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Quote: Originally Posted by esummers A5 (with integrated GPU and SoC) is 1.9 watts. With process improvement, Apple could probably come out with a 20 core ARM chip (at least 10 times faster then the current chip) that consumes less then 15 watts…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin It didn't even make anywhere near that in profit. It made something like $40m. Valuations should also be based on potential. Putting a Christmas hat on the birds is not potential. Until they show that they ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Patranus And what patent(s) does Popcap own and/or what barriers of entry prevents competitors from making similar products? I believe their key patent is in the use of plant based undead defence systems, and is exp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 In the same time frame Samsung sold 5 million SG II's, Apple sold 20 million iPhone 4's. That's very interesting, I hadn't realized that Samsung were claiming 5 million SG-II sales for the quarter, they didn'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy At ATT the 3GS is just $50. Yet they sell millions of Android smartphones, many at much higher prices, instead of the "cheap" iPhone. Verizon has the iPhone 4G (16gb) at $199, yet Verizon sells millions of And…
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Ok, sweepstake time. How long before Rovio is worth more than Nintendo? I'm gonna guess late 2015.
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Quote: Originally Posted by shen This. For goddess sake a million times over this. The tired old "more competition is better" crap is not only a heavily qualified statement dependent upon the type of competition, but is also often wrong in ba…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dlux http://daringfireball.net/linked/201...a-apple-stores Ahh thankyou! I couldn't remember where I'd read it and couldn't be bothered checking all my news sources. Of course I should have guessed from the fact i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sranger I have to disagree. Apple could easily allow you to download files in a sandboxed drop box folder and USB teather only that one share to an external device and be completely safe. Unless of course you do not …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy If you read on sites other than AI you'll quickly realize that's there's a significant percentage of buyers that actually want Android, even if they can buy an Apple device cheaper. It's not just a poor man's …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy That would only be the same type of comparison if Sony (for instance) had been the only supplier of Blue-ray. But they aren't, thus there's competition. In the case of iOS being the lone smartphone or tablet o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox To be generous, you could read "threatened" as a state induced in Intel via the agency of the wake-up call (as in caused to feel a threat), in the same sense as "Apple threatened Intel with with their plan for …
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Somebody else somewhere else pointed out that this means that there are more fake Apple stores than there are real MS stores.
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Quote: Originally Posted by droideggs you do realize that less competition = worst for the consumer? That's not always true, in the case of platforms more competition can actually be worse, competition is usually good for the consumer, but no…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent That's all, really? What about the world first walkie-talkie? The first cell phone? Quantitative quality management system? A pioneer in transistor design at one point, too .... All of this impresses yo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tt92618 Bottom line is this: people here adore Apple (and so do I), but this colors commentary to the extent that it is often impossible to find a single commenter who is able to approach issues rationally and objectiv…
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Oh my - some android fans heads are going to explode at this.
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Anybody else noticed how nonsensical the headline of this article was? 'Apple threatened Intel with 'wake-up call'. Either you threaten somebody, or you give them a wake-up call - but if you threaten a wake-up call then that's like a threat…
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Quote: Originally Posted by danv2 Grand Central Dispatch. Solves that problem. At least in my head...I'm not sure in paper or practice. So take that with a big grain of salt. More like an entire tub of sea-salt There is no magic bullet for t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tt92618 Let's be clear - the assertion that HP is losing money at this price point is an assumption. However, probably not a valid one. Most of the manufacturing cost estimates I have seen put it around $300 to build…