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Quote: Originally Posted by shen I wouldn't complain if Apple sold more ebooks, but I doubt they care. Makes no sense. Nook is demonstrating there's a market much larger than what Apple is currently reaching. Why not go after it? Conversely…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Porchland That's probably true of Kindle too, but isn't that because Nook and Kindle are pure-play devices, i.e., people are getting them specifically to buy a lot of ebooks? Well, I have both iBooks Store and nook …
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Quote: Originally Posted by shen Anyone help make a case to me for why this is a great thing? I'm in the same boat you are. This looks to me to be nothing more than determination to have a cloud product despite 6 or so years of yawns from cons…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NeilM The best analysis and perspective on the recent WHO report I've found is from Cancer Research UK, and can be read here: http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk....es-and-cancer/ The newest study that they consid…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd The "security". They already have your credit card. They know what you bought in iTunes. They know what else you have in Genius. What new security issue? Uploading contacts (names, addresses, phone numbers) a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by msuberly What does Antennagate have to do with radiation coming out of the phone? I believe the author of the article is trying to imply this radiation issue is as much bunk as the antennagate issue. I'd agree with …
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$0.00 - $25.00/year starting to get closer to the actual value of the service, IMHO, than the $100.00/year of MobileMe. Although even at $0.00 I won't be using it due to it's security issues and lack of utility.
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Quote: Originally Posted by avium Does anyone else think that Microsoft is making a potentially retarded decision re standardizing to HTML / JavaScript? Yes. (This coming from a person whose favorite programming language is JavaScript.) …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism That's a shortsighted and ignorant comment. Do you really expect people not to use PCs until they are experts at using PCs? LOL! Do you honestly believe not installing software you know nothing about is an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacAnaut They are far from the common 'Patent troll' companies like Lodsys. These guys actually have licensing deals with major players like Samsung and have IP's that make income on their own merit. Just a note, Lo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmy7884 "Buy a Mac and you can listen to all your music on your phone at anytime, anywhere... for free." Can already do that without buying a Mac. And without uploading your personal data to a company (Apple)…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Secondly, the kind of "tort reform" Republicans have been pushing for has nothing to do with this. Republican "tort reform" is simply an effort to strip citizens of their right to seek meaningful redress th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by KaptainK The iPad HW isn't selling the iPad, the iTunes 'ecosystem' is. Bingo! [OFF TOPIC RANT] Hopefully in the very near future, Apple will release improvements to these stores that improve the shopping experi…
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Tip to Apple competitors in this area: Make sure the person in charge of developing these products can tell the difference between a large piece of burnt toast and a tablet. You can't wave around a piece of over-priced useless junk and expect peo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Lodsys filed a patent infringement lawsuit on Tuesday against several iOS developers, making gAfter Apple's legal department actively investigated the infringement claims, the Cupertino, Calif., company se…
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Quote: Originally Posted by matrix07 Yeah I agree with you for once. We need Magazine rack section, preferably in iBookstore. Glad we agree. I'd just say they need a "magazine" category in both stores. There's a lot of magazine apps in the App…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Source? Try the nook web site. I think that's where I saw it.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy B&N's Nook Color does appear to have more success with magazine and newspaper sales than Apple's iPad according to this recent article. http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/m...tions-on-nook/ That wel…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Yes. That. That's worth lots of downloads. Yes it is. To the 1% of apps and books who get it. "Popular Science" isn't one of them.
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Quote: Originally Posted by sticknick That sounds like a great idea. Especially considering that the last time I checked, people weren't lined up for days trying to buy a Xoom or a Samsung whateveryoucallit, but yet Apple can't fill the shelves f…