Re: Verizon BlueTooth

>> Nothing ³gelded² about it.....
>
> I'd have to agree with John on this one. If someone offered me an
> asterisked
> 2006 Cadillac for $42,000 and the fine print said "includes only steering
> wheel and radiator fan, other parts not available" I'd be pissed even
> without
> bringing my money to the dealership. I've been dealing with Verizon for a
> fairly long time (certainly as long as they've been in the Chicago area),
> and never would have expected this kind of weasel-wording.

In the history of the PC revolution ... dating from 1980 for convenience...
no vendor has been able to maintain his position for more than a couple
cycles with proprietary hooks, and/or limiting capabilities versus an open
standard version of the same technology.

Remember copy protection on floppies? Hardware dongles? Even today, cracks
for PC games appear almost simultaneously with retail hitting the store
shelves. "SafeDisc 4" is the latest and best .... and broken, naturally.

Verizon isn't winning with their BT-limiting decision; they're winning in
spite of it. Unless their intent is to accumulate a customer base
exclusively from the shallow end of the gene pool (and in which case they
should increase advertising on Faux News. :)

> Add some blame for the standard-makers of Bluetooth for allowing this to
> happen.

Well, I would say BT is ephemeral in the sense that it's only a $5 chip in
each device and has low very bandwidth. It's not a long term solution, but
because of its simplicity it's relatively robust, and will help people
adjust paradigms toward devices with a significant wireless transfer
capability.

But what people _will_ remember is the limit/control Verizon put on this.
And if you were one of those kiddies spending your entire allowance on
ringtones and snapshots, well, it'd take a heck of a lot of $$$ goodwill
for Vz to win you back in the future... unless you're Paris Hilton.


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