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serendip wrote: » Gene is saying that 10m is better then it sounds because the previous record included channel filling with the 5c. Apple says it sold some 5c's to carriers/partners that sat on shelves and back rooms. This year was pure sell th…
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SpamSandwich wrote: » The only way I can think of some benefit for songwriters would be in the way music is licensed. Perhaps songwriters will register their music through Apple and Apple will act as licensing and royalty agent, replacing BMI and …
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For some reason I think this may be a music social network similar to bandcamp or soundcloud. How else will small bands that don't tour benefit and/or make money from a "new format"? Ping 2.0?
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slurpy wrote: » Yup. All of the author's asides and specious assumptions/conclusions sounded like bullshit, as well as his attempts to "fill in the gaps". Oh, and I loved this line: "Apple doesn’t have a stellar track record when it comes to m…
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estolinski wrote: » I don't understand why iOS 8's new predictive text in the messages app suggests misspelled words. I've been using it for a couple of hours and noticed it suggested a misspelling of the word tomorrow and a few others. And they'r…
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Control center is ugly now
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ronmg wrote: » Apple won't have to do much to differentiate the 6S from the 6. Main benefit for Apple is a second year of manufacturing the same basic design, so Foxconn doesn't have to retool or retrain their people. 6S will be able to be built…
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tallest skil wrote: » You think the big one will be out this soon? apple ][ wrote: » Yeah, Apple likes to take their time. Maybe twelve months from now. As far as an iPad Plus it seems like a logical product to bring out this year. With A…
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guiguihip wrote: » I don't know about the UK, but France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy (and many more) have no NFC whatsoever! Most people there don't know what that is! If you think Britain's nearly the only country in Europe (…
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mac_128 wrote: » [quote name="blackbook" url="/t/182331/apples-next-product-splash-slated-for-second-half-of-october#post_2600291" No AppleTV, no iPods, and no MacBooks. Maybe no Apple TV hardware -- I think brokering a payment deal with the maj…
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Marvin wrote: » It's plausible but I doubt it would be much of a selling point. I don't recall many people being bothered by display scratches on their phones, they seem pretty durable as it is. It's better than not adding it I suppose and they us…
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rogifan wrote: » Hmm...retina iMacs and/or Thunderbolt Display doesn't seem uneventful to me. What would be is iPad Air with Touch ID and A8 chip. They wouldn't need an event for just iPads unless there was some major improvements beyond Touch ID.…
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guiguihip wrote: » Apple Pay is not gonna roll out to any other countries than the U.S. before at least 2015, that's for sure! There's stil lots that gotta be worked on with banks across the world, card issuers (Visa, MasterCard, and AmEx), and es…
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The October event will probably be rather uneventful compared last weeks event but here are my guesses: New iPads in 3 sizes. iPad Air and iPad Plus get split screen multi-tasking. All iPads get Touch ID. New retina iMacs and retina thunderbolt d…
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This makes sense. There doesn't seem to be much of an upside to sapphire compared to Apple's new ion-infused glass anyway. People would rather a screen that is lighter, clearer, brighter, and less prone to shattering anyway. As far as apple's pa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mr O Requiem for the iPod. It is cruel to witness how Apple is killing its iPods one by one ... 2014 iPod Classic >> iPhone 6 Early 2015 iPod Nano >> ? watch Early 2015 iPod Shuffle >> ? watch F…
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I think Apple Pay is still compatible with all of the major contact free payment solutions so this is a non-issue in the US, and I think the global rollout will be fast and smooth since Apple already has a partnership in place with VISA and MC. At…
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mubaili wrote: » Only 4 million? Apple is doomed. Wait, what? Remember last year China was in the list. This is massive. I was thinking the same. This 4 million is WITHOUT CHINA. This iPhone launch is going to be amazing
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mr o wrote: » I am a bit confused with Apple. They have this great "Continuity" technology which lets you have/make phone calls from any Apple device. I thought "Continuity" was going to shrink the size of the iPhone. The idea is that you…
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tallest skil wrote: » I just don’t get it. What’s wrong with “iPhone” and “iPad” for the name? There is literally no problem here. “I’d like a MacBook Pro.” “Okay, sir, what size?” “I’d like an iPhone.” “Okay, sir, what size?” I agr…