Can you provide a link to a carrier's site that confirms this?
No, but how about the phone's manufacturer: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone/iphone4s
Scroll down to where it says "Or get iPhone unlocked and contract-free".
For me, the breaking point came when my next-gen iPod couldn't use the $1 cables I'd had with my previous-gen iPod, and now I was expected to buy Apple-branded chip-locked cables for $50. FIFTY DOLLARS!
Old FUD is still FUD.
No, worst case would be having Majel Barret record the voice. Or would it be worst? Imagine, one of the most famous scientists of all time speaking in the voice of one of the most famous computer systems of all time?
If he can get Majel to record the voice, then he will have once again turned our understanding of the linearity of time completely upside down.
There just aren't enough HDCP-enabled pro devices on the market, because the consortium is excessively protective of its stupid-ass DRM scheme.
No, it's because the DRM scheme requires the HDCP all the way to the end device (projector or monitor). In the real world we're not using HDMI inputs on projectors because of cable length issues (among other things.) There is no practical way to get HDCP encumbered HDMI switched and then distributed amongst multiple projectors and confidence monitors in the typical corporate meeting environment.
Google's inconsistent standards are adversely affecting our ability to counter violent Islamist extremism online.
So their standards are not affecting your ability to counter violent Jewish, Christian, or other religious extremism online?
This year I'm likely to rear-project their lightning loop near my front door, and run 2 LCD TVs with the eyeball loop in the windows of two separate rooms facing the street. (yes, the house is alive!)
Audio is important too, and once again I'll be running this track through speakers and extra subwoofers (real ones, not home ones) hidden on my property: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/halloween/id289650473 There is no better sound effects package than one made by Hollywood Foley Effects artists. It's fun to watch the parents freaking out even more than their kids are.
The optimum committee has no members. -- Norman Augustine