Example: Blackberry 9700.
We sell the phone for $150 on a three year contract (voice and data, $400ish voice only), or $650 with no contract. Our wholesale cost on the phone is close to $600. The network then comps us for the price of the hardware subsidy ($450) as well as $300 in GP (Gross Profit) for the new activation. In short, for every 3 year term (Blackberry) we sign on the phone, the network pays out the company about $750, which has to cover the cost of the hardware, plus all of our fixed causes. The store has to sell about 200 phones per month after all costs in order to be profitable. Higher volume stores need to do close to 400 phones per month.
As to why cases cost so much? I get paid on margin, the more you pay, the more I make. The best way to get discounted cases out of me is to bring me friends who want to sign new contracts. I get paid for a phone, you get a discount on the case for referring me a new customer.
The iPhone rubber bands are where all the money is for Apple's partners, because the iPhone nets the retailers something like $1 per unit sold, but the ridiculously-overpriced rubber bands probably net them $29 each.
I work for a national cellular retailer in Canada, and you're guess on our margins is way off...
My company makes close to $300 in margin on 3 year voice contract, and considerably more on voice and data, in additional to monthly residuals, as well as load bonuses when we meet our network targets.
Selling the phone, is WAY more important to my companies margin than an accessory is.
uin:56505020
There are about a dozen active users still on my list.
I'm using Pidgin on xunbutu these days, so it all looks the same to me, I don't even know what protocol is being used unless I check. Of those that still use ICQ (I have them all on gtalk and msn as well), they do tend to use ICQ more often than others.
Most of us the user (myself included) are Canadian, but there are few internationals as well.
I have a box similar to this one shown, with a pair of 1TB WD Scorpio drives running it, one disk gets used to system partitions and home directories, the other is mounted at/srv/media. The box provides NFS and SMB shares to 2 desktops, 2 laptops and a Myth TV Box that's hooked up to the 42".
The only thing I haven't been able to do with it so far (time has been a factor, and I haven't been able to research it properly) is DLNA streaming to work properly to the PS3. Time has been a factor and I haven't really looked that closely.
You can do all of this via Blackberry Enterprise Server.
My 'berry is so locked down by the guru's at head office that I have the same web browsing restrictions on it, that I do on our point of sale desktops, all courtesy of the BES and SonicWall routers.
Bing users are more likely to be using the default solftware that comes with their computers, where as many google users tend to be a bit more tech savvy, and are more likely to have ad blocking software installed along side a different browser?
Registrant:
Michael Sharp
12932 SE Kent-Kangley Rd.
Box 238
Kent, Washington 98030
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: ITSBETTERWITHWINDOWS.COM
Created on: 05-Dec-08
Expires on: 05-Dec-09
Last Updated on: 05-Dec-08
Administrative Contact:
Sharp, Michael rdcpro@hotmail.com
12932 SE Kent-Kangley Rd.
Box 238
Kent, Washington 98030
United States
(877) 788-8066 Fax --
Technical Contact:
Sharp, Michael rdcpro@hotmail.com
12932 SE Kent-Kangley Rd.
Box 238
Kent, Washington 98030
United States
(877) 788-8066 Fax --
Domain servers in listed order:
NS61.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS62.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Rogers Wireless in Canada provides what they call "Overage Protection" I short, your bill will never be more than $100, regardless of the package that you have.
I have a Novatel MC950D that I use quite extensively on the $30 Flex Rate plan, and I rarely go over 500MB of data using it. Having said that though:
I don't use it for torrents, I have a cable modem for that.
I don't use it for Ubuntu updates, I have a cable modem for that.
I don't run webservers off it, streaming media from my machine, again, I have a cable modem for that.
I use the "Rocket Stick" primarily for browsing the web on my EEE701, as well as my HP Laptop. Anytime I want to download something bigger than about 5 megs, I just plug in. It works better, it works faster, and it saves me money.
Don't you just hate when you wake up in the morning after a night of heavy drinking and find out that you've taken advantage of yourself again? I know it always makes ME want to press charges for committing sex crimes against myself!
The part that confuses me (and I admit to not be any kind of an expert on this) but, how the hell can they write the data to a card, if they are not able to read it to begin with? One would think that the hardware interface would be the same, whether it is a physical reader, or something like RFID, so that should not be an
issue.
The scary part, if they cannot read the data at all, how the hell do they know for 100% sure, that would be MY data on the card, instead of say, Joseph Stalin?
Agreed, I am a long time Debian user who switched over to Ubuntu about 2 years ago when I got a new laptop (easier wireless support (read: i'm lazy) ftw.), but that doesn't change the fact that people who are getting hit with this kind of crap, are the same people who are downloading and installing pirated versions of windows, and are simply not going to change to something new.
Ubuntu is great, I love it, but it is not going to solve the problems that this kind of bullshit create, simply because the average sheeple is too resistant to change.
Both the Canadian and the US phone-services work like that, or have plans that work like that.
Of the major carriers in Canada, only Bell and Telus charge for incoming SMS. Rogers and Fido both give free incoming SMS, even if you are travelling internationally, you only pay for what you send, and get unlimited on most Fido packages, and can get up to 10,000 with Rogers.
Viigo is the app that I find I have a hard time with out. It's a slick little RSS feed app that pulls feeds from anywhere one the web. It's a gratis app, but you do have to sign up for an account.
It's way more convenient that using slashdot.org/palm when I have a few minutes for my fix during the day.
Slashdot Mirror
Example: Blackberry 9700.
We sell the phone for $150 on a three year contract (voice and data, $400ish voice only), or $650 with no contract. Our wholesale cost on the phone is close to $600. The network then comps us for the price of the hardware subsidy ($450) as well as $300 in GP (Gross Profit) for the new activation. In short, for every 3 year term (Blackberry) we sign on the phone, the network pays out the company about $750, which has to cover the cost of the hardware, plus all of our fixed causes. The store has to sell about 200 phones per month after all costs in order to be profitable. Higher volume stores need to do close to 400 phones per month.
As to why cases cost so much? I get paid on margin, the more you pay, the more I make. The best way to get discounted cases out of me is to bring me friends who want to sign new contracts. I get paid for a phone, you get a discount on the case for referring me a new customer.
The iPhone rubber bands are where all the money is for Apple's partners, because the iPhone nets the retailers something like $1 per unit sold, but the ridiculously-overpriced rubber bands probably net them $29 each.
I work for a national cellular retailer in Canada, and you're guess on our margins is way off...
My company makes close to $300 in margin on 3 year voice contract, and considerably more on voice and data, in additional to monthly residuals, as well as load bonuses when we meet our network targets.
Selling the phone, is WAY more important to my companies margin than an accessory is.
uin:56505020 There are about a dozen active users still on my list. I'm using Pidgin on xunbutu these days, so it all looks the same to me, I don't even know what protocol is being used unless I check. Of those that still use ICQ (I have them all on gtalk and msn as well), they do tend to use ICQ more often than others. Most of us the user (myself included) are Canadian, but there are few internationals as well.
I Am A Fucking Legally Enraged Officer? Best I got, sorry...
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4933703&CatId=333
/srv/media. The box provides NFS and SMB shares to 2 desktops, 2 laptops and a Myth TV Box that's hooked up to the 42".
I have a box similar to this one shown, with a pair of 1TB WD Scorpio drives running it, one disk gets used to system partitions and home directories, the other is mounted at
The only thing I haven't been able to do with it so far (time has been a factor, and I haven't been able to research it properly) is DLNA streaming to work properly to the PS3. Time has been a factor and I haven't really looked that closely.
Mine.
I supply the hardware and pay the bill, which I then bill them for.
You can do all of this via Blackberry Enterprise Server.
My 'berry is so locked down by the guru's at head office that I have the same web browsing restrictions on it, that I do on our point of sale desktops, all courtesy of the BES and SonicWall routers.
And I might be out to lunch on this, but...
Bing users are more likely to be using the default solftware that comes with their computers, where as many google users tend to be a bit more tech savvy, and are more likely to have ad blocking software installed along side a different browser?
I'm a DAMN proud Canadian right now
It gets better...
My collection would be worth $421,200,000 dollars.
And that's just from what I have ripped myself, doesn't count downloads...
Android...
Registrant:
Michael Sharp
12932 SE Kent-Kangley Rd.
Box 238
Kent, Washington 98030
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: ITSBETTERWITHWINDOWS.COM
Created on: 05-Dec-08
Expires on: 05-Dec-09
Last Updated on: 05-Dec-08
Administrative Contact:
Sharp, Michael rdcpro@hotmail.com
12932 SE Kent-Kangley Rd.
Box 238
Kent, Washington 98030
United States
(877) 788-8066 Fax --
Technical Contact:
Sharp, Michael rdcpro@hotmail.com
12932 SE Kent-Kangley Rd.
Box 238
Kent, Washington 98030
United States
(877) 788-8066 Fax --
Domain servers in listed order:
NS61.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS62.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
I have a Novatel MC950D that I use quite extensively on the $30 Flex Rate plan, and I rarely go over 500MB of data using it. Having said that though:
I use the "Rocket Stick" primarily for browsing the web on my EEE701, as well as my HP Laptop. Anytime I want to download something bigger than about 5 megs, I just plug in. It works better, it works faster, and it saves me money.
I do as well.
What does this bring to the table that JoikuSpot, Walking HotSpot, and a variety of other S60 applications don't?
and here I was thinking I'd be getting bolivian spam in regards to cheap medication...
Don't you just hate when you wake up in the morning after a night of heavy drinking and find out that you've taken advantage of yourself again? I know it always makes ME want to press charges for committing sex crimes against myself!
It's awful, my hand rapes me at least once a day
.
These days it would be suicide for anyone to release an OS without built-in web capability right out of the box.
The last I looked, none of my Debian boxes had a browser installed on them out of the box...
Same thing that I recall from playing with slackware a decade ago
issue.
The scary part, if they cannot read the data at all, how the hell do they know for 100% sure, that would be MY data on the card, instead of say, Joseph Stalin?
Agreed, I am a long time Debian user who switched over to Ubuntu about 2 years ago when I got a new laptop (easier wireless support (read: i'm lazy) ftw.), but that doesn't change the fact that people who are getting hit with this kind of crap, are the same people who are downloading and installing pirated versions of windows, and are simply not going to change to something new.
Ubuntu is great, I love it, but it is not going to solve the problems that this kind of bullshit create, simply because the average sheeple is too resistant to change.
2c CDN
Mod parent up. If you can't get to thepiratebay.org anymore, you're gonna reinstall your OS.
<cynic>
if you can't get to thepiratebay.org, where are you gonna get your OS from?
</cynic>
Both the Canadian and the US phone-services work like that, or have plans that work like that.
Of the major carriers in Canada, only Bell and Telus charge for incoming SMS. Rogers and Fido both give free incoming SMS, even if you are travelling internationally, you only pay for what you send, and get unlimited on most Fido packages, and can get up to 10,000 with Rogers.
dan@sober: ~ /proc/cpuinfo|grep '^cpu MHz'|awk '{print $4"/30 +";}';free|grep '^Mem'|awk '{print $3"/1024/3+"}'; df -P -k | grep -v '(1k|1024)-blocks' | awk '{if ($1 ~ "/dev/(scsi|sd)"){ s+= $2} s+= $2;} END {print s/1024/50"/15+70";}'`|bc|sed 's/\(.$\)/.\1cm/'
$ cat bin/vpenis.sh
#!/bin/sh
export LC_ALL=C
echo `uptime|grep days|sed 's/.*up \([0-9]*\) day.*/\1\/10+/'; cat
Viigo is the app that I find I have a hard time with out. It's a slick little RSS feed app that pulls feeds from anywhere one the web. It's a gratis app, but you do have to sign up for an account.
It's way more convenient that using slashdot.org/palm when I have a few minutes for my fix during the day.
Push weather updates are awesome as well.
MidpSSH
I have used this on both 8700's as well as 8310's. Once you get used to a couple of the quirks of the software interface, it works just fine.
What's a pirates favorite part of the anatomy?
AAARRRRSSSEE!
I think ye mean booty ya filthy bilge rat