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Anyone who didn't see this coming is stupid with a capital G.
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What I'm worried about is that microsoft is confusing a leadership problem with a culture problem. It doesn't matter how good your officers are if the entire corporate heirarchy is designed to encourage balkanization and infighting. It is even worse…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jeffharris Apple already has OS X running on 2 different architectures: Mac OS X and the iPhone/iPod touch OS. I'm no programmer, but from what I understand both OSes share quite a bit of code. In fantasyland i…
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This article is somewhat misleading. According to ARM's press release, the Cortex A9 with two cores and 2.0 gHz clock frequency would operate at 1.9 watts. Still, that is less that the Atom's 2.5 watts, and when you consider that the A9 would be par…
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I hate to say this, but the answer is obvious. Exclusive contracts are good for consumers, despite that seeming counterintuitive at first. Yes, I would love the iphone or the palm pre on verizon, but the fact remains that if it weren't for exclusive…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Actually it's not better from either a historic or strategic standpoint to put these chips inside an iMac vs a small headless machine. They are desktop chips and are hot. We all remember the hot G5 chips in t…
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Bastards. I wanted to start this rumor. Now I'll have to think of something else. Ok ok, new rumor: the premium games app store will have games exclusively for the new, faster ARM Cortex A8 iphone that will come out this summer. It will be a clea…
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Quote: Originally Posted by winterspan The ironic part is that the Imagination inc. PowerVR "MBX lite" in the iPhone/Touch is very weak in comparison to their latest chips. The reason why the iPhone looks so good is probably the OpenGL optimizati…
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This is very reminiscent of firewire. Sony was the first to use the IEEE1394 spec, but it was in the form of i-link, which was incredibly stupid because i-link couldn't supply power. Then Apple created in the 6-pin firewire connector, and later the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by retroneo It's pretty much all public knowledge. The dudes at PA Semi have experience designing ARM SoCs. Intel has announced that Apple's is not planning on using Atom-based devices for this device class. Apple …
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Why does apple have to end up using intel for everything. I just can't understand this obsession. Even when intel does have a chip for the iphone's power envelope, it still probably won't be as good as competing ARM chips. Just because ARM chips bas…
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Quote: Originally Posted by minderbinder I'm dying to see the phone app that people are willing to pay $999.99 for. Hmm. Interesting question actually. I think the iphone would be great for a hardcore topography app, since it can display graph…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PG4G I'm wondering what is going to happen with the maps app on the iPod touch and iPhone. If Google are creating their own devices with this in mind, then why would they allow access to the competition? The same re…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland Dual screens eat twice the battery life. That is reason alone to forget about that idea. No, I think the tablet is where it's at. If done right it could take away some of the notebook market which will stay aro…
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I'm personally loving this. Nothing is better than some healthy competition, and the Blackberry Bold looks like a decent rival for the iphone. RIM has lots of fight in them. Now to see what Cupertino has up its sleeve. RIM and Apple are going …
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I've literally been waiting years for 2 things. One is the ARM Cortex-A8, the successor to the ARM11. The other is the PowerVR SGX. I thought the best thing Apple could do was contract Texas Instruments for their next-gen OMAP3 application processor…
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Seriously, there is so much overlap and potential for synergy that apple should just buy Adobe. They have been competing for ages: aperture vs. lightroom, flash vs QT, etc. Apple needs more software engineers & designers who do exactly what Adob…