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R.I.P., Steve. You were an original, and you will be missed. .
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Quote: Originally Posted by dfiler Why do I care? As a longtime member of this forum, as in real life, ridiculous behavior sometimes merits comment. It is the only way by which the culture of this board is steered in the right direction. Well,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht You're going to have to wait a lot longer than two years to get him to admit he was wrong. Very likely true. I know Mel. I'm just waiting for the uber-entertaining tortured rationalization/"I'm not really w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dfiler If it isn't for reputation, why did you dredge up a 2 year old squabble? By the same token, one could ask you why you care? 'tis a puzzlement. Quote: The juvenile name calling was intentional. Well, d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dfiler By resurecting this thread, you were probably hoping to reputation monger and make yourself look good. But looking back through the past few pages, it has done more to make you look like an annoying jerkwad. MMS…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I admit I didn't think and probably said Apple wouldn't do a 'lesser' iPhone. I was wrong. I guess even a slightly lesser iPhone is still streets ahead of anything else. Wow. DC, you are that man w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I do recall a certain global mod of AI making very derogatory comments about a few of my very first ever posts on AI when I said I though one day Apple would see Microsoft in the rear view mirror. I was u…
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Quote: Originally Posted by philipm Actually the 12th after Mexico. Still quite impressive. And I'd guess that with the significant influx of Verizon iPhone buyers from other carriers, VZ will hit 100 million users before too long... perh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Others have bet against me in the past here with statements like that, and were wrong too. I got into a big argument, for example, with a few people about Flash and SSD size and pricing. That went on for day…
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Quote: Originally Posted by christopher126 I'd like to see all the AI posters "man-up" who said Apple will never do a CDMA iPhone for Verizon! Won't happen, for the most part. The words "I was wrong" just aren't in the typical hardcore AIer…
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Quote: Originally Posted by samab A lot of those subscribers are tracfone subscribers that has a $15 ARPU, Kindle subscribers that has a $2 ARPU. True. AT&T is more heavily dependent on lower-ARPU prepaid customers than Verizon is. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I expect a CDMA/EV-DO iPhone to be around first. LTE may exist now, but it’s far from standard and likely far from having HW that will work for Apple. I don’t expect an LTE iPhone until at least 2012. We c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by samab I don't have a problem at all. What I have is a problem with you people making apples to oranges comparisons. Somehow you are bashing Verizon for being conservative in providing their numbers when they announ…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Thanks for the update. IF (and that’s a big if) the iPhone does not go to Verizon next year I can see them slowing even more. Note, by “not going to Verizon” I don’t mean staying only with AT&T. I think i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism AT&T now has 92.8 million subs, which is more than Verizon had on it’s last results for the June quarter with 92.1 million. It’s possible that AT&T might be top dog tomorrow, just squeaking by Verizon…
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Quote: Originally Posted by samab Apple is comfortable to be with market share much lower than that. They have been doing it for the last 30 years. With Macs. But not with iPods, iPhones, iPads... basically everything else. And Apple has pr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I don’t think Android can be stopped in terms of marketshare. It’s the "soup kitchen" mobile OS for the downtrodden and impoverished handset vendors. Completely free and they can do what they want with it. I …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I care the way we care about outcomes without having a vest interest in the players themselves. Competition is conflict is entertainment. That may be true for you, but I think many Apple fans, at least her…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blackintosh As far as the Apple Insider forum is concerned, Verizon is a crap company. Like Adobe and Consumer Reports. At least until they get the Steve Jobs seal of approval next year. That does seem to be t…