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Although I like this board, and reading it, the things I read amongst the fanboys just makes me laugh. So many posts act like everything was solely apple's idea, and android was ENTIRELY copied from apple etc etc (for the record, I have purchased m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by thataveragejoe Wireless spectrum and bandwidth resources are finite. It's only going to get worse. This has been a known problem for several years that's starting to rear it's head now. Unlimited plans are not coming b…
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I don't quite see how people see apple as dodging taxes here... they're a multinational corporation, and have to follow the rules in all of the countries they operate in. However, they're based in the USA, and this is where the problem is. If they…
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Is it just me, or does this study really say nothing? Just because the top 100 paid apps on android are more expensive than the top 100 paid apps on iOS DOES NOT mean that android apps are on average more expensive. For example, one of the most po…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleZilla The three people I know who have Androids want an iPhone. Android = Training wheels for iPhone. Kindle = Training wheels for iPad. You can state this all you want.... and some android phones are sma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody This particular iPad is currently selling for 300-350 on eBay, but just because people are willing to pay ridiculous prices for a hot item on eBay, doesn't mean this offer is a "rip-off." A buyback progr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ascii It was always luck of the draw with hard drives, whether you got a noisy one or a quiet one. The more things change, the more they stay the same. That's generally been the case with Apple, and most every manuf…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cloudgazer It's been said before, and it will be said again, just because the phrase is rapidly genericizing doesn't automatically render the TM invalid. Rollerblade is the obvious counter-example. rollerblade is…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross But if some company named their product "Office Software", there would be confusion. Uh, actually, that is exactly what other companies do. Ever hear of open office? Then there's Corel Office (corel bough…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AHrubik This lawsuit was doomed from the get go. The term "App Store" or application store fails the generic test. You can't TM generic things. Agreed 100%, this whole lawsuit is just apple's way of trying to stop c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cloudgazer Do we disagree on what this phrase means? I bought an Apple device and then decided to buy books for it. I chose kindle books because I liked their software marginally more, but had they not existed I woul…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cloudgazer The phone? No. The operating system? Hell yes. This has always been true, if I buy a book I own the book but I don't own the content of the book, I only have a limited license to that and the publisher …
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Quote: Originally Posted by fecklesstechguy ...It doesn't mean what you think it means. There is nothing monopolistic about it, period. Try using language that accurately expresses your thoughts instead of going for large words for which you have…