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Psystar releases Rebel EFI installer, further enrages Apple {Engadget}
Oct 23rd 2009 2:02PM If Apple can offer Bootcamp, Psystar should be left alone.
All they're doing is breaking the anti-competitive Apple hardware lock-in that should be illegal to begin with.
Anxious Sprint users ordering HTC Hero now through telesales {Engadget}
Oct 9th 2009 2:14PM @kaze.rck
Only an American is dumb enough to actually suggest that paying less for something is somehow wrong. Yeah, impress us with your $90/month Verizon bill and gimped phone, or maybe your iPhone with its iLeash to AT&T's overpriced service. Meanwhile, I'll use that extra $60/month for anything other than handing it to a phone company for no reason at all.
I can't even believe you think you have a point.
Second Verizon Android phone to be an HTC, Motorola Sholes makes an appearance {Engadget}
Oct 6th 2009 2:09PM What's so special about the most expensive carrier getting new phones? I still can't believe anyone chooses to pay for Verizon's service.
1. Locked phones
2. Coverage on par with Sprint and AT&T
3. AT&T prices without unlocked GSM phones
Can anyone come up with an actual reason to get Verizon other than the "teh network" marketing crap that means exactly nothing? Seriously, Sprint: $70/month equivalent Verizon plan $165/month. So, unless you want an iPhone or unlocked GSM phone, why would you ever even consider Verizon?
People who play the lottery and people who use Verizon have something in common, neither one can do basic math.
Verizon launching Omnia II later this month -- with WinMo 6.1? {Engadget}
Oct 1st 2009 1:01PM Verizon Marketing Strategy:
If phone comes with useful features that can be locked, lock them to pay services.
If phone comes with sufficient amount of memory, cut it in half.
If phone could come with some sort of updated OS, sell with last gen OS instead.
Charge unreasonable amount per month for service that's not really usable since all features are locked and phone is crippled.
Keep repeating "The Network" over and over and people will come to believe it's true for no good reason.
Profit!
Apple Genius says 30 percent iPhone call drop rate is average in New York {Engadget}
Sep 30th 2009 1:18PM Why would anyone use Verizon when Sprint costs so much less? $70/month on Sprint costs $165/month on Verizon for ONE PHONE. Verizon only has "the network" because their ad says so, and it's been saying it so long, you people somehow agree with it for no reason at all.
Sprint temporarily loses its mind, wants $250 for Samsung Instinct HD {Engadget}
Sep 24th 2009 12:56PM American cell customers are about the most uneducated, math impaired morons on the planet. Go price a phone on the AT&T or Verizon networks, great so you save $100 up front and pay $30 more per month. Good savings you idiot. Sprint and T-Mo will have you pay $250 up front and $30 less per month.
I question the education of every person who thinks Sprint and T-Mo charge too much for phones. I also have to call into question how much AT&T and Verizon are paying the Engadget staff to avoid reporting the TCO of this phone compared to the TCO of a phone on their networks.
Rhapsody brings subscription music to the iPhone, pending Apple's approval {Engadget}
Aug 24th 2009 12:45PM And what if MS locks Windows down to only approved programs? Lawsuit.
Apple is gaining a good portion of the phone and music market. It becomes anti competitive when they can dictate a significant portion of a market. The gov't is claiming that mobile phones are no longer considered a luxury item and the networks are going to be considered critical, like the landline networks.
I'm sorry, but the little underdog company Apple, is not much of an underdog anymore. I see an antitrust suit going against iTunes, I see one going against the iPhone app lockdown, and I see a third headed at price gouging over Macs using stock Intel hardware and not allowing customer choice like MS has to. Basically, if MS tried anything that Apple is doing right now with their consumer-unfriendly, anti competitive products, they would be taken to court.
Don't worry though, competition is good. Why do you think Windows 7 is actually a good OS as opposed to the nightmare that is Vista? Well, imagine if iTunes had some competition, it might not be a giant piece of bloatware. Or maybe you'd have some choice as to how you listen to music on a phone you bought, or you could use Google Voice on an iPhone. Fanboys are as bad for competition as greedy Wall St investors.
Creative set to unveil World of Warcraft headgear at BlizzCon {Engadget}
Aug 19th 2009 12:27PM What does it matter what it looks like? The only person that ever sees a WoW player in person is when mom goes down to the basement to do laundry.
Apple: Jailbreaking encourages cell tower terrorism, "catastrophic results" {Engadget}
Jul 29th 2009 2:11PM It's BS because it's fear mongering.
This would be easier with real high-power RF equipment than a toy.
Epic Games VP says new consoles are a "long way off," Natal is the "next Xbox" {Engadget}
Jul 24th 2009 1:53PM It's probably because most people are really really uninformed and thing HDTV = HD picture, and go ahead and hook up some composite or s-video cables and think it's HD.
Look at the price of Monster Cables, it should be blatantly obvious that people don't understand technology or digital signals (or how to find monoprice).
