Жадный Жадина

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It's very niche, very small, simple and cheap. But its great people are loving it!!! Thanks @bazinia (http://twitter.com/bazinia) for design and help :-)

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Okay, so let's lay down some numbers for say, 375k 1 bedroom
"affordable" condo. That means that two people with limited income
have to cough (somehow) 75k for downpayment. Which is almost their
annual income. Nice. But it's not over. So they will have to finance
the rest which is 300k.
For 30 years on average interest rate, plus adding annual taxes and
insurance and modest $300/mnth HOA fees (and hoping they'll not grow)
and also hoping nothing major breaks -- so keeping this all in mind --
they are looking at good $2900-3100 PER MONTH. Over the course of 30
years the $$$ spent only on principal and interest will be about
680-700k (I am not even adding here HOA and taxes).
Does anybody think their condo will cost these money in 30 years? Nope.

So the question is -- is this really "affordable"?? Does it make sense
to buy? Not for me. California real estate market is just crazy. Dumb
crazy.

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I am no expert, but so far, iphone's camera is THE best one I saw on
mobile devices. Very very nice.

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Talk time:

3GS: Up to 5 hours on 3G, Up to 12 hours on 2G

4:      Up to 7 hours on 3G, Up to 14 hours on 2G

3GS: Up to 5 hours on 3G, Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi

4:      Up to 6 hours on 3G, Up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi

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Full article is here http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/04/five-reasons-iphone-v-android.html and I should say it does make interesting points, though, I am not 100% agree with everything there. But, like this block:

"...Apple is moving on to the 4.0 stage of its mobile platform, has consistently hit promised milestones, has done yeomen's work on evangelizing key technologies within the platform (and third-party developer creations - "There's an app for that"), and developed multiple ways for developers to monetize their products. No less, they have offered 100 percent distribution to 85 million iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads, and one-click monetization via same. Nested in every one of these devices is a giant vending machine that is bottomless and never closes. By contrast, Google has taught consumers to expect free, the Android Market is hobbled by poor discovery and clunky, inconsistent monetization workflows. Most damning, despite touted high-volume third-party applications, there are (seemingly) no breakout third-party developer successes, despite Android being around two-thirds as long as the iPhone platform."

Well said. And very clear what is the difference between Android and iPhone users. My personal experience shows the same. Blackberry and Android users don't *buy* applications. Well, incorrect. They *rarely buy*. Blackberry users don't have many at the first place, Android users try to get everything free. iPhone users pay. And usually they don't even questioning the price (some still do), but they just buy if *any* value is in the app.

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