Posts by Carthusia

When the iPad mini was rumored and then announced, I was hopeful that Sharp's IGZO would be a lock-for the first-gen mini-until I heard about the production difficulties. I suspect that it just was not ready, yields were unsatisfactory...

I doubt Apple/Foxxcon would have invested so heavily in sharp if this was not destined for a mobile device. It seems it's a matter of when, not if.    An IGZO iPad mini to fit between the iPhone and MBA? So....

I suspect that in enterprise, in addition to the display size advantage, the Retina-quality display of the 9.7 iPad has a tremendous advantage over the display of the iPad mini.

Apple's low P/E ratio and stock price doesn't bother me one bit. The type of stock manipulations we've been seeing are one of the major reasons why Steve was so focused on hoarding cash. Companies with plenty of cash care very little...

You'd have to be an imbecile to let MS control your home systems, and certifiably nuts to allow Google to do so.

Quote: Originally Posted by 21yr_mac_user  I'm a big apple fan but this is simply not true. One big reason Apple almost ate it was because it's market share was so low that it couldn't get a critical mass of...

A legitimate question is of Apple's willingness to, plans for, or ability to bring more iPhone factories on line. I understand the argument that there are only so many Chinese workers, but....there are hundreds of millions of Chinese...

Quote: Originally Posted by zunx  PowerPoint for iOS: the ultimate presentation tool. What's wrong with Keynote?

Quote: Originally Posted by ankleskater  This makes sense. But what would make even more sense is for Apple to invest $20-25B (assuming 30-60% premium) to acquire ARM Holdings. That would shake up the market....

For 2016, I'm envisioning an ARM-based 15" MacBook Air with 32 GB RAM and 1TB SSD, Retina display, and powered by a fuel cell battery, but no more than 5mm thin and less than 450 grams.   Oh yeah, with a fully-Multi-Touch...