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Microsoft's marketing department is a ham-fisted PR time-bomb. I can't recall all the gaffes, but I do remember one time when Microsoft was promoting Windows or Office, and included a coupon for free mouse pads. The promo was highlighted by an overl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jeffharris This "concept" is a 100% copy of an Apple Store! Oh, gee, they changed the labels and use different typefaces. How original. Even the design of the tables is nearly an exact copy. There are simply NO word…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chris_CA Would a matte touch screen even be possible without being too susceptible to scratching or whatever? If it's matte, it's not going to be (completely) smooth and you would simply be forcing dirt & oils int…
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Quote: Originally Posted by malax One has to wonder (assuming this story is right in the particulars) why this device had to go back to the drawing board so many times if it's "just" an iPod touch with a much better screen. Actually, that probab…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cbw87 It looks like it has a 4:3 aspect ratio: surely this can't be true? I don't think that would be too bad, because I can't see living with a widescreen and a keyboard. On your comment though, the aspect ratio m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jr0ckett I'd hope that the artist's rendition has been changed... while the iPhone is a pretty device, I'd rather have some brushed aluminum... I say, make it look like a macbook air in terms of the curves, but no hing…
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fail to see the significance of this!
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In many ways, it's so hard to equate value. Greater durability and style are harder to quantify. The Adobe Acrobat story above is a clearer example, but there are so many things... iLife programs are such a delight and ease to use. The temporary…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DanaCameron I consider myself a pretty normal user too. I currently have 139 downloaded apps in my Library (not all installed on my iPhone right now), but I've downloaded more than that. Most of the apps I've discarded…
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Quote: Originally Posted by chronster Doesn't matter. Steam has the "scale and quality" and above all else, was here before the App store. It seems like I'm always reading people saying the App store is revolutionary, the first of it's kind, an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider The embedded support for HTTP Live Streaming in the iPhone also provides a route around AT&T's App Store limitations, enabling vendors to deliver their content, unrestricted, to iPhone users at optimal…
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What hogwash...even if the SEC finds fault with Apple, do you think SJ will do anything different in the future? Except for more careful tiptoeing to protect their rear end, SJ will keep his privacy. Price it into the stock, and let individuals worr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Boogerman2000 Apple DOES get it. It's incremental. Could have had oled screens in the 3gs.. why not? have to have bait for the next go-round. Incredibly frustrating but unquestionably effective none the less. Your …
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Quote: Originally Posted by whatisgoingon It always seems bizarre to me that Apple updates their 'school' line (namely iMac's) in late September or October. To me, it seems to make more sense to do it late August/early September, you know, when …
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Apple's dealings with suppliers is basically two-fold, from what I recall. 1. Use multiple suppliers for commodity parts, buying large stocks of parts to lock in prices and command production from those suppliers. It's an indirect way of manipulati…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross What point was that? Most reviews are boring. We don't watch or read them for the excitement, but for the information being given. I guess that's why most news is reported with eye candy in mind? To carr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by charlituna i have to disagree., I think that Jobs will leave, or at least lessen his role to more of a consulting level. his health will probably end up forcing it. or the media backlash about his health will. but I t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tauron It means "Pre-historic" How 'bout "Pre-hensile"! Really, though, Pre may have certain not totally objective speed wins, but start-up, photo-upload email, and web-browsing are usually not mission critical r…
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I suppose that the sheer increasing number of total iPhone users should make those skeptical analysts hoping for a decent turnout eating their words.
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips Are all the trolls here freelance or paid I wonder Safari 4 working great on iBook G4 (10 years old) running 10.5.7 through to latest MacBooks and Mac Pro here. Also on Vista, 7 and XP Pro under both …