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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips It is amazing to remember Apple founded ARM back in the 1990 with Acorn. It's a shame they didn't hold the technology and IP in house. Selling off that ownership may be one of SJ's few mistakes. For ye…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kotatsu Just saw the pricing too. US - $99. UK - £99. Since when was the exchange rate $1=£1? I know Apple always screw us over here in the UK, but this is a new low point. From: http://www.9to5mac.com/16669…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mac Voyer There are about 100 million iDevices in use today. I think the test data is in. This is my wife's 64GB 3G iPad after a 2-foot drop onto a wood floor. Wood floors are not particularly 'hard'. Granted that'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tundraboy I also wonder whether Apple has crossed the restraint-of-trade line on this. But they have the best lawyers and they are probably hinging their arguments on the nuance of allowing information sharing with in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by WilliamG Apple does not use the best-performing Intel chips, so that argument has no merit. Raw number-crunching speed has never been a priority for Apple. And now that they are a mobile device company, even less s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by HardBall Well, what do you mean by "developers coding for Intel", they are both use the same ISA, and compilers would generate the binary machine code for run time. Do you mean that these "developers" actually code in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vsighi AMD is the second-largest global supplier of microprocessors based on the x86 architecture after Intel Corporation, and the third-largest supplier of graphics processing units, behind Intel and Nvidia. It also o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer I have no respect for anyone who knows nothing about the technology. AMD is the innovator in the space with Intel. I'm sorry, but this is simply inaccurate. Both AMD and Intel are responsible for subs…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Abster2core BS as usual. We have gone through this before. Again, show us the proof. You couldn't do it before and I defy you to this time. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=3g+shuffle+review
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Since the shuffle sells like hotcakes, you apparently have a different definition of "compelling" than the majority of buyers. The fact that an Apple product is not compelling to you is not a "chink in their…
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Quote: Originally Posted by steviet02 Not that the screen and playlist functionality (never-mind the additional 2GB) isn't worth it but the 4GB clip is $80. You need to compare the 1GB Clip @ $40 or the 2GB Clip @ $60. I was comparing the act…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Abster2core And what is this? http://store.apple.com/ca/browse/hom...en?mco=OTQwMjA You missed where I said "compelling". Remove the blinders, and then compare the 1GB 2nd gen Shuffle for $45 to the 4GB Sansa C…
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IMO the shuffle is the chink in Apple's armor. Apple does not currently offer a compelling low-cost iPod. Of course no vendor wants to be pigeon-holed in the low end of the market. But I'd take a $50 Sansa Clip with a screen over the new shuffle …
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Quote: Originally Posted by helmsb AT&T could beef up the 3G network since they know this stuff is coming rather than just wanting to block it all. Also if they are planning on releasing their own and force Apple to deny SlingPlayer they …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Virgil-TB2 You shouldn't believe everything you read on the web though. If you think about it for a second, there is no way Lauren could have been fooled into thinking it was a "market research survey" beyond the …
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Sheesh. Next thing you know, they'll tell us that Justin Long and that fat "I'm a PC" guy didn't actually have those spontaneous conversations.
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone 1. Apple's business model does not include "money grab" tactics, they are into creating customer loyalty. They try to build innovative, dependable products and earn their good reputation. Which Apple are we t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by xt500n soon there will be a lot of compatible headphones, just because apple builds a lot of shuffles- and people buy them, so other companies will pay whatever small fee apple is charging and they will make money too.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by CJD2112 This comment only solidifies that most of the complaints seem to be from non-Mac users. Apples' "Mighty Mouse" has had two programmable buttons for years (sensors hidden under an exterior shell). Simply open "S…
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IMO this product is indefensible. When I first saw it, I honestly thought it was a spoof. There were a few reasons that I never bought a first generation iPhone. One of the biggies was the headphone jack that could not easily fit a standard headp…