Posts by valkraider

I loathe GameCenter and Find My Friends. Some skeumorphism is OK, but those interfaces are so out of band that it is annoying. Skeumorphism needs to make sense. It shouldn't be there just because. Why the hell does Find my Friends...

I read one book with iBooks on my iPhone, and went right back to the Kindle App. iBooks is slow and laggy, iBooks takes too many clicks to change from day to night text, and iBooks won't let me lock orientation in the app - instead it...

After updating, I wish I could downgrade our two devices to 5. iOS 6 is buggy as hell. I would wait for 6.01 if I were you...

Quote: Bike routes for what? They're kind of limited in New England. There are "bike paths" here. Mostly they're just old railroad tracks that have been paved over. Everyone knows where they start, end, and what's along the...

Quote: Hopefully Apple can bring some class to this part of town because right now it is rather shabby in my opinion.   Do you think you could convince some property owners of that?  Because I would really love...

Quote: Sorry to be so critical. I was there for 10 days and stayed at the Hilton a block from the proposed Apple store location, however riding the Max to and from the Convention Center everyday as well as to and from the...

Quote: 23rd St. is not "downtown Portland".  It's a highly over-congested commercial stretch on a narrow street in a residential neighborhood.  The hubristic Portland government has designated this area as prime for...

I can't believe people are worried about this.  There will be a Google Maps app, and you will be welcome to use it if you would like.  Apple cannot deny Google Maps, or they will be investigated again for anti-trust...

Do you guys realize there are *5* trackers on this AppleInsider page we are currently reading?   (Well, those of you who use Ghostery may - but other users probably do not)   What we need is for Apple to _allow_ apps...

Quote: Originally Posted by Galbi Just as there are those who oppose Samsung, there are just as many if not more people who are for Samsung. I have never once in my entire adult life overheard anyone in public or private having a...