Comments on: What’s your mobile threshold? http://shift6.net/2008/06/22/whats-your-mobile-threshold/ Youth, mobility and media Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:40:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino http://shift6.net/2008/06/22/whats-your-mobile-threshold/#comment-494 Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:46:39 +0000 http://shift6.net/?p=101#comment-494 The issue here is whether this particular disclaimer is even advertised at the point of sale, especially if you order your phone online. Who reads the manual or instructions these days? The issue here is whether this particular disclaimer is even advertised at the point of sale, especially if you order your phone online. Who reads the manual or instructions these days?

]]> By: Stewart http://shift6.net/2008/06/22/whats-your-mobile-threshold/#comment-467 Stewart Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:31:37 +0000 http://shift6.net/?p=101#comment-467 Some service providers give you 2 weeks with a new handset they provide as part of your contract. If you and it don't get on you can return it and choose another. This seems like good sense to me. Who wants to be stuck with a phone they don't like or can't use for 12-18 months. And if you're getting the handset through a contract technically the phone doesn't belong to you so ebay isn't really an option. Some service providers give you 2 weeks with a new handset they provide as part of your contract. If you and it don’t get on you can return it and choose another.

This seems like good sense to me. Who wants to be stuck with a phone they don’t like or can’t use for 12-18 months. And if you’re getting the handset through a contract technically the phone doesn’t belong to you so ebay isn’t really an option.

]]> By: who point oh http://shift6.net/2008/06/22/whats-your-mobile-threshold/#comment-465 who point oh Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:28:46 +0000 http://shift6.net/?p=101#comment-465 I've talkd some to people who work for companies that provide applications for mobile devices, and my sense is that the telecom companies are the bottlenecks here, not the market. Lot's of people would love an open OS for mobile phones, and Google's Android interface does just this. According to C-Net, Android-capable phones will be ready in a few months. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9901954-37.html I’ve talkd some to people who work for companies that provide applications for mobile devices, and my sense is that the telecom companies are the bottlenecks here, not the market.

Lot’s of people would love an open OS for mobile phones, and Google’s Android interface does just this. According to C-Net, Android-capable phones will be ready in a few months.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9901954-37.html

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