Posts by bsimpsen

I forgot to add that Microsoft's forking of Windows into both ARM (RT) and X86 variants may open the door for Apple ARM hardware to virtualize Win RT. That brings Office to iOS, which is a pretty big deal.

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross  Absolutely! This isn't understood, it seems. I imagine it comes from the recent report that the iPhone 5 is more powerful than the most powerful G4 Powermac Apple produced. Of...

Quote: Originally Posted by astrosmash  When pigs fly.   There's very little doubt they've worked on porting OS X to ARM.  Why wouldn't they?  I'm sure there are much more interesting...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    Apple could stop selling everything they sell and operate for a decade on their cash alone.   So, yes.   Take products into...

Some of Apple's magic is very old stuff, particularly the reasonably seamless integration of hardware and software and the drive for simplicity. They've had that since 1984 but it's only in the last decade that it's been seen as...

Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][    Not at all.   When Steve Jobs stood there on stage, presenting the iPhone to the world for the first time ever, and claimed that it was years ahead...

The KGI analyst's claims that Apple's iPad Mini technology will give it a 3-5 year lead on the competition seems to show a stunning ignorance of technology. When Steve Jobs made such claims, you could chalk it up to spin, but when an...

This datasheet for a readily available ambient sensor suggests that if one wanted to fit it in an iPod Touch, one could.   http://www.vishay.com/docs/81317/temt6200.pdf   And there's no reason to think that Apple is...

Quote: Originally Posted by matrix07  Really? Sounds to me like people tried to splitting hair here. Look at the photo, delete the flare (suppose no sun there) what will you get with the black leaves and white sky? Oh,...

Given the very fast US preorder sellout, and the much wider international rollout for the iPhone 5, I think the analyst's can be forgiven their expectation for better than a 25% opening weekend from last year. I'm not sure which...