Posts by festerfeet

That came across as a rant.   Perhaps you should be a little more specific in your explanations and less emotional. Yes, China has problems which are very real and others which are perceived because practises are...

As far as my limited understanding stretches, voice recognition and response is developed by building a large enough data set to anticipate and interpret speech. This was one of the motivations behind Google Talk, and why Googles...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX   Consider this to be Schrödinger's iPhone. Ha ha that's brilliant and made me really chuckle just when I needed one 

Quote: Originally Posted by I am a Zither Zather Zuzz      Could that happen again? Absolutely, it could all change again, don't see significant change happening in the near future but as...

  Quote: How well does the iPhone work with Chinese characters?  I understand the language uses symbols and has something like 2,000 symbols.  How do you type does symbols?  May be somebody who is...

    Quote: Do you know Apple has over $110 billion in cash in the bank?  Out of that, over $64 billion dollars is in overseas accounts and they want to avoid paying taxes on it. They want to bring that money...

Quote: Originally Posted by AlvarezLuis According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook's Board of Directors was all but out of the picture when Mark Zuckerberg struck the $1 billion deal to purchase Instagram, the yet-profitless...

Quote: Originally Posted by antkm1 I can concur with this assessment. I live about 50% of my time in Beijing, work with locals in the office and they all tell me that they have downloaded apps and music for free with the help of...

I think the estimation is probably low I am astounded by how many people have smart phones in general and iPhones in particular. Since the launch of the 4s and the reduction in price for the 4 every other person has an iPhone. Admittedly...

When someone buys a 4s they are undoubtedly aware of Siri and it may have been part of the decision to make that purchase and therefore has a value in their own mind attached to the total cost. If Siri has not lived up to expectations,...