Re: General cell phone game and app question

I wouldn't attribute the unfair practices of the mobile network carriers as
a characteristic of capitalism ;-)
It'd be much fairer to say their explotative and unfair financial practices
are a symptom of the companies themselves being the scum of the business
world :-)

It still amazes me that so many mobile companies are stuggling to make a
profit in what is essencially a boom time.
I think (hope) the first significant downward economic turn will see a
radical restructuring of the mobile markets, and a heavy trimming of
proverbial 'fat'.


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Subject: Re: General cell phone game and app question


> The v3xx has a much larger screen size than the v3i; you'd have to buy a
> version built for your phone anyway.
>
> As far as who locks the apps down... manufacturers and developers care
> about it much less than carriers do, and we all have to play by the
> carriers' rules in order to get into the market.  Carriers particularly
> like to make every chunk of data go through their network (rather than
> over bluetooth or usb, for example) so that they can charge for it.
>
> Yes, it is financially expliotative, welcome to capitalism.
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