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Quote: Originally Posted by Eric Swinson That's a lot of things I currently use Google for. Cutting out the opportunity to have my search for facts and data sidetracked by an advertisement really hits at Google's core business. Yeah, I got a…
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Sure hope the location data they use for it is better than what they've got for Latitude. Latitude is a joke%u2026it put my friend in a neighborhood that he not only was not in, but hadn't even been in earlier in the day (i.e., it wasn't just stale…
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I don't get it, if you're an Android user you're already sharing your contacts with Google. Sharing them with Facebook too is no more or less of a privacy violation at that point, so what's the problem?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy I'll mention this again, along with a link to the the source proving the claim, for those that may have missed it when originally posted: The ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) policies s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by WaltFrench PS: Any guesses on how Moto patents got declared essential to h.264 without their being forced into the pool? I believe it's Moto that is claiming the patent is essential to H.264, not MPEG-LA. Basically…
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Quote: Originally Posted by WaltFrench The MPEG-LA deal is even stranger. You can go to their website and see their claim that THEY license AVC/h.264 as a pool. So why is Moto, which put its patents into the pool, trying to separately sue Microso…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy How is it discriminatory if Moto is asking the same 2.25% consistently, with even the articles source (FOSS Patents) noting that an industry exec with no connections to either Apple nor Microsoft says they've …
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Quote: Originally Posted by thataveragejoe errr how? Sure this shows a great improvement over iPhone 4, but it's only in line (and even slightly behind) competing phones/processors that have been out for 6-8 months already. This chart doesn't eve…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ekeefe41 Is is a shock to me that it is only 28%... That is only slightly better than 1/4, there are 4 major carriers so logically it would be a 1/4 split 4 ways. First, this is 28% of *all* MMI sales. That includ…
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Ironically, Safari/Mac with Flash 10.1 (not HW accelerated) is almost as efficient as IE/Win with Flash 10.1 (HW accelerated). Safari uses 32.07% CPU, while IE uses 14.62*2 = 29.24% CPU. (For those unfamiliar with both platforms, OS X measures C…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE I bought my iPhone 3G on July 14th and it shows I will be qualified for an upgrade after Dec 13th 2009!! It is not one year for me. If I am going to pay double I might as well get one of my friends in Italy or…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Multimedia Yes but we will in turn agree to an additional year on our contract if they subsidize each next one. No, because it's a two year commitment, not a one year commitment. One year is not sufficient time for…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jabohn On my calendar, Wednesday is the 9th, Thursday is the 10th. You can access your calendars? Clearly you must not be a .Mac/MobileMe customer.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lisamacnewton Um, maybe they can put them in as prizes in cereal boxes Just a thought... Nah, they're better off selling them all to this guy at a 90% discount. He can rip out the guts and turn them into a sell…
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Quote: Originally Posted by onceuponamac God help those that bought their phones at ATT outlets. No, they still get the $100 credit. Unless they never plan to buy anything from an Apple store, it should be worth just as much as them as it is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Shelf Life I trusted Apple to set a fair price, and now I feel like they made a fool of me by dropping that price 33% in just 10 weeks. I will NEVER buy another new Apple product at launch and NEVER purchase anothe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by danielsmi Kind like the previous versions option in Windows or the ability to easily rollback to an older driver if the new one sucks. Seems like all the features you guys want are and have been in Windows. See aeg…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Splinemodel Bull. My sprint 3G works fast in all but the most podunk of towns. In the SF Bay Area, the coverage is thick and fast -- more than I can say for AT&T. I get real-world 1Mbps, which is plenty for down…
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Quote: Originally Posted by eat@me They need GPS. The chips only cost $2-5 bucks now. SiRF makes them for GSM phones. I used to think this, but no longer. The thing with GPS is it takes a long time to get a position fix. Even with our Garm…
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Quote: Originally Posted by xenocobramac Can somebody out there explain to me why Apple went with Edge. Is there some technical reason for using this technology that seems out of date and has had problems for several years? 3G coverage is no…