Originally posted by Bardock42
It's quite amazing what Apple did, but that's really what they do best, marketing.
my friends and I like to joke that Apple makes the best hardware demos that appear to be from the not-so-distant future.
RIM is actually just down the road from me, so Blackberries were a huge topic here, god, even when I was in highschool. I get that they aren't new, so ya, I'll even just stop pretending to know anything about the market and not put my foot in my mouth.
Originally posted by inimalist
lol, I didn't say I didn't understand it, just funny how things work like that.Major phone companies got into a trend of smaller, more features, do the same things only better, whereas blackberry and apple filled the next "evolutionary" niche in the cell phone market.
I still probably wont buy anything until there are literal palm PCs, or at the very least, something with the gaming capability of a psp with a phone taped to it or something. PDFs were the big one, for work and such, but phones are still mainly for texting in my world... I should just get a 2 way...
What I did (even though I have a G1) is get this:
A Huawei K3520...cost just about 40 Euros
Which I now use with my
To go on the internet everywhere in the world as well as Text and Phone from my computer (well, any computer)
Yes, you may envy me now.
Originally posted by inimalistApple are good at that, Microsoft and Sony have some mean skills in that too though, especially when marketing their consoles.
my friends and I like to joke that Apple makes the best hardware demos that appear to be from the not-so-distant future.RIM is actually just down the road from me, so Blackberries were a huge topic here, god, even when I was in highschool. I get that they aren't new, so ya, I'll even just stop pretending to know anything about the market and not put my foot in my mouth.
And I just love the name Research in Motion, I almost bought a Blackberry just for that.
Originally posted by Bardock42
Yes, you may envy me now.
and I do...
I've said it before and I'll say it again, there is no money in science
Originally posted by Bardock42
Apple are good at that, Microsoft and Sony have some mean skills in that too though, especially when marketing their consoles.
I remember the ps3 launch, and listening to a bunch of IGN podcasts about it. imho, they butchered it, but I do get what you are saying. So much of producing stuff is about how you market it, almost to the point that the content is worth less than the message.
Originally posted by Bardock42
And I just love the name Research in Motion, I almost bought a Blackberry just for that.
as far as companies go, they have been really good to their community. They built a quantum computing center at the university of waterloo, they have built parks, and lots of stuff like that.
Its a good name too 🙂
Originally posted by inimalist
and I do...I've said it before and I'll say it again, there is no money in science
I remember the ps3 launch, and listening to a bunch of IGN podcasts about it. imho, they butchered it, but I do get what you are saying. So much of producing stuff is about how you market it, almost to the point that the content is worth less than the message.
as far as companies go, they have been really good to their community. They built a quantum computing center at the university of waterloo, they have built parks, and lots of stuff like that.
Its a good name too 🙂
Probably depends on the science and where in the chain you are.
Another great use for the iphone.
Clarification: Bardock whined about my comment on the iPhone being misleading. I personally do not like the iPhone. When I said it basically rules all, I meant that it is dominating the market. When I walk into the movie theater before the movie starts, half the people are using an iPhone with various apps.
I am boycotting the iPhone because I think Apple and AT&T are jerks/nazis. I have AT&T because everyone in my family does so it saves me money. Even with the lowest family plan from AT&T, I still pay $80 a month. I hate that. I want to pay $40 a month. I could have just 100 minutes a month, and I would still not use them all. I have THOUSANDS of rollover minutes collecting. I hate that.
Yes, I know you can jailbreak your iPhone. I don't want hte headache of having to mess with that. Some say it's easy and easy to maintaint, others are stupid and update the software and mess themselves up. Meh. Why bother with the headache?
I may go with an andriod OS smart phone rather than become an iPhone sheep.
Originally posted by Bardock42
It does it's job well, on the whole is mediocre though and overpriced.Also, you support Apple..
It does, don't find it mediocre, is overpriced, as most Apple devices.
No, I personally don't. The wife has an iPhone.
I own nothing from Apple. I wouldn't mind one of the new Mac laptops though, the aesthetics is superb, I'd install Ubuntu on it though.
Originally posted by Robtard
It does, don't find it mediocre, is overpriced, as most Apple devices.No, I personally don't. The wife has an iPhone.
I own nothing from Apple. I wouldn't mind one of the new Mac laptops though, the aesthetics is superb, I'd install Ubuntu on it though.
Lol, Apple can't even afford a second button on their mouses....lol
Someone is probably spreading your buttcheeks and blowing smoke up your ass, Vinny.
Besides the regular phone plan of $90ish a month(for 3 phones), I pay an additional $30 for my wifes iPhone plan/data package.
So it would probably be $60-$70 just for her iPhone with the data package, though they make you get the data package to use the iPhone, cunting bastards.
Originally posted by Robtard
Someone is probably spreading your buttcheeks and blowing smoke up your ass, Vinny.Besides the regular phone plan of $90ish a month(for 3 phones), I pay an additional $30 for my wifes iPhone plan/data package.
So it would probably be $60-$70 just for her iPhone with the data package, though they make you get the data package to use the iPhone, cunting bastards.
Just bought my iphone. (I caved for apple, my bad)
55$ a month for my plan, which includes caller ID and Unlimited texting, and a 1gig dataplan.