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Quote: Originally Posted by dagamer34 Sigh, this is praying on idiots. The cost of the phone at $49 is only 2.7% of the minimum total cost for a cellphone plan on AT&T (450 minutes, 2GB data = ~$75/month w/ taxes * 24 = $1800). If this mak…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cloudgazer And I'm saying that even if Android was being reported as going nuts he still would have tweeted hitting 500k/day - it's an obvious milestone! It's like Apple announcing when they hit 25million of some de…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cloudgazer You're getting mixed up - the Android marketshare drop was a US only phenomenon, and specifically linked to Verizon finally getting an iPhone. Outside the US Android continued to gain share so it's entirely…
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I don't follow news about smartphone market share very closely but weren't there just some stories out there about Android having its first drop in market share? I'm thinking Mr. Ruben's comment is just a preemptive strike against that story evolvin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone Sorry that was short for - I don't get what the big deal is with HTML5. There are hardly any new features that people would want to use except the tag which is great, except it is hopelessly screwed by politica…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone I still don't get HTML5. As a Flash replacement it sucks. Eh?! How on earth can you make a qualitative statement about something you admit you "don't get"?
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal It doesn't surprise me. Just about all my friends that own Android phones bought based on price, or because the iPhone was not available at the time (Verizon). They hate their phones for many reasons. Qual…
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Gee... and here I was almost convinced that Flash in a tablet was going to be the "killer app." Actually, it would have helped my initial impressions of the Playbook if the browser didn't consistently crash on me when trying it out.
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Quote: Originally Posted by REC Straw man. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man You don't understand what a strawman is. That's when you respond to an argument or statement that wasn't actually made. The exact statement I was responding t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Joseph L Personally, I'm glad for anything that saves lives. Cars are one of the most dangerous ways to travel. If a politician started a movement to outlaw all motorized vehicles, would you be glad for that? After …
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Quote: Originally Posted by neiltc13 The thing I have never understood about USA and some Americans is the way they will argue for these "rights" and "amendments" and uphold their consitution no matter what. Do you honestly care so much that p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 What might be Amazon's saving grace is that it is not in direct competition with Apple, meaning that no one with a iOS device will ever come across its "app store". Your example for burgerking is somewhat fl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by neiltc13 Apple doesn't have a leg to stand on here when even Steve Jobs uses "app store" in a generic way Re-read that sentence and imagine that Jobs is actually saying App Store instead of app store. What's the dif…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism 1) Jobs has already used app store in a generic way many times. Sure that's legally permissible in court? I kinda doubt it. Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism 2) Amazon Appstore for Android can no…
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Wow. This is going to get ugly. Strange timing of this story too, given that today is the end of the DOJ's oversight of Microsoft for their antitrust problems.
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Huh. Google must be confused. According to every one of their fanboys, there is no such thing as fragmentation.
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Shock and awww @#$%*! They're sold out again!
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Quote: Originally Posted by wheeles Agreed. When cheap Android tablets start to undercut the iPad, then the market share will get eroded and margins compressed. That's just the way it goes. Where are the cheap Android tablets going to come fro…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mugzy That is what I want to know. What percentage of those buying have no intention of even opening the box? I bought one and won't even be opening the box. My wife will. What? Not exactly what you meant?
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Quote: Originally Posted by bartfat Yeah, that would be the result of different screen resolutions in different ratios I find it a miracle that Angry Birds was able to work on so many Android devices actually. The number of devices that they…