This is true without jailbreaking the iPhone but I know have my phone wet up to be a mobile hot spot (secured with a password). So when I get those wonderful lga airport sits now I'll have something to do ;). It's a one time 10 dollar fee for the app to enable it but it works great. Beats the crap out of the monthly fee atat charges :rolleyes:

As far as atat goes, they can do regular updates to block jailbreak codes but the jailbreakers just develops a new jailbreak with each update. I just won't do regular updates and it'll be fine. If I ever have to take it in I'll just restore to factory settings and I'm good to go. Jailbroken iPhones are much more useful than the standard iPhone. So much more capability now.

The new Droid 2 will probably start shipping later this week (rumors say 12 Aug) for $199 w/ 2yr contract. It will be the first phone to shipe with 2.2 (Froyo) installed.

Verizon was running a BOGO on the original Droid at $149 to get rid of stock and its apparently now out of stock online.

Basically an improved version of the original Droid but not as nice as HTC Evo. I want one.

Though I love my Android, at least with the iPhone you can check your schedule on iCrew. Android and iCrew don't mix. Still hoping something will come along so I don't have to tote my computer everywhere.

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FWIW the new Droid and HTC phones don't allow you to tether or do a virtual hotspot unless you pay Verizon a $29/mo fee in addition to the $29/mo data package.

I'm thinking of turning into a minimalist and ditching the phone altogether. I thought I was crazy when my cell phone bill was $39 per month. Smartphones, data packages, texting, tethering, family plans, etc. etc. etc.....some people are paying cell phone bills that approaching 1/4 of their mortgage payments!

...or get the app that allows for unlimited data trfr and numerous tethering FOR FREE!:eek:

I thought I had inadvertantly logged into Geek World Forum

Hey you finanical wizards, how much would it cost to buy Delta?

Just curious. There is a certain regional airline group that likes to say "we have enough money to buy Delta!"

I see we have an enterprise value as of this morning of $20.75B. But I guess if our stock price is $12 and there are 789M outstanding shares to wrestle 51% would cost you around $5B. Thats of course if the price doesn't run up do to merger talks.

I'm only seeing this said regional as having a $719M cash on hand. Is that enough? :D

I've never bought a major company before so I don't know how this works... :D

Maybe they are thinking some sort of leveraged buy-out, Gordon Gecko style. I don't know enough about that stuff either.

Here's what Wikipedia says:
A leveraged buyout (or LBO, or highly-leveraged transaction (HLT), or "bootstrap" transaction) occurs when an investor, typically financial sponsor, acquires a controlling interest in a company's equity and where a significant percentage of the purchase price is financed through leverageborrowing). The assets of the acquired company are used as collateral for the borrowed capital, sometimes with assets of the acquiring company. Typically, leveraged buyout uses a combination of various debt instruments from bank and debt capital markets. The bonds or other paper issued for leveraged buyouts are commonly considered not to be investment grade[1] ( because of the significant risks involved.

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I guess that could work. But it kind of shoots down the notion that they have enough cash to buy DAL if you have to go all Gordon Gecko on the place... who btw, is back. Saw the preview when I went to go see Inception- which I HIGHLY recommend seeing at a threatre with the big screen and sound system.