Woody

http://www.verizonvoyager.org/category/review

It’s times like this I’m glad I’m the only person in the entire world with my name.

askheaves on November 4, 2007 at 4:14 AM

I had an uncle Ask Heaves.

The iPhone is being sold through AT&T and Apple. AT&T has exclusive rights to provide service for the phone.

A very bright 17-year-old and other tech geeks found a way to hack the iPhone’s software to allow it to be used with other GSM carriers (T-Mobile, for example – it even worked with overseas carriers). Apple found this to be hugely problematic, of course, having the exclusive agreement with AT&T. When activated with another carrier, AT&T isn’t getting that money, of course.

Apple CAN use their discretion to not accept cash for these items. Yes, cash is legal tender, but as a private entity, they can choose not to accept cash if they wish. They have decided to do just that. They are doing everything they can to keep people from hacking the phone and using it with another carrier.

This has become wildly unpopular, of course, with people who think they have the ‘right’ to do as they please with the phone, even though their terms and conditions from Apple state otherwise.

…thus ends today’s lesson.

Just sayin…

I’m also glad I don’t really want an iPhone.

Asia is light years ahead compared to us.

Kini on November 3, 2007 at 10:39 PM

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Amen to that, and not just for phones but for electronic gadgetry in general. Once in a while it crosses over into stupidity (like talking toilet seats) but in general it’s paradise on earth for gadget freaks.

Seems like they’ve been “gotten to” by Apple.

muyoso on November 3, 2007 at 11:15 PM

Roger that! My point is, as good as the features are in the iPhone, it’s a closed system. Apple has not learned its lesson from the past and it should be an open architecture system.

It says on the $50 bill in front of me “this note is legal tender for all debts, public and private”
It is against the law to refuse a cash payment for any transaction.

You’re not just buying a phone, you’re buying a service plan which they want the ability to bill you for monthly.

The reason people use macs are because they are very simple and very convenient to use. OSX crushes other operating systems in the intuitiveness of the interface and the ease of use. Also, it just looks pretty. Sure it can’t necessarily do as much as other operating systems, but what it does, it does extremely well. As for the iphone, I think it is a piece of garbage, as other phones do better things for less money, such as the phone I just bought.

Personally, I think it’s a load of cr@p. But then, the entire cell phone service industry in the States is a load of cr@p. I much prefer the plans I had available to me when I was back in Asia.

Mindcrime on November 3, 2007 at 10:13 PM

You are absolutely correct, sir or madam, which evah may apply.

Asia is light years ahead compared to us.

I mean, I once owned a Apple, a Mac and after the initial excitemen, it became boring pretty fast.

What’s the attraction? I don’t get it!

Why buy a product that makes you jump through hoops?

Tinfoil hats aside, why else would anyone ever limit their sales of any product or service they make and provide?

Apple gets 18$ per month per iPhone, that’s $432 dollars per phone account over a 2 year contract, more than the actual phone itself.

So, if people unlock their phones, Apple loses money.

Article Link

Personally, I think it’s a load of cr@p. But then, the entire cell phone service industry in the States is a load of cr@p. I much prefer the plans I had available to me when I was back in Asia.

I wonder how much “co-operation” there is here between Apple/AT&T and some obscure branch of an obscure government agency…

Then there is the disappearance of the efficacy of cash in the process…

I wonder if that same obscure branch of some obscure government agency is tracing tinfoil hats as well. I’d hate to be outed just because I bought a roll of aluminum foil.

Tinfoil hats aside, why else would anyone ever limit their sales of any product or service they make and provide?

Just for the Hell of it, a few dozen people need to swap phones and service for a month or so just to see what sort of havoc ensues, and which agency rears its ugly head to put a stop to it.

Next step: National ID necklaces with GPS, video and audio recording, and a built-in taser. You’ll need to watch your eating habits, whom you have sex with, how good an aim you are with your weapons(if you dare expose what and how many you own to your ID necklace’s sensors), and your bathroom habits, or else ZZZAAAPPPP!!!

Woody

PS: George Orwell doesn’t have the market cornered on the future. Put two and two together yourself and vote accordingly.

The sole reason they’re trying to prevent the grey market for unlocked iPhones is because Apple gets an unprecedented amount of money from AT&T for each iPhone-based account that is established. Like 3x more than other vendors get for hawking their cell phones through AT&T or any other carrier.

anyone know whats up with michelles site ? seems to be afu.

ajmontana on November 3, 2007 at 8:35 PM

It’s back up.