A first look at iCloud:
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=16287
.. basically looks like an iPad in the sky! By that I mean the web UI is
better than average, easy for Apple users, but basically a google docs for
iWork and mail/calendar.
I was surprised they didn't take a DropBox
After using gmail for a bit, I noticed that some of my Sent emails were no
longer under the Sent label and had been deleted!
WTF? Well, the reason is that when a Sent email becomes part of a
Conversation and you Delete the conversation, the Sent email becomes labeled
Trash .. and goes away after
Hi
I'm hugely amazed by your post. Being involved in telecom regulatory matters
(as a citizen stakeholder) in my country. I'm surprised that consumers in
yours tolerate such nonsense.
Just to provide some reference points
In India: The average postpaid mobile commitment cost is about US$3 per
But you have to understand several things to understand why most americans
understand very little about celular telecom:
1 - Probably 80% of Friam does not understand the difference between GSM and
CDMA, the two major celular protocols in the US. And that they do not
interoperate. I've
BTW Sarbajit, you are a gmail user. Could you enumerate the difficulties,
even immoralities, that entails? We have to be careful what we consider
free.
-- Owen
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Owen,
You should also mention that
1. Even if you have a GSM phone, unless you either pay a high price for an
unlocked phone, have a Blackberry or are aware of the issue and find out how to
unlock your phone, you are in danger of being hit with enormous roaming charges
when you go to another
Ouch! I realize that sounds harsh.
Let me be clearer. Gmail is very sophisticated. And with cleaver plugins,
you can make it less noisy and have a UI you'd prefer (See Minimalist for
Gmail http://goo.gl/gSAi4).
But it is not IMAP or POP. This means 100% of new users of gmail haven't a
clue
Hm. Mebbe a Wedtech on understanding and applying cell phone
technology...
But seriously: a question for Owen and all those who might know-
This afternoon I inadvertantly ended up with Google voice mail
(thought I was getting something slightly different: I'm not familiar
enough with
