Atleast something is coming...May be I got it wrong but I guess it is still better that you can cancel withing 30 days. Even though wouldn't help much.
Thats good news for Consumers. I have been using same services for more then 3 years but I dont want a contract as such. People will continue to use services without contract, Cell phone companies needs to understand that. They need to understand that by forcing people to contract they are not helping (They claim to be customer friendly).
On the other hand, It may change business model though. There may not be any Free Phones anymore as Free phone pays for itself during contract period.
But good enforcement on the cell phone companies who enforce people to stay with them for 1 or 2 years. We are about freedom, one or two year punishment to stay with company doesn't suite us.
Hope other state follow.
Near monopoly of MS Explorer has made itself vulnerable to malicious attacks. As a result Exlorer is more suseptible to virus attach then any other leading browser. But still for a common user there is no reprieve. They continue to use what they got with PC. If your expertise level is little higher or you are engineer (that too computer) you may switch to other browser like Mozilla. Other option is netscape. Spyware industry is thriving on loopwholes of Exlorer. It is high time for Microsoft to correct Exlorer. AOL browser is no challage, it is so primitive, sucks lots of memory, I haven't meet anyone who like AOL browser. People who use AOL only use it to connect to internet. I like Netscape and Mozilla though. Nice Article, Happy to know improvements are coming. Bye bye spyware...
Well, I dont see much profit people will make out of taking out part of MP3 player that can be used as CFII or for camera's...
If you see at ebay, prices for Hitachi CFII (As they call it) is hovering around $130 or so. And MP3 player without storage is selling for $57 or so at amazon.com by individual users. I dont see much gain people will make out of it.
The only advantage is that if you use it for yourself, You are getting 4 GB Storage for $200 and you are getting MP3 player for free - that you can run with 512 MB CF (sandisk works fine).
Good Write up, But as you mentioned that user can buy 3 Nomad Muvo by spending $600 (Or less). I noticed prices for $256 CF are around $20 (Posted today on http://www.dealsofamerica.com). Remember these CompactFlash Cards used to be around $100 just couple of years ago. I bought mine for $68 or so last year. So its good to have 12 GB CF, but as of now I dont see big utility. Pocket size MP3 players with 20GB Storage for $200 have virtually diminished the need for a common man to spend so much on this. I am not sure where it will be used (What I am sure if someone will use it thats why they are releasing it)..but its not for me..
Linux is good for expert level users.Most of the best selling cell phones do not have linux. Why cell phone makers dont user a free OS Linux ? All function loaded cell phones do not have linux today, why ? Further, people want cell phone for free. With my experience with www.dealsofamerica.com it appears people like to buy bestseller only. They do not go in for research or so.
Linux is future for - Developer commnunity - Intelligent software and equipments (Embedded software) - Governments - Expert level users However, for common users linux still is away as - For various applications, it is not yet common to have linux version and linux drivers - Level of expertise (not that it is difficult but there always is resistance to change) - Maturity in linux. One thing is sure, linux march will prompt microsoft to do better in terms of price and quality.
You can easily detect where click is coming from based on IP address. So if they are clicking from India, companies here would not pay. But I am sure there may be holes there too. You have brought a good news though. It will make companies here catious to pay yahoo or google money that would never generate any revenue.
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There could be following reasons
1. People have not experienced broadband. If they do, they would be willing to pay more for broadband to get those speed.
2. People dont need utility of high bandwidth or they are not aware of what they could do. Like listen to music, video, movie on demand and so on.
3. PRICE - Leading companies charges very high for broadband. Price that people can not justify just to surf net (As they do it at work anyways).
4. If broadband is available at the price of dial-up, i am sure stats would be different.
5. If one has not seen something, he/she will be content with what they have.
Does survey point out that off those 60% users how many have experienced broadband ?
What microsoft it doing ? They were first to start passport and wallet services. One thing is for sure, Google is going to give yahoo and microsoft run for its money. Wall Street is eagerly waiting for google's IPO and so it public. I am sure it will be oversusbscribed. I would still like to have multiple players competing for different services rather then one main player having monopoly. One example for competition is 1 GB email service offer from google. Competition is great. it takes its own course.
I am surprise that online retailers too practice it. Statistics indicates a significant number of people order items online.
Privacy is another issue.
May be there will be a compromise in future where some time would be tolerable for surfing while at work.
Interesting story.
I personally dont want outsourcing but it seems unavoidable. Here are some reasons why people outsource from India (it only about india)
Quality - Most of indian companies (stats show 70%) have ISO9000 certification
Cost - It is undisputed fact that cost savings are significangt. (Most analyst agree on 40%)
Quantity - Most companies keep extra people as backup.
People talk about english which certainly helps. availability of manpower and all those famous lines.
But main reason is cost.
Good for microsoft, but may lead to monopoly. Most of the people I see are using broadband and leader there is ATT (Comcast), also RCN is taking lead in few areas..
Would be interesting fight between Two big players.
I am not sure why email is threat. You would get junk email on hotmail or yahoo because they want it. But on corporate email or home email, I dont get junk email.
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Changing the user information, is a fix ??? Whats up with you guy ? Joke! What do I comment on this stupid move.
Atleast something is coming...May be I got it wrong but I guess it is still better that you can cancel withing 30 days. Even though wouldn't help much.
Thats good news for Consumers. I have been using same services for more then 3 years but I dont want a contract as such. People will continue to use services without contract, Cell phone companies needs to understand that. They need to understand that by forcing people to contract they are not helping (They claim to be customer friendly). On the other hand, It may change business model though. There may not be any Free Phones anymore as Free phone pays for itself during contract period. But good enforcement on the cell phone companies who enforce people to stay with them for 1 or 2 years. We are about freedom, one or two year punishment to stay with company doesn't suite us. Hope other state follow.
Near monopoly of MS Explorer has made itself vulnerable to malicious attacks. As a result Exlorer is more suseptible to virus attach then any other leading browser. But still for a common user there is no reprieve. They continue to use what they got with PC. If your expertise level is little higher or you are engineer (that too computer) you may switch to other browser like Mozilla. Other option is netscape. Spyware industry is thriving on loopwholes of Exlorer.
It is high time for Microsoft to correct Exlorer.
AOL browser is no challage, it is so primitive, sucks lots of memory, I haven't meet anyone who like AOL browser. People who use AOL only use it to connect to internet.
I like Netscape and Mozilla though.
Nice Article, Happy to know improvements are coming. Bye bye spyware...
Well, I dont see much profit people will make out of taking out part of MP3 player that can be used as CFII or for camera's... If you see at ebay, prices for Hitachi CFII (As they call it) is hovering around $130 or so. And MP3 player without storage is selling for $57 or so at amazon.com by individual users. I dont see much gain people will make out of it. The only advantage is that if you use it for yourself, You are getting 4 GB Storage for $200 and you are getting MP3 player for free - that you can run with 512 MB CF (sandisk works fine).
Good Write up, But as you mentioned that user can buy 3 Nomad Muvo by spending $600 (Or less). I noticed prices for $256 CF are around $20 (Posted today on http://www.dealsofamerica.com). Remember these CompactFlash Cards used to be around $100 just couple of years ago. I bought mine for $68 or so last year. So its good to have 12 GB CF, but as of now I dont see big utility. Pocket size MP3 players with 20GB Storage for $200 have virtually diminished the need for a common man to spend so much on this. I am not sure where it will be used (What I am sure if someone will use it thats why they are releasing it)..but its not for me..
All of the articles I see here today are about linux. Is today a linux day or something ?
Linux is good for expert level users.Most of the best selling cell phones do not have linux. Why cell phone makers dont user a free OS Linux ? All function loaded cell phones do not have linux today, why ?
Further, people want cell phone for free. With my experience with www.dealsofamerica.com it appears people like to buy bestseller only. They do not go in for research or so.
Linux is future for
- Developer commnunity
- Intelligent software and equipments (Embedded software)
- Governments
- Expert level users
However, for common users linux still is away as
- For various applications, it is not yet common to have linux version and linux drivers
- Level of expertise (not that it is difficult but there always is resistance to change)
- Maturity in linux.
One thing is sure, linux march will prompt microsoft to do better in terms of price and quality.
You can easily detect where click is coming from based on IP address. So if they are clicking from India, companies here would not pay. But I am sure there may be holes there too.
You have brought a good news though. It will make companies here catious to pay yahoo or google money that would never generate any revenue.
It looks like you are talking about http://www.dealsofamerica.com I visit it daily, Nice site.
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There could be following reasons 1. People have not experienced broadband. If they do, they would be willing to pay more for broadband to get those speed. 2. People dont need utility of high bandwidth or they are not aware of what they could do. Like listen to music, video, movie on demand and so on. 3. PRICE - Leading companies charges very high for broadband. Price that people can not justify just to surf net (As they do it at work anyways). 4. If broadband is available at the price of dial-up, i am sure stats would be different. 5. If one has not seen something, he/she will be content with what they have. Does survey point out that off those 60% users how many have experienced broadband ?
What microsoft it doing ? They were first to start passport and wallet services. One thing is for sure, Google is going to give yahoo and microsoft run for its money. Wall Street is eagerly waiting for google's IPO and so it public. I am sure it will be oversusbscribed. I would still like to have multiple players competing for different services rather then one main player having monopoly. One example for competition is 1 GB email service offer from google. Competition is great. it takes its own course.
I am surprise that online retailers too practice it. Statistics indicates a significant number of people order items online. Privacy is another issue. May be there will be a compromise in future where some time would be tolerable for surfing while at work. Interesting story.
I personally dont want outsourcing but it seems unavoidable. Here are some reasons why people outsource from India (it only about india) Quality - Most of indian companies (stats show 70%) have ISO9000 certification Cost - It is undisputed fact that cost savings are significangt. (Most analyst agree on 40%) Quantity - Most companies keep extra people as backup. People talk about english which certainly helps. availability of manpower and all those famous lines. But main reason is cost.
Good for microsoft, but may lead to monopoly. Most of the people I see are using broadband and leader there is ATT (Comcast), also RCN is taking lead in few areas.. Would be interesting fight between Two big players.
I am not sure why email is threat. You would get junk email on hotmail or yahoo because they want it. But on corporate email or home email, I dont get junk email.