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The FCC is out of control.  It's good the court put them in check.

Comcast runs a business and they have a right to control the network they built.  If someone doesn't like it, they can take their business elsewhere. 
In some areas, it's either Comcast or no internet.

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Customer Service / Re: Upgrading Early?
« on: March 23, 2010, 12:55:14 pm »
I think I'm just going to switch to the EM+ plan,

I'm not understanding something.  In your original post you said you had a full upgrade due on April 10th.  If you migrate to EM+ now, you would lose all future full upgrades and have to pay full price for any future phones.  Since you already have unlimited loyalty, I don't think that any plan savings with EM+ would make up for the lost savings on the full upgrades.  What am I missing?
I'm not sure if this was the line of thinking earhog has, but plan savings with EM+ actually do make up for phone discounts on EM plans - then again, sometimes it depends on the phone and type of upgrade. If you upgrade using the yearly discount on smartphones that they're offering then I believe EM would be cheaper.

If EM plan costs $10 more per month, that's $240 over 2 years. With an $80 BB 8520 you're looking at $320.
EM+ plan you save the $10 per month, but you pay full price for the phone at $280.

500min EM over 2yrs w/ 8520: $1,040
500min EM+ over 2 yrs w/ 8520: $1,000

Cost savings can increase for the higher plans with the addons (like the $20 gap between the unlimited everything plans)

But, as I said, upgrade on Even More to a new smartphone every year and you're definitely coming out on top. All depends on how often someone upgrades their phone I suppose.


Nevermind, jet1000, your right. Operative line in your post "since you already have unlimited loyalty" changes the meaning. If earhog is paying $85 for unlimited everything now (with the old $35 for unlimited data+txt) then he is better off staying where he is. Unless he's paying the new $40 unl data+txt, then he could save a little ($40 as in my example) over a 2 year period by switching. UNLESS he upgrades every year, then he'll want to stay regardless :P

These new plan costs savings aren't as cut and dry as they first seem.

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Apple / Re: Apple sues HTC
« on: March 08, 2010, 02:16:01 pm »
Oh yes, let's not forget about what Apple recently copied for the iPad.
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“No, Apple didn’t license iBooks from me. They just copied me. Ah well,” he wrote. Later, he added, “I guess it’s not enough Apple has hired every employee who worked on Delicious Library, they also had to copy my product’s look. Flattery?” While Shipley tries to play it off as not that big of a deal, clearly he’s pretty upset about it. And he should be. I mean, the bookshelf view in iBooks is nearly identical to the main bookshelf view used in Delicious Library. Not only that, but it’s not like this is a little-known app that Apple may have missed: it has won the Apple Design Award twice, and been a runner-up one other time. Apple gives out those awards.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/27/think-ibooks-looks-familiar-youre-not-the-only-one/

Go ahead, read about it. To me, it looks very similar to the type of thing that would prompt Apple to go out on a "look and feel" type lawsuit like the one they started with Microsoft on Windows 2.0. Of course this one is the other way around, but it looks like this guy isn't starting a lawsuit (yet?). He's just quite peeved he wasn't even contacted or acknowledged.

Ridiculous to me. Apple appears slightly hypocritical in relation to many of their past court cases, legal proceedings, or even just words (as in the case of Steve saying how "shameless" Apple has been in stealing ideas). At least give credit where credit is due!

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Apple / Re: Apple sues HTC
« on: March 08, 2010, 01:31:42 am »
Looked up a brief history on Apple litigation and it's a very interesting read:
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In 1978, Apple Corps (The Beatles-founded record label and holding company) filed suit against Apple Computer for trademark infringement. The suit settled in 1981 with an undisclosed amount being paid to Apple Corps, later revealed to be US$80,000.[1] As a condition of the settlement, Apple Computer agreed to stay out of the music business.

Later...

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In 1991, after the introduction of the Apple IIgs, a computer with an Ensoniq music synthesizer chip, which Apple Corps alleged to be in violation, another settlement of around US$26.5 million was reached, and Apple Computer agreed that it would not package, sell or distribute physical music materials.[2]

And then...

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In September 2003, Apple Computer was sued by Apple Corps again, this time for introducing iTunes and the iPod which Apple Corps believed was a violation of the previous agreement by Apple not to distribute music.

In 2006, Apple was sued for alleged infringement of a patent (music playing device), and also had a trade complaint and lawsuit filed against them. Apple basically turned around and sued for the exact same thing. Eventually, Apple paid em off and everything was dropped.

And just like the battles between Apple vs Microsoft and RIM vs NTP this will settle. Someone will pay large amounts of money to someone else. Based on the Apple Inc vs Apple Corps thing, Apple definitely does not seem like that "innocent, never do wrong, everyone's infringing on us" company that some people seem to make them out to be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._litigation

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Apple / Re: Apple sues HTC
« on: March 05, 2010, 09:30:00 pm »
“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” - Steve Jobs (1996)
“We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” - Steve Jobs (1996)

“We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.” - Steve Jobs (2010)

Source: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/03/steve-jobs-1996-good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal/

Moral: Don't tell anyone absolutely anything (especially Steve Jobs) until you patent it.

Now if you'll all excuse me I am rushing off to patent the ability to turn off my phone by pressing or holding down a button (whether physical or virtual on-screen). Maybe I can also patent the method in which I keep a battery in a device in order to make it non-removeable, too :)

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The Circus (lounge) / Re: Whats your favorite mobile OS?
« on: March 04, 2010, 12:26:20 pm »
yeah but i did not think most people like winmo.
I would like to know what you base that on. As I stated above, people who like windows mobile are in the vocal minority and usually get ragged on by iphone and android users so they shut up. Counting opinions of engadget, gizmodo, and bgr articles doesn't count either, they tend to skew things out of favor of anything microsoft in a large majority of articles.

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Apple / Re: Apple sues HTC
« on: March 04, 2010, 12:18:33 pm »
Not everyone is experiencing drop 3g or touch screen issues on their N1. A very small minority of people have reported these issues,


The fact that the device has all of these complaints when it sold so few units, further illustrates the point as to how bad it's issues are.  T-Mobile thinks so little of the device that it won't even carry it in it's stores.  T-Mobile probably had some early information into these issues to know that they didn't want their tech support resources to be overloaded by this device.  That's why they're going to make the HD2 their flagship smartphone device instead. 

Nexus One is a Google phone, not a T-Mobile phone, and won't be sold in any stores. It will be sold on all carriers but won't be in the stores. Everything, including tech support, is google centric.

Everyone bouncing around topics so much here it's crazy. So smartphone sales prove value of the company, is that what this is about?

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1224645
Nokia on top with >16k sales for 3Q '09, followed by RIM with >8k and then Apple with >7k and HTC with >2k

Obviously, 3Q 09 would exclude some of the latest Android phones anyway, including the Droid and Nexus One.

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The Circus (lounge) / Re: Whats your favorite mobile OS?
« on: March 02, 2010, 12:29:13 am »
I can't believe WinMo gets 30%. In fact I can't believe it gets 3% for all that! Must be the hardcore biz folks locked in.
overall I believe windows mobile users and those who enjoy the OS are in the very vocal minority. They just enjoy it, period. The majority that keep their mouths shut may not care to be put down for their choice of OS. The vocal ones are the ones who slam every other OS out there and, while it used to be iphone fanboys, are now increasingly android fanboys. I can't remember the last time I went to ANY tech oriented site with user comments and didn't see a "If only it had Android" or similar drabness slathered all over the place. That is followed by some sort of immature name calling for those who may have something positive to say about windows mobile.

and where's blackberry? I believe it deserves much more than an "other"

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The Circus (lounge) / Re: CAPTCHA question
« on: February 21, 2010, 08:04:09 pm »
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By replacing each block of pixels that resembles a particular character (such as a letter, digit or punctuation mark) or word with that character or word, OCR makes it possible to edit printed text, search it for a given word or phrase, store it more compactly, display or print a copy free of scanning artifacts, and apply such techniques as machine translation, text-to-speech and text mining to it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition

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Free-OCR.com is a free online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool. You can use this service to extract text from any image you supply.
http://www.free-ocr.com/

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This is the technology long used by libraries and government agencies to make lengthy documents quickly available electronically.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/73023/Optical_Character_Recognition <---article written in 2002

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Windows Phone 7 / Re: Windows Phone 7 Announced
« on: February 15, 2010, 03:07:03 pm »
My favorite video, the one David linked to on the blog: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/LauraFoy/First-Look-Windows-Phone-7-Series-Hands-on-Demo/

I had a feeling those "leaked" images people had of WP7 were incorrect, they were either purposely "leaked" to throw people off track / lower expectations OR some haters threw up a few renders that people took to be official. Who knows, but I must say I think this looks great.

Still trying to make out if multitasking exists. It can be a crucial for me to have certain programs (or "apps" as the general public refers to them) running in the background.

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Gamers Unite / Re: Xbox360: Indie Games
« on: February 09, 2010, 01:06:55 am »
Glad I could be of addicting assistance. I absolutely agree with you on addiction levels, especially since I have most of my music collection stream to my xbox (Breaking Benjamin songs and techno are some of my favorites. Hmm, Tech N9ne, I should try some). Tell me what you think of Soul. Play it for at least 15 minutes.

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If you are on the old rate for $34.99 data+text, you can switch between the two at the same price. Go into my tmobile if you have the $34.99 addon and select either an Android or Windows Mobile device, the opposite of what you currently have. Select the See More Details link right under the green Upgrade button and you will see.

For example, if I were to upgrade to the Samsung Memoir I would see
Unlimited Web + Unlimited Messages
Unlimited Web access and unlimited domestic messages: $34.99/month
Unlimited Web
Unlimited Web access: $24.99/month

To upgrade to the Samsung Behold II I would see
Android Unlimited Web + Unlimited Messages:
Unlimited Web access, unlimited domestic messages, Visual Voicemail: $34.99/month
Unlimited Web
Unlimited Web access: $24.99/month

Pretty much in line with what jet1000 said above

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Gamers Unite / Re: Xbox360: Indie Games
« on: February 03, 2010, 09:09:56 pm »
Beat Hazard (especially if you have music on your harddrive or can stream it from a PC)
The Impossible Game (frustrating yet addicting. Seems pretty impossible to beat ;))
Arkedo Series - 03 PIXEL! (a fun little platformer)
Soul (Guide this dead guy's soul to the afterlife. Production values are incredible!)
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 (humorous, background track is hilarious, full game is only $1)

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Locked Posts / Re: AT&T to lose their Iphone exclusive right Wednesday?
« on: January 28, 2010, 11:53:23 am »
in my opinion this won't be in cellphones as we know it for many years out (if ever*). I don't think anybody who travels is going to want to buy a phone that only works on tmo in the US.

*This might show in smaller, non-phone devices that operate off of tmo's network such as that watch... or tablets or any other network connected piece of technology.

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Locked Posts / Re: AT&T to lose their Iphone exclusive right Wednesday?
« on: January 27, 2010, 10:09:17 pm »
this just in from 2011: next iphone has micro sim. at&t network collapses further from additional strain as users are unable to move to the t-mobile network.

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Apple / Re: Apple Announces iPad
« on: January 27, 2010, 10:06:21 pm »
There's a reason Apple is advertising that they are selling it unlocked... there's no point. They are using a microsim which is incompatible with every GSM network out there, it's some new tech developed by some European something or other. Here are the details: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/apple-ipads-micro-sim-explained/

I meant with your fingers. Windows is meant to be used with a keyboard and mouse. If I wanted a Windows tablet, I would have bought a X200 Tablet already. I imagine Windows isn't going to be very fun only using your fingers.
I thought Windows 7 was designed for touchscreen?? I mean, why else are the icons REALLY big (unless you select small icons from the menus)? Lower the resolution a bit if you're worried but of all the videos I have seen, touch does not look difficult at all: (this has word in it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f8iIU2RNO4). Actually, just put your finger up to your monitor right now - those icons really don't seem too small when you have your finger right up there. And my resolution is 1680x1050


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Locked Posts / Re: AT&T to lose their Iphone exclusive right Wednesday?
« on: January 25, 2010, 10:18:28 pm »
If tmo gets the iphone I'll be happy if they dont train reps to upsell people to the device who may exist in fringe/less-than-average/spotty 3G (or voice) coverage areas, leading them to curse tmo's name and drone on and on about how crappy tmo is even if their area improves to perfect. perception and first impression, guys, perception and first impression.

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The Circus (lounge) / Re: An MVNO? ON T-MOBILE??!!
« on: January 25, 2010, 10:14:46 pm »
metropcs isn't an MVNO though, is it? if these guys advertise t-mobile phones on their website, they have to be running on t-mobile's network which is - well - good for most of us, right?

thanks for the report. I may be considering trying this out myself then

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The Circus (lounge) / Re: Need Google Voice Invite!
« on: January 24, 2010, 09:35:55 pm »
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/invite-friend-to-google-voice.html

Looks like three and I'm assuming only given to users around when that blog post was made.

If that is true, no wonder getting an invite is so difficult. I wouldn't even dare create a thread like this- well, I guess unless you've got someone feeling VERY generous or has no friends  :-X

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T-Mobile Services / Re: New rules for Corporate Discounts
« on: January 24, 2010, 08:33:59 pm »
lame.

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