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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism No, no it's not. Is this your habit of rejecting someone's idea without giving your reasoning? If you're talking about selecting texts with touch technology, it is an already solved issue and Apple didn't …
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Quote: Originally Posted by bloggerblog it had copy and paste when Windows Mobile 5.0 was available Copy and Paste on an touch-screen interface requires different technology. Keyboard and Stylus interfaces face lesser challenges. I think it's m…
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So Apple is going to release the push notification feature for 3rd party apps while allowing 3rd party apps to run in the background? That doesn't make sense.
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Then carefully explain your original point again, because it obviously was murky. All I seem to have gotten out of it was that you think I'm naive because you don't agree with what I said, which is pretty offe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross And how involved have you been in the patent process? I've been involved. The patent process definitely needs improving. That's not the issue. Anytime when such vat numbers of applications to a highly techn…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I'm not naive about it at all. One of my companies got a couple of dozen patents while I was a partner there, before we sold it. The founder of the company had been the head of R&D of Royal Typewriter, and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross No it's not. It's only a drawback for those who have no new ideas. You are too naive and optimistic about the patent system we have today. There are times and times when those who have no new ideas get the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by winterspan No it's not, thats a terrible analogy. It all really depends on who has what patents, and all the prior art related to multitouch. Perhaps it only applies to a multi-touch display interface on a mobile devic…
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If Apple did what this news claims, it would be a tragedy. It's like saying that only Apple is allowed to use GUI interface while other operating system can only use text command. This is definitely a drawback for innovation.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mooch so..... how exactly would you download a browser if your OS didn't come with one? You have a very good point. Although it's definitely possible to download a browser without a browser, it's just that mos…
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I just think that EU is simply being stupid for reviving that claim. The main reason that IE dominated the market is simply because IE had a horrible opponent, which is Netscape 4.x to compete with. Bundling a product with M$ Windows is no magic for…
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Quote: Originally posted by opnsource I am with backtomac. I hope that they are going to the core duo for the iBook. Just think- the new iBook would be more powerful than the most current PowerPC Powerbook! That is amazing. No, that is insanely g…
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Quote: Originally posted by backtomac I'm not trying to read any minds. The question asked was "is the cell better" than x86. It's obvious that better refers to performance or speed. Why not come out and say yeah or nay on the issue? Saying you d…
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Quote: Originally posted by Blackcat BeOS technology, IP, a handheld OS, who knows? Apple want BeOS? I thought Steve himself just beat Be Inc. up a few years ago.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by backtomac [B]Quote: Originally posted by mechengit Are Intel chips superbly better? I don't think that's a good question. How do you define "better" anyway? At least I don't assume Apple would use "bad" or "wors…
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Quote: Originally posted by spliff monkey MY point was obviously missed. Many have told me and others on these boards (somewhat overconfidently) that you's never see cell in a desktop and or server. Well here they are! Any reason apple couln't or…
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Quote: Originally posted by OverToasty There ya have it folks - a definite "maybe" ... nothing wrong with that, so ... Apple would be smart (in my very humble opinion) to keep its options open with this Univeral Binary thing for a while, maybe…
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Quote: Originally posted by spliff monkey well well well IBM cell chips in blade servers huh? Who said it wouldn't happen? Sucka's I assume that since it's PPC that it'll run linux? here's the linky... IBM Cell Blades What do ya'll make…
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Quote: Originally posted by spliff monkey cute onlooker I know 65nm is not news but their fab technique is unique to IBM. That's all I was commenting on. This transition is just a bunch of poop to me! I was happy with the PPC performance and fran…
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Quote: Originally posted by spliff monkey IBM is huge in my "home town" (they created the fab for the G5 in fishkill; although it quickly went overseas) so to see Intel score a contract my acquaintances/ regional peers lost (butt heads) burns my …