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First Solar Q4 2007 Conference Call - Visualization

agree on the mulitple page. On one hand as a user it is extremly annoying for me. On the other hand, I understand you need to make page views for revenue. So to meet between the two, do as the last reader mention which is create a print view link that shows the whole article while keeping the mulitple page.

on another note, is there any thought on changing your RSS feed to a full feed? I hate the partial feeds and unsubscribe to all partial feeds except for you guys as love the content. This will unfortantly change as it is really annoying. why not just serve an ad within the rss feed?

Apple's "Anywhere" iPhone Has Far From Peaked

adding more color into this for asia...just talked to a family friend in vietnam. He mention everyone and their mom has one. Went into a store recently and said that at least 15 people had an iphone. His work over there has at least 4 individuals beside him that have one. When he goes out, he thinks that at least 1/4 of the people have a phone. Unreal!

Apple's "Anywhere" iPhone Has Far From Peaked

To add more to this. If apple is so stuck on this $15 a month that T is giving them. Fine, why dont they take the total amount $360 ($15*24) and add that into the price of a current iphone. Take it down by say $100 buck and sell an unlocked iphone at $660 for everyone. The $100 is fair as they would get the money now and guaranteed vs. the monthly revenue. I would buy an iphone in a second.

As for asia again, here is another scenario...I was in Indonesia two weeks ago and had a meeting with a business partner. The assistant came in, who was a guy not much older than 23 had an iphone. Now i know that he does not get paid more than $400 a month and that the iphone goes unlock over there between $500-$800. Can you imagain that people over here are willing to spend their one month salary for a phone? Another scenario, was in Vietnam two months ago and there were at least 4 people who I met that had an iphone.

Apple's "Anywhere" iPhone Has Far From Peaked

Exactly! People do not realize how much demand there is for these iphones. Think about it....the bulk of these iphones are going to market where there is no offical distribution. Apple is gaining incremental revenue where there was none before. Critics say "well, no they lost the recurring reveue as once they launch in an unsupported country, these iphones are out of the equation." WRONG! In fact, I will guarantee that the majority of these phones will either be used with the new carrier or if you cannot do this, be sold to buy the offical iphone. Look at me as a case scenario. I have an unlocked iphone in Thailand. The minute apple launches over here , I am selling my existing one and buying the offical one. Why? Well, I want the advanced features (visual VM, etc.), offical warranty (unlock have no warranty) and get away of the pain in the butt of unlocking everytime there is a firmware.