Posts by NormM

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...

Quote: Originally Posted by majjo  Last I checked 40% are on Android 4.x, and every major new phone that I know of is launching with Jellybean.   According to the numbers you cite, 30% are on Ice Cream Sandwich...

Quote:Originally Posted by nagromme Less than a week--not bad, for an update that is minor and thus had no anticipation nor publicity events to announce it. For comparison, I wonder--how long did it take the very most recent point...

Quote:Originally Posted by lkrupp Yes! It took the dev teams months to come up with an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6 using five different security flaws. As Apple patches those flaws jailbreaking becomes more and more difficult. We...

You say the case "integrates all of the device's major openings and controls," but it doesn't provide access to the lightning connector, which is the most important connection. Substituting a micro-usb connector for charging only is a...

Quote:Originally Posted by piot IDC have clearly not included the iPod Touch in their figures for Apple. In their most recent financial call, Apple said they sold more than 75 million iOS devices and 4.1 million Macs. So yes, IDC...

Quote:Originally Posted by KDarling $300 for the drawer / stand / Square $400 for the IPad  $300 for a printer  =============== $1,000 As opposed to other systems that network and cost much more. Or cost less and include more....

I never got the impression that Jobs always made brilliant decisions. For example, I think his choice of biographer was a dud. But he had excellent technical taste, worried a lot about how to make his employees successful, made sensible...

Quote:Originally Posted by AppleInsider "The cannibalization question raises its head a lot," Cook said. "The truth is: we don't really think about it that much. Our basic belief is: if we don't cannibalize, someone else will. In...

The Surface Pro tries to be a competitor against both MacBook Air and iPad, and it fails against each in a different set of ways. Arguing that it's storage use is comparable to the Air doesn't make it a good laptop.