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Quote: Originally Posted by sranger Definitely going to get a new Android unless by some miracle the iPhone 5 has 4G. The area I live in has great 4g coverage on Verizon and there are still a few features I like on Android that the iPhone still …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Orlando Except people who use dedicated games machines play a lot more games (and spend a lot more money on gaming) than the average person. Nintendo might not be addressing the majority of gamers but they are addressi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy The minimal design of the iPad is simply utilitarian IMO. How much does another tablet need to differ not to "copy" it? Apparently significantly different dimensions don't cut it. Does adding a chrome trim or …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody There is no technical reason in the world why carriers should be anything but dumb pipes, and the business reasons for it only apply if you are the carrier. It doesn't do anyone else's business any good …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum What's to prevent Apple or HP from building hardware that contains both Intel and ARM chips? Efficiency considerations essentially. Suppose you stuck an ARM chip into an MBP in addition to the exist…
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This patent is pointless, it's not a technical constraint that prevents dynamic carrier switching - it's a business constraint.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walney Yep - I am saying that there has been a steady increase in prices (in the UK at least) over that time. No, I don't expect Apple to change prices on a week-to-week basis (I'm sure that we both know that they take…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 Intel needs to get into ARM in a big way. Wouldn't they love to fab even more Apple chips? Apple notwithstanding, they can't keep ignoring ARM. Not in this business and economic climate. Building ARM chi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Orlando In this case function dictates form. Tablets are 90% screen which leaves very few aesthetic choices to make. They are all going to look similar. Remember the HP Slate, shown to the public before the original…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Menno Edge to Edge glass isn't unique to apple, it's not unique to Tablets. I don't know who came up with the idea to go edge to edge, but I know the concept existed before the iphone, even if a device didn't ship wit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleLover2 I heard the HP is planning to incorporate WebOS in pretty much every product that they sell, from notebooks to printers. If they do it, ther will be tens of millions of WebOS products in the wild. I rea…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Firefly7475 The Galaxy Tab is more of a stretch. If you were dumb, and I mean really really dumb bordering on mentally deficient you *might* confuse a Galaxy Tab for an iPad as long as you didn't turn it on or turn it …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Classic Google. Blatant theft of copyrighted material - and they don't understand why it's wrong. Is it copyrighted material? I mean in the case of Yelp the material was user supplied, so there may not be …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mbarriault It could be argued, and I would support such an argument, that one should opt-in, not opt-out, of having their information examined and recorded. It's like saying it's perfectly fine for someone to go from h…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RoboTone At a guess it's probably because Compaq released a similar shaped device in 2002? What device are you thinking of here? The TC1000? Significantly different design, like pretty much every other pre iPad t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sranger Yep..... How the hell else can you make a tablet???????? Here's a simple way to build a tablet that doesn't infringe without in any way changing the functionality. Add a bezel.
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Quote: Originally Posted by JamesJpn Not earth but rather the USA. Here is at least my source. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...eatsexxon.html Those are state owned enterprises and thus they don't actually have a market cap, another wo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by elroth I don't see how Apple is responsible for the publishers demanding that Amazon change its model. Apple set up a system that worked best for Apple. Nice word, by the way - monopsony. Well I'd agree that I t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacRulez Maybe. But imagine the impact if Samsung said "no". In the short term it could provide leverage on Apple's lawsuits against them, and in the long term could provide many benefits.... But in the long term…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walney See this article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01...ing_confusion/ So the "additional cost of doing business" has increased from an 8% price premium for the mac mini to almost 19% in 6 years? (And I h…