The All New iPhone 4.0
eController App on the new iPhone 4
The new iPhone offers video calling, the latest evolution of personal area networking (PAN). With its brand new design, retina display, 5-megapixel camera with HD video recording, the new iPhone will be providing refuge to some parasitic players…
Several weeks ago, at the eLife MAC User Group, a lively discussion and subsequent email exchange began regarding Internet usage and related pricing. As the introduction to tiered Internet pricing begins in the cellular market, the position was asserted that all other pricing and access plans to Internet would soon follow. See the exchange below…
—–Original Message—–
From: Fred / To: Stewart / CC: Austin; Ed
Sent: Thursday Jun 3, 2010 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: Discussions @ Lunch
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/att-versus-the-data-hogs/?ref=technology
Stewart, this is what I was talking about. You watch – home service is next! ~ f
—–Reply Message—–
From: Stewart / To: Fred
Sent: Thu 6/3/2010 4:51 PM
Cell phones/wireless having unlimited plans I would have certainly agreed would take a powder. The home cable infrastructure is quite different and not subject to users moving from cell to cell — changing the load demand on the fly. I’m just sad that I didn’t have time to get an iPad with 3G in time to get grandfathered in. ~ Stewart
—–Follow-up Message—–
From: Ed / To: Stewart
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 6:53 AM
Stewart, Even if you had purchased an iPad 3G there is no long term contract available on them so it still would not have been grandfathered in. The reason I believe that AT&T is doing this now is because the next generation of the iPhone is due to be announced on the 7th and it is expected to have videoconferencing features which will eat up bandwidth making it impossible to use without incurring data overages. ~ Ed
—–Supplemental Message—–
From: Fred / To: Stewart
Sent: Tue 6/8/2010 7:17 PM
Ice has been broken… here comes Verizon with their “new” plan – following that of AT&T. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6536KL20100605?type=technologyNews ~ f
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Although we are saddened that the parasitic relationships of AT&T, Verizon, and others will continue to manipulate PAN evolution to their benefit; new technologies are emerging to breakdown even their stronghold in these service offerings. Yet, these are not the parasites, the real enemies of technical evolution.
While our company stands steadfast in the development, deployment, use, and electronic systems integration of PAN devices such as iPhone and the iPad, we continue to receive fire from the “order taking” segment of the systems integration industry. Easy to spot, these are the self-proclaimed “integrators” who use selling opportunity to deflate or diminish these new evolving PAN devices. Sad is their approach, sad is their destructive impact to their customers, and sad is it that they consider themselves to be “custom” when order-taking is a better descriptor. And although this group may lack the vision to evolve by resting their laurels on the hard work of others, our family of customers and trade partners will occasionally look back and snicker at their ineptitude and the ineptitude of those who follow them.
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