Conspiracies?

Cell Phones: 

1. Why can't cell phones exchange pictures directly over bluetooth? Why is money always involved? Yet they can exchange photos to a bluetooth enabled PC; albeit crudely.
   
2. Why can't all cell phones be used as walkie talkies?

IPhone

1. Why doesn't Skype (voip) run on IPhone? 
   Free Skype Client for iPhone / iPod Touch - Skype Community
   No Skype for Apple iPhone
   Skype on iPhone (try harder)
   Skype on the Apple iPod touch (using  SoonR) hack to add a microphone now 
   Look, Apple just doesn't want any Voip (voice over Internet Protocol) on the iPhone.

Oil shortage

1. If we were short of oil last week, because of some problem half way around the world; why is there plenty this week? What ship just arrived? It seems there is plenty to go around. 
   

Dark fiber

1. Why is half the fiber optic cable laying at the bottom of the ocean dark? Would prices drop so much that there would be no profit in it?
   
2. Why is the average Internet connection in Estonia and Japan 10 times faster than the average in North America?
   

Canadian Banking

1. Why do we have to guarantee huge profits to have a stable system? 
   
2. Can I play too?
   

Demand Items

1. Why are there just enough "insert latest widget" to keep demand at maximum price?
   

Housing bubbles

1. Why are city urban growth boundaries set artificially? Why is agricultural land artificially protected?
   "Housing Boom, Bust and an Artificial Shortage" featuring Randal O'Toole (Cato Institute: Daily Podcast)

Batteries

1. Why have no new battery standards formed since the D, A, AA, AAA?
   

Cables

1. Why is the USB standard made up of so many plugs?
   

Incompatible products

1. Why are manufacturers allowed to produce proprietary batteries, headset plugs, cables and power adapters?
   
2. Why do we buy incompatible products?
   

Cell phone providers

1. Why do we buy cell phones that only run on one network?
   

Ipod

1. Why can I not play the music purchased from the Apple on other mp3 players? 
   

Truth in packaging

1. Why is the planned obsolescence (best before date) not on electronic products? They barely last 2 to 3 years.
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