typo anything you try to enter. Bleh.
On the other hand, I love working with Cisco IP Phones and Avaya one-X 96xx phones. The Cisco IP Phone 7970 is particularly awesome.
Polycom and Aastra phones look pretty sweet, but I've not had much of a chance to play with them.
Wow, I bet you're a lot of fun at parties.
I'm sick and tired of morally weak people like you saying "that's their culture and that makes it alright".
No, it's not alright. If that's their culture, then their culture is a culture of evil, and it must be annihilated with extreme prejudice.
Thing is, sovereignty is highly immoral.
States should not, under any circumstance, be able to determine their own laws. There are absolute definitions of right and wrong, and it is immoral to let a government pass morally wrong laws.
I should be allowed to practice any conduct I want to in my hometown, provided it does not directly hurt others. Your "hopping borders" idea is completely incompatible with that.
The government has a moral duty to protect the rights of its citizens, and that moral duty is incompatible with state sovereignty.
The federal system is a horrible idea, and I'd love to see the constitution scrapped in favor of a document establishing a single, unified national government, barring any state and local governments from existing.
Oh, and I've got a link to the text of the We the People Act, too.
Paul's "We the People Act" was designed to overturn Lawrence v. Texas and gave express permission to states to forbid homosexual conduct.
Paul doesn't believe in limited government, just limited federal government. He has no problem with individual states violating human rights with no recourse whatsoever.
Is anyone else wondering why FFXIII is borrowing its title from a Kamen Rider series?
I doubt anything they (or anyone for that matter) can make can even approach Kamen Rider Agito's level of awesomeness.
And I'm one of those few oddballs who believes Tactics is the best :D
Mostly correct, but Johnson never resigned. The Senate just acquitted Johnson the same way they did Clinton.
I like laughing at 9/11 Liars.
You people are hilarious.
Microsoft is officially more open than Apple, at least on the mobile front.
You can get a Windows-based phone made by HTC and take it to the provider of your choice. And unlike the iPhone, Windows phones don't prohibit third-party applications.
Microsoft actually did something right for once.
I love my HTC Wizard, and I intend on upgrading to an HTC Kaiser (TyTN II/P4550) one of these days. I'll never consider an iPhone; it's too closed-up compared to Microsoft's openness.
Never mind--I just discovered MetroPCS is CDMA. Drat.
Oh well, there are still other sub-national wireless providers, and I'm sure at least some follow Metro's contractless model.
you must first get locked-into a 2-year AT&T contract - making the jailbreak/unlock option less appealing than it was in the past.
It's still pretty appealing. With the price going down to $200, that early termination fee looks surprisingly cheap.
And once the iPhone 3G comes out, you'll start to see a trickle of people selling them on eBay. People will be willing to soak the early termination fee for a chance to make a profit on eBay, and people who don't want to go through the effort of getting a contract and then breaking it will be willing to soak the premium.
The iPhone is not subsidized. Lots of people paid $600 up-front for an unsubsidized iPhone when it first came out.
$600 isn't that much money to pay up-front, and there are phones that are even more expensive (HTC Kaiser comes to mind--I've seen that baby go for $800). It's a little bit more than half my monthly rent, so I could easily afford to pay for it up-front, and I'm just a coder who's only been out of college for a year. Imagine what someone who has an actual nest egg could afford.
You can take it to MetroPCS. They offer post-paid service with no contract. Their most expensive plan is $50/month.
Of course, they're not national, but if you live in a city where they offer service and you don't travel, they're perfect.
Hell, public NetHack servers have existed for ages...
Console gamers don't like treadmilling.
We simply have better taste.
I dumped Twat Wanker for AT&T U-verse a year ago.
No more connectivity problems. No more retarded tech support people.
Of course, I've only had to call AT&T tech support twice, because I never had a single service outage with AT&T (except for the one time when a power surge fried my RG, but that wasn't a problem with the connection), but when I've needed to call them, they actually know what they're doing. I think back to the days when TWC had weekly service outages and I had to constantly deal with retarded tech support people, and I don't know how I didn't go insane.
I'd recommend that anyone still using TWC dump them for AT&T U-verse...TWC just isn't worth what you're paying them.
Utterly bullshit.
Hell, the lockpicking club at my old college gave free lockpicks to anyone who attended their first meeting.
Just keep wearing that tinfoil hat...