Posts by RBR

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  The Parallella hardware is interesting: http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2012/09/28/adapteva-parallella/1 They claim quite a lot of performance from a really cheap CPU....

AT&T, indeed most of the carriers, gouge you for the privilege of tethering a device to your phone just to use data for which you have already paid. It is too bad that the regulatory agencies have not stepped in to rectify the situation.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    That hasn't been confirmed. If they were, they'd be shouting it from the rooftops, trying to make the reaction to Apple's Maps even worse. They haven't...

Google are reportedly working on a separate app to be submitted to the app store. It should be interesting to watch Apple's reaction to this.

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin <snip> The iPhone 5 is going to create a huge strain on their supply chain, especially if they aim for 8 million units this weekend but they should be able to free up resources in...

Quote: Originally Posted by christopher126  To me, on the face of it, the Lightening cable is a great improvement over the 30 pin connector which was larger, could only be put in one way, etc. If the chip in the cable...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    Well, no; just that we're not close to being able to pin down product launches yet.   It's like how we know Skymont will exist, but "2016" really...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil  The high-end, enthusiast Haswell. Not anything suitable for a Mac Mini (laptop chips). Well, yea, but you made it sound as if Haswell were merely...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil  Suppose they want to keep selling any… Haswell doesn't even have a LAUNCH date. Having THIS iMac and THIS Mac Mini during a holiday season is certainly a good idea if...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pendergast  I always hear peopl say that iOS is "dated" or "stale". It's always a sweeping statement with nothing to explain what is dated and/or stale. The purpose of an OS is to allow you...