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Re: Hey Apple and AT&T, does a jar of Vaseline come with that iPhone 3GS?

419onscene — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:02:30 -0000

Did you expect anything else dealing with Apple & AT&T?

Re: Pirate outnumber buyers 3-1 on iPhone apps

419onscene — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:17:58 -0000

I don't like the carriers deciding what I can or cannot have on my phone, would I like Apple's rather capricious stewardship? Anyone's that had a smartphone, and put applications on it knows that 6 in 10 mobile applications just don't work the way you want them to. It just seems that 615 people didn't think Ow!My Balls was worth a dollar to speculate on for entertainment value. I rarely buy PC Applications without trying them out, and I certainly would never buy a mobile app without trying it out. I actually paid $100 for two blackberry apps from REXWireless because they were well supported and well executed applications. I never would have shelled out that money for apps that "might" be good.

Re: Microsoft makes yet another HP commercial

419onscene — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:41:55 -0000

Microsoft's not selling to the tech savvy crowd They're selling to the vast majority of buyers that shop for computers at a best buy. This will probably work pretty well for them. At this point is anybody really tech savvy going to shell out hard to come by cash for a machine running Vista, knowing Win 7 is going to drop within the next six months? Microsoft's going after Apple's jugular right now, which is price. To most buyers the price difference is big right now, so Microsoft's dead on for pressing that button when it's lit.

Re: Palm launches an app store that’s already half the size of the iPhone’s and ten times Android’s, but…

419onscene — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:29:59 -0000

Umm...just out of curiosity, do any of the "apps" in the palm app store have release date newer than 2003? How is software for an outdated platform news? Next up MS-DOS App Store news??

Re: Talking Blackberry

419onscene — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:32:20 -0000

Twitterberry works fine for me.

I think the report on the NYT was a little hypercritical of the Storm. At least RIM is creating options with the device, and increasing it's consumer appeal with nifty new toys. The iPhone is a great handset if you like the way it is, and Apple won't be letting you change anything major any time soon. The touchscreen option will draw in a lot of consumer users, and that's a good thing. Some things will work very well for certain people, and some won't.. But at least you have the choice to get what works for you.
I too, have a Curve and think it's one of the three best handsets on the market, along with the iPhone and Nokia E71. I tried a touch screen LG Dare for a bit, and where the phone really fell short was in the things that make the other handsets work well. The address book was lousy, and the email was not integrated into the handset, but was an external client. There were a few other areas it was weak, but excelled at IM, and had a great mp3 player, camera, and VZNavigator experience. The keyboard itself on the Blackberry is a big part of the draw of the device, but what really makes it shine is how well everything else works to create a highly usable device. If the LG Dare ran Blackberry software, and kept it's keyboard, it would be just fine for me. They'll work out the kinks in the Storm, and it will be just as usable as a Curve in the future. But, the option is yours, and therein lies the true value of the Storm

Re: Google phone: Will open win over closed?

419onscene — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:19:53 -0000

Has anybody read, or found a copy of Android's EULA or TMo's TOS? I want the phone, but the hairs on the back of my neck kinda tingle a little at giving Google, a company that already has more information about me than anybody else, real time access to my location, and travel patterns. If Google's not already reading my calendar entries, they will certainly be able to gain an enormous amount of info from where I go and what I do. Nobody seems to be concerned about the fact that this company has the ability to readily acquire and sell an enormous amount of information about you. Imagine the goldmine of data if Google sold your information to your bank (not that your bank can afford it any more), who then added an overlay of your financial transactions to the map of your travels, GPS, and search history. They would know your exact buying habits. And more

Re: Does New Media “Journalism” Have Standards?

419onscene — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:12:34 -0000

New