Tmo US 3G bands are unique to the US, the rest of the world (mostly) uses the same bands as ATT, although in a different configuration. But I had no problems using my iphone on the 3g networks in South Africa.

So unfortunately for Tmo users.. you are screwed if you want 3G on an import phone to work.

Nows a good time to take a risk.. and buy some Tom Tom or Garmin stock.

The dip in price is a reaction to the recent release of Google maps free turn by turn navigation.. but no one has yet tried it, and it relies on network connectivity to function (although I am sure there will be a way to cache some of the maps). We have no idea how well this will stack up against established stand alone devices.

My prediction (I am in no way associated, or even good at finance, as seen by my crappy mortgage, so take this with a grain of salt), is that their respective stock values will go up eventually.

I could of course be wrong..

I have the DC 18 slim. In a word, the damn think just sucks.. hard... and I mean that in a good way. I have 1 long haired wife, 4 cats (1 long hair), and 2 dogs (a great dane and a dalmation who shed like crazy and track mud and dirt into the house like there is no tomorrow)....

Prior to getting the dyson, I had gone through 3 different kenmore and hoover vacuums (all of which cost about 150 to 200 each, and were consumer reports best buys, which is how we shop for home related appliances). The dyson works great.

The only problem I have with mine, is that the foot pedal mechanism that switches between the floor mechanism and the handle, a small piece of plastic broke so right now it does not switch back to redirecting the suction through the telescopic handle. I will see how well dysons support is later this month when I try to get it fixed....

As for price, well I believe retail was 399 originally from Bed Bath and Beyond, it was on sale for 299, and we had a 20% off coupon which they applied to the sale price (how nice of them).. so I did not pay, and for that matter, would not have paid full retail price for the vacuum, atleast not before seeing how well it keeps my house pet hair free.

Maybe I am wrong.. but why should apple have to pay a license fee for the patents...

Bear with me here, while I do like some apple products, I am not a rabid, or even regular fanboy (I refuse to use fanboi)

The iphone is made up of a number of different components. I would guess that they did not design and develop the radio components in the iphone, but use off the shelf (broadcomm if I remember correctly.. ) components. That said, whomever made those components would be the one licensing the patent and paying up, not apple. Of course if Apple did develop the chipsets (I am using chipsets as an example, I am sure it could be other parts of the phone as well) then yes, they have to pay up.

Otherwise, its double dipping, you cannot charge a fee twice for the same individual unit when that unit is incorporated into something else.

Considering I paid $450 for my Samsung NC10 netbook a while ago, the extra $150, which kind of steep, is not totally out of the question, I may consider pawning the NC10 on my wife and getting one of these.

I disagree slightly, while yes I agree, stop buying iphones, not all apple products suck, yes they are over priced, but I am perfectly happy with OSX, which has no restrictions. I am curious, money aside, what is the difference between the iphone and a powermac from a pure usability standpoint, they are both given to kids (and I am not talking about the appstore yet), yet apple for some reason does not see the need to wall in every powermac they sell, Kids can install whatever the hell they want, and if you ask Apple why, $10 says the response will be something along the lines that it is up to the parents to control what their kids use and see.... why should the iphone be any different.

I know I am preaching to the choir here, but I needed to vent.

I am by no means an apple fan, I do like some of their products, and I do have 2 iphones (my wifes and mine), and we are both about to turf them and get blackberry's. I was hoping with the Blackberry and Android marketplace their policies would shift to a more open competitive standpoint, but it seems they just keep tightening the noose around their neck....

Me, my wife tool min

My understanding of LTE, is that it is backwards compatible with all of the current cell technologies. So in essence, you could technically use any phone you wanted on it.. that of course all depends on how Verizon deploys it...

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Your explanation is incorrect.

As someone stated, the cartridges are one time use, and they are sealed.

As for how the taser works, well the current is well well below 1 amp, and its not the initial shock that takes a person down, and in general (short of heart problems), getting hit in the heart area will not kill everyone.

The taser works by an initial high charge, then the voltage drops (from 50k to 5k I believe), this voltage drop is what sends the individuals nervous system into shock and incapacitates the individual.

As for its use.. heart problems or other pre existing conditions that would result in death aside, most would reather be tasered then shot, since when shooting, law enforcement is trained to shoot to kill, not to maim or incapacitate.