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simplezeal··on Unlocked iPhone 4 up for sale
Actually AT&T attaches a data plan to your phone if they detect it to be a smartphone. This is even if you go and switch Cellular data to Off in settings.

They were able to do that since they had database of IMIE for iPhones. So if they didn't have the IMIE info (say unlocked phone bought from retail channels), they didn't do so.

It'll be interesting to see if they can detect these new unlocked iPhones.

simplezeal··on Asus Unveils Padfone Hybrid Android Smartphone-Tablet
Mock up video is running IE http://bit.ly/mr06pB
simplezeal··on Apple's First CEO - pay attention to product, but also people
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Attention to detail is what Steve is known for, but it also is his weakness because he pays attention to the detail of the product, but not to the people.

To me, the biggest thing in growing a company is you need to grow the people, so it's like being a farmer, you need to grow your staff and everybody else too as much as you can to enable the company to grow, just as much as you need to sell the product.

simplezeal··on Is Microsoft trying to end the reign of mobile carriers?
IMO that's the beauty of this arrangement. Nokia has minimal presence in US so there is no question of pissing off the carriers. This kind of arrangement is not possible with Samsung/HTC/Motorola etc.
simplezeal··on Apple Planning Major Product Launch For Retail 10th Anniversary?
MacBook Air with Sandy Bridge?
simplezeal··on Does HN care about/use Google Reader?
I have tried experimenting with Twitter and not using reader for a week. When I come back to check, there are tons of articles which I would have missed if I had not checked.

Some of the articles are tweeted, but then most of the time I check Twitter on phone so I have to mark them for Read It Later. Sort of defeats the purpose IMO.

There are times when I fall behind in reading feeds and unread count makes me feel guilty. When it gets too much I take drastic step of marking all as read.

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