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maestro64 said: It is all about better Optics and honestly the French aren't known for optics, that is the German and Japanese expertise. But really how much high tech has been known to originate in France. That is not NASA's opinion. Th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tmay I don't think that any reasonable person would expect 24 million calendar years sales after the Apple Watch initial release. Either the company is in this for the long haul at the 2 million/month break even, or …
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Translation of gobblespeak : - Manufacturers who are too cheap to put a CPU able to handle the encryption want Apple to lower the security of the system.
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since when a single software product from Google left beta ?
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Quote: Originally Posted by proline It was dreadful to use for anyone with normal sized hands. Serious question, is it possible you were a child back then? The hockey puck also had real negative impact as it solidified in the minds of many …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lord Amhran Someone tell me why Enderle is both maligned and oft-quoted? The guy has a notorious history of being wrong when it comes to Apple yet is often the go-to guy for quotes about Apple. Not that I mind him…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stompy This. New terminals is not the same as "no mag strip reader". In Eu, there is places (mostly supermarkets) where only EMV cards are accepted now. Of course EU banks have not distributed swipe cards since …
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheOtherGeoff this is the crux. if they were saying that at 250lbs (50% production) they could meet quality, they couldn't meet volume with the current plant size. However, part of this may be the diameter of t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Arlor Wait...so GT has agreed to sell a couple thousand of these furnaces to pay back Apple, but the furnaces have serious yield problems. Who's going to buy them? From another article elsewhere, it seems the…
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less than 50% yield on boules worth north of 20 000$ and taking a month to produce ? No wonder they did go in bankruptcy without any help from Apple. What I don't understand is that GTAT had (or seemed to have) a good reputation as a furnace man…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wigby The problem is that Fandroids will also quote this because they equate more phones sold to more market share which is always better according to simpleton math. Ah yes. The loosing money on each sale but m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon Can't wait to see this used as a reason to downgrade the stock again. /s I think it's more China, exporting cheaper paper, that killed their paper industry. As for Nokia, blame MS and Google more tha…
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When Apple pay launch in EU that is a 730+ Millions population served because all merchants accept chipped cards and those terminals are NFC since 2 years at least. As it is the banks who own the terminals here (and lease it), the terminals are repl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX You have a 16 digit number, the CVV, an expiration date, and this can be checked against a name and address, and even have a unique PIN added as is the case with ?Pay. At 16 digits for the typical card y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Macman1984 Your price comparisons are disingenuous. China has a 17% VAT. You have to remove that tax if you are going to compare the Chinese price to the US price since the US price also does not include tax. Taking …
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The FT article is incredibely shoddy, written with a very slanted point of view. First the OECD has no power at all over the EC commission. Second, the commission has been fighting so called state aids for at least 25 years, so it is not a new the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ibeam So far I have not heard of Apple Pay being integrated with online shopping which is PayPal's major market. I agree they must be disappointed that Apple entered the brick and mortar payment realm because that …
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First they laugh, then they mock. And when desperation set in, they soil their pants. Though Apple pay and the watches have set a record on the speed it happened this time. My favorite is still Michael "shutdown and give back the money to share…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chandra New ad category: Panic Ads. An innovation by Samsung now adopted by PayPal. Samsung own the patent. Should they sue ?
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In other news, Hell Inc announced the opening of a brand new skating ring. Seriously this is beyond big, and on the heels of Microsoft layofs this is striking !