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3 weeks ago
in Thoughts on O2’s iPhone 3GS offering on The Really Mobile Project
I'm not worried about the subsidy price. That's a given.
I am a little pissed at the Tethering price. For that price I can get a dongle and have two machines on the net (using less battery power and not tying up my handset for internet). Other mobiles seem to get this free (I used it on a SonyEricsson for a year) and it worked with the same allowances for on-mobile and tethered data. The argument that it uses more data is simply bogus.
I am a little pissed at the Tethering price. For that price I can get a dongle and have two machines on the net (using less battery power and not tying up my handset for internet). Other mobiles seem to get this free (I used it on a SonyEricsson for a year) and it worked with the same allowances for on-mobile and tethered data. The argument that it uses more data is simply bogus.
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DanLane
Yeah, I do this with my Three UK X-Series contract but most operators have shifted to a similar model to O2 and now charge extra for "tethered" use (including Three UK on newer contracts than mine).
Ben Smith
No, you were simply breaking the T&Cs of your contract... as most people will do with the iPhone when they don't bother to add the bolt-on and realise tethering works anyway...
3 months ago
in The Microsoft “Lauren” ads are right on Technovia
Do people really buy laptops like that? Weird.
I receive my buying instructions straight from the Mothership - which would kinda explain why I went into a store looking for a 17" MacBookPro and came out with a MacBook Air....
I do think DELL is the antithesis of Apple. No R&D, an eye-drying variety of machines and specifications, blithering idiot sales guys* and a build quality that borders on the "creaky" and occasionally "functional". Which is why my ostensibly faster DELL Latitiude sits in the office collecting email and my slower-but-infinitely-nicer Air goes with me everywhere.
*to be fair, Apple has it's fair share here.
Apple got "expensive" this year as the exchange rates changed and I note we didn't get the same breaks when the exchange rate was vastly in our favour. That's a small annoyance - a micro-annoyance compared to other firstworldproblems.
I receive my buying instructions straight from the Mothership - which would kinda explain why I went into a store looking for a 17" MacBookPro and came out with a MacBook Air....
I do think DELL is the antithesis of Apple. No R&D, an eye-drying variety of machines and specifications, blithering idiot sales guys* and a build quality that borders on the "creaky" and occasionally "functional". Which is why my ostensibly faster DELL Latitiude sits in the office collecting email and my slower-but-infinitely-nicer Air goes with me everywhere.
*to be fair, Apple has it's fair share here.
Apple got "expensive" this year as the exchange rates changed and I note we didn't get the same breaks when the exchange rate was vastly in our favour. That's a small annoyance - a micro-annoyance compared to other firstworldproblems.
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ianbetteridge
Sensible people do have a budget, yes :)
One thing that I didn't mention is that they're very clever choosing screen size as a focus, because it's an area where Apple is at its weakest. There's lots of people who want a low-cost laptop, but don't want a small screen. I use my laptop all the time, it's my main machine at home, and there's no way I'd want to use a 13in all the time. I've done it in the past, and it's painful for me.
For Apple, low cost = small screen. And I think that might just be too simplistic an equation now.
One thing that I didn't mention is that they're very clever choosing screen size as a focus, because it's an area where Apple is at its weakest. There's lots of people who want a low-cost laptop, but don't want a small screen. I use my laptop all the time, it's my main machine at home, and there's no way I'd want to use a 13in all the time. I've done it in the past, and it's painful for me.
For Apple, low cost = small screen. And I think that might just be too simplistic an equation now.
11 months ago
in 3UK bans customers wearing hoodies; Our 30-point guide for 3 on Mobile Industry Review
