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• Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    Because they've been doing it, and this allows people to sell now and prepare. Or sell now and buy a Galaxy SIII and be done with Apple?

  in Apple & PowerON offer up to $345 for recycling an iPhone 4S Comment by xanthia01 August 2012
• Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Fair enough, but endorsing the "Apple is a gated suburb vs. Android is the messy but vital city" No - Android is more like the gated community, that you can leave if you like. iOS is more like a gaol tha…

  in Apple's iOS unaffected by malware as Android exploits surge 76% Comment by xanthia01 August 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by bigdaddyguido I wonder if apple haters will try and claim this is still just security through obscurity? In reality, secured app store, aka "walled-gardens" FTW. Funny, because Android is about choice! Android ca…

  in Apple's iOS unaffected by malware as Android exploits surge 76% Comment by xanthia01 August 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd However this [PRICE] has nothing to do with stickability. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not so much mis-information as irrelevance to the topic at hand. It is not at all irrel…

  in iOS 'stickiness' grows as average Apple user has $100 in content per device Comment by xanthia01 July 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent Why is app portability a right? Or even a need? It is certainly not a given on PCs, where portability is far more important. I agree with Inkling - app portability is certainly there on PCs - I can move…

  in iOS 'stickiness' grows as average Apple user has $100 in content per device Comment by xanthia01 July 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Remarkable density of misinformation per word, there. I'm happy to accept that - if you can tell me why. What is misinformation in my post? Let's look at the points one-by-one shall we? Price. An HTC Desi…

  in iOS 'stickiness' grows as average Apple user has $100 in content per device Comment by xanthia01 July 2011
• Huh? Considering most Android devices are more than $100 cheaper than a comparable iOS device, that doesn't induce stickiness at all! Add to the fact that most comparable apps are then free on Android, and it does things than iOS never will (flash, …

  in iOS 'stickiness' grows as average Apple user has $100 in content per device Comment by xanthia01 July 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot Jetz... t you have no idea how an airline cockpit is run. Do you, or am I the only pilot here? Quote: Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot The iPad, as its use is proposed by the airlines…

  in American Airlines to save $1.2 million shifting paper flight charts to iPad Comment by xanthia01 June 2011
• Wow - so many responses now I come back. Interesting. Still - I hold. Consumer, price-orientated stuff has no place in the cockpit. Again, I'm all for EFBs, etc, but now way am I for the use of consumer toys. They are quite simply not stable eno…

  in American Airlines to save $1.2 million shifting paper flight charts to iPad Comment by xanthia01 June 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by CityGuide Hm. So what is your response when you lose both engines due to unforeseen bird ingestion? ammmm - my response is that I don't want to be waiting for my iPad to load the right map or rescale the graphics as…

  in American Airlines to save $1.2 million shifting paper flight charts to iPad Comment by xanthia01 June 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ I find it to be pretty reliable. Herein lies the problem!!! "Pretty reliable" .......that is not good enough! That is my whole point. I guess you're capable of landing the plane "pretty much most of the…

  in American Airlines to save $1.2 million shifting paper flight charts to iPad Comment by xanthia01 June 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by Jetz LOL. I foresee a new line in the pre-approach brief. "In case of iPad failure...." (for that one time, the PIC forgot to charge the thing). HAHA....... Yes, I'm curious too, but let's face it - we don't know t…

  in American Airlines to save $1.2 million shifting paper flight charts to iPad Comment by xanthia01 June 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by Jetz As a supplement, it's understandable though. Absolutely........but it doesn't save any weight then, does it? So we're back to square one - a toy.

  in American Airlines to save $1.2 million shifting paper flight charts to iPad Comment by xanthia01 June 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by John_Burdick You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. I fly widebody jets You have no idea?! Fact is, consumer devices flake out. What you suggest makes a mockery of CRM. What do you fly? 707s? I fly A…

  in American Airlines to save $1.2 million shifting paper flight charts to iPad Comment by xanthia01 June 2011
• It's a big worry. Consumer rubbish has no place in the cockpit. I'm a pilot - the cockpit is a place where everything is perfectly designed, perfectly reliable and responds immediately to commands, exactly as intended. The iPad is far from t…

  in American Airlines to save $1.2 million shifting paper flight charts to iPad Comment by xanthia01 June 2011