Posts by mjtomlin

Quote: Originally Posted by Negafox  Why can't they use an external program like iExplorer to access the iPhone's file system?   There problem isn't being able to access the data, it's being able to decrypt it -...

Quote: Originally Posted by Leonard  Sounds like a catch-22. Federal departments won't use the iPhone unless it has good security, but yet, other Federal departments are having problems breaking that security because...

There isn't a real comparison to be made or gauge how iPad mini demand is. It wasn't around this time last year (which is more important than quarter over quarter) and the previous quarter was the holiday quarter, so of course sales...

Quote: Originally Posted by extremeskater  What am I missing in this article? Where are you getting a 90%. Looks like 48.2% iOS.   Most people are capable of looking beyond what they're immediately told...

Quote: Originally Posted by ddawson100  It's interesting that Android's 9% surge and Surface's 7.4 gains seem to be at iOS's -15% expense. Really wondering what to attribute that to. iPod cemented their lead by iterating...

Quote: Originally Posted by malax  I've always wondered this: does "R&D" (research and DEVELOPMENT) include all the software development costs? Or is it only the more abstract/skunkworks sorts of...

Quote: Originally Posted by arch  Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Intel, Nokia spend much more than Apple (not just as %).   Google's R&D budget is basically used for acquisitions of other smaller...

Would be great if we could get an accurate, unbiased 3rd party study that really reflected markets. NPD, IDC, and Gartner all skew numbers according to their biggest "clients". I forgot which (probably IDC), but one of them for years...

This is the business model of, "Throw everything at the wall and see what sticks." ...Just the opposite of Apple's M.O.   The problem with a device like this is that it's not going to attract new people to their lines, it will...

Quote: Originally Posted by EricTheHalfBee    Look who's back for more punishment. Samsung DOES NOT design ARM SoC's. They build reference ARM designs which is nothing more than cloning the work ARM has...