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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil I'm fairly certain that you're unsure what a monopoly entails. Maybe...so I looked it up on Dictionary.com. 1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil They can't sell software pressed onto spinning disc media read with a laser and purchased from your local store? But iOS is not your only choice for software distribution. That's the argument. Th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil To expound on the above, Apple has created a means by which an individual, small company, or large company can become very wealthy very quickly without the archaic mess of distribution channels and storefr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by rugby_kid Uh....it's not a monopoly if it's your service within your service. Apple can do what they want. They're not regulated in this case. It would only be a monopoly if nobody could make apps and only apple could.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 No one is forced to sell knock-off Apple gear, and no one is forced to buy them. Don't complain about Apple exercising their legal rights. Complain about the law. It's not that Apple is exercising the…
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Wait a sec here...just what the hell is a CORPORATION doing executing a raid??? Since when did CORPORATIONS enforce laws?
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I didn't even know Wal-mart had an MP3 store. Effective marketing there, methinks.
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Quote: Originally Posted by ghostface147 Hmm, I've never encountered this error. Maybe you can tell me how to duplicate it so I can see it. Also, MS better not take away the save as function. I think Lion's autosave shit is terrible. I'…
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Along these lines, how about the option to type in the date and type in the reminder, like in iCal? Using your example, I would also have to scroll ahead to August 2012 or flip through all those days with the obnoxious thumb wheels. Quote: Orig…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dbiker This rollover bonus is pretty clever. Each recipient gets 1000 minutes to use calling people on other carriers to run up THEIR minutes. Equally, the mobile-to-mobile plan is very efficient at using other peopl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bcahill009 2GB for $20 Unlimited for $30 would compete real well. I can't wait til these two need to need to compete with each other, maybe not today, but if the iPhone is sold unlocked, I think the gloves would come o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by InfoDave HP sees double anticipated volume, ramps up production. While technically true, I'm not impressed. When "double anticipated volume" is 9,000 units of a product that is supposed to complete with a product…
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Quote: Originally Posted by macnyc The ringtone is the worse give away. Here in NYC everyone seems to use the old phone ringtone. Whenever I'm in a crowded place everyone grabs their iPhone when they hear it. No, that's really an old-style p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DoogH Do you realize that updates don't necessarily add to the OS size because it REPLACES files, rather than add to them? I think the point still stands...there's 773 MB worth of changes since 10.6.2. It's possi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by monstrosity And so I bought the first thing that turned up at the refurb store. Well there's your problem! Refurb or not, you bought a product without knowing for certain what you were getting. There's only one …
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My concern with the built-in, non-user replaceable battery in the polycarbonate MacBook doesn't concern the battery...it concerns the hard drive. In my old MacBook, I could swap the hard drive in five minutes, as it went in and out through the ba…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips What are the problems caused by thinness? The one thing that comes to mind is replacing the hard drive...there's a long, drawn-out process involving removing the front glass and display in order to acce…
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"...AT&T in the past has freely acknowledged that it doesn't want voice over IP apps like Skype, or TV-to-phone streaming apps like SlingPlayer Mobile, running on its 3G network due to bandwidth concerns." More likely, the reason is that AT&a…
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I just had a thought...if this thing works by setting up an AT&T microcell and connecting to AT&T's network via the Internet... ...and you plug it into a network connection overseas... ...do you suddenly have a AT&T US microcell in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PersonMan You can't patent an idea... only a specific implementation of that idea. Besides, sounds like patent squatting... the "exclusive licensee" sounds like a holding company to me. I can't find any official web…