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ACCC clears Optus to scrap HFC network and use NBN instead
The ACCC has cleared, provisionally, the proposed deal between Optus and NBN Co under which Optus is to be paid around $800m to shut down its HFC network and transfer customers onto the NBN. read moreiPhone heading for fall in summer says Palm honcho
Stan Beer
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Aside from that, the Pre also has
the accelerometer sensing that switches the screen view between
landscape and portait.According to many visual reviews I've seen, the Pre web browser, built on the open source WebKit browser, is excellent and very responsive.
As one review put it, the Pre doesn't have iTunes but it has a pretty dmaned good substitute in the Amazon MP3 music store, which enables downloads over WiFi.
Add in direct Google, Google Maps and Wikipedia searches without having to enter the web browser, a 3 megapixel camera and a slide out QWERTY keyboard and you have a pretty compelling competitor to the iPhone.
There are a couple of pretty big provisos to the above, however.
The first thing is that having vast gobs of functionality is one thing but providing a compelling user experience is quite another. We know the iPhone user experience is first rate but without rigorous testing it's hard to give the Pre a usability rating.
The other big proviso is dependent on Apple. The question is whether Apple will simply stand still with the current generation iPhone or come June 29 wow the world with yet another iteration of its very fine product.
McNamee is obviously prepared to bet hunndreds of millions that the Pre will put the iPhone off the air and Apple back in its basket.
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