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Woohoo, security by obscurity.
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island hermit wrote: » Then why are Samsung's sales growing. Because they compete in the low end range of phones and sell on about twice the carriers than Apple. Last quarter the #1 selling smartphone was the iPhone 5 and the #2 selling smartp…
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AppleGreen I agree. Maybe Apple is quietly working on a search engine.
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Last I read Google's Android was ~ 2% of the China market. Most Android in China is a forked version with no benefit to Google. I only bring this up since the article mentions Google's Android.
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Oh please. Apple has had voice on their computers before Brin and Page went to junior high school. You're correct. Apple invested in voice recognition in 1990, anyone remember Plain Talk? Apple introduc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by OhReally Siri is a direct copy of google voice, for example. I don't doubt that Apple will try to implement widgets of some sort at some point. I don't think Android is really that much like iOS except in ways th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hellacool Samsung is an example and hypothetical, my future predicting skills need work. Sure many of these companies would love to have Apples business but A - Many of them would take months to get set up to produce …
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Quote: Originally Posted by tylerk36 One thing that cross my mind is, can apple keep up with an ever increasing demand and if so what if the supply gets hit hard by some sort of factory failure that could delay supplies for lets say 3 to 4 weeks?…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gwydion Spotify ads are voice ads, like station ads. Mobile app only work with paid subscriptions, without ads and you can download song for oflline access Opps, it didn't even dawn on me the ads would be audio, …
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Two things Who looks @ their phone when listening to music? Me, I've got my phone in my pocket, so how do the advertiser's gain anything with the free version OS Spotify? When will AT&T and Verison restart offering unlimited data plans and…
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For those arguing this is an example of the Apple tax, your argument is fundamentally flawed. The article is comparing all HP computers versus all Apple computers for dollar profit. Apple doesn't sell $299 computers with razor thin margins. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jexus *facepalm* Google DOES NOT WANT to kill the iPhone. It is an incredibly large amount of ad revenue heading into their pockets...THINK before you speak. Google deployed Android for 2 reasons. 1. Ad revenu…
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xMac - The topic that won't die. Gotta love it. What confounds me is that a computer filling the gap between the Mac mini and Mac Pro would arguably be less expensive to produce than an iMac -( less customized parts to fit into the space constr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 My understanding is that Apple may actually go through dozens of prototypes and design iterations to come up with the final product. That really shouldn't be a surprise either. The assumption here though i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by CO5974 I'm not arguing anything, merely repeating comments made by Rovio - that the ad-based model is preferable from their standpoint. Why they chose that model on Android and the paid-app model on iOS is anyone's gu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by CO5974 Ummm, read much? Rovio has stated that they're on track to make 1 million dollars a month by the end of the year in ad revenue from Angry Birds on Android. Don't make any money on free apps, right.. You mig…
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400,000 TV rentals/day 150,000 Movie rentals/day That's a story in itself.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Interesting development (I notice network syncing is on the image too): ........... Nice find, I missed this. Wouldn't this be a huge surprise, I believe there is definitely a market. Instead of jailbr…
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It would also open up sales to people that just don't want nor need a data plan. I wonder when some one will come out with a similar phone accessory for the iPod Nano?
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Thank you Andy Zaky for this series. It explains much of why APPL is undervalued and the metrics used by traditional analysts. Quote: Originally Posted by AppleStud Andy - its easy to make money on a company like apple. Got any success storie…