Posts by Hodar

Considering the iPhone 5 release is likely to happenin the next 4 months or so; and that the predicted sales of these will be fairly huge - why sell now?   This doesn't include the anticipated sales of Apple's TV efforts, nor...

I submit that this is NOT the job of the Austin City Counsil, this is usually nicely managed by something we like to call the "Free Market" system. I submit that the city councilmen can barely find their backsides with both hands, a map...

You are missing a few rather key points that is rather attractive to Austin.  Austin is the Silicon Valley of the West.  Texas Instruments, Intel, Freescale, Samsung, Micron among others call Austin home.  This...

Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Apple should sue him for slander/libel. Exactly. When you report on national airwaves things as "facts" - it's generally considered by most children, to understand whether your...

I thought some of the newer water repelling treatments, which allow the electronics to operate, while submerged in liquid water, would make this effort completely wasted. http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2012/0...roof-liquipel/

Unless an Apple re-seller can offer me a substancial price drop (they typically don't); why would I want to buy from them, instead of buying from Apple direct? When I buy from Apple directly - I have a permanently available receipt via...

Quote: Originally Posted by irnchriz Its all too easy to point the finger at these factories in China and demand change, yet totally ignore the USA prison manufacturing slave labor on their doorstep. The folk in prisons have...

Quote: Originally Posted by rbryanh One of the great ironies of the 21st century is that most of our marvelous hi-tech toys are made entirely by hand, in sweatshops, by desperate people whose pitiful wages can't purchase even one of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by techguy911 ... I still think an Apple employee discount could be higher. As with any other business - comparisons should logically be drawn against what competitors are offering. Having a brother working...

Remind me again, what's the definition of 'Insanity"? I have no sympathy for the executives who made bad decisions, and have essentially put RIM on the 2012 Deathwatch. However, I do feel sorry for the hundreds/thousands of...