Posts by ulfoaf

Gee thanks, AI. Now we will all be disappointed with our A5 iPhone 5's. I'm kidding, of course! Technology does change fast, though.

I have a feeling the work done for the Verizon iphone plus the rumored integration into one universal phone that can be used in the US through AT&T, Verizon or Sprint is the reason for the delay until September.

Google invented the icon? The touchscreen? Neither was new in 2007, but it is pretty clear a LOT of phones suddenly started looking like the iPhone layout, larger touch screen, one button, icons looking like Apple's.

Quote: Originally Posted by nagromme My prediction: I bet his claims turn out to have very little real merit. Nonsense! He's clearly responsible for all the ideas and writings in American culture in particular & Western culture in...

Quote: Originally Posted by johnnielse No, not really. Denmark is just a tiny country with a small population. Even though the difference between rich and poor has increased a bit the Danish government (no matter which party is...

It is more of a straight up comparison country by country if tax is not included, That says what Apple is charging, not the local governments. Apple cannot control tax. Lots of things go into pricing, exchange rates, transportation...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jetz I really wonder how defensible this patent is. This seems like a rather normal materials engineering process. I'd bet that there's a lot of aerospace and/or automotive companies that might use similar...

Quote: Originally Posted by d-range Care to point out what part of that is 'simply not true'? Edit: I'll help you out, before you waste your time: Here's 4 quick searches in the McAfee antivirus database: 1) 16-bit Windows (what I...

Quote: Originally Posted by nagromme These stories come out every so often—and then are forgotten. (A Trojan is simply a lie, and no OS is immune.) Remember when the first successful real-world self-spreading Internet virus/worm came...

If I read that correctly, only 8% are iPhone owners. 92% are new customers. I think Apple was expecting that, but it may have worked out even better than they hoped initially. Switching from AT&T will probably happen when contracts...