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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox I don't see how the implementation of a particular app on another platform is an indictment of the originating OS. Is how Office looks on a Mac a problem for XP or Vista? Dude, that's an iTunes Store snap…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Isn't that a screen shot of the PC version of iTunes? Does that matter? After all, it is Apple's fault for bringing that Leopard's UI crap to iTunes.
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Quote: Originally Posted by iBill This is a puzzling statement. I prefer Leopard myself, and can't think of a single aspect of it that makes it worse than Tiger. Perhaps it is a worse user interface, but for you to say that it's much worse doesn'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nikon133 And do you still think Macs are better built than average PCs? Or just better looking? Honest question; I still tend to believe - hardware wise - that Macs are all about perceived quality rather than real q…
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Quote: Originally Posted by joe in miami I tell my PC friends the same thing about cheap components and price of software and resolution, but they are happy with their cheap shit. Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Let them have their ch…
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Blackberry Storm sure left some bad taste in Verizon's mouth. The user interface is not redesigned for touch experience. The SurePress touchscreen, which hinders the advantage of touch screen typing experience just for the sake of physical click, is…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GregAlexander I think very few people are really 'qualified' to make the comparison. How many people have used an iPhone keyboard for any length of time AND used a BB keyboard for any length of time? What bothers me…
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It's just sad that many people just made the conclusion that iPhone is hard for typing long messages or emails just because it doesn't have a physical keyboard. Often times these people only used the iPhone for a few minutes while disregarding the f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MsNly Do school computers really need more than 1GB? Browser today like Firefox can eat up 200MB easily, especially when running several Web 2.0 apps or running the useless Flash at the same time.
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Can any of the smartphone users verify whether or not opening an instant messaging app in the background would actually drop the standby time by 80%. To me there are lots of assumption behind this statement. Thanks
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"A Big Platform" mentioned in this article is very insightful. I'm astonished how many Android and Windows Mobile evangelists are too optimistic about how the operating system they endorsed can run on multiple devices. Often times these Android/Wind…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell All of these issues are intertwined. All of these problems have to be solved to make the entire process work. You are correct the magnifying glass is a good solution for selecting text. The problem is a confli…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell I'm not sure how you figure this is a different issue. Being able to use your finger to accurately select text is a major part of touch screen copy and paste, without that copy and paste doesn't work. Yes …
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Quote: Originally Posted by ivan.rnn01 Then I beg you to look through posts #100-102 having already discussed your concern. What you wrote about is ugly solution being somehow useful only for desktop systems, not for mobile those. Take iPhone wit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell It is an issue, you just don't understand it. A cursor is a pixel accurate pointing device. Your finger covers a large number of pixels and is not accurate at all. The software has to figure out exactly which …
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Quote: Originally Posted by ivan.rnn01 It is, in conjunction with the need to select blocks of any types. Part of a word, for instance. One can not tell the gesture pretending simply to move cursor over the text from that trying to select text. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Just like I stated in post #31 of this thread and linked to a video detailing the difficulties and a possible how to in post #33. But in post #65 you state that this problem is solved, without the need for a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by ivan.rnn01 Laptops have mouse pointers to allow selection of any types of blocks, iPhone does not. Laptops do not employ tapping event to zoom, iPhone does. That's not an issue at all. Just look how iPhone is able t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism No, no it's not. Read the posts about us that stating it's an major hurdle. We have explained the pitfalls of trying to implement a desktop OS method on a finger gestured touchscreen. Regarding you suggest…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lakorai Apple could easily take over the enterprise with the iPhone, but many fundamental changes must be made before they could overtake Blackberry. My list in my previous post is just a small fraction of what they ne…