By "a phone like these" do you mean the iPhone, or smart phones in general?
I mean iPhones, Android phones, etc. Anything with large/touch screens. Yeah, some people use them for work...but the vast majority buy them for entertainment. (Blackberries I guess would be a major exception because of all the business use.)
You can use it on T-Mobile, but the 3G is a different frequency from ATT to TMobile, and thus not supported. So you'd only get 2G speeds with the internet. Which let's face it, thats the whole reason for a phone like these anyhow.
He tried returning it to Apple, but it is not Apples phone anyway, it's Gray Powell's phone.
So you consider a prototype, that an engineer for a company is using for testing and development purposes to not belong to the company? Even though I would guarantee it was ISSUED to him, for testing purposes? I doubt if it was GIVEN to him for his own personal use, and to keep as his own property. IMO the phone was being used by Gray, but belonged to Apple. Just like your computer at work is the property of the company, but is issued to you for your use.
And its either 10, 100, or 1000Mbit ethernet. 250 > 100.
Actually, the last time I accidentally went swimming with my phone in my pocket the exact opposite happened. Every function of the cell phone still worked, except the ability to use the network. Phone and Data no longer worked. The shitty thing was, right after I got out of the water and noticed, it still worked. For an hour or so while it was still wet everything worked. The next morning after I had let it dry out with the battery and sim/microSD card and battery cover off, the network didn't work. It would show full signal if I didn't have the SIM card in it, but if I put the SIM card, no signal.
Really, it's a better idea IMO to use a 3rd party email service. Either a paid service, or a free one such as gmail/hotmail/yahoo. This way if you move, change ISPs for whatever reason, no longer need the ISP etc, you don't lose your email address. I've had my gMail account since it was invite only beta like 5 years ago. In that time I've moved and cancelled / signed-up for ISPs probably 6-7 times.
Pick a password, and a special character modifier and you have your good password, and can change it every 30 days or whatever your policy requires.
I actually saw on some gadget show a few years back the idea of having a Bar Code scanner on microwaves, and ovens and what not. The idea was to have a central database it could pull up after you scan the product, and know exactly how to prepare it. Just scan the box, put it in, and hit cook or whatever. That to me, seemed like a good idea. Though I never saw it come to fruition.
I guess more useful for people who don't cook, and would rather eat microwavable / frozen entrees.... Like College kids...who on a side note don't have money for such gadgets....
Truly simple systems... require infinite testing. -- Norman Augustine
