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And people wonder why Apple wants a Walled Garden. Maybe Apple doesn't have the best security in the world, but they shouldn't have to worry about their partners. AT&T's iPad security fumble is just the tip of the iceberg http://www.infowor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SactoMan01 Personally, I think Apple could face scrutiny from the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and possibly European Commission antitrust authorities for the following reasons: 1) The banning of Adobe Fl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas Big difference between them getting themselves a better deal with this threat and using this threat to undermine Amazon ability to offer a separate deal. That is what the investigation is looking at. If Apple do…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas Right. And so they could then ask for a better deal themselves...as opposed to derailing any dealings with Amazon. Huge difference between influencing your own contracts and influencing others. Whoa, step bac…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas And Apple would have every right to say to the labels, if you are giving a better deal to Amazon, we aren't going to play ball. That would be getting themselves a better deal. That is exactly what Apple did. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas Shit, forget about the early access. As I have repeated, the original BillBoard story says that Amazon went to the labels and offered to drop that requirement (not across the board). But even for those offerings…
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Quote: Originally Posted by charlituna minor correction. At the time that the advance sales existed (apparently Amazon recently dropped that as a requirement in the program) it was before ANYONE else could sell the item. Online or Brick and Morta…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Stevie But they might be found to dominate the mobile app retail market. That is more likely. Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas It is different, but that is not the defining difference. Amazon reportedly rework…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Stevie But they might be found to dominate the mobile app retail market. That is more likely. I can only assume you are being sarcastic. Before Apple's app store the only reason apps weren't developed for competit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sprockkets So where is Apple trying to kill Chrome? Or why did they allow Opera on the iphone? When did Apple blatantly steal the source code to something like Microsoft did for IE, and had to be sued for damages? A…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Daarom... Really? Lemme see: DOJ, anti-trust, using dominance to dictate terms... No, you're right, totally non-analogous. Exept the only instance of Apple dictating terms is with developers tools and Apple is far f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Fireball1244 .... But Irving is just a vast AT&T signal wasteland. .. Yes, ATT coverage must be spotty at best, too much evidence supporting complaints about coverage. Just a note, this past Sunday my wif…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Fireball1244 That's a nationwide average. When I moved from Austin, Texas, to Irving, Texas, for a job, my connectivity on AT&T went very sour. For the six months I was using my iPhone 3GS in Irving, I dropped at l…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Stevie ...... It is no surprise that the iPhone is faltering. Really, I mean really. I believe iPhone sales for the last quarter were up >130% over the same quarter the previous year. If I'm wrong feel free …
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Quote: Originally Posted by 1337_5L4Xx0R I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the Mac Mini, in its current form, costs $200 to make. So I disagree with the EXPENSIVE bit... Unless something has changed, laptop CPUs, hard drives, etc have always…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 The Mini is a slow machine and always will be as long as it uses EXPENSIVE laptop parts. I inserted my 2 cents in bold. Got to love xMac threads, may they only die when Apple adds one to their lineup.
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Roughly Drafted has an article the made me laugh. Chronicles of Conflict: the History of Adobe vs. Apple http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2010/0...dobe-vs-apple/ I'm not sure about all the facts etc. but still hilarious.
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Quote: Originally Posted by AlanH I also bought 1000 shares back in 2004 when the stock price was $28. AAPL has split 2for1 since them making my effective cost $14 each. You do the Math! I bought 400 shares back in about '97. With spits I h…
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Weird, I have PhotoStudio on my iPhone & it let's me pinch to zoom.
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Quote: Originally Posted by super8sean i live in Dallas and i still get 2-3 dropped calls every single day. how do phone companies get to cook yup all these numbers. Yeah sometimes i get 2000+ Kb on my download test but its still slow as hell A…