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This is very too sided because in reality these companies are probably using the little "i" infront of their product just to make people think apple anyways. I think the problem here is the "I" in these two versions of iAd stand for 2 different thi…
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Neat.
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It would be SOO funny if it turned out that prototype was just an iPod touch or something lol. And Steve was all, "ya THAT'S it!! worth the lawsuit dumbasses?" :P
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Quote: Originally Posted by mitchelljd you are saying apple can only do things that make money, ie having a closed system to sell things an approve all content that goes into the iphone/ipad. sorry i dont agree with that. Macintosh computers g…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kotatsu Was that the best you could come up with? Seriously? You really imagine a google street view car moving at speed connecting to mostly secured wi-fi networks for a fraction of a second for location purposes is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Stevie Because they believe that given all relevant factors, their strategy will yield the greatest total profit. If they thought that 2 or 3 versions would produce higher total profits, all other factors considered…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Naboozle The essential difference between Google and Apple: Google's business model is one of continual expansion and constant growth above all. Apple's model is to produce excellence, and has often foregone market s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Asherian Those are worldwide numbers, comparing quarter to quarter. Verizon doesn't matter. I live in Canada, every single major carrier has the iPhone and Android is still selling like hotcakes and growing fast. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by herbapou I still dont get how Google is going to make money from an open source OS if they dont make the hardware either?!? Advertising.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jetz Right. So let's not pretend it's all about "the user experience". It's not. It's about Apple's profit margins. Nothing wrong with that. But nobody should pretend that Apple (or Google or anybody else for that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Its been shown the primary reason the Droid is doing well on Verizon is because the iPhone is not available. Most people on Verizon would much more prefer the iPhone. Android is the closest option. Good poi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Patranus I find it laughable when people suggest that business is "good" vs "evil". Google entered the mobile market because they saw that they were being shutout of mobile advertising not because they wanted to be …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mitchelljd as a Mac user, and iphone owner, my thoughts on this are that: 1- Apple needs to open up their products more 2- iphone ought to be able to install programs/apps NOT distributed via itunes 3- apple ought…
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Quote: Originally Posted by quinney Political parties also engage in this boogeyman strategy. Note that two entities often use each other as PR boogeymen, while simultaneously cooperating behind the scenes to preserve and advance their power ov…
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Is this a joke!?!? Apple created a phone how they felt it should be created.. alot of people really liked it and CHOSE to buy it. In what way does this compare to a totalitarian dictatorship which makes its decisions for people. I'll admit it…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tundraboy It is a testament to the pervasive culture of rapacious greed that emanates out of Wall Street that Brett Arends, who last I heard is not a billionaire, has completely internalized the Wall Street fat cat bil…
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Ya I mean I think its been said to death already but again it's APPLE'S App store. People take these rules for creating apps way to far.. they are guidelines for creating apps that have an opportunity to be excepted, but they aren't laws placed on …
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Quote: Originally Posted by grking You see this over ATT's network in the near future (as you say it is not that far off)? You really are an optimist considering I got video about 25% of the time on the CBS NCAA app. When I got video most of th…
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[QUOTE=macslut;1632505] Often times, I just want to add one song or a few pictures to my iPhone and it just seems unnecessary to stop my iPhone, unplug it, find the cable for my computer, plug it in, sync, and then reverse the steps to get it back …
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Truth be told I would bet good money apple rejected this because its probably a feature they intend to introduce themselves on an upcoming release. Kinda lame, but thruth be told, if any of us were in charge of apple we'd probably do the same thing…