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Obama's proposed 2010 budget juices carriers for more cash




There's no easy answer to erasing a staggering trillion-plus dollar deficit in a federal budget, but you've got to start somewhere -- and Obama's looking at the nation's wireless carriers as cash cows just waiting to be milked. The President's proposed budget for 2010 calls for an increase in spectrum license user fees from $50 million to $200 million, with further increases to $550 million over the course of the next decade, all of which would be on top of the billions carriers have already shelled out in spectrum auctions. A good way to bring in some extra cash? Yeah, probably, but considering that carriers will be more than happy to pass the increases on to consumers, let's just be straight: it's a tax

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL

I want to live in this world like, yesterday

We cant even get mobile devices to sync properly across two OSs, yeah right that kind of future is anywhere close to reality.

well with the Eye-fi cards, and them integrating with devices such as the microsoft surface combined with RFID-like technology, this should be possible in the next 10 years...(if not sooner...also depending on production costs)

http://www.eye.fi/

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Originally posted by Orko We cant even get mobile devices to sync properly across two OSs, yeah right that kind of future is anywhere close to reality.

Yes you can. Use Microsoft Mesh. It syncs files across WinMo, Vista and XP.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker Yes you can. Use Microsoft Mesh. It syncs files across WinMo, Vista and XP.

OMG. Dude, enough with the Microsoft promo play book. Wow sync a mobile device across all WINDOWS OSes! How amazing!

I was talking about syncing devices across windows/os x/linux... My point was that hardware manufacturers, and software developers cannot get products to play nice, so that vision in the video is very far off.

Unless companies start co-developing standard interfaces and IDEs, that dream will not be realised. The simple fact that MS has come out with silverlight, and is trying to compete with other open document formats, gives us a very clear indication of how they feel about cooperation.

welcome to capitalizm

isn't it wonderful?

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Originally posted by Orko We cant even get mobile devices to sync properly across two OSs, yeah right that kind of future is anywhere close to reality.

hmmm.. well the video says 2019... i might change a prediction to say that perhaps half the stuff in the video is around by then

Check this guy's plan on Rogers

reminds me of a gym membership or airfare .. no one ever pays the same thing

wow...so his base plan is essentially free and all he's paying for it data.

Inspired by the plan I posted above, gave rention a call and explained how everyone got mixed up with that new iPhone/BB/WM plan that's was suppose to be $30 w/ $10 credit. Told them I really like Rogers & was a bit unhappy about what happened, they honored the credit for a long periode of time.

Didn't get the ultra cool plan like the one above, but what do you expect from a loss of 136 million.

iPhone OS 3.0 is coming, March 17th



We just got the announcement, iPhone OS 3.0 is coming. Set your clocks, mark your calendars. It's going down March 17th. Apparently, we'll get a sneak peak at the new OS, as well as a look at a brand new version of the SDK. Exciting stuff indeed, and we'll be there live at 10am PST (1pm PST) with the liveblog. Apple's calling this an "advance preview of what we're building," so we're not expecting anything ready to go as of the 17th, but hopefully this will allow developers to start building toward future functionality (hey, how about some push notifications?), and presumably users won't have too many months to wait after that for the real deal.

AJ's 3 year term is over and now looking for a new phone.

I'm looking at an I9 (http://i9-phone-review.blogspot.com/)

It's cheap, and does what I need, and prolly will be ok with it for that price. I don't mind knock-offs.

I'm open to other suggestions... what cool and cheap?

Alternatively, what's a cheap phone with WiFi so I can get internet without paying for 3G?

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Originally posted by Abercrombie I'm open to other suggestions... what cool and cheap?

I just picked up a Moto Q (on Solo) for a 100 bones, no contract.

Its an older phone, but its still a smartphone/PDA, and a HELL of a deal when compared to the shitty Samsung m300 esque phones that are selling for ~ $150(+) w/o a contract... ...

Fair price for a smartphone, even an older one, compared to what regular phones sans contracts are going for.

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Originally posted by Jem_hadar I just picked up a Moto Q (on Solo) for a 100 bones, no contract.

Not bad... it would be cool if it had wifi... that's what would steer me away from a touch phone.

I'm on Rogers on a corporate plan, and right now they are offering a LG VU TU915 for 99.99 on a 2 year contract.



This is the frontrunner for me if I extend my plan and commit to 2 more years.

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Originally posted by Abercrombie AJ's 3 year term is over and now looking for a new phone. I'm looking at an I9 (http://i9-phone-review.blogspot.com/) It's cheap, and does what I need, and prolly will be ok with it for that price. I don't mind knock-offs. I'm open to other suggestions... what cool and cheap? Alternatively, what's a cheap phone with WiFi so I can get internet without paying for 3G?

Why don't you get the iPhone w/o a data plan? Instead of getting a cloned iPhone, that is gonna cost you more then getting an iPhone @ HUP pricing. You don't have to get a data plan to get any phone at Rogers.

This is what I did ... before the data plans got cheap.

1)Go into a Roger's corp store and do a HUP (hardware upgrade) to the iPhone for $249.99 ($50 more)

2)Wait a few days for your profile to be fully sink into their system.

3)Call in and ask for the EPP $17.50 plan, unless you have a better plan ... skip this part.

4)While talking to the CSR, ask them to fully block your account from any internet data. There are many levels of block ... ask for a full block. Once that's in place, look at your iPhone, if you see an "E" icon while on 2G/Edge mode ... call them back, they haven't done it proper.

If the Roger's store force you to get a data plan, head over to another location and worset come to worse ... call Roger's and they will send you one by UPS.

That's my suggest and good luck with whatever you pick.

EPP:$17.50
200 Daytime/ E&W @ 6pm

The CECT I9 /SCIPHONE i68 sells for sub $150 now, so it looks ripe for the picking. iPhone isn't on my corporate offering.

They're dirt cheap now

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Originally posted by Abercrombie The CECT I9 /SCIPHONE i68 sells for sub $150 now, so it looks ripe for the picking. iPhone isn't on my corporate offering. They're dirt cheap now

Oh man that's sucks ... best of luck.

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 I want to live in this world like, yesterday

I had that same fuzzy feeling when I bought my Apple Newton.

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL Oh man that's sucks ... best of luck.

I know they're cheap, and they're cheap...

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Originally posted by Abercrombie The CECT I9 /SCIPHONE i68 sells for sub $150 now, so it looks ripe for the picking. iPhone isn't on my corporate offering. They're dirt cheap now

Oh shit, I forgot about this ... my GF's on a corp account and this is how she got her iPhone.

1) Go to Woodside Square (Finch & McCowan), there's a Roger's Dealer there called AM CAll ... but it's still Rogers.

2) Do a HUP from there and your pricing will be
-$249.99 (no data plan) + $35.00 Activation blah blah blah that cant be waived

This works 100%.

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL Oh shit, I forgot about this ... my GF's on a corp account and this is how she got her iPhone. 1) Go to Woodside Square (Finch & McCowan), there's a Roger's Dealer there called AM CAll ... but it's still Rogers. 2) Do a HUP from there and your pricing will be -$249.99 (no data plan) + $35.00 Activation blah blah blah that cant be waived This works 100%.

now that sounds better!

Palm Pre Webcast Tidbit: Browser Nearly 4x Faster than iPhone (Updated with video)



As it stands, the best shot you have at a "full" web browsing experiencing is with Apple's iPhone. Granted, Opera Mini ain't half bad, and Fennec (er, Mobile Firefox, holds a lot of promise, but it's hard to argue with the sheer performance numbers associated with Safari. That said, it looks like Cupertino has its work cut out for it upon the release of Palm's Pre. During a recent webcast, viewers were treated to a sneak peek at the Pre loading up Big12Sports.com. Said site is pretty intensive to load, and even on WiFi it takes well over 20 seconds to completely pull up on Apple's darling. The site took around eight seconds to finalize on the Pre, suggesting that it either has a wicked fast browser or caching abilities, both of which we could learn to appreciate. Hit the read link for a peek at the video, because -- you know -- seeing is believing.

http://jkontherun.com/2009/03/12/pa...arly-4x-faster/

New iPod shuffle requires headphones with an authentication chip



The folks over at iLounge stumbled upon some curious info regarding the new iPod Shuffle that has us scratching our heads. We all know the controls for the new Shuffle are on the headphones, but apparently Cupertino decided to make it even more difficult for headphone makers to get in on some Shuffle action. Control of playback and adjustment of volume will not be permitted unless the headphones used are equipped with an Apple authentication chip. D�oh! To further complicate matters, headphones with this new authentication chip are not yet available. Phooey, you say, I will pair my high-end headphones with a third party remote control device instead. Denied! Third party remotes with this authentication chip are not yet available either. Until these new accessories hit the market, shuffle owners are stuck using the stock headphones for the time being. What is Apple�s reasoning behind the move? We�re not sure, though we imagine it has to do with ensuring Apple can prevent companies from producing Shuffle gear without its blessing. Good job Apple, now it�ll cost less-than-scrupulous manufacturers overseas an extra 7� per unit to make compatible headphones. Major fail.

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So wrong! That's totally bs

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