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Google may offer "free" phone
« on: August 02, 2007, 12:49:29 PM »
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/08/02/go...phone/index.php

I don't know about you, but having to listen to ads before making a phone call??? No thank you.

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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2007, 01:00:31 PM »
I have a hard time believing many people would put up with it for more than a few months. The novelty might attract some, but it will wear off; if it ever gets that far.
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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Google may offer "free" phone
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2007, 02:59:08 PM »
"There ain't no free lunch." smile.gif OTOH, if there were an "add-on" like NoScript or FlashBlock...Thinking.gif
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Google may offer "free" phone
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2007, 07:46:53 AM »
The closest thing to a free lunch: Downtown Workers Week in Milwaukee. A sub shop was passing out lunches the other day. The cost? You have to stand in line in the heat to get one, instead of staying indoors where it's air conditioned.
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.