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My, how conveniently you drop into the ad-hominem argument. Think what you might, but look at the facts. Desktops have been steadily loosing ground to laptops for several years now. Apple's own sales demonstrate that MacBooks and MacBook Pros o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I haven't said that Apple would do it. Others are saying that Apple SHOULD do it. I'm pointing out what would happen if they did, or if their new customers thought they did. About this license fee thing. Ju…
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Some of your points here are good, but you're missing the bigger picture. I don't honestly believe Apple would try to leverage ownership of ARM to be a competitive advantage. It would certainly raise legal issues. The point is that it's about c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Bad, bad idea for Apple to buy them. If they want some influence, they can just buy back a chunk of the stock and sit on the board. Sorry, but I completely disagree with you. Look at the history of Apple a…
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...if they think something like this is really going to make Apple let Flash on the iPhone. I suppose they're doing it to simply try and bully Apple into it, but if that's their logic, they need to brush up on their history... if SJ feels he (A…
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+100 Since I got my 3GS I've found myself more and more carrying it with me as much as possible. My wife gripes about how I'm "always playing with that damn thing" but your point here is spot-on in my case. A quick check for weather, news, etc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dannsh Maybe publishers are trying to kill off the ebook? Can't speak to this, but I'm a university professor, and I can tell you that publishers have been incredibly resistant to making electronic versions of textb…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bartfat ... I still think blogging isn't the end-all be-all that it was originally made out to be for news. Blogging is to news what bumper stickers are to philosophy, and what sound bites are to politics; short and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Apple has alleged that Nokia has attempted to obtain more money from it than other companies, as well as rights to Apple's intellectual property. This says it all... I don't care how many "units" Nokia …
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Quote: Originally Posted by tonton That was absolutely untrue in 2004. No, it is. Ever hear of things that are included in the Windows version of Office, like Publisher? Access? And they are *where?* in the Mac version?
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that he's been wrong so many times in the past, he's certainly at least a little wrong now. He was wrong about the iPhone and iPod too. I think the only people in the tech industry have been wrong more often than Gates about the impact of Apple'…
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The Ribbon is a deal breaker; the interface in '08 is bad enough as it is. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hatin'... but evaluated on its own merits, and not on any argument based on the premise of "it's what everyone else uses", Office long ago sto…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DocNo42 The only thing that seems out of whack to me is the $130 upcharge for the cellular mode/GPS. $50 - $75 seems far more reasonable. Here's to hoping... Agreed. Is the cost of licensing use of the 3G protoco…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hillstones Well said. I don't anticipate anyone walking around with their iPads on a daily basis. I don't even see people lugging around a netbook either. It is not exactly a "portable" device to be carried around d…
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Isn't this kind of a feature one of the patents that Nokia is claiming they have that the iPhone supposedly infringes upon? Doesn't this show that claim is total BS? Or is it that just the mere difference in the size of the device having such a fe…
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NEVER! I will NEVER buy any app that has ads in it. That's part of what you should be getting when you pay for an app; NO ADS.
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Quote: Originally Posted by irnchriz Buying Adobe would be unlikely. But why pay?? if they did they could have an Apple product (in flash) on virtually EVERY desktop in the world. Imagine Apple photoshop (or even the full CS of software) o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by masternav Hmmmm. That WOULD take care of the that pesky IP lawsuit now wouldn't it? Quote: Originally Posted by MacTel Kodak does have complimentary consumer devices and a number of patents that would most certai…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jodyfanning This would actually make sense if it wasn't for the fact that Nokia has 50% of the global smartphone market compared to Apples less than 10%. Then what do they have to be afraid of? They're clearly doin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mosqueda If broadcast commercials were as simple as Hulu's. It's a short break of 30 seconds. Not 5 30 second commercials per break - one. Frankly, I use Hulu, Netflix, and precious little of iTunes because of the…