Posts by NormM

No one who works with patents would pay any attention to this development. Nothing has been invalidated -- we're in the middle of yet another re-examination. Each time another examiner gets involved, the arguments start again and some...

Quote:Originally Posted by Gazoobee In fact, the "nano as watch" concept came from other sources, was not promoted by Apple and pretty much the only support they ever gave it was the fact that several months after people started...

Quote:Originally Posted by lightknight @matrix07 doesn't mean it's a good idea to use an Android as a presentation material. You could even say that nobody uses iOS, but it's a tremendously good presentation material due to its...

Quote: Originally Posted by dmarcoot  As a stock holder this is really the first thing Cook has done that makes me question how long I should keep my investment. This guy seems like an ass clown. The Maps apology was a...

Quote:Originally Posted by Robin Huber Hello, Apple announced dividend increase, it was in my local rag this morning. Wake up, AI. Nothing on Google News about this. I don't understand how increasing the dividend is supposed to...

Wall Street will not reward Apple if they give more money back to investors. The stock typically changes more in value each day than any plausible quarterly dividend. So how would investors even notice this? This would just be a waste...

If Samsung forks Android, I wonder if Google continues to put their apps on Samsung phones? After all, Google already makes their apps for their competitor iOS. If they don't, the Google apps won't be on very many new Android phones! ...

I think it's great if Apple feels some competition -- it should stimulate them to achieve more. It would be nice, though, if the American press would cheerlead sometimes for Apple instead of their Korean rival.

Quote:Originally Posted by DESuserIGN So why do I keep seeing this "Apple just had the most profitable calendar year in human history" phrase everywhere? Will I ever see any proof of this claim or is it just one of those memes I'll...

Quote:Originally Posted by thataveragejoe The only way this would work is if they fork it in such a way they could work a deal with Amazon for their App Store. Otherwise, why bother? As we all know, ecosystem is the key. If there's...