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I'm not sure that I'm "comfortable" with this appstore within an appstore scenario. Does this mean that Apple has lost the ability to monitor all of the "sub apps" (for lack of a better term) ? And, if so, what if some "unethical party" goes the sam…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy ...... I haven't othered looking around for it tho so it's certainly possible they used it without permission of the artist. Well, that would be in keeping to their profile, wouldn't it.
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Quote: Originally Posted by DanF508 it could just be they want to highlight the product more due to the decline in iPod sales, and I'm sure what must be lower numbers of visitors to that part of the site. The rumours regarding the refresh are ra…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Which is exactly what the other guy said. Yes, but he used that info to tell a negative slant i.e. ( but the competition has caught up and people are not motivated by features like fingerprint recog…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Macky the Macky The phrase that came to my mind was "A deal with the devil." But I couldn't figure out which was the devil...? .... It seems to me that the purpose is twofold. One, to present to the courts "an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 I use opportunity cost almost everyday in making decisions. Should I eat here or eat here. This place cost more but there food sucks. Should i take this road to work or this road. ect. ect. ect. Should I …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram That is, unfortunately, pure silliness. Sog35's examples could have been better (e.g., his assertion that it 'could have put it into the market that gained 30% last year' makes no sense -- it coul…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 You're going to enjoy reading this then. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/11/14/stupid-things-finance-people-say.aspx Thanks for that. Good humour always is "worthwhile" reading. I give you…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 That's why the word 'cost' is attached to it. It's purely a economic term. Btw I agree, spending time with family isn't a lost opportunity, it's always worth the income not gained. I agree with both of y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 nice job cherry picking dates. ... again if you see nothing wrong with tying up $150,000,000,000 @ 1% I can't reason with you. come back to me after you look at 30 to 40 year market returns (you know the sam…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 I'll simplify what 'opportunity cost' is. I'm often asked to work on Saturday and sometimes Sunday in which I get paid overtime. If on a particular day I don't work and go on a day trip, then that trip c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Is Opportunity cost real. So you are comparing investing with an index fund to betting on the Superbowl? Man, your financial acumen is............ #1 ... "Opportunity cost" speaks only of past performanc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 $150,000,000,000 cash x 25% (average of S&P, Dow, and Nasdaq index) = $37,500,000,000 Thats how much Apple lost from opportunity cost for having its cash in 1% accounts $150,000,000,000 cash x 35% (amo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Lets look at Carl's biggest investments in 2013 and their return: Forest Labs 95% return in 2013 Chespeake Energy 30% Herbalife 125% Netflix 120% It cannot be denied. The dude helps what ever stock he own…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BobSchlob "neither Xi nor Cook opted to give estimates on how many iPhones they believe China Mobile could sell in its first year." Don't even care about that. I just want to know what the iPhone price is, and how…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Timbit It's been 7 years... Time to move on, no? According to the article, ... "Motorola first filed a complaint with the ITC in August 2012". So how do you figure 7 years ???
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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 ........ sometimes reading between the lines is more important than what's actually being said. I could not agree more ... in fact, I would say, that is usually the case.
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Quote: Originally Posted by wakefinance Just FYI those aren't services. While technically correct, for the purposes of this discussion, anything that is not hardware can be called services. When Apple first suggested building their own reta…
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Quote: Originally Posted by CanukStorm Given that services are not exactly Apple's strong suit, I sure hope so. The future is about hardware + services. "services are not exactly Apple's strong suit" ?? .. Really ?? Is there another retail c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Crowley Pretty understandable that Wall Street looks to iPhone units, since that's their biggest selling product and has their highest margins. They make very little comparatively on services, and there's little evide…