Posts by Alonso Perez

Definitely Apple's site is harder to navigate. It's not hugely harder, but it seems like a pointless change. More marketingy and less functionality.   Some things are really quite hard to get to, such as unlocked iPhones. Does...

Quote: Originally Posted by jd_in_sb  I wonder why Jobs has a "Think" poster in the background. That has been IBM's motto since 1914.   Exactly. Jobs was after IBM at the time. But note that the THINK has been...

Quote: Originally Posted by lkrupp  It isn't Office so it sucks. Some people just have to bitch about something to feel good about themselves.   No, it sucks because it sucks. Keynote is top-notch in Mac and...

Quote: Originally Posted by aplnub  I am not so sure that is a correct assessment. I may be wrong to but I would guess Ive would be less flexible on the software than Forstall. Wasn't it Ive's and Job's bent on iBooks...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dave Tofani  ...   However, the digital world is "very" different. One copy of a digital product can mean 100s, 1000s & even millions of unpaid copies out there....

Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy  If the story is to believed, Apple is paying a percentage of Foxconn's worker wage increases out of it's own pocket. Whether this is actually true or not is another...

I don't understand the use of the word "subsidizing" here.   What is Apple subsidizing? All I can see is Apple paying more to a vendor who needs to raise prices in order to meet Apple's new requirements. That's not a subsidy,...

Quote: Originally Posted by John.B    Can you rip MP3s from that album for your computer/iPod/iPhone and still legally give the CD away?  Without deleting the MP3s?   No, and nobody is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Xian Zhu Xuande  In terms of actual ownership you don't 'own' the music on that CD anymore than you 'own' the music you purchase from Apple or Amazon. The only difference in ownership is...

Quote: Originally Posted by umrk_lab    1) In a distant future, you will not be able to buy a CD reader, because it will no longer exist 2) in a future which is closer to this (and not as distant as...