>>Well, in this case the conglomerate does have a name - Google.
Far be it from me to argue with so august a member as yourself, Sam, but in my day Google was a number - ahh, the good old days. :-D Thank you for your insight - for now at least I think I may have found my Pre Plus salvation in "CompanionLink". I know they still use Google and it's still a compromise, but at least it's not so damn obvious what's going on, and I've found in life that sometimes ignorance IS bliss, and that's OK. It's not logical, but it's often true. ;-) Trelane From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sam Kamens Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] Pre Plus (on AT&T) -- Please Convince Me It Shouldn't Be Returned! On 7/28/2010 2:03 PM, Charles G. "Chuck Boulais, CLU, MCP wrote: > As I suspected, you've all been very encouraging, and I'm putting my sim > card BACK into the new Pre. I will try to trust the cloud, but isn't anyone > else worried about having all their personal information out on the web, in > the hands of some nameless conglomerate? I know this is an old topic, but > up until today it's been a complete abstract to me. Now it's real, and I > suddenly feel rather uncomfortable about it all, in an Orwellian context. > Well, in this case the conglomerate does have a name - Google. That might be more scary than if it were nameless, of course ;-) Personally, I don't spend too much time worrying about having my data in the cloud. I realize that it's a risk, but it's one I'm willing to take to have access to my data where and when I need it. > > And what about streaming music? Is there any way to do that other than the > obscure apps I found in the AT&T app center? > > Pandora is the biggest player in this, but others have posted additional suggestions... Sam [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
