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mstone wrote: » Google's voice recognition technology and contextual natural language comprehension is so far ahead of everyone else it is ridiculous. I have no idea how they did it without infringing on Nuance patents. That is the main challenge …
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drblank wrote: » What's hysterical is that the music/movie sales/profits is such a small part of Apple's business model, I think this whole thing is overhyped. Beats may sell a bunch of headphones, but so what? It's chump change to Apple. it's l…
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azreospecialist wrote: » Ive is good at hardware, not particularly good at UI design, and is not leading any innovation as far as I've seen or read. He is a designer. He doesn't manage the software or decide what happens on the hardware front with…
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mnbob1 wrote: » Tim and the Apple board are pretty frugal on acquisitions so to spend $3.2B there has to be a long term plan. It's not for headphone hardware, they could have done that in-house and done a better job. Dre and Iovine are talented an…
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lord amhran wrote: » My understanding is that he's very close to the musical/entertainment industries: https://www.google.com/search?q=jimmy+iovine+relationship+to+music+industry&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:of…
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constable odo wrote: » I don't believe they have to be the perfect fit but I'm sure there are some compromises that can be met. Iovine and Dr. Dre are businessmen and I'm sure they have very good connections to the music business that Apple could…
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lord amhran wrote: » Makes sense actually. There's rumors of a revamped AppleTV in which Apple could be looking for content deals in which case Iovine would be invaluable, Dre to a lesser extent. The only thing that doesn't really make much sen…
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chez whitey wrote: » Does it work for you? Wrote casa & abuela on a piece of paper & didn't work, maybe spelled them wrong? Yeah it works pretty well for me. It was never design for handwriting or even normally sized typesets on paper. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple v. Samsung I am curious what is so bad about Google buying this. So far whenever Google makes an acquisition they either improve it or merge it into an all ready existing product. I prefer Google buying thing…
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I already own the app, so getting the rest of the language packs for free is a bonus for me. Coincidently, I was just thinking about buying one yesterday, so even better. Don't like it in the hands of Google as it will just become another data mini…
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So, they aren't arresting picketers anymore?
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constable odo wrote: » Nike isn't ceding the market to Apple because Apple has no wearable devices as of yet. Nike is ceding it to Android/Samsung/Motorola. Nike wouldn't stand a chance against Google's Destroyer OS or Samsung's Tizen. By the t…
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I guess if Samsung is serious about the fitness wearables market, a bunch of experienced people just became available.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Constable Odo Every smartphone in the world has a large screen display, so I can't imagine what's so special about Apple's display that they'd need to charge $100 more than everyone else. What happened to Apple's su…
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Quote: Originally Posted by alcstarheel Their latest major release for iPhone came with a screen size increase (against the "in abundance" norm) and then the next came with two phones released at once and a sunset of the previous year's model…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lorin Schultz It's NOT zero dollars. It's exactly the same price as if you bought it without contract, you're just paying for it monthly through your plan instead of all up front. I give credit to Canadian carrier…
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Quote: Originally Posted by alcstarheel Not necessarily claimed as fact but you and many others surmised that they wouldn't do it where there is no more precedent that they wouldn't. Likely that they wouldn't, yes, but more likely than before…
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Quote: Originally Posted by alcstarheel That's not an explanation. Merely fact. Why was the mini with retina more than the mini without? There is no explanation but it does leave open the opportunity for Apple to increase the iPhone price as …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas True, but that was notable because it was an exception to their normal pattern of generational releases maintaining a consistent price. Quote: Originally Posted by alcstarheel Then explain The New iPad…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan I'd be curious to know what Peter Misek thinks the "must have" thing will be that will justify the price increase. Is it materials like sapphire or liquid metal or some feature that no other phone has? Cou…