Posts by mrboba1

Quote:Originally Posted by charlituna Bit moot since Apple doesn't control the content. The only wy this kind of TiVo type trick works is if the content is properly tagged. How exactly is that moot? It's what the consumer wants. I...

The secret to TV is finding what you (the user) wants to watch.   If I want to watch hockey or basketball playoffs, I shouldn't have to hunt around to find what "station" it's on. I shouldn't have to know that on Time Warner,...

@Apple v Samsung: But you basically echo the point: You don't use it often, so that means other people don't either. I still have a 2009 MacBook, but I haven't inserted a CD/DVD into it since Civilization 5 first came out. I don't need...

I just hope they don't go overboard with 3D maps.   When trying to read a map to get somewhere, 3D is a bad idea, even if it "looks pretty"   I'd just like a constantly updating path/distance to my destination, much...

Quote: Originally Posted by iSheldon Informative but obviously written with a bias against Verizon. Really? If you look at the screenshots, they are using Verizon. They did a very good job at clearly stating the differences between...

Why? Because of all the sites talking about ads, this one is not mentioned, except in passing and then in a negative fashion. If it was really bad and memorable, people would be talking about it, just as if it was good and...

Quote: Originally Posted by jbaugh I just got off the phone with Apple rep. He said they are having a problem with "a server" that is causing the "internal error" code and inability to upgrade to iOS 5. He said to...

Got mine to start on my iPad (v1) after about 7 tries of clicking "update". If you get into the "verifying restore" step, you are golden.

They took out my balance of a gift card and charged about $12. Definitely Chinese, because I got on my iPhone one morning and all my iTunes account stuff was in Chinese. Apple doesn't refund gift cards, but my bank easily cut the...