I totally agree. The big carriers have been milking this cow for way too long. Subsidizing with contracts will probably never go away. But if I have "own" (aka unsubsidized, out of contract) a phone, and I want to use it on a certain network that the phone has the ability to work on, why should another network have a say in if I can or cannot? I'm glad that Apple finally broke up the "proprietary" software requirements that networks enforced on the phones. Now it's time to break up the exclusivity. Anybody who's ever heard of AOL should know what "proprietary" and "exclusivity" does to a company. It hinders innovation and keeps you in the stone age while the world passes you by.
Live and learn people, and try not to screw yourself over by repeating mistakes already made by others.
On the other hand, oh yeah, the decision makers still make millions in "bonuses" even while the company and all the employees they screwed goes under so why should they care.
“The other one is a biggie, and it's something very noticeable in the videos: touch sensitivity is pretty bad. Using the virtual keyboard proved to be far too painful, and we're pretty sure it wasn't multitouch-friendly.”
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I totally agree. The big carriers have been milking this cow for way too long. Subsidizing with contracts will probably never go away. But if I have "own" (aka unsubsidized, out of contract) a phone, and I want to use it on a certain network that the phone has the ability to work on, why should another network have a say in if I can or cannot? I'm glad that Apple finally broke up the "proprietary" software requirements that networks enforced on the phones. Now it's time to break up the exclusivity. Anybody who's ever heard of AOL should know what "proprietary" and "exclusivity" does to a company. It hinders innovation and keeps you in the stone age while the world passes you by.
Live and learn people, and try not to screw yourself over by repeating mistakes already made by others.
On the other hand, oh yeah, the decision makers still make millions in "bonuses" even while the company and all the employees they screwed goes under so why should they care.