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Quote: Originally Posted by enzos Yeah, NTSC is a bit of a joke too compared to PAL but that's the price for being first. It will all get sorted in the long run. But the difference is that many of the CDMA2000 networks that use to exist have a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hittrj01 What's keeping Apple from creating a "global" iPhone, like various Blackberry models and the newer Droid 2 Global? It has a CDMA radio in it, but also has a separate GSM radio in it as well. If battery life is…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacRulez I'm not so sure. After Apple backpedaled on the iOS restrictions and now allows Flash-based apps, the one thing they kept was the restriction that no software can download any other software. Think about…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pik80 When you name a file you have only one name to give it and you better memorize that name because that is the only way to find it. With tags you can have as many names as you want to help you find the file, 10, 15…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SLR2009 Hi, I remember reading well before Leopard was released that there was a major feature called resolution independence which was supposed to be included. I was quite disappointed when I found out that it nev…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Steve-J What are examples of Microsoft "defending technologies" against the interests of consumers? What the heck are you talking about? Flash being one example; if there was a transition to HTML5 then all the resp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rokcet Scientist Sofar Android smartphones are easily outselling iPhones 2 to 1. Blackberry is third in terms of market share. And Windows Phone 7 smartphones are hardly available in the market. Try to find one. Per…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tjw I agree banners suck and everything but the fact remains. There is no technology that matches flash for rich web content. If there is, you will explain how it is possible to currently make a website like http://www…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland Does that mean Apple might make the close-window button also Quit the app? Like on Windows. It's certainly a possibility. (why did I mention the word Windows, that's asking for trouble round here) Why …
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I can't work out why there is all this hate about the Finder; I haven't had any problems with it when I've used it - sure it is simple but why would you want something needlessly more complex than that? you'd end up having the mess that is Explorer …
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Quote: Originally Posted by tjw Flash is an unmatched technology at the moment for making rich web content. People should still be given the choice to use it if they want to. I personally think a lot of this is more a hate campaign against adobe …
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It is good that Apple is no longer bundling it - I'm not anti-Flash, just doesn't make sense to ship something with Mac's that Apple cannot control and backup with their own engineering. If people really want Flash it is probably best to download th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Aeolian I'm betting on Friday night. I'm not an expert however, just following the news and throwing in logic. Someone posted a 'release' matrix of previous releases; for some reason Apple tends to prefer release d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nitro IOS 4.2 is quite slow on wifi. when i upgraded from 3.2.2 wifi connection is sluggish. i reset the router and started over but wifi very slow. sent from IPAD What brand router do you have? I have a Belkin …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Goldenclaw I will be very disappointed if they change the orientation switch to a mute button. I switch orientations on the device constantly. I have zero need to mute audio. How the heck are you going to be disa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by eji Good to see USB devices on there, although I suppose many peripherals could fall under that heading. My Logitech mouse has been incredibly flaky since the 10.6.4 update, mostly in terms of drag-and-drop functionali…
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I'd probably say that by the time 10.7 comes out it'll be: 1) Kernel is now 64bit with the 32bit Intel Core based computers possibly killed off. 2) Further refinement, building on the technology further to expand features, heavier integration of…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin That's right, it just makes the surrounding machine uncomfortably hot and if your hard drive is nearby like in the Mini, it can cause damage to it. Is there a temperature probe on the hard disk? I know in the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin That's the idea anyway but it doesn't always work out that way between architectures as they change the transistor count. So a 3GHz Core i7 would run hotter than a 2.66GHz i7 but a 2.66GHz i7 probably won't run …
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Quote: Originally Posted by s.metcalf Haha couldn't agree more! I visited a Flickr gallery the other day and it made my laptop heat up, fans spin up. It's poorly written software and they have not modernised their code because they've taken the…