califfilm

Is the Deal Between Apple and AT&T Anti-Competitive?

i don't understand the three responses above. they seem more inclined to keep the status quo than open markets. granted my college level experience, at least so far, may not be as in depth in understanding market economies, but logic tells me there is something going on besides pure logic here.
@beluga..not sure why subsidies would be reduced or elminated as i have not seen actual stats based on research that says more people would pay more to have phone unlocked. my buds with locked are perfectly happy to pay less and some hack if they want unlocked, but most wouldn't pay more for it.
@peter..i guess im always skeptical of someone who takes a "i'm smarter than you..so play time is over" attitude. my closest friends who know this stuff backwards and forwards never have attitude..so people listen. it really sounds like an att employee..i just dont get the logic..if it cost $1 to subsidize then add $1 for unlocked. if he wants to pay more for unlocked, he pays more. i dont get the $1000 comment. thats what he wants, you want something else, fine..go for it. he wants freedom of unlocked and pays more because it serves his needs. maybe it's not because of his "beliefs" but because of the practicalities of his work/life needs. i dont think he said or even implied all phones must have access to all carriers. that's his (or my) problem if we don't use att. and i have taken two econ courses studying in depth att and some other financial powerhouses and have absolutely no knowledge that their "contribution" to the iphone has done anything but bring them enormous profits. lots of other carriers would jump at it...that's good. i personally find their policies hegemonic to the extreme. i do summer film work in europe when i get the gigs and unlocked would suit me fine.

BlackBerry's New Storm and the Coolness Factor

@self proclaimed "really young and hip trendy cool kids" , i'm pretty much surrounded by xtremely talented and successful media/music types in huge urban area and never heard one of them (us) self describe as y.h.t.c.kids...usually only an older dude online does that as it's not cool

Is Steve Jobs Sick Again, or Just Thin?

Mr. Ingram is a bit much armchair medical expert, for my taste. 'Morbid' instead of prurient, as someone mentioned, is perhaps a better choice to describe this article's theme, although "desperately seeking attention" seems a better choice. Since Jobs, being the guy who is, 24/7, under the lens of the media/public/governmen... regulators/investors, is NEVER out of site of all these info hungry hordes, it seems odds on against someone's observation of this man at this event to be a WOW...LOOK WHAT I DISCOVERED moment. This writing genre does get aspiring 'journalists' on the cover of the National Enquirer, Star and miscellaneous other rags, but for me it's too much like my neighbor, who has an opinion on everything, commenting on how my power unit performs, compared to his, and adds his diagnosis about the rash on my, err, big toe.