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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich I c wht u did thr (fixed it for you). I guess you didn't get the joke
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Really? The iPhone 4 has a HIGHER pixel density than is being rumored for the iPad 2. There is clearly not a technical limitation to getting that pixel density. I don't have any idea what the cost would be …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mytdave I suspect the screen in iPad2 will unfortunately be the same res as the current model. I could see the possibility of them throwing a bone and providing a slight increase to 1280x960. There is no reason that …
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Quote: Originally Posted by lilgto64 Wouldn't doubling the dimensions in each dimension mean 4 times the pixels on screen - and with the same screen size mean that each pixel is one fourth the size? meaning anything that is not scaled vectors wou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by simtub I used to love nokia. My first phone was the 8110 (banana phone) and then the 8810 in Shiny Chrome... those were the days. I even used to frequent the nokia website to see what upcoming models there were. Now I …
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There seems to be a lot of confusion in the replies here. Let me clear some things up: 1) WebM =/= Ogg Theora - Ogg is pretty much dead at this point and the battle now is between H.264 and WebM 2) Google have only said they are removing H.264…
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Most users don't have the technical knowhow to pirate apps regardless of how easy it is. The path to pirate software is: 1) Competent hacker cracks copy protection 2) Hacker uploads cracked app to BitTorrent site 3) End users download cracked a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 Green Hornet in 3D. That's how desperate and clueless Hollywood is now. I haven't watched it yet but I know the best part of the movie is the trailer. My most enjoyable movie years were the 90's and very ear…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lfmorrison One of the earliest compression algorithms incorporated into PKZip was the "shrink" algorithm. "Shrink" violated Unisys' LZW patent, and when the community was notified of this violation, most implementors …
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Quote: Originally Posted by rhyde They weren't a "patent troll". They actually developed the algorithm themselves and used it in their own products to their advantage over their competitors. If you're going to accept software patents as legitimat…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum I over-simplified... ... Suffice to say, having the iPad and iPhone on different iOS versions is a hassle for developers. That's true, but it still will be unless you are intending to drop supp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum . This is a fantastic improvement. Until today, a developer needed at least 2 different SDKs-- one for the iPad (3.2) and another for all the iPhones and iPod Touches. Now, finally we have a sing…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DaHarder I guess you missed the part where they clearly stated that this 'rumored' 7 inch iPad would have the exact same (1024 x 768) screen resolution/aspect ratio of the 9.7 inch version, and the loss of 2.7 inches o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carmissimo Hpw would a Touch with the same resolution as the iPhone Retina display but a larger screen, work out. Would iPhone apps work on a Touch with that set-up without mods? They'd look and work pretty much the…
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Of all of these, the 7" iPad seems the least probable. I'm an iPhone/iPad developer, so I have some experience with what's involved in programming these things. One of the key differences between iPhone and say, Android is that iOS has no real pr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTel I guess I'm looking for a programmers review of Xcode 4.0. How does Objective C compare with Java and C#. What's new between Xcode 4.0 and Xcode 3.2 besides the interface changes. Are there any new coding par…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Since the Javascript Engine uses Lua I hardly thought they'd ban Lua. This is just a natural extension. That isn't true at all. There's no sense in which Webkit's JavaScript engine uses Lua. If you're…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Arthur_Klok Open and standard is always better than closed and proprietary. Actually, well-designed single-vendor software is invariably better than committee-designed open source software. The two aren't mutuall…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Amdahl Apple is guaranteeing they will not be the industry standard platform, once again. Are you kidding me? Adobe is jumping for joy. Apple just removed themselves as a real contender for vertical markets an…
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Quote: It seems like a silly disincentivization to charge people $100/year to make their software available for free. It will also encourage AdWare. I hope they change this. Thoughts? I doubt that they will. I can understand $99 can seem like a …