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And we are still waiting for it in Spain.......

got one since August jailbroken but want one legal hope with Telefonica

Apr 18, 08 - 11:54 am Comment from: ElderNorm

I call TOTAL CROCK on this one. I do believe that the lower sales price comes with service type requirements. Its just the telco providers trying to get better locking. At least that is my take on it.

Apr 18, 08 - 11:57 am Comment from: Cubert

MDN'ers,
Cubert is rejoining the world of the employed! (why DO I refer to myself in the third person?)

I am joining a group of federally funded free clinics here in Philadelphia. I will be seeing patients, running their medical student and resident rotations, and ultimately, prepping to take over as medical director for one of their four clinic sites in the next year.

Yes, the Porn Wars are over!

And, my 6 month vacation is coming to an end. (no pun intended; or did I?)

Que eres, Canario? The aussies are waiting too - must be a hemisphere issue.

i hope they get their terms right in round 2 here in europe. i know at least 5 people who considered an iphone but ruled against it, because 30 cents a minute in the 50 euros contract are 3 times the average minute price people are used to nowadays. how can they expect that ourageous service rates and 35% higher prices (than in the us) for the handset itself will be accepted. give us decent service rates and a 250 euros handset and i will buy one.

Apr 18, 08 - 12:13 pm Comment from: Buster

Congrats Cubert...welcome back to the ranks of us common income tax paying slobs.

6 mths vacation....geez I am jealous...I have that much carried over but I rarely get to use it. Maybe when I am dead....

Apr 18, 08 - 12:13 pm Comment from: macaholic

Canada? same hemisphere, no iPhones. At least not legally!

iPhone sales in Europe are simply disappointing, especially in France where Apple sold only 100,000.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-24595887.htm

Apple will be forced to review iPhone business model completely. Frustrated customers simply need to be patient.

Apr 18, 08 - 12:15 pm Comment from: Buster

oh yeah, and it irritates the crap out of me that some people will be getting yet another revision of the phone and we in Canada have SFA.
My wife's Treo is on its deathbed and she will have to buy an unlocked.

If this were Motorola or Nokia, I would quote Ampar and say:
"Smell that? It's not your upper lip. It's the stink of desperation. Adapt or die."

But since it's Apple, I say:
"The iPhone price adjustment in Europe is a premeditated part of a carefully orchestrated marketing strategy. Consumer satisfaction and demand are through the roof and therefore Apple wants to make the iPhone more affordable."

Two legs bad

Apr 18, 08 - 12:38 pm Comment from: Cubert

@Buster,

Cubert's Formula To Get 6 Months of Vacation:
1.) Shoot some porn for a friend's website on your own time.
2.) Have employer find out about it.
3.) Launch a full week of negotiations between your lawyer and theirs debating the legality of being firing.
4.) Collect 6 month severance package of full pay and benefits in agreement to not sue and to keep my mouth shut (except on MDN).
5.) Repeat as needed.

Apr 18, 08 - 12:41 pm Comment from: Cubert

@Buster,
So, I have been paying income taxes the whole time and the 6 months is not my vacation time. My left over days are being paid out to me in my last paycheck in the middle of May.

"The iPhone in Europe -- Lost in Translation
Apple's US blockbuster isn't a hit across the Atlantic. How will it fare elsewhere?"
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,548231,00.html

O2 and T-Mobile have "candybarized" iPhone with their desperate price cut,

Apple needs to drop/adjust their revenue sharing model (yes it works fine in the US, not so in Europe) and carriers needs to lower their pathetic overpriced data plans.

If memory serves AT&T;has a 5 year contract with apple. If it is less all the better, but somehow i doubt it.

Apr 18, 08 - 01:29 pm Comment from: Buster

@Cubert...I stand corrected about income tax and vacation. However, if one could stand the strain of what you went through with the lawyers etc, then...well...6 months off seems rather cool.

Apr 18, 08 - 01:32 pm Comment from: Madmax

O2 and T mobile may still have difficulty shifting stock - because they still sell them linked to a data plan.

CarphoneWarehouse will be the favourite whilst stocks last because its £169 to buy and then jailbreak for a few quid.

Apr 18, 08 - 02:01 pm Comment from: lurker

@Cubert - Which side of the camera were you on? Did it involve nurses uniforms?

O2 and T-Mobile have "candybarized" iPhone with their desperate price cut,

Apple needs to drop/adjust their revenue sharing model (yes it works fine in the US, not so in Europe) and carriers needs to lower their pathetic overpriced data plans.

Electra lofts

Apr 18, 08 - 02:42 pm Comment from: Cubert

@lurker,

The starring side - Scott filmed. No nurses uniform, just 2 freaky young ladies.

Apr 18, 08 - 03:24 pm Comment from: Micro Me

@Cubert. Sounds like it was worth six months unemployment.

Couldn't you convince your last employer that it was only your third person on screen?

It's a bloody phone, just sell it in every country damned!! Cut the crap with trying to be the smartass jobs, you got a great device, let everybody buy it!!!

@Cubert,

Is said film for sale by any chance?

Apr 19, 08 - 12:24 am Comment from: Cubert

@Micro Me,



@Curio,
It was available for download on the website but I had to have it pulled as part of the agreement. I do have stills from it, though......still.......

@cubert and others not ignoring him

Please stay on topic & cut the spam, causing e.g., this thread to contain more than 50% noise.

This behaviour drastically decreases MDN's utility.

Solution to properly displaying ampersands (&) on the MDN forum.

All you need to do is to use the usual html encoding for special characters: "&" in your posts and all will be well.

This way you will see AT&T rather than AT&T;.

Apr 19, 08 - 11:42 am Comment from: MacSheikh

Let me try that:

AT&T;

Apr 19, 08 - 11:45 am Comment from: MacSheikh

Huh? What did i do wrong?

AT&T;AT&T

Apr 19, 08 - 11:46 am Comment from: MacSheikh

Wait, i think i got it:

AT&T

Apr 19, 08 - 11:47 am Comment from: MacSheikh

@ vanfruniken

Ha! Thanks!

@vanfruniken-
Whose mom or dad are you? Answer= not mine or anyone else's on these boards. Go to another thread if you don't like what you're reading.

Apr 20, 08 - 12:12 pm Comment from: Cubert

Thank you, Curio!

Apr 21, 08 - 06:23 am Comment from: macireland

And once again the "Paddy Tax" mentality reigns in Ireland. No price cuts here and total ripoff on iPhone charges.

Britain/Northern Ireland:
£35 (€45) a month tariff for 600 minutes, 500 txts, unlimited data, free wifi at hotspots, visual voicemail all on a 18 month contract.

South of Ireland:
€45 a month will get 175 minutes, 100 txts, 1gb data, no free wifi access, no visual voicemail and on a 18 month contract too......wonder why all my friends are unlocking???

@ LiM
I'm German but living since 15 years in Lanzarote.
Yes, must be a hemisphere issue.

No problem Cubert. Sorry to be so late in responding, but I was out of town for a while. Hope you like your new job. Who knew a video would lead to that?

Magic word "mother", as in, you don't want your mother seeing that tape. lol

@curio and @cubert
You guys appear to be policing this thread.

I was just trying to be helpful so people can work around an apparent glitch in the MDN forum implementation. More likely than not you haven't figured out yourselves how to display ampersands properly. Duh!