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Re maps: unless Apple can shake up/change from TomTom (who, I think, is Apple's map/navigation partner), the maps will never be great. TomTom's a curious mix of a great product with innumerable snags, which they're unwilling/unable to address (or, o…
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Of course Apple will do this, and of course it%u2019ll do group videoconferencing, screen-sharing, etc. before long. But the most important question is whether it%u2019ll be better than Skype, which would be a godsend. Skype%u2019s usually OK 1-to-1…
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I wonder if Apple's hookup with TomTom isn't part of the problem; I don't know if it's still in place. TomTom was once a great, innovative company, with very good hardware, software, and data. That seems to have changed over the years - just take a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by winchester lol. I'm always entertained when I read comments from people aiming to depict themselves as the voice-of-reason referee. I think it's safe to say that anyone with a brain is familiar with the concept of …
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What's all the brouhaha? This is called competition, a no-holds-barred free-for-all, and it's fine, as long as it's not illegal. All kinds of interests are at stake here, other payment-systems, banks, credit card companies, hardware manufacturers, e…
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Boo, hiss, KN 6 is simply a downgrade from KN 5, and this update hasn't changed that. Apple's risking losing a lot of people to PP. So far, I'm not quite there, but if KN 7 follows this latest path, I'm gone.
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X, here you go again. “The OP said”, “bigots around here are saying”, “you said” - always tediously nitpicking around the same - often willfully misinterpreted - idea. Ah, X, you’re doing a yeoman’s job of living up to Churchill’s description of a…
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Wow, X, you’re amazing! You’re so hell-bent on being a good, bias-free person - the best, fairest boy in the land - that you’ve become a fanatical foul-mouthed knee-jerk demagogue who, above all, has no idea, or even a consistent argument. “It’s n…
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Yes, let's blame China, because that's where the blame lies. All Chinese are of course not so corrupt, and there is considerable dissent there. But read the recent report on China and the internet in The Economist (http://www.economist.com/news/sp…
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Since Apple partnered with TomTom, among others, on this, it's a mystery why it isn't much better. Shhhhh!!! Maybe TomTom didn't want real competition for their own iPhone app!
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Quote: Originally Posted by AdamC Turn by turn navigation is too hyped and I also wonder how many will actually use it. The wrong destinations directed by turn by turn navigation are the stuff of legends. "too hyped"? What do…
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But what's the real deal? Is Apple's new "design direction" simply ignoring environmental concerns (producing dirty but cute iStuff), is the EPEAT certification somehow faulty (to which Apple objects), or is something else going on?
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None of us really have any idea of what use this Willow Glass is, and what Apple (and many others) will use it for, but this 2006 paper from a Cornell scientist gives a few hints. It actually sounds quite revolutionary: http://people.ccmr.cornell.…
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While I'm not even close to being a power user (I'd be best served by an industrial-strength 9" AirBook), I would be disappointed if the Mac Pro were left to die. The Pro is like the Formula 1 cars that top auto manufacturers build. They're not ju…
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Lots of different opinions here, just want to add mine, in case Apple reads these forums. The 17" size was just too big for me to lug around, and I never realy need that much portable desktop space. Same story for the 15", now I'm down to the 13" …
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A 15" AirBook sounds like the "bigger, faster compact car" Detroit pushed a few years ago. However thin and light it gets, 15" is 15", a lot of real estate to carry around. What I'd love to have would be an AirBook with iPad dimensions. (Whatever it…
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Quote: Originally Posted by peter236 The Chinese hate bad odors as much s Americans hate odors. Where do you get the idea that Chinese disregard bad odors? This is just typical American ignorance and arrogance. I didn't say they like it, but t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by xsu Why can't it be that the problem is so bad that even non-responsive Chinese government had to pay attention to it? Indeed it can, and that bothers me, and ought to bother Apple.
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Given the general Chinese disregard for bad odors and worse, and the Chinese government's general disregard for its citizens' health and safety, Catcher's closing begs a question: Is this simply harassment by local politicos or part of a Chinese/US …
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Quote: Originally Posted by MDCragg Referring to differences between communism and socialism and taking a shot at Sarah Palin is the best you can do? Again...name one free country with a socialist or communist economy that is a tremendous econ…