Posts by macarena

Every year, as Apple launches a new phone, it makes sense for a US customer to pay an ETF on his current phone, get it officially unlocked, and sell the phone for $400-$500 on eBay. That money would more than cover the ETF plus the $200...

This initiative of Apple could actually cement the iPad as a leader in the tablet space forever. Once Apple builds up critical mass in this ecosystem, it becomes self sustaining. More content providers would add value to iTunes U,...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Can I play, too???? I predict that Apple will merge with France. Only if France is smart and agrees today.... in 5 years, Apple will acquire France!

Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy In some other cases they become a member to put up roadblocks to any standard they feel might negatively affect them. In either of these cases standards have the potential to be abused. That would be...

Motorola must be regretting that bluster by their lawyer. This is the sort of statement that paints the company as a reckless aggressor, abusing Standard Essential Patents. Google might have managed to wriggle out of the Oracle mess...

There could be multiple reasons for this - - Apple has done a great job of alerting users when a Wifi network is available - and you just select the network, enter the password and done. In Android, you have to manually do this - and...

This isn't Nokia work. Clearly MS style. But even for MS this is stupid. Windows Phone is not competing against iPhone. It is competing against Android. Attempting to compete against the iPhone makes them look pathetic - because the...

"Apple's proprietary solution" - indeed. Nokia should know that Apples idea is pin compatible with both SIM and MicroSIM. So simple physical adapters are all it takes to convert a nanoSIM to Micro or regular SIM. The point...

Quote: Originally Posted by afrodri The biggest problem for such a server (right now) is that ARM is currently 32-bit, which limits its effectiveness in many areas. This should be changing over the next few years. How many tasks...

Quote: Originally Posted by damage976 Um, how long did it take you to think/write this? Not that I read the whole thing... I did think it was pretty funny, however. Don't be afraid to dream - it costs nothing, and invariably, it is...