Posts by poke

It's worth noting that TomTom owns Tele Atlas and also supplies mapping data to Google. So Apple's new application essentially uses the same data as Google Maps. It's not just turn-by-turn data, it's the geographical data on which the...

Given that they have to cover Mountain Lion and iOS 6 in the keynote (and potentially a forthcoming Apple TV API and App Store), it seems unlikely that they'd have time for this many hardware announcements. The fact that there's so...

Quote: Originally Posted by GQB  At the moment, I see the hyper-realistic 3D maps as a fun novelty, but not what I'd be relying on day-to-day. I think an even more interesting thing is an article I saw a while...

Quote: Originally Posted by philipm  I'm not so sure about the comparison with Edison. The only real similarity is a genius for self-promotion. Edison set the US back decades because he didn't understand AC. That...

Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit  New iPhone selling 49 million units in the holiday quarter... sure... even more if they can make them fast enough.   iPad selling 66 million units in 2012......

Cook interacted with investors when he was COO so he's just continuing in that role. Obviously Apple's culture is going to be different without Jobs. It's not like Cook was going to start shunning investors and acting like a dick...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tune      Is this supposed to prove that Ive hasn't copied anything by putting his work next to objects that are nothing like them? If so, well done.

Quote: Originally Posted by meofcourse  My question is what does Samsung bring to the party? Other than slapping on free Google Android OS? In that regard Samsung doesn't "build" a phone really. If manufactures a...

I think it's no coincidence that Google recently announced plans to give partners "early access" to Android. That's exactly what they need to do to give Motorola a massive advantage over competitors. Everybody will be allowed into the...

Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer  Sorkin better consult NeXT and PIXAR employees seeing as how my fellow alumni are incredibly disappointed in Isaacson and his fixation of filling the book up with early Mac...