Hey check this out from WIKI:
China
China announced in May 2008, that the telecoms sector was re-organized and three 3G networks would be allocated so that the largest mobile operator, China Mobile, would retain its GSM customer base. China Unicom would retain its GSM customer base but relinquish its CDMA2000 customer base, and launch 3G on the globally leading W-CDMA (UMTS) standard. The CDMA2000 customers of China Unicom would go to China Telecom, which would then launch 3G on the CDMA2000 1x EV-DO standard. This meant that China would have all three main cellular technology 3G standards in commercial use. Finally in January 2009, Ministry of industry and Information Technology of China awarded licenses of all three standards: TD-SCDMA to China Mobile, W-CDMA to China Unicom and CDMA2000 to China Telecom. The launch of 3G occurred on 1 October 2009, to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China. By August 2011, China Telecom's 3G subscriber has exceeded 23 million [14].
Like I said before, given that I was there last week, and last year, and the year before that, and I used my CDMA VZ phone, I think I would know. How can you tell me I'm wrong? JFGIA
China uses the same tech as Verizon, CDMA. That being said, taking a VZ phone will put a MAJOR dent in your wallet for data. Last I checked, Verizon was charging $20.00 per MEGABYTE for overseas data and $65/mo global voice package. Yes, you read that right.
Pretty much all the electronics are dirt cheap over there. I'd recommend buying a throwaway phone when you get there. Since you don't have a "permanent" number now, getting an in country phone number doesn't seem like it'd be an issue.
What Google needs to force is unlocked bootloaders & carriers maintaining their code in the source tree, so that users can update their version whenever they want...
IE - Nexus stylee
The difference here is that in addition to his death, we gained Intel from his compund in the form of harddrives, usb sticks, DVDs, etc. Presumably, these devices contain tons of useful information about the people involved. I'd bet that they've already started acting on that intel, and that the end is near for UBL's branch of AQ.
So yes, it will change something. It's like chopping off the head of a snake, but at the same time siphoning out the contents of its brain.
I think if you read between the lines, in the end this is about open source vs closed source. Apple & RIM made a conscious decision to produce their own devices. Microsoft sells their mobile OS specifically to run on other hardware, and makes you pay for implementation support. Google just gives the OS away, with a business-friendly Apache license, with very little to no support (Which by the way has spawned a whole new industry). Apart from that, this report is pretty meaningless. I'd be interested to see how much total revenue/profit Google/Microsoft/Apple/RIM generate directly or indirectly from their respective OS's. It would paint a better picture of who is "winning" the mobile OS war, but we'll never see a report like that...
I think if you read between the lines, in the end this is about open source vs closed source. Apple & RIM made a conscious decision to produce their own devices. Microsoft sells their mobile OS specifically to run on other hardware, and makes you pay for implementation support. Google just gives the OS away, with a business-friendly Apache license, with very little to no support (Which by the way has spawned a whole new industry). Apart from that, this report is pretty meaningless. I'd be interested to see how much total revenue/profit Google/Microsoft/Apple/RIM generate directly or indirectly from their respective OS's. It would paint a better picture of who is "winning" the mobile OS war, but we'll never see a report like that...
I find it amusing that Verizon is selling this MiFi, then charging you a monthly service fee to use it, since for $30 bucks one time you can load WMWiFiRouter software onto any Windows Mobile device and have it do the same, without paying $50 a month for the MiFi dataplan, OR a $15/month tethering fee (double score! No cable or extra fee), paying $200 for the privilege of lugging around an extra device. Sure I may not be able to take calls and use the Interwebs, but I didn't want to take those calls in the first place.
What would be interesting would be a numeric keypad that displayed the numbers on random buttons after every keypress, thus making it even more difficult for someone to gain unauthorized access by lifting fingerprints or using heat sensing technology.
How much does the machine itself cost and how much electricity does it use to transform? I guess my real question is, does it put out more than it requires? Yeah I can see all the other benefits that the machine has, but this would be the big selling point wouldn't it?
How do you know that perception of time changes? Have you ever traveled at the speed of light? How about you back that theory up instead of just claiming it as fact?
Think how many computers you have in your house already! You probably have a cell phone, some digital cable, a stereo system, maybe some of those new fangled washer/dryers, all of which can be considered "personal computers". We all have different needs.
Besides, I don't know of any good game that runs in Ubuntu? Do you?
If I'm a Verizon exec, I see this as a perfectly executed business tactic. Verizon seems not to have done anything outside the law. Vonage should have done their homework. Sleazy or not, it was a cut throat move by Verizon.
I do believe there should be a statute of limitations on this type of thing though to prevent these larger companies from cutting down the "little" guy as Verizon seems to have just done. As far as a ruling, I'd like to see the courts force Vonage to pay some sort of indemnification to Verizon instead of forcing them to stop using the technology. Verizon can't reasonably expect Vonage to just close down, and the courts have to see this for what it was, blatant patent trolling by Verizon. There needs to be some sort of precendent set so that the Verizons of the world bring these types of patent violations up in a timely manner instead of using them as a manner to squash their competitors.
I think the fact that it says OEM is an indicator that MS is trying to push the Vista to home users. Businesses shouldn't be affected by this so much as they generally don't purchase computers with an OEM OS, they usually reimage a machine altogether and do their licensing directly with MS.
I personally plan to stick with XP until late 2008/early 2009 and possibly even further. Vista is just too unstable and incompatible. I liken it to making the jump from win 3.11 to win95. We all new win 95 was the way of the future, but god what a mess that was (plug and pray anyone?) I think I'll wait for windows 98.
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Hey check this out from WIKI: China China announced in May 2008, that the telecoms sector was re-organized and three 3G networks would be allocated so that the largest mobile operator, China Mobile, would retain its GSM customer base. China Unicom would retain its GSM customer base but relinquish its CDMA2000 customer base, and launch 3G on the globally leading W-CDMA (UMTS) standard. The CDMA2000 customers of China Unicom would go to China Telecom, which would then launch 3G on the CDMA2000 1x EV-DO standard. This meant that China would have all three main cellular technology 3G standards in commercial use. Finally in January 2009, Ministry of industry and Information Technology of China awarded licenses of all three standards: TD-SCDMA to China Mobile, W-CDMA to China Unicom and CDMA2000 to China Telecom. The launch of 3G occurred on 1 October 2009, to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China. By August 2011, China Telecom's 3G subscriber has exceeded 23 million [14].
Like I said before, given that I was there last week, and last year, and the year before that, and I used my CDMA VZ phone, I think I would know. How can you tell me I'm wrong? JFGIA
Given that I was there last week, and it is, I would know.
China uses the same tech as Verizon, CDMA. That being said, taking a VZ phone will put a MAJOR dent in your wallet for data. Last I checked, Verizon was charging $20.00 per MEGABYTE for overseas data and $65/mo global voice package. Yes, you read that right. Pretty much all the electronics are dirt cheap over there. I'd recommend buying a throwaway phone when you get there. Since you don't have a "permanent" number now, getting an in country phone number doesn't seem like it'd be an issue.
What Google needs to force is unlocked bootloaders & carriers maintaining their code in the source tree, so that users can update their version whenever they want... IE - Nexus stylee
The difference here is that in addition to his death, we gained Intel from his compund in the form of harddrives, usb sticks, DVDs, etc. Presumably, these devices contain tons of useful information about the people involved. I'd bet that they've already started acting on that intel, and that the end is near for UBL's branch of AQ. So yes, it will change something. It's like chopping off the head of a snake, but at the same time siphoning out the contents of its brain.
Isn't the dollar already worthless?
are you that you don't have one of these already???
I think if you read between the lines, in the end this is about open source vs closed source. Apple & RIM made a conscious decision to produce their own devices. Microsoft sells their mobile OS specifically to run on other hardware, and makes you pay for implementation support. Google just gives the OS away, with a business-friendly Apache license, with very little to no support (Which by the way has spawned a whole new industry). Apart from that, this report is pretty meaningless. I'd be interested to see how much total revenue/profit Google/Microsoft/Apple/RIM generate directly or indirectly from their respective OS's. It would paint a better picture of who is "winning" the mobile OS war, but we'll never see a report like that...
My point was this: open source is winning.
I think if you read between the lines, in the end this is about open source vs closed source. Apple & RIM made a conscious decision to produce their own devices. Microsoft sells their mobile OS specifically to run on other hardware, and makes you pay for implementation support. Google just gives the OS away, with a business-friendly Apache license, with very little to no support (Which by the way has spawned a whole new industry). Apart from that, this report is pretty meaningless. I'd be interested to see how much total revenue/profit Google/Microsoft/Apple/RIM generate directly or indirectly from their respective OS's. It would paint a better picture of who is "winning" the mobile OS war, but we'll never see a report like that...
I find it amusing that Verizon is selling this MiFi, then charging you a monthly service fee to use it, since for $30 bucks one time you can load WMWiFiRouter software onto any Windows Mobile device and have it do the same, without paying $50 a month for the MiFi dataplan, OR a $15/month tethering fee (double score! No cable or extra fee), paying $200 for the privilege of lugging around an extra device. Sure I may not be able to take calls and use the Interwebs, but I didn't want to take those calls in the first place.
I thought they fired off an actual green rocket with green flame! No my nick was not inspired by this post.
This was exactly what I had in mind when I bought my 12 gauge.
Does this mean that XP is now free to those who have a VLK? You know, for testing and such...
Where are my moderator points when I need them?
What would be interesting would be a numeric keypad that displayed the numbers on random buttons after every keypress, thus making it even more difficult for someone to gain unauthorized access by lifting fingerprints or using heat sensing technology.
I second the Thawte...
How much does the machine itself cost and how much electricity does it use to transform? I guess my real question is, does it put out more than it requires? Yeah I can see all the other benefits that the machine has, but this would be the big selling point wouldn't it?
My toothbrush does this already...
How do you know that perception of time changes? Have you ever traveled at the speed of light? How about you back that theory up instead of just claiming it as fact?
Think how many computers you have in your house already! You probably have a cell phone, some digital cable, a stereo system, maybe some of those new fangled washer/dryers, all of which can be considered "personal computers". We all have different needs. Besides, I don't know of any good game that runs in Ubuntu? Do you?
If I'm a Verizon exec, I see this as a perfectly executed business tactic. Verizon seems not to have done anything outside the law. Vonage should have done their homework. Sleazy or not, it was a cut throat move by Verizon. I do believe there should be a statute of limitations on this type of thing though to prevent these larger companies from cutting down the "little" guy as Verizon seems to have just done. As far as a ruling, I'd like to see the courts force Vonage to pay some sort of indemnification to Verizon instead of forcing them to stop using the technology. Verizon can't reasonably expect Vonage to just close down, and the courts have to see this for what it was, blatant patent trolling by Verizon. There needs to be some sort of precendent set so that the Verizons of the world bring these types of patent violations up in a timely manner instead of using them as a manner to squash their competitors.
I think the fact that it says OEM is an indicator that MS is trying to push the Vista to home users. Businesses shouldn't be affected by this so much as they generally don't purchase computers with an OEM OS, they usually reimage a machine altogether and do their licensing directly with MS. I personally plan to stick with XP until late 2008/early 2009 and possibly even further. Vista is just too unstable and incompatible. I liken it to making the jump from win 3.11 to win95. We all new win 95 was the way of the future, but god what a mess that was (plug and pray anyone?) I think I'll wait for windows 98.
maybe they were counting in Chinese.
...just creating viruses that actually did something useful, like making money? Why do people feel the need to be so destructive?