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Samsung are running the mobilers competition again this year. If you haven't heard about the competition before let me explain. They will usually send you their latest and greatest mobile tech whether it be a mobile or a tab. As an example I was provided a new Galaxy S II this year. For this though Samsung expect you to complete some challenges which would be set to you.
This competition was open last year and there are about 10 remaining mobilers from last year myself included. This year they are running it again and everyone who took place last year are involved this time around again. So this is definitely not just an enter and win competition, This keeps on giving. I thought I would get you guys on board though because you are such a great bunch and this forum has been so good to me. Unfortunately I can't guarantee you will get a position but you should apply for a chance of getting in.
Just fill in the attached form and send to the email in the form by the 6th June 2011
Good Luck
Are you sure this is licensed by Samsung?
Edit: Viewing the form it kind of looks unlike "Samsung", I dont mean to be rude or anything, but I dont want to provide information for fraudulent things.
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I can guarantee you this is genuine i have been doing this for over a year now. Three of my friends doing this got flown over to Korea to Samsungs head quarters. Others sent to wmc at no expense. We have had some of their new mobile stuff to play with and keep.
I know it usually says if it looks too good to be true it probably is. In this case it really is genuine. The email you send it to is samsungs UK pr company.
It is an amazing thing to be apart of. Just Google Samsung Mob!lers or Samsung mobiles abduction you will see they ran this all over the world last year
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Since unlocking phones (for carrier use) becomes illegal starting tomorrow, we have made a petition to fight back.
Please sign!
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9KhZG7
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RBarnett09 said:
Since unlocking phones (for carrier use) becomes illegal starting tomorrow, we have made a petition to fight back.
Please sign!
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9KhZG7
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You can do nothing with a petition like this now, this is scheduled to be looked at every 3 years, in 3 years you will have a chance to be heard and get this changed, however, we are stuck with this for at least 3 years.
Milimbar said:
You can do nothing with a petition like this now, this is scheduled to be looked at every 3 years, in 3 years you will have a chance to be heard and get this changed, however, we are stuck with this for at least 3 years.
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Indeed. I'm sure the White House is getting a nice chuckle from this petition.
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Here's the thing about what people may see as a pointless petition.
They are all pointless until created. No matter if this will make any difference or not.
Petitions aren't meant to go by guidelines or by what the current law or cycle of voting represents.
In fact, if we all just sat idly by while things happen around us and shrug our shoulders because well, that's what the law is and it doesn't come back up for discussion for 10 years, so let's just leave it as is, even though the majority of us are against it.
I guess my point is, no matter how small of a change or difference one person may think they will be or make, unless they start somewhere, they may as well roll over like everyone else.
Change starts with YOU!
(or you can accept things for the way they are dealt to you)
Santod is right. If enough people sign it will get attention and maybe it will be enough that it doesn't have to wait for three years before it is brought up again. If we keep allowing the cell companies to control how we use our property then eventually we won't have any control of it. This kind of crap needs to stop somewhere. This idea of not allowing us to decide if we want to stay with a specific carrier is bs. Would you like it if a bank said you had to remain in the same property, exactly the way it was originally purchased for the duration of the contract? Probably not.
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Nexus 4, 7, 10 ... ++ More Nexus is the way to go now. Besides, I font see the point in an ithing or win8.
A reason to get one now and get away from VZW, I say.
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Why is this crap being posted in forums for Verizon phones? It simply doesn't apply - VZW has never carrier locked their phones.
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Why is this crap being posted in forums for Verizon phones? It simply doesn't apply - VZW has never carrier locked their phones.
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Apparently you don't understand.
It will be illegal for us to unlock our phones to use them how we want to... HTC or not.
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This law affects all carriers. The only way around it is to get your carrier to unlock the phone for you or buy an unlocked phone from the start. They are only making it illegal to unlock your phone without their knowledge or permission.
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disconnecktie said:
This law affects all carriers. The only way around it is to get your carrier to unlock the phone for you or buy an unlocked phone from the start. They are only making it illegal to unlock your phone without their knowledge or permission.
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This definitely won't stop most people.
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This definitely won't stop most people.
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A $500,000 fine and 5 years in prison sounds like a pretty good deterrent to keep most people from doing though. I think they are mostly targeting the businesses that are capitalizing on something that the carrier will do for people most of the time. I think part of the problem is that people get a phone on contract and since the phone is subsidized when they don't pay their bill the phone company eats the cost of the phone. If they are able to unlock the phone and use it somewhere else they basically get a free phone.
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Plus from what I heard on the radio if you own a phone already then you can unlock it and flash it to whatever carrier. Online petitions are a joke. As you can't prove the people existence because of of no signatures. I could type out ten thousand names names easily. You want change? You want action? Then call your congressmen or woman and voice your dislikes. Have your family,friends,coworkers, and so on to call. Tell them you are not happy and unless you see action you will vote for the other guy. Keep calling and if enough people calls something might be done.
Or you could go the easier route and just buy a google branded phone and not have to worry about the stupid law lol. It is funny people don't seem to care about stuff till its to late.
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A $500,000 fine and 5 years in prison sounds like a pretty good deterrent to keep most people from doing though. I think they are mostly targeting the businesses that are capitalizing on something that the carrier will do for people most of the time. I think part of the problem is that people get a phone on contract and since the phone is subsidized when they don't pay their bill the phone company eats the cost of the phone. If they are able to unlock the phone and use it somewhere else they basically get a free phone.
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Holy....
I was unaware of that kind of punishment. That's insane.
How would someone get caught unlocking a phone though?
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I'm pretty sure that the esn will tell the new carrier where the phone came from. Plus you would have to know because unlocking it is probably different depending on which carrier you are coming from. There was a law passed recently that makes it illegal to take a phone with a bad esn and unlock it to use with a different carrier as well. The major carriers also have the ability to make a bad esn phone no good across most of the other carriers too.
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Milimbar said:
You can do nothing with a petition like this now, this is scheduled to be looked at every 3 years, in 3 years you will have a chance to be heard and get this changed, however, we are stuck with this for at least 3 years.
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tm24fan8 said:
Indeed. I'm sure the White House is getting a nice chuckle from this petition.
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Who's laughing now!!!??
As I said before, it all starts with us guys.... :good:
Official White House Response to Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal.
(NOTE: This is in regards to carrier unlocking, not bootloader unlocking)
Source: LINK
It's Time to Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking
By R. David Edelman
Thank you for sharing your views on cell phone unlocking with us through your petition on our We the People platform.
Last week the White House brought together experts from across government who work on telecommunications, technology, and copyright policy, and we're pleased to offer our response.
The White House agrees with the 114,000+ of you who believe that consumers should be able to unlock their cell phones without risking criminal or other penalties.
In fact, we believe the same principle should also apply to tablets, which are increasingly similar to smart phones. And if you have paid for your mobile device, and aren't bound by a service agreement or other obligation, you should be able to use it on another network.
It's common sense, crucial for protecting consumer choice, and important for ensuring we continue to have the vibrant, competitive wireless market that delivers innovative products and solid service to meet consumers' needs.
This is particularly important for secondhand or other mobile devices that you might buy or receive as a gift, and want to activate on the wireless network that meets your needs -- even if it isn't the one on which the device was first activated.
All consumers deserve that flexibility.
The White House's position detailed in this response builds on some critical thinking done by the President's chief advisory Agency on these matters:
the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
For more context and information on the technical aspects of the issue, you can review the NTIA's letter to the Library of Congress' Register of Copyrights (.pdf),
voicing strong support for maintaining the previous exception to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for cell phone carrier unlocking.
Contrary to the NTIA's recommendation, the Librarian of Congress ruled that phones purchased after January of this year would no longer be exempted from the DMCA.
The law gives the Librarian the authority to establish or eliminate exceptions -- and we respect that process.
But it is also worth noting the statement the Library of Congress released today on the broader public policy concerns of the issue.
Clearly the White House and Library of Congress agree that the DMCA exception process is a rigid and imperfect fit for this telecommunications issue, and we want to ensure this particular challenge for mobile competition is solved.
So where do we go from here?
The Obama Administration would support a range of approaches to addressing this issue, including narrow legislative fixes in the telecommunications space that make it clear:
neither criminal law nor technological locks should prevent consumers from switching carriers when they are no longer bound by a service agreement or other obligation.
We also believe the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), with its responsibility for promoting mobile competition and innovation, has an important role to play here.
FCC Chairman Genachowski today voiced his concern about mobile phone unlocking (.pdf), and to complement his efforts, NTIA will be formally engaging with the FCC as it addresses this urgent issue.
Finally, we would encourage mobile providers to consider what steps they as businesses can take to ensure that their customers can fully reap the benefits and features they expect when purchasing their devices.
We look forward to continuing to work with Congress, the wireless and mobile phone industries, and most importantly you -- the everyday consumers who stand to benefit from this greater flexibility -- to ensure our laws keep pace with changing technology, protect the economic competitiveness that has led to such innovation in this space, and offer consumers the flexibility and freedoms they deserve.
R. David Edelman is Senior Advisor for Internet, Innovation, & Privacy
Tell us what you think about this response and We the People.
Alright fair enough, good job guys!
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Translation they agree but not really going to do much about it lol.
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santod040 said:
Who's laughing now!!!??
As I said before, it all starts with us guys.... :good:
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I signed it also, and just got my e-mail like 35min ago.
I don't know if it will change anything short term, but if nothing else.... at least next time it comes up for review it should turn out more favorably. Hopefully they will step in and push through some intermediate legislation before the next scheduled review though.
Milimbar said:
I signed it also, and just got my e-mail like 35min ago.
I don't know if it will change anything short term, but if nothing else.... at least next time it comes up for review it should turn out more favorably. Hopefully they will step in and push through some intermediate legislation before the next scheduled review though.
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That would be nice, but would require Congress to stop bickering for more than a minute...
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I saw this and thought the same, what's this really going to accomplish? And then the posted article where it apparently did accomplish something. Seems like that's not always the case... But in general, I guess it's not a ton of effort to click in and sign an online petition, so if my one vote does almost-nothing-but-still-something, I guess the return on investment is slightly higher than what I get for typing a single forum post.
Although, if the law is meant to keep people from ditching their carrier and not paying their bill and having the phone "for free", there is the spot they're going to get on their credit when it goes to collections. Getting denied for credit or getting a worse rate for the next 7 years doesn't seem completely devoid of consequence.
Does anybody know? What do special forces like SAS, Delta team, active soldiers etc use during their line of work?
Please be serious, I really would like to know.
they probably use nokia, it can handle rocket explosions, lol
Firstly it depends upon d country! Like in most Democratic countries every1 including Officers need to hv special permissions to carry a phone during work hours( that too a phone without a camera) security is their major concern apart from that u can use any phone u want to!
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FBI agents are issued BlackBerrys for security reasons if I may
i think any phone,for example the goverment gave my father a samsung nexus s as a work phone but i think blackberry is still a choice
yeah, most of them use blackberrys, because it is a combination of the old phones and the modern phones
Cops use blackberry,no doubt.
But soldiers may use water resistant,all prof having radio Mobile,which donot hav to install roms,unlocking,rooting,jailbreaking etc..
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so elite soldiers don't have smartphone at work?
FinancialWar said:
so elite soldiers don't have smartphone at work?
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Alot of people have 2 phones.
, one for work, another one for daily use.
The phone that is for work is an old phone that can only call and send sms and play Snake. The secon one would be a blackberry, it is a smartphone
Can't say much since my country isn't and most likely won't ever be in a state of war but for my country they'll issue you with a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 or Note 10.1 to do admin stuffs with if you're an officer or if you're from a 'leadership' batch and you've completed your basic military training. You're pretty much allowed to bring in your smartphone anywhere except for those sensitive areas like signal stations etc and if you're unlucky enough to get stationed there, a non-camera phone is all you're allowed to bring.
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When soldiers are in a mission they shouldn't bring any kind of phone if they don't want to be intercepted...
The cat b-15 is a pretty rugged phone.
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Mostly they have a motorola radio gear. They dont have gsm or wcdma type phones.
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FinancialWar said:
so elite soldiers don't have smartphone at work?
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In combat it would make little sense to be carrying a smartphone around with you, not just because it's a security risk (they can be triangulated fairly easy) but since todays phones are rather flimsy compared to the old Nokia bricks, you'd be breaking them on a regular basis.
Also, as I know from my compulsory military service in the german army, they don't even let you take your private phone with you during "work hours".
You're not supposed to fumble around on your phone during basic training or when someone might take a crack at shooting you.
Because you would be tweeting your getting shot instead of firing back
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I'd like to point out that Blackberry was originally made for journalists and stuff.
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Xperia Z! waterproof and dust proof lol
Perhaps they uses Landrovers phone
I have saw in some webs "Landrovers" phones, maybe they uses the Sonim Land Rover or other similar...
How come we didn't have a conference of any kind for this release?
There was one for G+ and the Play event but nothing for this nice piece of hardware ?
I get the impression that Google was making a point...
They could sell out a device with no pomp and circumstance simply by relying on the viral nature of the internet. A few well timed and coordinated leaks and it started a wildfire with rumors and speculation.
No renting out convention halls, expensive advertising, official teases, etc. They proved how powerful their brand is without having to do much at all. The community took every single rumor and ran with it. It is pure genius if you can get away with it.
Hype reached a fever pitch this morning and out of nowhere the flood gates were opened. What benefit would an announcement have made?
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There was a presser, but it appears only tech sites were present:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57610133-94/googles-$349-nexus-5-hits-today-with-lte-kitkat/
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/10/new-nexus/
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/google-officially-announces-the-nexus-5/
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/android-for-all-and-new-nexus-5.html
lwfb said:
I get the impression that Google was making a point...
They could sell out a device with no pomp and circumstance simply by relying on the viral nature of the internet. A few well timed and coordinated leaks and it started a wildfire with rumors and speculation.
No renting out convention halls, expensive advertising, official teases, etc. They proved how powerful their brand is without having to do much at all. The community took every single rumor and ran with it. It is pure genius if you can get away with it.
Hype reached a fever pitch this morning and out of nowhere the flood gates were opened. What benefit would an announcement have made?
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So true. However, I feel like normal people who aren't checking tech blogs all the time won't really know about the device. Then again the Nexus line has always been meant for "developers". Although, it's starting to become more than that. I'm not sure if not broadcasting the phone's release to everyone besides techies is really enough.
Just curious I guess, We'll probably never hear an official reasoning from Google though :|
Maybe releasing it like this was a nod to their faithful nerd following, allowing us in the know to get first crack at the device. We were following the tech blogs, we were building the hype for them, we were keeping the rumor mill churning.
Word of mouth is powerful, a handful of happy nerds with their shiny new toy in hand are more likely to give a glowing recommendation than a pissed off nerd that's left waiting to get their hands on the device of the year.
There was a lot of bad press last year because so many that wanted a 4 simply couldn't get one. This year, those of us that were most looking forward to the 5 actually had a chance to get one.
I predict that marketing will pick up soon after these first units get out there.
I'm happy they did it like this, it makes me feel like they care about us nerds!
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lwfb said:
Maybe releasing it like this was a nod to their faithful nerd following, allowing us in the know to get first crack at the device. We were following the tech blogs, we were building the hype for them, we were keeping the rumor mill churning.
Word of mouth is powerful, a handful of happy nerds with their shiny new toy in hand are more likely to give a glowing recommendation than a pissed off nerd that's left waiting to get their hands on the device of the year.
There was a lot of bad press last year because so many that wanted a 4 simply couldn't get one. This year, those of us that were most looking forward to the 5 actually had a chance to get one.
I predict that marketing will pick up soon after these first units get out there.
I'm happy they did it like this, it makes me feel like they care about us nerds!
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Your analysis is very comprehensive, good to know about that!
According to the below article Lenovo is going to gut Motorola, including the software team. I was pretty excited about the Moto X Pure, but i am a little iffy now. Does this shake up change anyone's mind?
http://phandroid.com/2015/08/14/motorola-cuts-2015/
Looks like I will be sticking with my N6 for another year then.
Ugh... You really think it's going to be a big impact going forward?
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Hoping this won't effect the 2015 X too much ... but with reports of the software team getting the boot, I am not too sure
dont think that will be a problem
Hopefully by retaining the President/COO.....the software side shouldn't be affected. What we have now is from his vision
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I thought they said he was one of the people getting the boot.
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Ah just saw the update in the article.. That's reassuring.
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Looks like I will be sticking with my N6 for another year then.
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You mean the motorola nexus 6? I'm not concerned about this and will most likely get the pure when it is released. Still waiting for more reviews before I pull the trigger
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I am pretty set on the moto x barring a major issue.. Not really a better phone for the price anywhere close to it
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Nothing to see here ... Move along people.
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Moto X Pure is the front-runner at the moment. I'm waiting on the official information about the next Nexus before making a final decision.
Just to add to this thread, I read lenovo is going to rely solely on Motorola to produce and design it's mobile devices. So I wouldn't be too concerned
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After sleeping on this and reading tons of comments I think we need to show our support for Moto now, while there's still some resemblance of what they've been doing on their devices! Because if Motorola continues to "flail" you can all but bet that Lenovo will step in even more and change the formula (they are looking to make money, after all). Last thing we need is yet another manufacturer with a heavily skinned, watered down version of Android! So, I intend to support Motorola and get the 2015 Moto X and show Lenovo that pure Android with limited, yet useful, enhancements/features are what people want!
G4'ed it!
Looking at it from the personal side, I think it sucks what Lenovo is doing. From the linked story; There are also more important positions bound to be affected as the Chicago Tribune reports that a vast majority of the job cuts are in non-manufacturing positions. Motorola might cut more than 500 people by the end of it all, according to sources. People flying in from Lenovo’s headquarters in China will be filling a lot of those roles.
Just what we need, ~500 more qualified Americans out of a job and a bunch more H1B visa holders here.
Feel free not to buy Motorola / Lenovo products then. That is the only recourse you have to a company not being run the way you want - don't financially support them.
So it begins
https://plus.google.com/106812856171606054924/posts/fovPUtfLg1n
G4'ed it!
https://plus.google.com/+KirkStromberg/posts/KCZ6YjEYF8W
G4'ed it!
^ Wow, those last two posts really hit home for me. I'm also facing possible unemployment after my former company was acquired.
Oddly (and possibly irrationally), the fact that Moto X designers are losing their jobs for no good reason just makes me want to buy this phone even more. I'm conflicted.
Damn you, Lenovo!
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^ That sounded bad. I meant that considering all the hard work that these former Motorola employees invested into the Moto X, I would hate to pass it by. But then again, I would hate to support the company that let these talented people go. Hence, conflicted.
With HTC taking a dump and Motorola having profitability issues for awhile, it may be a bittersweet thing but may save Moto in the long run. One thing's for sure, with carriers locking down bootloaders and patching root with automatic-forced updates - having an affordable unlocked and uncrippled flagship device just may be worth saving at the cost of the software department.
One more personal (and possibly self-centered) viewpoint is that I can flash community ROMs or build my own even if they don't release future updates - which is comforting enough for me to continue with my plans for purchase.