CEO's. Execs. Corporate Idiots. Etc. - Page 8

holo · #71 (**permalink**) 09-17-2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by berry_lthird

Well that is a rational point: You think they improved the device.

To each his own.

Cheers. *offers holo a beer*

I'm overjoyed actually about the releases over here. Diamond has a bigger battery and more ram. The touch pro has all the features except the front camera. The styling is kinda silly on the diamond, but I don't really care. I was afraid with the exchange rate we would be paying >$1000 for these devices (my friend in Australia recently bought a regular touch and paid >$1000 and the exchange rate is about 1:1). I just think Sprint did us right over here releasing it in a semi-timely fashion for the price that they did

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As for verizon, if their devices are really as crippled as the rumors peg them to be (and I doubt they really will be) then more power to your rant on them

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As for me on sprint, I'm counting my blessings and considering myself lucky I'm getting such a good device at such a good price.

holo · #72 (**permalink**) 09-17-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mr8820

bottom line is if the companies cant make extra millions,they dont care.i read that in japan,the cell users can watch actual tv on their phones and not smart phones or pdas'.we wont get it over here because they still use analog and we are all about digital.maybe we should boycott....

We have that - sprint TV etc is available on many consumer handsets that are not smartphones. FYI japan also broadcasts over digital - analog is a waste of frequency spectrum, as you get higher quality on digital without using anywhere near the amount of frequency. Consider the difference between analog and digital cell phones.

From wiki: The two principal digital broadcasting systems are ATSC, developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee and adopted as a standard in the United States and Canada, and DVB-T, the Digital Video Broadcast — Terrestrial system used in most of the rest of the world. Japan uses a third system, closely related to DVB-T, called ISDB-T.

**TheRealHotshot** · #73 (**permalink**) 09-17-2008, 05:47 PM

Some phones in japan even have live video streaming to see whatever the other person looking at right there in time with no lag. Yes we have "apps" like that here but there built right in the phone. Just throwing that out there.

**Dr.8820** · #74 (**permalink**) 09-17-2008, 10:17 PM

my newspaper sucks!

holo · #75 (**permalink**) 09-17-2008, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Not_A_Stain

Some phones in japan even have live video streaming to see whatever the other person looking at right there in time with no lag. Yes we have "apps" like that here but there built right in the phone. Just throwing that out there.

It's called video calling and it has been around for a while in lots of countries besides japan. Much of this thread discussed that very feature as it was related to the front cam.

**Dr.8820** · #76 (**permalink**) 09-17-2008, 11:02 PM

i noticed the diamond(like pics of the pro)doesnt have a flash.wut corporate idiot was responsible for that?

holo · #77 (**permalink**) 09-18-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mr8820

i noticed the diamond(like pics of the pro)doesnt have a flash.wut corporate idiot was responsible for that?

the touch pro has a flash.... the diamond never had a flash even overseas....

mokash34 · #78 (**permalink**) 09-18-2008, 02:19 PM

since the US is going digital with it's tv.... does that mean we might get TV capability on our phones other than sprint tv ?

btw, i side with all the HTC defenders and Sprint defenders...

stop crying your heart out.

holo · #79 (**permalink**) 09-19-2008, 06:09 PM

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218005636408

FYI even the US 3g unlocked (not carrier branded at all) diamond has no front cam

don't blame sprint