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Why did you count all the people?
How can you rip the Guy Game? Trivia and tits. It never claimed it was anything else.
My company has done this for at least 3 years now, so please don't act like its "new".
Can you hear me now? Yeah, you can because I used the GPS info Verizon sold me and now I'm in your bedroom while you sleep.

I understand that this is not likely to happen, but I think its scary as hell that there's nothing stopping this from happening.

At what point does this get pushed? A couple of years from now, do I have to worry that some 3rd party is selling my GPS info to a crazy ex-gf? Or my boss when I tell him I can't make it to work, I'm sick. Will he be able to spend the next 8 hours making sure my phone doesn't leave my house, otherwise I was lying?

I know I'm really stretching the limits of what they're talking about, but how many small walls have to come down before this type of stuff is possible?
@ Tony:

Another plus is that you don't have to own a PS3.
This is a bunch of crap. You do away with termination fees (or cap them) and you'll be paying close to full price for a new handset when you decide to re-up or go with a different company.

Phones cost money. Towers cost money. Running a business day to day costs money. Carriers actually don't make much money during the first year of having you as a customer. Sometimes they lose money on you. They make the bulk during the last 3-6 months of your contract during a 24 month period.

Effectively, this would hurt the smaller service providers more than the bigger ones. Smaller companies pay more for handsets (because they aren't buying 500,000 of them at a time), and typically have to charge more up front than nationwide carriers. That cost gap will now grow larger.

Just a bad idea from start to finish. This will hurt customers more than help them in the long run.
Dude, you did an interview and didn't ask about pricing or new songs? Lame.
Awesome.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I just switched to Sprint from Verizon about three months ago for the Pre. Then I went for the Hero about a week ago. Now, I miss my hardware keyboard and am thinking about switching to the Moment. I am still able to switch back to Verizon if I want and get the Droid when it arrives. Should I just trade up to the Moment when it comes out, see if I like it, and if not switch to the Droid? Or something else entirely? Help!"

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