Yes. I'm one of those 300,000. Edge only. While that is a lot of phones, I'm having a hard time believing they impact the network anywhere close to all of the 3G phones they have.

I can see your point on the fact we call every portable device that stores/play music these days an MP3 player... I can't remember when I last used an MP3 file... then again I don't think I call my iPod an MP3 player... I call it an iPod. On the subject of apps though.. I just assume they mean appetizers. I'm still waiting on my phone to give me those damn mozzarella sticks I asked for.

Same with T-Mobile. They say unlimited, but they really mean 5GB. I suppose one could argue it's still unlimited as they cut you down to below Edge speeds after that without extra charges, but at that point I'd say you're pretty much cut off as it's not really good for anything. I'm curious what does Verizon do after the cap? Is it a cut-off, extra charges, or throttle you down to next to nothing?

Not everyone has parents who can afford to save the money it takes for college. My mom raised 6 kids and worked 3 jobs that didn't pay that well. Saving was out of the question for all of us. I went the student loan route and it sucks paying it back, but I won't complain. I made the decision for myself at the time. I did not however do as some of my friends did and take student loans for tuition + living expenses. I only took what I needed for tuition and held a job in order to support myself. I know you aren't trying to bait, but your first comment is a bit condescending and assuming don't you think? Also 6 figures and you find it hard saving while single? I make 35k/year, 31 years old and I'm single, live in a major city and still manage to save some here and there.

Apple's site lists it as a Micro USB port for "Service and Support".

For my particular company it's a matter of: 1. Hardware support as we roll out new computers/devices. 2. We deal with a lot of third party vendors of which some have started their migration. Prefer not to have out pants down when suddenly Company XYZ stops support for XP. 3. We are an all MS shop with well over 10k users. As we start taking on new computers we'd rather not have to backwards load them with XP. As well as a portion of our user base works from home and will be upgrading those machines soon. But really it all boils down to the third party point.

90's? XP was release in 2001 But I do agree it's time to move on from it for most companies. My company has begun testing for a deployment of Windows 7, migrating from XP.

I can't speak of Google Maps turn by turn, but I have other turn by turn navigation software that works just fine on my iPhone with T-Mobile's 2G speed. Honestly I went from getting 3G on an Android phone to 2G on the iPhone and haven't missed the extra speed at all unless I'm downloading a really large file. In which case I just wait till I find a WiFi connection. *disclaimer I am comparing T-Mobiles 3G (~1000kbps) to 2G (~200kbps). I can't speak for ATT's 3G. It seems T-Mobile has a cap on their 3G.

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