Comments on: Upgrading Technology for Free? http://www.skillett.com/technology/upgrading-technology-for-free/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=upgrading-technology-for-free Keiron's daily take on life, the internet and the world around us! Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:23:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Keiron http://www.skillett.com/technology/upgrading-technology-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-3016 Keiron Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:25:53 +0000 http://www.skillett.com/index.php/520/upgrading-technology-for-free#comment-3016 You can see it from the companies point of view though - they make one product and just flash them with different versions of the same software... We'd all do the same given the chance I think! You can see it from the companies point of view though – they make one product and just flash them with different versions of the same software… We’d all do the same given the chance I think!

]]> By: psi tech http://www.skillett.com/technology/upgrading-technology-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-3004 psi tech Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:53:10 +0000 http://www.skillett.com/index.php/520/upgrading-technology-for-free#comment-3004 I think it is a shame that companies resort to that, bascially using the old bait and switch technique I think it is a shame that companies resort to that, bascially using the old bait and switch technique

]]> By: Keiron http://www.skillett.com/technology/upgrading-technology-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-2750 Keiron Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:25:02 +0000 http://www.skillett.com/index.php/520/upgrading-technology-for-free#comment-2750 Couldn't agree more Rostyslav, we said the same about mobile phones a few years ago though when they were locked to a particular network, now market/street vendors will unlock a phone for £10! I wonder whether we'll ever see a day when this changes for other technology as well? Couldn’t agree more Rostyslav, we said the same about mobile phones a few years ago though when they were locked to a particular network, now market/street vendors will unlock a phone for £10!

I wonder whether we’ll ever see a day when this changes for other technology as well?

]]> By: Rostyslav http://www.skillett.com/technology/upgrading-technology-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 Rostyslav Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:55:42 +0000 http://www.skillett.com/index.php/520/upgrading-technology-for-free#comment-2748 This has been true for sometime now. It is cheaper for companies to take the risk of someone unlocking the extra features and only producing one product instead of several. Besides, how many people do you know that actually use this practice? A few tech guys? This has been true for sometime now. It is cheaper for companies to take the risk of someone unlocking the extra features and only producing one product instead of several. Besides, how many people do you know that actually use this practice? A few tech guys?

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