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| 28-05-2008 02:19 PM |
| snoyt |
kudos for t-mobile
Kudo's for t-mobile and of course Nokia for taking the first step. This is definitely going the right way.
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| 26-05-2008 09:22 PM |
| xerxes |
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Originally Posted by krisse
I don't think anyone, manufacturers or networks, should have the power to exclude any kind of online service. All that exclusion would do is reduce the choice for consumers and so decrease competition, which means lower quality services for everyone.
You wouldn't let a PC maker or ISP have any say in which websites you visit or what software you install, so why should the phone world be any different?
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Anyone who uses Virgin Media allows their ISP to dictate which services they can access, or at least which services they can access at full speed.
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| 26-05-2008 05:11 PM |
| krisse |
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Well, you could draw a comparison to something else, say, cable or satellite tv provider that is also controlling strictly which content and with which package you can enter.
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Good point, but you don't have to use your television set with a particular service, TVs work with pretty much any content provider, so at least the hardware is unlocked (though I suppose some decoders are locked to one service).
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| 26-05-2008 04:47 PM |
| viipottaja |
Well, you could draw a comparison to something else, say, cable or satellite tv provider that is also controlling strictly which content and with which package you can enter.
Having said that, I too think it should be free for all - I am an end consumer after all.
In any case: EAT THAT Akhavan!  Great to hear Nokia was able to crack this nut at least partially open.
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| 26-05-2008 04:41 PM |
| krisse |
I don't think anyone, manufacturers or networks, should have the power to exclude any kind of online service. All that exclusion would do is reduce the choice for consumers and so decrease competition, which means lower quality services for everyone.
You wouldn't let a PC maker or ISP have any say in which websites you visit or what software you install, so why should the phone world be any different?
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| 26-05-2008 03:33 PM |
| Ewan |
T-Mobile Eschews the Easy Life and Accepts Ovi
T-Mobile will carry Ovi, but it appears after a long negotiation with Nokia (reports MoCoNews). The software and services space, traditionally the exclusive realm of the carriers is opening up to the handset manufactures, and specificallyNokia . "My life would be simpler if they would have not come to my space. It is still not the happiest thing to have someone try and take your cheese away," was the quote from T-Mobile CEO Hamid Akhavan.
Read on in the full article.
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