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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider in a pair of Portuguese videos subtitled in English Those aren't subtitles. They don't correspond remotely to what the person is saying, and that's even admitted in the "subtitles" by whoever did the su…
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Quote: Originally Posted by applestockholder But resorting to criminal behavior to obtain what are obviously protected trade secrets, is another story. I do not want to read about it. I will make it a priority to not visit Gizmoto, and hope m…
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Why can't people who take "spy" shots of Apple prototype kit take, oh let's see, an extra 10 seconds or so to get them in focus and without camera shake
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Instead of thinking of Opera as an either / or replacement for Safari, think of it as an extra and use both. When you've got a decent 3G or WiFi connection it can't compare with Safari, but if you've got poor 3G coverage, or worse, only EDGE or GPRS…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Overall, the Opera Mini browser feels foreign as an iPhone app, with its settings configuration placed within the app itself rather than in the standard Settings page as mobile apps are supposed to do. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Verizon Wireless and its parent company Vodaphone. Quote: Microsoft has not released pricing details yet, nor have Verizon or Vodaphone. It's Vodafone, not Vodaphone.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro Yes, just like the M-V-C and Factory Patterns came straight from Brad Cox and his book Object-Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach. Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer I can guarantee you the G…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Where did you think the ``Gang of Four'' got this famous Design Pattern from? They published it from a patent by NeXT. The entire Gang of Four book is a well-known design patterns book from guys tipping the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Booga Actually the patent in question is a refinement (continuation?) of patent number 6,259,446, which was filed years before the term "Design Patterns" were even in the common geek vocabulary and before this book was…
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OK, I'm a big fan of Apple and they certainly have the right to protect their IP, but most of those patents listed should never have been granted on the basis of either prior art or being totally obvious. I'll just take one example, Patent #6,42…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM In the 18 months I've had my 3G, I've never wished that I could record 10fps video. If you were witnessing Flight 1549 ditching into the Hudson or similar, would you prefer to have 10fps video recording or no…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me The original iPhone went on sale two years before the iPhone 3GS. Do you honestly believe that the 3GS does not have more powerful hardware than the original and the 3G? Do you honestly believe that Apple disabl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ivan.rnn01 Well, saying "crippled firmware" makes no sense at all. What I mean is that they deliberately disabled the Apple Video Recorder app on the 2G/3G when it wasn't necessary. Sure, the quality would have been…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B Perception is the reality. It's in the vernacular. Whether you like it or not, regardless of the form factor most people think of a "Mac" as a Mac and a" PC" as a Windows computer. So what do you call a Mac…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B LOL! Tell it to these guys! I knew someone would mention those ads. Those ads are the most well known example of the misuse of the term PC. You seem to be suggesting that a Mac is not a personal compute…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B I think most Mac users differentiate themselves from the PC: Mac: Mac OS on Mac hardware. PC: Windows, Linux, Windows under BootCamp on a Mac. Gray area: Hackintosh. No. PC is a generic term that refers …
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B If this were really "built specifically for the Mac", wouldn't it be called GoToMyMac? Whether you like it or not, a Mac is still a Personal Computer And, regarding the article, as others have already p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss The AI story implies that Apple will be Exhibit A in the case against Intel. I wonder if that's true. I doubt it. I think this is mainly about Intel vs AMD and Intel's dirty tricks in making sure that De…
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Quote: Originally Posted by benice So does this still mean you can't get it outright? Where I am you can buy it outright from whoever you want (phone co's, Apple etc) and then pick a provider, and swap around phone companies *when* they annoy …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sheff Still there must have been a reason for apple to go with ATT in the first place. An important factor must have been that, if they had gone with Verizon, Apple would have had to make a CDMA phone for the US and…