January 22, 201313 yr SGIV is supposed to be out next year as well. Im probably not getting a new phone for a few years, SGIII does everything I want really well. Turns out that even with a top end phone, I still mainly just use it for phone and music.
January 22, 201313 yr QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 22, 2013 -> 11:34 AM) SGIV is supposed to be out next year as well. Im probably not getting a new phone for a few years, SGIII does everything I want really well. Turns out that even with a top end phone, I still mainly just use it for phone and music. And pr0n
January 22, 201313 yr QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 22, 2013 -> 11:34 AM) SGIV is supposed to be out next year as well. Im probably not getting a new phone for a few years, SGIII does everything I want really well. Turns out that even with a top end phone, I still mainly just use it for phone and music. The GS4 is going to be out in the next month or so.
January 24, 201313 yr "The Librarian of Congress banned the practice of buying a cell phone and unlocking it last October. Now the window in which it was legal to do so will close on Saturday, Jan. 26. " some kind of cite would have been nice. Who or what is the Librarian of Congress and what authority do they have to ban anything?
January 24, 201313 yr QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 10:21 AM) "The Librarian of Congress banned the practice of buying a cell phone and unlocking it last October. Now the window in which it was legal to do so will close on Saturday, Jan. 26. " some kind of cite would have been nice. Who or what is the Librarian of Congress and what authority do they have to ban anything? From the source article which this one points to: In October 2012, the Librarian of Congress, who determines exemptions to a strict anti-hacking law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), decided that unlocking cellphones would no longer be allowed. But the librarian provided a 90-day window during which people could still buy a phone and unlock it. That window closes on Jan. 26.
January 24, 201313 yr Author QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 01:24 PM) Ugh our IP/tech laws are so terrible And how are they going to catch you?
January 24, 201313 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 01:59 PM) And how are they going to catch you? They're going to arrest any locksmith that unlocks these phones.
January 24, 201313 yr can we just repeal the awful DMCA already? http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/unlock...-rule-insanity/
January 24, 201313 yr QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 02:09 PM) can we just repeal the awful DMCA already? http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/unlock...-rule-insanity/ Those rules make no f***ing sense. I bought the damn device, I can do whatever the hell I want with it.
January 24, 201313 yr QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 12:16 PM) Unlocking Cell Phones in the U.S. Will Be Illegal After Saturday That's bulls***.
January 30, 201313 yr Blackberry 10 launched today. I'm due for a new phone and absolutely loved my Curve, so I want to do my due diligence and check this phone out. It looks really good and I've heard nothing but good things about it, so I'm extremely interested.
January 30, 201313 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 30, 2013 -> 09:55 AM) Blackberry 10 launched today. I'm due for a new phone and absolutely loved my Curve, so I want to do my due diligence and check this phone out. It looks really good and I've heard nothing but good things about it, so I'm extremely interested. QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 30, 2013 -> 09:57 AM) And now it's Blackberry who makes the Blackberry 10, not Research in Motion LOL. Blackberry. The Curve is a piece of s***.
January 30, 201313 yr The Curve was awesome, so SUCK IT! I don't think I'll ultimately end up getting the '10 but I'm hoping it sells because it does offer a lot of cool things and interesting ideas. Part of the reason Blackberries are so awesome is BBM, and getting the '10 now would be like getting a 1-way walkie talkie.
January 30, 201313 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 30, 2013 -> 09:55 AM) Blackberry 10 launched today. I'm due for a new phone and absolutely loved my Curve, so I want to do my due diligence and check this phone out. It looks really good and I've heard nothing but good things about it, so I'm extremely interested. Hardware is decent, but the app ecosystem is still lacking, maybe not even on par with Windows Phone yet. With how much money RIM was giving developers to make apps before launch, I expected better.
January 30, 201313 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 30, 2013 -> 03:14 PM) So blackberry made an iphone huh? Thats cute. They made a Droid X if you pay attention to the top and bottom bezels. Or a Sony Xperia S...
January 30, 201313 yr The Cnet review said basically a poorly manufactured iphone 5 with a buggy OS. No reason for any user to switch over to it. IMO the ONLY thing blackberry EVER had that was an advantage was their keyboard and the Push email function. Both are gone.
January 30, 201313 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 30, 2013 -> 03:23 PM) The Cnet review said basically a poorly manufactured iphone 5 with a buggy OS. No reason for any user to switch over to it. IMO the ONLY thing blackberry EVER had that was an advantage was their keyboard and the Push email function. Both are gone. It has two things no mobile OS has right now...a centralized notification inbox and an incredibly cool gesture based UI. I see nothing wrong with BB10 itself. It feels like a modern OS. It just doesn't have any substantial app support. Any mobile OS without app support these days is doomed.
January 30, 201313 yr QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 30, 2013 -> 03:27 PM) It has two things no mobile OS has right now...a centralized notification inbox and an incredibly cool gesture based UI. I see nothing wrong with BB10 itself. It feels like a modern OS. It just doesn't have any substantial app support. Any mobile OS without app support these days is doomed. I dont see either of those as advantages, maybe someone else will, but to me not really.
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