Posts by acslater017

Quote: Originally Posted by Sol77 Does it? I wouldn't know. It seems odd that i'd need connectivity just to say, "wake me up in one hour. Stupid, even. Do we know that for sure? Yea, that'd be silly. In the absence of cloud...

Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody I will never understand why people obsess so intensely about having the ability to turn on and off things like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth without having to go to the "extreme" of opening up...

These things drain your battery, can cause radio interference, and are accessed quite frequently by many people. It doesn't really make sense to have to do, for example:...

Quote: Originally Posted by EmperorsNewClothes I'm inclined to think that this cancellation is more about Steve's death overshadowing this event, than it being out of respect. They want to grab all the headlines, rather than be largely...

Quote: Originally Posted by markbyrn A sad irony that I got an alert of Steve's passing on the iPad. RIP Me too. Well actually, my girlfriend was borrowing it, and she called me and said, "I opened up your iPad and it gave me...

Quote: Originally Posted by jason98 First significant misstep of Apple in a really long period of time... Perhaps Jobs leaving before 4s announcement is not a coincidence. Nothing to be proud of really. Yea! The iPhone 4S only...

Quote: Originally Posted by sranger So basically it will work more or less like voice commands in Android..... (I have an android phone and contrary to propaganda they work pretty well) I wonder if the popup keyboard will have a mic...

Hmm. Apple has no need for cash ($70 billion of debt-free cash in the bank). Maybe Samsung offered lower prices on flash memory or displays? Who knows, maybe next year we'll see $100 deductions on MacBook Airs and iPads!

Wow. As maddening as it is, good job to Apple for keeping their plans in the dark this time around. First the new iPhone was going to be a small tweak, then a major revision, then one of each, then just one. Next Tuesday will...

Quote: Originally Posted by MacRulez Many Android devices ship with apps to become a wifi hotspot themselves, so the odds of needing Android to connect to one of those expensive airport connections is relatively low. Edit: should have...