I like it !!!

I would usually change dollars to 800 Yuan or so (at the hotel) for a couple of days of normal expenses, which included just the basics: bus fares, restaurant meals (nothing fancy, family restaurant type) and what not. Nothing extravagant at all. 800 Yuan would come and go in no time. Forget going to fast food chains - too expensive for little food. Starbucks? $4 = 1/2 day's pay of a regular worker.
It's very common to see more than one family in small rooms... ( I like to take the side street tours.. you know, walking where no tour would ever take you!)
People "survive" because there are several family members with minimum wage not because dad or mom are the only "provider".

These people at Foxconn have essentially free room and board, otherwise they would not be able to make it to the end of the month on their own with basic necessities. Most of what they earn they actually send back to their families, so THEY can have a better life.

It is very similar, to some extent, to what we have in the US. You would be hard pressed to find a head of household feeding a family of 4, housing, clothing, paying for transportation and regular expenses on just a $8/hr minimum wage... that is borderline (if not) poverty.

Maybe my original comment is a little too profound to be understood lightly.

%25 more of basically nothing is... a little more of nothing still.

So yeah... Apple is chipping in a few bucks (maybe an extra $1M+ a year for all workers) while posting billions in quater end revenues.

Woopdy-Frikkin-Doo.

And yes, people may use their phone and some of their capabilities in an office environnment, but that has nothing to do with doing real work,such as database management, cluster computing for research, manufacturing CPM, CAD/CAM, 3D modeling, etc....
That working environment requires the desktop and heavy resourses, certainly not iOS nor Metro.

480p FTW !

Yeah.. but price compare that... or the chart means nothing.
Today's electronics are pennies on the dollar compared to 30 years ago.
You can buy a laptop for $330 [www.staples.com] and that is not even ON SALE !

I remember buying my first Intel 386 DX4-100 Mhz for $1000 "discounted" at a swap meet show.

People don't use Phone OS's for actual office, manufacturing, design, medical, research, etc... work.

Think about that !

On any Windows OS you can install any program and even FORCE drivers to operate at your will... Even if it means crashing the OS.

Mind you, since Win ME you can actually boot in safe mode and system restore, so nothing is damaged anyway. Vista and 7 even recover by themselves.

HUGE ... GIGANORMOUS difference here.

This is Apple's gestapo at it's best.

That yellow glare... The Capitol & The White House.

Those black twisters... our tax dollars being sucked right in.

I had these chest pains so I checked myself in the emergency room and got medication, etc... and had to get an appoitment with a cardiologist to take an imaging of the heart under stress test so check valves and flow...

It later turned out to be stomach ulcers that caused my esophagus to contract and cause the chest pain.

Anyway, I don't recall ever running so much (20 min.) and so fast just to get to 140 bpm.

Statement from Sanjiv Ahuja, Chairman and CEO of LightSquared

RESTON, Va., February 15, 2012 – For more than a decade, LightSquared and its predecessor companies have worked to bring a private sector solution to a public problem – expanding wireless broadband connectivity to every corner of this country – and in doing so, encouraging economic development, increasing competition and lowering prices for American consumers. Recognizing that America was not keeping pace with the rest of the world with respect to wireless innovation, the United States government encouraged, and in our case, mandated investment from the private sector to help solve this problem. They did this to help ensure that we no longer lose ground to global competitors and fall behind in a technology crucial for creating jobs and growing economies in the 21st century.

Typically, when America has faced a challenge, the private and public sectors join together to help solve these problems to better serve this country. Unfortunately, with its action yesterday, the FCC has harmed not only LightSquared, but also the American public by making it impossible to build out a system that would meet public policy goals of successive administrations.

Today, we ask the FCC to restore American values of rule of law and regulatory certainty to help America maintain its place as a global leader in both public safety and economic development.

After years of receiving regulatory approvals, the FCC approved LightSquared to build its ground network in 2005. In 2010, the FCC amended that plan, requiring LightSquared to build a national broadband network that reached 260 million Americans. At the government’s mandate, LightSquared began investing billions of dollars in America’s infrastructure – without asking for any money from the American taxpayer. Yesterday, after LightSquared had already spent nearly $4 billion, the FCC changed its mind. There can be no more devastating blow to private industry and confidence in the consistency of the FCC’s decision-making process.

It is not surprising that, as with all innovative new technologies, scientific concerns became an issue. In this case, the government decided to choose winners and losers. Politicians, rather than engineers and scientists, dictated the solution to the problem from Washington.

To leave this problem unresolved is the height of bureaucratic irresponsibility and undermines the very principles that once made America the best place in the world to do business. We remain committed to finding a solution and believe that if all the parties have that same level of commitment, a solution can be found. The American people send their representatives to Washington to solve tough problems and make our country better – not to undermine and pull the rug from under private enterprise.

(Was that in purpose?)