Posts by drobforever

Google is trying to "close" Honeycomb because they want to slow down their competitors, period. All the talk by these executives is just excuses. If they delay release of the source code, it's much harder for e.g. Amazon to use...

I can understand why Motorola would do this. Nowadays you can't earn a decent profit in this industry unless you're vertically integrated and basically have some degree of monopoly power over the consumers. Android is nice in terms of...

Quote: Originally Posted by jetlaw It is important to remember that despite what trademark holders would like to think, the purpose of trademark law is to avoid confusion of the public. This clearly provides a benefit to the...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta That's not true. The Xoom is actually the most credible threat to the iPad out there at this time. Everyone else is offering half the screen size for the same price or more while Xoom offers equal...

The Xoom was never a threat, still amazed people keep comparing it to the iPad, it's not even in the same class. Same for the Galaxy Tabs (78910 etc), HP Touchpads, Playbook, etc. The only OK tablet so far has been the Nook Color that's it.

Quote: Originally Posted by mstone And when those poor confused souls try to purchase and download the Amazon Appstore app only to discover it won't run on their iPhone, will there be a return / refund policy? The question is, where...

While I agree that Apple should be able to keep the App Store trademark, "Amazon Appstore" seems different from "App Store" to me, because Amazon is an extremely well known brand. Nobody would look at "Amazon...

Quote: Originally Posted by lilgto64 In other words - if Goodyear has a patent on a process by which rubber is vulcanized into a tire - and Bridestone infringes on that patent - then Goodyear should sue Bridgestone - not Ford and...

Scalpers exist because there's demand in China, period. There's a whole bunch of ultra-rich people in China that wants to play with the iPad2 right now, they don't want to wait, that's why they're willing to buy from the scalpers at...

Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 Remember $4.50 of that $15 goes to Apple. The price is really $10.50 plus the Apple tax. So stop whining, because you're the same guys that defend Apple and its rates. Is Apple the only one allowed...