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• Constable said:   But... but... but no one is going to wait on line for iPhones anymore. Nobody wants a smartphone with a TINY 4" display when all the high-end Android smartphones come with displays 4.7" and up. Heck, the iPhone 5c is just last year…

  in Line grows at Apple's flagship Fifth Ave cube in anticipation of Friday launch of new iPhones Comment by bluestone September 2013
• It won't download on my iPad.  I'm giving up.  Will try again just before Christmas.   You all, the ones that can make it through download, you have fun.  I envy you.

  in Apple releases redesigned iOS 7 for iPhone & iPad with Control Center, AirDrop, iTunes Radio, more Comment by bluestone September 2013
• Repeated download failures on my iPad.  It ain't going to work....

  in Apple releases redesigned iOS 7 for iPhone & iPad with Control Center, AirDrop, iTunes Radio, more Comment by bluestone September 2013
• IOS 7 active, downloading it to iPad now.

  in Apple preps for iOS 7 with iBooks user guides, updates to own apps Comment by bluestone September 2013
• I have always held conspiracy theories - the Kennedy assassination, the moon landings, Area 51, etc. - in the highest contempt.  But with the latest on Apple stock, I'm beginning to seriously wonder.   Maybe the analysts are not idiots at all.  Mayb…

  in Secrecy around Apple's new 64-bit A7 chip may have incited spurious $AAPL stock downgrades Comment by bluestone September 2013
• It would be fascinating to get insight - fat chance - into Apple's internal structure and processes in developing new technologies like the A7 for their products.  You have to figure that Bob Mansfield is in the very middle of all of it, but how do …

  in After its disastrous Exynos 5 Octa, Samsung may have lost Apple's A7 contract to TSMC Comment by bluestone September 2013
• And then we have Carl Icahn, not known for being an idiot, putting a lot of his money on the other side of the analysts mouths.  Now, who do you think knows more?

  in Citing iPhone 5s yields & iPhone 5c pricing, Jefferies lowers Apple target to $425 Comment by bluestone September 2013
• This is clearly going to be huge for MS.  They've already had three people sign up for the deal.  Massive potential, massive!

  in Microsoft starts buying used iPads for $200 Microsoft Store gift cards, pushes Surface Comment by bluestone September 2013
• Major surprise - I was fully expecting Samsung to announce that they were going to have 65 bit processing.

  in Not to be outdone by Apple's iPhone 5s, Samsung pledges 64-bit chips in next Galaxy phones Comment by bluestone September 2013
• Yeah.  Shakespeare is long dead too, isn't he?   I would find Rosetta and updates to iDVD enormously useful myself.  I'm not alone.  Check out the iDVD forum - lots of people still looking for it.

  in Apple discontinues 'Cards' service for iOS, recommends iPhoto instead Comment by bluestone September 2013
• Much as I love Apple, and even though I have at least a dozen Apple boxes in my house, I have to say that Apple is exquisitely competent in irritating its customer base.   I give you killing iDVD.   I give you killing Rosetta.   And many more.   And…

  in Apple discontinues 'Cards' service for iOS, recommends iPhoto instead Comment by bluestone September 2013
• The first time I get a Safari notification will be the last time I use Safari.

  in Apple preparing developers for Safari Push Notifications rollout in Mavericks Comment by bluestone September 2013
• I believe the circles are cyan, magenta and yellow, and then red, green, blue.  Those are of course the standard primary colors for digital photo and printing purposes.   The one color that is not standard?  The two "gold" circles.   Now w…

  in Apple promises to 'brighten everyone's day' at Sept. 10 iPhone announcement Comment by bluestone September 2013