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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum The more I think about it, i-anything or Mac-anything seems inappropriate. Macintosh was chosen as a name, partly to set it apart from the Apple ][ and Apple /// lines. It indicated a new and revol…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Outsider PowerBook MacBook SketchBook 1. "MacBook" is already taken by a very successful existing product 2. "PowerBook" is already taken by a past product. And Steve already said they are "done with Power." …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gazoobee I think that post was a little silly though. "Close" only counts in horseshoes. There is no such thing as a "near" anagram and if Apple was going to do something so tricky, they would just use, you know,…
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How about this as a name for the tablet: nTouch This works on several levels. 1. It starts with a lower case prefix making it appear "hip" which it will be anyway. 2. The letter "N" will be a subtle referance to the Newton. The fact t…
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I've yet to see this brought up, but, could it be that a new feature of iPhone 4.0 will be the ability to share data between apps? With all the talk about iLife and iWork on the tablet, I'm surprised nobody has thought to bring this up. One of t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gazoobee I dunno, the iLife part of the rumour makes no sense to me. iLife was only jsut updated for starters, and if there was a painting app added, it would be added to iWork, not iLife. iWork is also in need of an…
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What I see is that if you examine the word "latest" you will it is almost an anagram for the word "slate". After forming the word "slate", you do have one letter remaining which is the letter "t". And as we all know, "T" is the first letter in the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by isaidso Well, then you would have everybody griping about the lower end model having so much better WiFi reception then the high-end model. I imagine that regardless of the material on the main body, it's possible t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AsianBob Steve Jobs is not the end-user. Yes, the iPhone keyboard is easy to use, but mistakes can still be made. Believe it or not, there are many, many users out there that refuse to use a virtual keyboard for many…
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Quote: Originally Posted by g3pro You could make the same exact argument for Apple copying the many PDA-phones which existed long before the iPhone. But you wouldn't, because you hold Apple to a different standard. In terms of usability i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by g3pro Pretty much Apple needs to catch up with everyone else. I didn't mention a physical keyboard, which is something Apple should really offer in a version of its phone. A physical keyboard version and a software-o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by g3pro We already talked about this: 1) Faster processor 2) More RAM 3) Larger screen 4) Higher resolution screen 5) Multi-tasking of non core applications 6) Dual microphone to cut out background noise …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin Going so far to say the iPhone UI sucks based on SpringBoard's inability to quickly access icons, is a bit of a stretch. I completely agree that SpringBoard needs work. More than likely when it was designed…
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Quote: Originally Posted by g3pro At this point, Apple really needs to catch up in terms of having the same features of other phones that have come out within the last year, and that includes both hardware and software features. All the other …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider The company also said that two Palm WebOS-based devices would be offered "soon." Ah ha! Could that be the sound of [GSM versions of] Pre and Pixi coming to AT&T? Sounds great! Palm Pre has an ele…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin The two biggest detractors would be AT&T only (in the US) and no hardware keyboard. I respectfully disagree with both of these assessments. I believe the best US network and the elimination of moving m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by g3pro In terms of software, the iPhone is missing voice-input for text entry, it is missing multi-tasking in non-Apple apps of which there are tens of thousands. And it is missing crucial hardware features like bi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iGenius In what manner is the iPhone currently supreme? It has: Price per GB of Built In Storage. (8GB 3G for only $99 vs. Nexus One - $179 with a 4GB card vs. 16GB 3GS - $199) Syncs very well with Mac Address Bo…
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Quote: While MMS is limited to sending individual photos, videos and audio clips ...and contacts. Oh well, I would have failed to subscribe to these services anyway, so I guess it's all the same.\ Aren't USB and Bluetooth both too slow any…
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I also have used Office extensively over the years. There's not that much to Word, but I have been able to get deep into Access and Excel. I got iWork '09 in the Mac Box Set and so far I've enjoyed using it. Pages is very nice and allows one to…