tx expat

Well I will tell you what a rep told me yesterday. Since ST decided to port me early, I was on the phone with several Sprint support folks and one of them told me that the iPhones that were ordered before approximately 1 PM were going out as the first "group" and would arrive on Friday. Those that ordered after that time would be in the second "group" which were going to be delayed.

Because they are going to be discussing basic business information that they don't want disclosed to the general public or their competitors.

Um, sure it is. In fact, it's more proof of how capitalism actually works than anything. The assertion that they shouldn't be able to protect their very significant capital investments and that they should be required to license or share their property, both intellectual as well as physical, is a whole lot closer to Communism or Socialism than anything Apple actually does. They have every right to protect anything they are able to acquire a patent for, otherwise the entire premise of patenting is useless. Did they 'create' everything they claim ownership of? Nope. But they absolutely have developed and created plenty of things that had never seen a day on the free market before Apple turned it into something worth having. The GUI and the modern day smartphone are two examples. Apple doesn't own total credit for either device, but in both cases what they brought to market changed the paradigm for the market as a whole. I don't have a thing against Android. In fact, if I could afford two cell phones, I'd love to have one because I realize that there is no "best" product. Sadly, I can't justify that ownership, so I stick with what works best for me. I do take issues with all these anti-Apple rants that are just as ludicrous and fact-less as the Apple fans who can't look past their device either. It makes no difference to me because in the end is simple closed mindedness and has not evidentiary value. HTC and Samsung are guilty of the same protectionism and idea theft as Apple is, but since it's an inconvenient reality, it's dismissed; That way it's easy to continue to 'justify' the hate Company A and favor company B and C.

LOL I've got some links with "facts" about alien abduction and the current whereabouts of Elvis that you should have a look at.

Ummm. Yeah. It sounds like you keep up with the lawsuits that support your views of Apple. How about you set that aside for a bit and go do some searches on what you are saying, because yeah, they all go back and forth doing the same exact stuff to one another. They all "steal" others ideas and try and make it their own and they all sue when their idea gets taken. You need to go take a look without the blinders on and you'll see that it's a common thing for just about every big manufacturer. Apple is no more guilty of it than any of the other guys. And yeah, Apple doesn't want competition. Neither does anyone else. That's called survival in business. You don't want competition. Sorry if that offends, but it's how every company (even the one's that you like) make money. It's not Communism, it's Capitalism. There's a pretty huge difference...

LOL. Dude seriously... Selling iPads at ToysRUs makes ToysRUs the bad guy not Apple. That's like blaming Jack Daniels for alcoholism. Or blaming Hershey's for childhood obesity. You think Apple broke into all the ToyRUs stores and stocked the product themselves? Not to mention, you better be willing to take the same view of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, all of whom actually do much more to addict children to video games than Apple could if it tried, also pander to children and even spend millions of dollars on marketing to children; something you'd be hard pressed to find Apple do... And the video is pretty much rubbish too. The whole map thing is a joke. First off, if you want to find the closest In and Out Burger, only a moron is going to bother going to the website, then entering in their zip code, then scrolling through the list of choices to find the one they want, and then (gasp) become disgruntled because they can't interact with the text on the address... That's just silliness. If that's the easy way that proves Android is so much better then, yeah, keep it.... And on your "why worry if they're the best" argument. Ok, so if someone steals your automobile, are you suggesting that you wouldn't call the police because knowing that you own it is enough for you? Yeah, good luck with that argument. Apply that logic to any company who you don't have such a distinct dislike for, and see if that advice still sounds like a good way to run a business. You must hate HTC and Samsung too then, because they've both sued Apple for the same stuff that you are trying to vilify Apple for. I'm not saying one is better than the other, and I'm pretty far from being a fanboy or otherwise blind to the possible virtues of doing things a way other than my chosen way, which is why I get so tired of everyone with a bone to pick because they need everyone else to know why they are "right" and their way is "better". It's a childish argument.

That's an interesting perspective. I have always felt that the 4s ended up with a higher 'wow' factor than the 4.

This is going to be a touchy subject for a lot of people unfortunately. Sprint is dealing with a lot of negative publicity, both from within their customer base and also from a number of outside forces (media, competitors, etc.). Does Sprint 'deserve' the negative perception? Probably so, if you base your answer solely on the state of their current operations. They do appear to be making a lot of capital intensive decisions to rectify the major reasons why they aren't able to be truly competitive with the other 'major' players. As Robert said, there won't be any permanent change until their plan can actually go live, and even then it's going to take a while before they start considering a market area complete.

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/06/18/3664694/sprint-plans-for-end-of-nextel.html Probably nothing new, but I figured I'd share it anyway.

Hi all, I found this site while doing a lot of searching around for everything Sprint related. I've been an ATT customer for a long while but I'm considering switching to Sprint, and so I've been looking at everything I can find about Sprint and their overall coverage (today and future). Two years is a long time to live with a mistake, so I'm trying to avoid being unhappy if I move to Sprint! Thanks!