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iPhone firmware 2.0.2 is out... and angry {Engadget}
Aug 18th 2008 7:09PM I have such useless 3g reception that I went to my apple store to complain. Genius blamed AT&T completely. Eventually offered to replace my phone as proof that Apple stands by its products. My second phone is maybe a little better - I got several minutes of continuous 3g walking home. But 3g is still not good enough to trust for phone calls, so I'm back to just using edge. Maybe after update I'll try again.
iPhone 3G reception woes unfixable? Maybe, maybe not {Engadget}
Aug 14th 2008 3:11PM My 3g reception is so spotty that I've just turned it off. Now I guess it is time to exchange and see if I have a lemon -- probably have to do that several times. But given the lines at my Apple store, I think I will be in the market for a different phone & carrier very soon. I have no hope whatsoever that either Apple or AT&T will come clean about where the problem lies.
ESPN unveils The Ultimate Remote, is WiFi worth $300? {Engadget}
May 20th 2008 8:50PM This is a perfect companion to the ESPN website: bloated with things I am not interested in, wrapped in an interface so cluttered I can't find what I want.
802.11n AirPort Express hands-on {Engadget}
Mar 18th 2008 2:28PM Time capsule doesn't stream music on its own.
Black Friday Giveaways (part 19): Wii + Metroid Prime 3 and more {Engadget}
Nov 24th 2007 12:41PM More Swag!
Black Friday Giveaways (part 14): Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse {Engadget}
Nov 23rd 2007 5:34PM Now!
Black Friday Giveaways (part 12): Sony PSP {Engadget}
Nov 23rd 2007 5:32PM Wanted
Black Friday Giveaways (part 13): Slingbox Pro + HD Connect Cable {Engadget HD}
Nov 23rd 2007 5:30PM I want it.
CE-Oh no he didn't! Part XLIII: Vivendi CEO calls iTunes contract "indecent" {Engadget}
Sep 24th 2007 5:53PM @Carlos
I agree with you except for one thing. I doubt the margin for UMG is as good when selling CDs through BestBuy, etc. For a CD selling at $14.99 a similar split would require over $10 profit to the label above the manufacture, printing and shipping costs (maybe $1). I believe BestBuy needs a bigger markup than that allows, but obviously I don't know. Does anyone?
Also, UMG should take into account that an iTunes track is less easily pirated & less attractive to share because of lower quality. But I'm sure they'd never admit that.
@yoshi
To the labels it doesn't matter whether Apple makes its profits from iTunes or iPods. The point is Apple makes profit, and so could afford to give the labels a better cut.
CE-Oh no he didn't! Part XLIII: Vivendi CEO calls iTunes contract "indecent" {Engadget}
Sep 24th 2007 3:42PM FTA:
"At present, UMG, the world's largest record company, gets 0.70 euro ($0.99) out of the 0.99 euro retail price charged by iTunes, Vivendi said."
If a 71/29 split is indecent, what words are there to describe the markup Vivendi takes? Since the marginal cost to them of an additional track sold on iTunes is zero, that 71 percent is all profit.
