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About a year ago (in the pre-iPad era) I thought Apple needed to build-in cable-less charging into the just announced iPad. Was I wrong!! The 10 hour life is still kind of a "killer app" for me. I could not find any mentioning of battery life for …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Netgear makes junk and is pissed at Apple? I laughed when I picked up their wireless routers vs the AirPort Extreme Base Station. Junk versus quality is no wonder he's whining. He's complaining his co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Damn_Its_Hot I was expecting a few more days wait after the drop yesterday. Same with me. I have this trackpad issue for the last 3 years (only in some programs like Filemaker and Omnigraffle) were I make changes to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chris_CA Apple had a plant in Fountain, Colorado that they sold in 1996. All work was transferred to SCI at the same facility for three more years. Apple plant in Elk Grove, California made G4s and G5s until April 200…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism There is certainly a benefit for some who want to save money and/or don?t use the phone much, but having VoIP with QoS getting pushed in real time and ahead of any data is important. Unless Google can get tha…
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"There was a story today that google is going to sell a data only phone on AT&T for $20 a month" The pieces of the puzzle become visible... see earlier post.
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And THIS Google phone will be free - well - you get some ads for free as well. And you only need to buy a data plan from the carrier. Only a data plan? Will work just fine - since all calls will run through GV. The GV app today is just the Beta for…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Andyinc91 i dont see why verizon has to keep using the iPhone in their anti-at&t commercials. if they wanna get on Apple's good side in order to get the iPhone next year, why dont they use some of at&t's other …
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Quote: Originally Posted by ruel24 I won't get into politics here, but let's just say I don't believe in man-made climate change, and this makes me want to NOT buy anything Apple. I'm sure the "greenies" will love them, but I'm not a "greenie". …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Zaphodsplanet I still love Apple. What makes it really funny is that all our Apple products are MADE IN CHINA.... the biggest emitter of CO2 on the freaking planet. So the statement or move is kind of rich since the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gwydion GV doesn't take bandwith, it's not a VoIP application, it uses cell minutes as normal calls BUT - you were able to log-in to GV using your "free" AT&T data path and send GV Text Messages - for Free. Som…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Abster2core Apple never said that it did or would. As stated in Apple's response to the FCC: "The application has not been approved because, as submitted for review, it appears to alter the iPhone?s distinctive u…
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Quote: Originally Posted by fraklinc I think AT&T got more than what they where hoping for, remember it's only 4 million but that's 4 million people paying for AT&T bullshit 3G service which i thing it's a lot o people paying for a servic…
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Quote: Originally Posted by technohermit So how is 5 months of a 450 minute plan dragging down their profits? They have made their money back and more on my plan, which is 900 minutes a month. They would have made zero dollars off of me if they…
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Quote: Originally Posted by yuusharo ..............Is Google Voice the end-all be-all service everyone should have? Probably not. Is it even the future? Who knows. But the fact that innovations like these are being completely stifled and snuff…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Verizon will require its new phones to have WiFi in 2010 Sounds like a statement coming from Verizon! It was and is THEM that made the decision to not have WiFi in the phones! They always had a choice. H…
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Quote: Originally Posted by paxman How can Verizon possibly carry the iPhone if they are going to insist on having their own app store? That would seem to be an instant deal breaker for Apple. I might be wrong but isn't it true that all of the…
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... that when pure labor cost by comparison reaches 60% of labor cost in the U.S., companies will pull back manufacturing to the States. Poor conditions, like these in China, may even accelerate the return. So I give it between 5 to 8 years and w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross As Mr.H has already said, induction is inefficient. For it to work really well, you need very close coupling, and that's just not possible with devices like these. Even at it's practical best, it will noticeab…
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So we might see a micro-USB connector on all phones in the future. Are we calling that progress? Sure - Nokia can. Because they already have it and they can point to the "other" phones that don't! Cables, power bricks, adaptors and connectors - al…