Posts by Capnbob

Quote: Originally Posted by samab Poorly or not --- it is basically the 3rd best selling tablets behind the ipad and the kindle fire. AT A LOSS!! Can't make that up in volume...

Quote: Originally Posted by Booga I agree that it was primary Android that was gunning for RIM. Before iPhone was demonstrated, Android prototypes all looked like Blackberries, so RIM's days were numbered as a sole-source supplier of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Constable Odo RIM is the sinking of the Lusitania and Titanic combined. I feel very bad for the employees who are definitely going to suffer the most due to company mismanagement and unclear vision of the...

It was the same the last time this story "broke" - "Apple and Samsung control industry profilts" NOOOO! Apple controls industry profits, Samsung comes a DISTANT second and most of the others barely break even. To...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChristophB "At least 1,000,000"? Pre-orders arriving on launch day are considered launch day sales with launch day as the 16th, no? Add in-store sales and the 1,000,000 seems pretty low to...

Quote: Originally Posted by timgriff84 Also the figure is likely to include people downloading updates, so if 1 app has 5 million users then 4 updated a year is 20 million re-downloads. Apps that have a free and paid version are...

Quote: Originally Posted by mccdyl001 You're right - because 6,000,000 downloads divided by 60,000 apps is 100 per day, not 10. So every app, on average, is getting downloaded 100 times per day...? The missing metric is across what...

I like how the example Siri request in the picture for location asks where 1 Infinite Loop is, when the user is clearly in 2 Infinite Loop. Not that it helps Siri to be next door...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy Now that you mention it, I think you may be right. I'd be a bit surprised that would still be one of the contract terms tho. Pricing has changed a lot in the past couple of years, coupled with two...

Quote: Originally Posted by Braden99 Yeah I get it, Apple swim around in all their money. It's funny when I see Microsoft bitter fans on this site, still using "$icrosoft" as if it is still relevant and witty. My...