Uisce Beatha
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iPhone Article
« on: January 10, 2008, 08:50:29 AM » |
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How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless IndustryHaven't read it all but it's pretty comprehensive. Should be good.
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stroh
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Re: iPhone Article
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2008, 09:07:51 AM » |
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Page one was good.
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Uisce Beatha
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Re: iPhone Article
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2008, 09:51:09 AM » |
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Page one was good.
Usually they're underlined and often in a different color. When you click on them *feces* happens. You're welcome.
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"If you're darker than a caramel, Reverend Al speaks for you." - Aasif Mandvi "Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man: no time to talk." - stroh
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stroh
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Re: iPhone Article
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2008, 09:52:50 AM » |
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Page one was good.
Usually they're underlined and often in a different color. When you click on them *feces* happens. You're welcome. LOL.
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Re: iPhone Article
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2008, 10:02:05 AM » |
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I would say it really surprises me how dense and slow to change big companies are to change, but then I work for one so it's no surprise to me.
I swear Jobs could sell shoes to person with no legs, or life insurance to a corpse.
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Re: iPhone Article
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2008, 01:33:41 PM » |
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Good read.
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Re: iPhone Article
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2008, 10:41:37 PM » |
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"...Meanwhile, about 40 percent of iPhone buyers are new to AT&T's rolls..."
Wow
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Re: iPhone Article
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2008, 07:57:30 AM » |
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In retrospect, I caught (drunken) wind of this project in late 2005 from a member of the Cingular secretarial pool, at a cocktail party.
She was basically manic over the revolutionary aspects of the whole innovation thing.
At the time, she even she probably didn't know Apple was involved--
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Re: iPhone Article
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2008, 09:50:33 AM » |
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"...Meanwhile, about 40 percent of iPhone buyers are new to AT&T's rolls..."
Wow
thats because at&t sucks, but they have no choice if they want the Iphallic.
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women are like tornados. In the beginning there's a lot of sucking and blowing. In the end, the car's gone, the house is gone..
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Re: iPhone Article
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2008, 11:32:50 AM » |
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I'm delighted they got the carrier hands out of phone design and feature clamps.
Its a really nice product that was long overdue for the industry (because of carrier ineptitude).
But I still think the at&t deal is too long at 5 years. I foresee a 75% chance of problems between Apple and at&t before year 3 is over.
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lennyquai
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Re: iPhone Article
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2008, 04:02:38 PM » |
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"...Meanwhile, about 40 percent of iPhone buyers are new to AT&T's rolls..."
Wow
thats because at&t sucks, but they have no choice if they want the Iphallic. Agreed - whole heartedly. The phone is pretty cool. I thought about buying one, though am typically not an early adopter, nor was I willing to convert to at&t. That's a whole lot of new money for both parties.
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