Posts by jido

Quote:Originally Posted by Techstalker But by far the biggest threat to Apple is the Telecom Subsidy economy going bust in the U.S.  Apple should be doing whatever it can to make sure T. mobiles plan of eliminating phone subsidy...

I don't know about Thunderbolt, but USB normally requires that the cable provides power to the attached peripheral. How can this work with an optical cable? :? The press release and the product description do not clarify...

Why, oh why do you insist on calling is Mosiac? Even in the graph it is spelled wrong. It is named after a form of art, mosaic.

What I see in this story is that Windows 7 will work fine without Internet Explorer and that we will probably see Windows PCs without Internet Explorer for sale. Hope that finally convinces some people that not everyone will use IE...

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross The problem with the Kindle, and devices like them, it that they are specialized devices in a time when specialized devices are going away. Amazon is hoping that this high profile device family,...

Quote: Originally Posted by iReality85 Not really, just that people will buy anything if its new and fashionable; not necessarily if its functional. And I seriously don't understand how the new Shuffle's arrangement makes working out...

The demos do indeed work on the iPhone. Nice!

Having Linux running on the iPhone is a good thing, it means that the device will remain useful for longer and it may find new uses besides what the device maker decides. I don't think jailbreak is a great solution on several levels....

Quote: Originally Posted by Lictor Javascript and HTML won't mature, they're past maturation and they move onto decomposition. You will be disappointed to see how widely Javascript is being used in the coming...

Quote: Originally Posted by Stormchild Too bad they spelled "Ambience" wrong. (I realize so many people have spelled it wrong that "ambiance" has been added to the dictionary as an alternate spelling by now, so...