Vodafone TERRIFIED of iPhone - Seeks Restraining Order!

Old School Vodafone is so upset with the massive popularity of the
iPhone in Germany they have gone to court to try and block their own
downfall!

Wow!

We all knew this would happen sooner or later, but Germany's poorly
managed Vodafone unit has gone to court to stop Cell Phone advancements
in the the country of Germany. They can't stand the iPhone's pressure,
so are seeking court relief before they go under.

This will be good for everyone!

DUESSELDORF - The German unit of Vodafone Group PLC (VOD) has obtained a
restraining order against Deutsche Telekom AG's (DT) T-Mobile unit
prohibiting the German telecommunications giant from selling Apple
Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone in Germany.

The restraining order was issued by a regional court in Hamburg Monday,
a Vodafone Deutschland spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires.

Vodafone is questioning Deutsche Telekom's iPhone sales practices, the
spokesman said. Deutsche Telekom is marketing the iPhone exclusively in
Germany.

Specifically, Vodafone is questioning the iPhone's exclusive use in
T-Mobile's network and the use of the device being limited to certain
fees within T- Mobile's subscription offerings.

Vodafone isn't generally opposed to T-Mobile's exclusivity contract with
Apple, but wants to have these new sales practices examined, the
spokesman said. The restraining order doesn't aim at a total sales stop,
he added.

A spokesman for T-Mobile Monday confirmed the restraining order has been
issued, adding that the company is examining the issue. So far, it is
too early to comment on possible consequences for the company, he said.

(for the clueless that don't understand I most always post a link)

http://snipurl.com/1twwa

-

Gosh people! just get an iPhone and get on with life... no other Cell
Carrier is going to be able to compete against Apple in the handset
market, Apple is just too experienced in building high quality small
devices...

WE ALL know that. Learn a better way, don't try and fight the old guard.
Move up in the world!

http://www.iphone.com/

-

Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in news:linuxlovesosx-
874348.17000319112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net:


>
> -
>
> Gosh people! just get an iPhone and get on with life... no other Cell
> Carrier is going to be able to compete against Apple in the handset
> market,


Yo stupid- Apple is not a cell carrier.


>

CozmicDebris wrote:
> Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in news:linuxlovesosx-
>> Gosh people! just get an iPhone and get on with life... no other Cell
>> Carrier is going to be able to compete against Apple in the handset
>> market,
>
>
> Yo stupid- Apple is not a cell carrier.

Watch,...Oxford is gonna reply with a terse: "Not yet!"

Moron Oxford.....

He just doesn't get it, I guess.

Clue: his editorializing is what negates everything he says.
Fanatical fanboy fantasy - decidedly delusional.

It's one thing to post speculation. Then, to top it off, he posts the
most inane and grossly inaccurate 'predictions' (I use the term in jest).

He MAY have gotten by (now and in the past) with just posting
his (trolling) 'info'... (again, using the term loosely). It's the wild,
crazy speculation - always done in the most obnoxious tone possible ,
that makes ALL he posts not only suspect - but downright laughable.

Oxford - rapidly becoming the poster boy of Usenet fanboy lunacy.

Last sentence below... "WE" - you mean YOU (and only you)




"Oxford" <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in message
news:linuxlovesosx-874348.17000319112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net...
> Old School Vodafone is so upset with the massive popularity of the
> iPhone in Germany they have gone to court to try and block their own
> downfall!
>
> Wow!
>
> We all knew this would happen sooner or later, but Germany's poorly
> managed Vodafone unit has gone to court to stop Cell Phone advancements
> in the the country of Germany. They can't stand the iPhone's pressure,
> so are seeking court relief before they go under.
>
> This will be good for everyone!
>
> DUESSELDORF - The German unit of Vodafone Group PLC (VOD) has obtained a
> restraining order against Deutsche Telekom AG's (DT) T-Mobile unit
> prohibiting the German telecommunications giant from selling Apple
> Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone in Germany.
>
> The restraining order was issued by a regional court in Hamburg Monday,
> a Vodafone Deutschland spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires.
>
> Vodafone is questioning Deutsche Telekom's iPhone sales practices, the
> spokesman said. Deutsche Telekom is marketing the iPhone exclusively in
> Germany.
>
> Specifically, Vodafone is questioning the iPhone's exclusive use in
> T-Mobile's network and the use of the device being limited to certain
> fees within T- Mobile's subscription offerings.
>
> Vodafone isn't generally opposed to T-Mobile's exclusivity contract with
> Apple, but wants to have these new sales practices examined, the
> spokesman said. The restraining order doesn't aim at a total sales stop,
> he added.
>
> A spokesman for T-Mobile Monday confirmed the restraining order has been
> issued, adding that the company is examining the issue. So far, it is
> too early to comment on possible consequences for the company, he said.
>
> (for the clueless that don't understand I most always post a link)
>
> http://snipurl.com/1twwa
>
> -
>
> Gosh people! just get an iPhone and get on with life... no other Cell
> Carrier is going to be able to compete against Apple in the handset
> market, Apple is just too experienced in building high quality small
> devices...
>
> WE ALL know that. Learn a better way, don't try and fight the old guard.
> Move up in the world!
>
> http://www.iphone.com/
>
> -
>

DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote:

> >> Gosh people! just get an iPhone and get on with life... no other Cell
> >> Carrier is going to be able to compete against Apple in the handset
> >> market,
> >
> >
> > Yo stupid- Apple is not a cell carrier.

poor cozmic, doesn't even understand that "who wins the iphone contract"
WINS the entire handset market going forward.

SJ is the now KING maker of the cell industry...

vodafone, is freaking out since they lost the apple contract, so they
are crying out... into court... verizon is next to cry wolf, just watch.

apple is waaaaay tooo powerful for simple little cell providers like
verizon to complain. they are dead in the water unless they give in and
accept apple's rules. they failed once to win the iphone contract.

SJ will crush them until they do.

-

Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in
news:linuxlovesosx-874348.17000319112007@mpls-nnrp-
03.inet.qwest.net:

> http://snipurl.com/1twwa
>

http://tinyurl.com/yu4w9e

Larry
--
Xterm IS the ultimate video game...(c;

Larry wrote:
> Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in
> news:linuxlovesosx-874348.17000319112007@mpls-nnrp-
> 03.inet.qwest.net:
>
>> http://snipurl.com/1twwa
>>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yu4w9e
>
> Larry
Yea i saw that a while ago. Best. Video. EVAR!

Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in
news:linuxlovesosx-0305F8.19081619112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net:

> DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote:
>
>> >> Gosh people! just get an iPhone and get on with life... no other
>> >> Cell Carrier is going to be able to compete against Apple in the
>> >> handset market,
>> >
>> >
>> > Yo stupid- Apple is not a cell carrier.
>
> poor cozmic, doesn't even understand that "who wins the iphone
> contract" WINS the entire handset market going forward.

Then explain why Verizon is now once again signing up more customers than
AT&T.


>
> SJ is the now KING maker of the cell industry...

SJ will be nothing but an afterthought in the cell industry by 2015.

>
> vodafone, is freaking out since they lost the apple contract, so they
> are crying out... into court... verizon is next to cry wolf, just
> watch.

Vodafone is questioning the sales practices, not the phone, stupid. Laws
in Europe are much different than they are here.

And why would Verizon cry wolf when they are once again signing up more new
customers than AT&T?

Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in
news:linuxlovesosx-0305F8.19081619112007@mpls-nnrp-
03.inet.qwest.net:

> SJ will crush them until they do.
>

http://tinyurl.com/2j5n35

I the jailbreak v1.1.2 the latest version out or are the hackers
working on yet another version after this one??

Larry
--
Xterm IS the ultimate video game...(c;

Jon <Jon@Cebridge.net> wrote in news:fhthd5$lqi$2
@registered.motzarella.org:

> Yea i saw that a while ago. Best. Video. EVAR!
>
>

They're a lot cheaper, now, than when he wasted $600 on that one...
(c;

Larry
--
Xterm IS the ultimate video game...(c;

"Oxford" <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in message
news:linuxlovesosx-0305F8.19081619112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net...
>
> poor cozmic, doesn't even understand that "who wins the iphone contract"
> WINS the entire handset market going forward.
>
> SJ is the now KING maker of the cell industry...
>
> vodafone, is freaking out since they lost the apple contract, so they
> are crying out... into court... verizon is next to cry wolf, just watch.
>
> apple is waaaaay tooo powerful for simple little cell providers like
> verizon to complain. they are dead in the water unless they give in and
> accept apple's rules. they failed once to win the iphone contract.
>
> SJ will crush them until they do.
>
> -

Poor Oxford - once an idiot - always an idiot.

More inane predictions - based on ZERO fact.

Oxford wrote:

> SJ will crush them until they do.
>


Crush what?

<http://snipurl.com/1qf9u>

Oxford wrote:
> Old School Vodafone is so upset with the massive popularity of the
> iPhone in Germany they have gone to court to try and block their own
> downfall!
>
> Wow!

WOW...Talk about reading between the lines and inserting your own
unfounded observations! Or are they someone else's observations and you
forgot to quote them?

> We all knew this would happen sooner or later, but Germany's poorly
> managed Vodafone unit has gone to court to stop Cell Phone advancements
> They can't stand the iPhone's pressure,

You know this for a fact? Citation please.

Who is we? Your private fanboi club?

[quoted from article]
> Vodafone is questioning Deutsche Telekom's iPhone sales practices

Ummm...the suit is about business practices. English must be your second
reading language.

Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in news:linuxlovesosx-
874348.17000319112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net:

> Old School Vodafone is so upset with the massive popularity of the
> iPhone in Germany they have gone to court to try and block their own
> downfall!
>
> Wow!
>
> We all knew this would happen sooner or later, but Germany's poorly
> managed Vodafone unit has gone to court to stop Cell Phone advancements

Cell phone advancements? Is T-Mobile selling a real phone? I thought this
was abvout their sales practices for the iPhone? The iPhone is old
technology in the cellular world, except for the interface.


> in the the country of Germany. They can't stand the iPhone's pressure,
> so are seeking court relief before they go under.

Go under? Aren't they the largest cell company on the planet?

DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote in news:Sfs0j.46165$eY.37586
@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net:


>
> Ummm...the suit is about business practices. English must be your second
> reading language.

No- sadly enough, Oxturd can barely handle a primary language. His parents
would kick him out of the basement forever if he tried to learn a second
one. After all, they have limits on how much stupidity they can tolerate.

CozmicDebris <isheforreal> wrote:

> >> >> Gosh people! just get an iPhone and get on with life... no other
> >> >> Cell Carrier is going to be able to compete against Apple in the
> >> >> handset market,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Yo stupid- Apple is not a cell carrier.
> >
> > poor cozmic, doesn't even understand that "who wins the iphone
> > contract" WINS the entire handset market going forward.
>
> Then explain why Verizon is now once again signing up more customers than
> AT&T.

cite?

> > SJ is the now KING maker of the cell industry...
>
> SJ will be nothing but an afterthought in the cell industry by 2015.

SJ will own the cell market in that amount of time, he gained 72% of the
much more competitive MP3 market in 4 years, so commanding the cell
industry is a piece of cake since there are no strong players.

> > vodafone, is freaking out since they lost the apple contract, so they
> > are crying out... into court... verizon is next to cry wolf, just
> > watch.
>
> Vodafone is questioning the sales practices, not the phone, stupid. Laws
> in Europe are much different than they are here.

Ah, they are still fearful, sales practices shouldn't matter to a court,
customer demand is what matters and everyone has voted for the iPhone to
be No. 1 worldwide.

> And why would Verizon cry wolf when they are once again signing up more new
> customers than AT&T?

Verizon is dying, they lost the iPhone contract because of their own
bungling, and have been in defensive mode ever since.

If a cell handset maker doesn't win Apple's good graces, they are no
longer a viable company.

-

Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in
news:linuxlovesosx-71D2B9.20414619112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net:


>
> SJ will own the cell market in that amount of time, he gained 72% of
> the much more competitive MP3 market in 4 years,


Huh? There was no mp3 market, you moron. Apple is entering a mature
market here- something that they have little success with.



> so commanding the
> cell industry is a piece of cake since there are no strong players.
>
>> > vodafone, is freaking out since they lost the apple contract, so
>> > they are crying out... into court... verizon is next to cry wolf,
>> > just watch.
>>
>> Vodafone is questioning the sales practices, not the phone, stupid.
>> Laws in Europe are much different than they are here.
>
> Ah, they are still fearful, sales practices shouldn't matter to a
> court,

Only on the distant planet of Oxturd. You know it- the one with no
intelligent signs of life on it.


> customer demand is what matters and everyone has voted for the
> iPhone to be No. 1 worldwide.

Hardly, newbie.

>
>> And why would Verizon cry wolf when they are once again signing up
>> more new customers than AT&T?
>
> Verizon is dying, they lost the iPhone contract because of their own
> bungling, and have been in defensive mode ever since.

Dying? Hardly. They are positioned to overtake AT&T as the largest US
carrier WITHOUT the crapphone.

>
> If a cell handset maker doesn't win Apple's good graces, they are no
> longer a viable company.

Nokia, Samsung and LG all say hello.

>
> -
>

CozmicDebris <isheforreal> wrote:

> > in the the country of Germany. They can't stand the iPhone's pressure,
> > so are seeking court relief before they go under.
>
> Go under? Aren't they the largest cell company on the planet?

yes, thanks for proving my point. Vodafone is financially weak and
likely can't survive the advancements of the iPhone in their
non-competitive markets.

SJ tends to calls these firms "squishy".

Now you know.

-

Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in
news:linuxlovesosx-21C5F7.20491419112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net:

> CozmicDebris <isheforreal> wrote:
>
>> > in the the country of Germany. They can't stand the iPhone's
>> > pressure, so are seeking court relief before they go under.
>>
>> Go under? Aren't they the largest cell company on the planet?
>
> yes, thanks for proving my point. Vodafone is financially weak and
> likely can't survive the advancements of the iPhone in their
> non-competitive markets.

Cite?

>
> SJ tends to calls these firms "squishy".

I thought that's how he described your attempts to have his baby.

>
> Now you know.
>
That would make one of us knowing something.

"Oxford" <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in message
news:linuxlovesosx-71D2B9.20414619112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net...
<snip>
>> SJ will be nothing but an afterthought in the cell industry by 2015.
>
> SJ will own the cell market in that amount of time, he gained 72% of the
> much more competitive MP3 market in 4 years, so commanding the cell
> industry is a piece of cake since there are no strong players.

hahahhaaaaaaaa! much more competitive mp3 market! how many companies made
mp3s when apple entered, and how many people had mp3 players? compare that
to the cell industry?

<snip>
>> And why would Verizon cry wolf when they are once again signing up more
>> new
>> customers than AT&T?
>
> Verizon is dying, they lost the iPhone contract because of their own
> bungling, and have been in defensive mode ever since.

first, they didn't 'lose' the iphone- they declined it. in the first full
quarter after the iphone was introduced, both verizon and at&t have
reported... verizon added 1.6million customers, almost all postpaid (the
post profitable and desirable kind), to at&t's 2million, of which 1.2million
are postpaid, and verizon's churn was an industry low 1.21% to at&t's 1.7%.
revenue at both companies up 14.4%.

so much for your claime they'd fade quarter by quarter, eh?

> If a cell handset maker doesn't win Apple's good graces, they are no
> longer a viable company.

how do you rectify that statement with vz's financial results?

In article
<linuxlovesosx-21C5F7.20491419112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net>,
Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote:

> Yes, thanks for proving my point. Vodafone is financially weak and
> likely can't survive the advancements of the iPhone in their
> non-competitive markets.
>
> Steve Jobs tends to calls these firms "squishy".
>
> Now you know.

On a side note, that must mean that Windoze users and Wintrolls are
squishy for not educating themselves on OS alternatives and kowtowing to
Ballmer.

--
Posted from my 1999 Apple G4 Sawtooth
A 450 MHz G4 running OS X 10.4.8

DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote:

> Ummm...the suit is about business practices.

yes, but only under the thin guise of... FUCK! --- the iPhone is selling
far better than we expected. It's eating our business alive, let's sue!

Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in news:linuxlovesosx-
20F472.21273319112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net:

> DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote:
>
>> Ummm...the suit is about business practices.
>
> yes, but only under the thin guise of... FUCK! --- the iPhone is selling
> far better than we expected. It's eating our business alive, let's sue!
>

Funny- I don't see mention of that ANYWHERE but out of your disabled brain.

Oxford wrote:
> DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote:
>
>> Ummm...the suit is about business practices.
>
> yes, but only under the thin guise of... FUCK! --- the iPhone is selling
> far better than we expected. It's eating our business alive, let's sue!
Its cause of the hype.

Next year it will be a long forgotten memory, like AppleTV

Jon wrote:
> AppleTV

Is THAT still around??

"DTC" <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote in message
news:FMt0j.23869$JD.887@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net ...
> Jon wrote:
>> AppleTV
>
> Is THAT still around??

There are pallets of dusty Apple TV's for like $99 dollars at Costco. LOL

IronFist <Boot@YourAss.com> wrote in news:201120070834535545%
Boot@YourAss.com:

> In article <Xns99EDAFEBA1652isheforreal@216.196.97.142>, CozmicDebris
> wrote:
>
>> Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in news:linuxlovesosx-
>> 874348.17000319112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net:
>>
>>
>> >
>> > -
>> >
>> > Gosh people! just get an iPhone and get on with life... no other Cell
>> > Carrier is going to be able to compete against Apple in the handset
>> > market,
>>
>>
>> Yo stupid- Apple is not a cell carrier.
>>
>
>
> Learn to read, moron. He didn't claim they are.
>

If he says that "no other Cell Carrier is going to be able to compete
against Apple in the handset market," he is most certainly stating that
Apple is a cell carrier. If he had said "no cell carrier," you would be
correct.

Learn to read, moron.

"CozmicDebris" <isheforreal> stated in post
Xns99EDE7AD8BD60isheforreal@216.196.97.142 on 11/19/07 10:46 PM:

> IronFist <Boot@YourAss.com> wrote in news:201120070834535545%
> Boot@YourAss.com:
>
>> In article <Xns99EDAFEBA1652isheforreal@216.196.97.142>, CozmicDebris
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in news:linuxlovesosx-
>>> 874348.17000319112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> Gosh people! just get an iPhone and get on with life... no other Cell
>>>> Carrier is going to be able to compete against Apple in the handset
>>>> market,
>>>
>>>
>>> Yo stupid- Apple is not a cell carrier.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Learn to read, moron. He didn't claim they are.
>>
>
> If he says that "no other Cell Carrier is going to be able to compete
> against Apple in the handset market," he is most certainly stating that
> Apple is a cell carrier. If he had said "no cell carrier," you would be
> correct.
>
> Learn to read, moron.

Your interpretation is flawed. Ironic given your tone.

Hint: if he believes Apple will *become* a cell carrier that does not mean
he thinks they *are* one now.

Funny how you share similar reading comprehension challenges with someone
else in your neck of the woods - and then lash out at others when your
errors are pointed out. No relation between you two though... right?



--
If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except where void or prohibited by law.
Roy Santoro, Psycho Proverb Zone (http://snipurl.com/BurdenOfProof)

MuahMan wrote:
>
> "DTC" <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote in message
> news:FMt0j.23869$JD.887@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net ...
>> Jon wrote:
>>> AppleTV
>>
>> Is THAT still around??
>
> There are pallets of dusty Apple TV's for like $99 dollars at Costco. LOL
Yep, AppleTV was epic failure by Apple.

"Snit" <CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote in message
news:C367C49A.9A3A2%CSMA@gallopinginsanity.com...
> "CozmicDebris" <isheforreal> stated in post
> Xns99EDE7AD8BD60isheforreal@216.196.97.142 on 11/19/07 10:46 PM:
>
>> IronFist <Boot@YourAss.com> wrote in news:201120070834535545%
>> Boot@YourAss.com:
>>
>>> In article <Xns99EDAFEBA1652isheforreal@216.196.97.142>, CozmicDebris
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in news:linuxlovesosx-
>>>> 874348.17000319112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> Gosh people! just get an iPhone and get on with life... no other Cell
>>>>> Carrier is going to be able to compete against Apple in the handset
>>>>> market,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yo stupid- Apple is not a cell carrier.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Learn to read, moron. He didn't claim they are.
>>>
>>
>> If he says that "no other Cell Carrier is going to be able to compete
>> against Apple in the handset market," he is most certainly stating that
>> Apple is a cell carrier. If he had said "no cell carrier," you would be
>> correct.
>>
>> Learn to read, moron.
>
> Your interpretation is flawed. Ironic given your tone.
>
> Hint: if he believes Apple will *become* a cell carrier that does not mean
> he thinks they *are* one now.
>
> Funny how you share similar reading comprehension challenges with someone
> else in your neck of the woods - and then lash out at others when your
> errors are pointed out. No relation between you two though... right?
>
>
>
> --
> If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except where void or prohibited by law.
> Roy Santoro, Psycho Proverb Zone (http://snipurl.com/BurdenOfProof)
>
>
Awwwww, look at the Mactards sticking up for one another. Snit defending
Oxford's thousand newsgroup spam, what a shocker! And no, I won't show you
where you defended him. So keep your retard circus to the other fucking
imbecile mactards.

We really have got to find a way to euthanize all Mac users. They are all
big-government liberals anyway.