Posts by jwdav

There are at least two issues at play - physically blocking the signal with your hand or body (cupping, grip of death etc), and detuning the antenna. Detuning can happen even from getting close to an antenna, no need to to touch it....

Quote: Originally Posted by bdkennedy1 Considering Apple is WRONG, yes. This isn't about how many bars are displayed, it's about losing the call. Literally I can touch that spot and I will go from 5 bars to "No...

Quote: Originally Posted by synp The iPad is a peripheral of exactly one regular computer. It shares some files with it. A worthwhile laptop replacement should be able to synchronize with more than one computer. If it did, I could have...

So a music wholesaler has four customers, and he offers a sweet deal to one of them, while refusing to extend the same deal to the others. He is then seriously surprised to find out one of his customers is not supporting the marketing...

Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse I think he's referring to Google's forays into areas other than search, dumping free products on the market to starve out the competition, as much or more than to monetize them, and being able to...

[QUOTE=davey-nb;1622143]And now they are saying they didn't buy the phone at all. The $5,000 was for exclusive access only with the promise of returning it to Apple after they had finished with it. I bet they have that in...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta I'm going to go one better. I'm going to start a blog on hot high-performance cars. If they press you on that, you could also explain that your didn't actually buy the car, you merely paid for...

Quote: Originally Posted by freddych If Android is any indication, exponential growth is what happens. If Google can match the processing power and 10 hour battery life, this device will take off. Android is open source and the...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism How do netbook's hurt Apple's profit, which is the only think worth considering? I agree - netbooks don't hurt Apple's profit at all. They do affect these marketshare reports that count...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro As a lame attempt [the 32 billion dividend] to bolster a stagnating to declining share price. And once that money goes once, it's not in the coffers to entice the next group after the share price...