Posts by PaulMJohnson

Quote: Originally Posted by Mac.World  Or maybe if you have a phone with a faster cpu, better gpu, 4 times the amount of RAM, camera of equal or better quality, replaceable batteries on the go, NFC capability, picture...

That "rubber banding" effect was included on list scrolling on an ion implanter a company I was working on produced in 2004.  If you tried to scroll past the end of the list, it bounced and came back again.   It's worth...

I'm actually far more excited about what 3rd party developers will do with the API than I am about the Maps app itself.  I see losing transit times etc. as a big deal, but I hold out some hope that by making this more accessible...

Quote: Originally Posted by astrubhar  Given the scale of these operations, I think accidents are inevitable even with rigerous safety standards. Suggesting Apple could have prevented this is like suggesting the...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta  Two weeks? That's absurd. Heck, I often don't even have a response back from a customer in under 2 weeks. And even if the customer responds in that time period, most of our projects...

Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin    DragonDictate is a Nuance product. The Nuance speech recognition engine is a learning system. The more you use it, the more accurate it gets. Since Apple's use of the...

What a massive mess the patent and copywriting laws are though.  It's pathetic that there should be so much grey area.  Either laws need to be enacted that say Apples right, and they can actually stop the sale of stuff that...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX  Chances of Apple being able to get enough manufacturing for 32nm chips? This is key to quad-corein the next iPhone.   It shouldn't be especially difficult.  Foundries...

Many in the west have been pushing China to liberalize their economy, so that they better match ours.  Surely this is just part of the process.....   Don't innovate when you can just sue the shit out of everyone!

Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][    That is true. Apple could pull out of Italy completely, and it wouldn't make much of a difference.   The only practical way to do that would be to pull...