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Listed below are comments made by tuksta between Tuesday, 4th November 2008 and Wednesday, 24th June 2009.

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Should Poms be denied the vote? 12:23pm on 24 Jun 2009 @davidthecrane - Malaysia is on the list of countries on the linked page, as are all EU countries.

It seems to be a around third of the worlds population has the potential to vote in UK elections, depending on if they had resident status. But if that were the case, we could barely move let alone vote.
Battle of the smartphones 11:29am on 24 Jun 2009 Firstly, i was trying to point out that apple are clearly trying to make as much money as possible. This is why the original iphone was missing a few key features, so that they could bring out the must have improvement, the 3g, a year later. The 3gs is just another link in this chain.

As for the software update? It would be pretty harsh on their loyal customers to not offer them the update, and its not really going to damage sales of the 3gs too much, seeing as the old iphones wont be available/desirable pretty soon. However, it is an update that made the phones have the same capabilities as ordinary phones already on the market for a few years now. So in a way it just means the iphone actually catches up to current manufacturers and is in no way innovative.
Id be happy to have a phone that was eventually working how it should have from day one.

Regarding the contract, £275 for the phone and £35 a month for 18 months is quite a lot of money, for a phone they may just replace in the coming year with a full upgrade. I know other phone companies do the same, but not at this cost! And most other phone companies at least seem to try and bring out their best possible phone from the start, even if they are a bit rubbish.

Most other phone companies use the same OS for each model but update them separately, some use the same base platform for numerous phones, eg samsung AMOLED phones all use the same OS and quite similar technology and LG Arena, Crystal and Viewty Smart use similar base tech. The main difference between those phones and apple ones is that the iphones just look the same as each other.

ps. i wouldnt go to carphone warehouse anyway, you'd get better advice from a brick wall
Battle of the smartphones 4:27pm on 23 Jun 2009 Most phone companies build each range on a base model, they all just look different, unlike the iphone range. Granted its a solid design which is still very desirable.

I dont think you really understand the true reason for the 3Gs. Its clearly just a stop gap until a brand new iphone is released, in order for Apple to make some more money. Think about the money they saved in developing a brand new model, the profit margins must be incredible!

Id be so gutted if id just got an 18 or 24 month contract for an iphone if 4 months down the line they released the new must have version. What would my friends say? If you believe otherwise then you must have just been suckered into a juicy new iphone 3Gs contract. oh well.
Battle of the smartphones 11:53am on 23 Jun 2009 @ Mike3Gs

Innovative software with the iPhone 3.0 OS upgrade? the phone i had 3 years ago had video recording, proper bluetooth and MMS. Not very innovative if all they're doing is playing catchup to other phone companies.

The main reason people ever bought the iPhone and 3G was, unfortunately, for the image. They overlooked its lack of standard functions so that they could look cool. FINALLY apple has brought out the phone that should have come 3 years ago. Better late than never.
In search of audio perfection 12:52pm on 27 Apr 2009 U9528187:

i know this may seem obvious to me, but the thing you are writing your comments on and downloading music with is made out of OIL, most likely in a factory in china. Hopefully, unlike your music, you paid for the computer.
Winners and losers in a tech recession 11:29am on 27 Apr 2009 i thought one of the main causes for the recession was people borrowing money they can't pay back to buy things they wouldn't normally be able to afford. Surely this is the case when people are choosing to buy a macbook for 800 pounds when all they can afford is a netbook for 200. Why sign up to a 30 pound a month, 24month iphone contract when all you can really afford is a 20 pound pay as you go? How else are they maintaining these incredible sales figures? Im not saying theres a problem with the product or the company, its customers that are shooting themselves in the foot.
Two days in PC World 4:33pm on 05 Nov 2008 I know its not a very signifcant virus, i even said so myself, "perhaps only a small virus, but still technically a virus". Yes it is true that it was pretty much a waste of space in malware terms. try reading this article to see how pointless it was:

http://www.macworld.com/article/49473/2006/02/leapafollow.html.

and this Leap-A FAQ

http://www.macworld.com/article/49459/2006/02/leapafaq.html

I also admit it is nothing compared to a windows virus, but then again, what is?
The hi-tech election 2:00pm on 04 Nov 2008 too right. I remember getting an earful in a restaurant from my grandad (RIP) when i tried to help him with a chip and pin machine (he was pressing the wrong buttons). I also got told off for using the sky EPG and not the radio times. This was a man who flew bombers over germany, a feat i could never do (or hope to achieve, of course).
I would hope to be able to trust an electronic voting system as it would promote speedier and easier voting. Just as long it is a heavily tried and tested system and is independantly proven to be.
Is your granny a gamer? 1:36pm on 04 Nov 2008 It makes you wonder if the current online gamers (me included) will still continue to play into our old age. A lot of time will pass and technology will change, I just hope we can keep up and avoid the need for children/grandchildren to help us.
Two days in PC World 11:09am on 04 Nov 2008 @ minervatheowl
Firstly, I actually thought it was an obvious little joke when i was implying the personal in pc means the ability to personalise it. Wasn't it clearly just a dig at mac users? I apologise for seeming so stupid.

Secondly, please don't spend so much effort on writing that stuff again, i feel like i really wasted your time. (i also had a commodore 64 for my first pc)

@twelveeightyone
Leap-A virus perhaps? Perhaps only a small virus but still technically a virus. Type it into google. Or whatever mac users use. Then post hat eating on youtube please (and link here)

And Rory, sorry for clogging up your comments.

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