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• Someone should notice that the supplier (Rubicon) of "the sapphire home button on the iPhone 5S" (TouchID) and sapphire lens cover made merely 41.5m last year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rubicon-technology-inc-reports-fourth-210200465.html   They…

  in For Apple fans dreaming of sapphire iPhones, Liquidmetal could be a cautionary tale Comment by aicow June 2014
• Quote: Originally Posted by drblank    There wasn't any sarcasm involved in this.  It's just the facts about this industry.   Apple created iTunes which is the most successful digital download service.  They just haven't gone after the subscriptio…

  in Apple's Beats acquisition reportedly delayed over Dre and Iovine roles, valuation, more Comment by aicow May 2014
• Wow Quote: Originally Posted by drblank    What are you talking about?  If Apple NEEDED celebrities to help market their product, I think that Apple would get a variety of different well respected people from different facets of the industry to he…

  in Apple's Beats acquisition reportedly delayed over Dre and Iovine roles, valuation, more Comment by aicow May 2014
• Why not get Alicia Keys, she's done wonders for BlackBerry.

  in Apple's Beats acquisition reportedly delayed over Dre and Iovine roles, valuation, more Comment by aicow May 2014
• The responses in defence of Apple's acquisition of Beats is becoming unbelievable (just like with Tesla).   Sure, there are benefits in acquiring Beats, but there are many, many, more acquisitions that Apple could be making (at the same time even), …

  in Apple's Beats acquisition reportedly delayed over Dre and Iovine roles, valuation, more Comment by aicow May 2014
• This probably happened if there was a deal http://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/05/23/mcgraw or this http://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/05/23/ati.. Secrecy is always priority.

  in Apple's Beats acquisition reportedly delayed over Dre and Iovine roles, valuation, more Comment by aicow May 2014
• Quote: Originally Posted by AppleSauce007      You see, this is what you don't understand, money cannot buy everything. Ask yourself, if Spotify and other online music would exist at all today if iTunes did not exist first? Then ask yourself if iT…

  in Apple's Beats acquisition reportedly delayed over Dre and Iovine roles, valuation, more Comment by aicow May 2014
• Quote: Originally Posted by AppleSauce007    These guys have been friends with Apple leaders for years and they have been building what they advised Apple to build and Apple chose not to. Now Apple realizes that some of these ideas were not all ba…

  in Apple's Beats acquisition reportedly delayed over Dre and Iovine roles, valuation, more Comment by aicow May 2014
• Quote: Originally Posted by dreyfus2      FWIW (and I hate their headphones as much as the next guy), they will certainly not be hired as designers. If there is one thing I am 100% sure of, it's this.   Both, Jobs and Cook, have always talked about…

  in Apple's Beats acquisition reportedly delayed over Dre and Iovine roles, valuation, more Comment by aicow May 2014
• I doubt Apple wants to work with someone that doesn't take Apple's culture seriously (especially its secrecy). And, I can't even see how Beats (Dr.Dre and Iovine) which is completely form without function would fit in Apple, who is all about a zen b…

  in Apple's Beats acquisition reportedly delayed over Dre and Iovine roles, valuation, more Comment by aicow May 2014
• Appleinsider seems to be in love with Beats. Both MacRumors  http://www.macrumors.com/2014/05/23/beats-apple-delay/ and 9toMac http://************/2014/05/23/beats-acquisition-could-be-delayed-for-a-variety-for-reasons-including-dres-early-announcem…

  in Apple's Beats acquisition reportedly delayed over Dre and Iovine roles, valuation, more Comment by aicow May 2014
• Quote: Originally Posted by GrangerFX    I am not seeing anything like self driving cars, street level views of every road on Earth, high altitude balloon wireless internet covering the entire planet, human sized autonomous robots, contact lens …

  in Apple's R&D spending grew $303M in March quarter as company invests heavily in future products Comment by aicow April 2014
• Looking at the replies here, it seems no one sees the point of the article.   People are just shouting about whether Samsung is copier or not, but failing to notice the point.   The point is there is another way to unlock a phone using the touch-scr…

  in Apple unlocks new Copy Cat docs as evidence Samsung pilfered iPhone unlock Comment by aicow April 2014
• Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX  1) I don't know there was non-alkali-aluminosilicate glass that could be made so thin and be so bendable. Do you have any proof that it's this Hony Glass? 2) I didn't understand that hence my query. A…

  in Apple planning expansion at Arizona sapphire plant to boost output Comment by aicow March 2014
• Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX  1) If it's not GG or, rather, alkali-aluminosilicate sheet glass, then what type of glass is used for the MBP display and trackpad? 2) As for being concerned with glass replacing plastic covers before…

  in Apple planning expansion at Arizona sapphire plant to boost output Comment by aicow March 2014
• Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX  4) I still have some concerns about sapphire replacing the GG on my iPhone, iPad, and Mac displays. I hink that most likely usage we'll see is for something smaller than something larger as a first run pro…

  in Apple planning expansion at Arizona sapphire plant to boost output Comment by aicow March 2014
• Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy  With Google mentioned several times already by previous posters I'm glad to see you use the word "failed". It certainly speaks to something to be avoided at all costs according to some folks. Sit back and …

  in Why Apple, Inc. is keeping the identity of many of its 23 recent acquisitions a secret Comment by aicow March 2014
• Buying back shares does decrease dilution and raise EPS and Revenue Per Share, but there are two problems.    The important problem is: a share buyback requires constant buyback (i.e. consistently maintaining number of shares bought back each year).…

  in Large stake investors clash over Apple cash ahead of shareholder meeting Comment by aicow February 2014