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• Oh this is too ironic - the federal government is protecting us from the private market big brothers. Do did Orwell get it exactly wrong? Who could have guesses that it would be the private market, and not Big Brother, that would be tracking our eve…

  in Apple, Google called to U.S. Senate hearing on mobile privacy Comment by johnthebaton April 2011
• Hmm, so after my 9.1 update, all of my audiobooks, which used to be sorted by genre, are now lumped into a single "audiobook" genre. At first I though it had overwritten the genre tag, but when I look at the genre info, my genre tags are still there…

  in Apple releases iTunes 9.1 with support for iPad Comment by johnthebaton March 2010
• Quote: Originally Posted by mknopp Of course the movie, game, and publishing industry still insist that they must have DRM because without it the pirates will kill their business within a week without it. I would be fine with publishers keepi…

  in Price concerns keep Random House content from Apple iPad Comment by johnthebaton March 2010
• The largest growth sector for Apple is younger people with more disposable income. This, my friends, is why Apple is a threat. Right now most business owners are not willing to learn a new OS and train their staff on the new OS. But in 20 years, thi…

  in Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a "rounding error" Comment by johnthebaton July 2009
• My white iPhone developed visible hairline cracks a few weeks after purchase, and I had never dropped it and always keep it in a protective case. BUT... I took it to my local Apple store and the exchanged it, free of charge, on the spot. Even …

  in Apple, AT&T slapped with yet another iPhone 3G lawsuit Comment by johnthebaton January 2009
• I know that Apple does not follow through with many of these patents, but I am personally convinced that this is why they have moved to glass displays across their product line.

  in Apple proposes infrared matrix to aid larger multi-touch designs Comment by johnthebaton December 2008
• LOL...Microsoft had PocketPC out for years and decided to copy the iPod by developing the Zune...just as Apple was designing the iPhone! Just...so...idiotic. If Microsoft had any vision, they would have integrated Zune into their Windows Mobil…

  in Microsoft sets sights on providing an Apple-like experience Comment by johnthebaton July 2008
• Does anyone know if there is a Jailbroken app that enables A2DP? If there is, that would be reason for me to jailbreak my iPhone 3G.

  in iPhone 3G jailbreaking tool goes live Comment by johnthebaton July 2008
• None of the problems I've been experiencing with my iPhone 3G have been as bad as my first few years with Pocket PC phones. I remember performing soft resets at least daily for the first 3 years. With that platform, you had to wait long stretches be…

  in iPhone 3G and 2.0 affected by buggy software, sensors, wireless Comment by johnthebaton July 2008