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Quote: Originally Posted by vvswarup I think Apple scored big with Siri. It's a natural way to interact with the device. If someone wants to take a powernap, they don't have to fiddle with the controls on the phone. Instead, they can just say, "W…
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Siri is cool, no doubt about it. It's flash, whizz-bang glory. $200M well spent. It's definitely selling iPhones to people who like shiny things. The problem with Siri in its current state is really quite obvious. It's just not good enough. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody Before you start claiming that Android was first in this, look to the many patents Apple has on this same kind of technology from the early 2000's. Similarly, look at how many patents Google (nee Motor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by esummers So they are saying: iPhone is going down because someone might come out with something almost equivalent next year. Someone came out with something more than equivalent (and in some ways superior) months ag…
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I'm totally digging this Pravda throwback site. Man, those were the days. My favourite part of DED's lastest masterpiece is the claim that Apple doctored the photos to be "equally phony", when it's undeniably obvious that it was altered for the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by saarek Fantastic news! Once this goes through Apple can start suing Google directly for their violations rather than the companies that ship their OS! The reason Apple has avoided that in the past is they know Googl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by satchmo So much for open source. What the heck does this have to do with open source?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blastdoor This seems weird. Unless I missed something, Apple has not sued Google or MM. Apple has sued HTC and Samsung. I don't see how this purchase helps either HTC or Samsung in their lawsuits with Apple. I also don…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marc_Madison No surprise here. I've recently started reading Android related blogs and forums. Stories are always spun to be pro Android. Everyone else is wrong... especially, Apple. A common thread now is that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ArchAngel21x If I was the CEO of Microsoft, I'd realize that success with the iPad did not come from trying to cram OS X onto it. They used iOS, and that's why Microsoft needs to put their Windows Mobile 7 OS on tablet…
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Quote: Originally Posted by charlituna That could just mean that everyone else is activating at the same or a higher rate so Android's percent of the market is standing still. Or the other information, from analysts, is faulty. Far from the f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sPdMoNk Everyday? So in 1 year everyone person in the world will have an android device?!? There's far more than 182M people in the world. And many people replace their phone yearly with the latest and greatest.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 Reality check. Apple and it's contributions to open source are reality. What on earth does open source code contributions and utilization have to do with curated app stores and encrypted media contents…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 Apple IS one of the contributors AS it quite plainly says in the license agreement. So is Google. In fact, Google contributes more to WebKit than Apple does and has since at least Feb 2010. I still don't un…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 Did you post that from Chrome browser using WebKit and other open source projects from Apple? Put this in the browser bar and check them out:- about:credits Couldn't resist. I've committed code to KHTML…
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Quote: Originally Posted by fecklesstechguy The above I think says it all. Google on one hand has no control, on the other Android is the best thing since sliced bread - you are definitely in the wrong forum here. Why do you even bother? We like…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody This doesn't really answer the question though. Can any of the open source GPL experts tell us what the answer is? I seem to remember other projects where the existence of a single section of GPL co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SinisterJoe Not so smart after talking up Android as the open alternative. They don't want SmartPhone makers to use Honeycomb, which none of them are doing anyway Huh? The reason none of them are doing this is kind…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mbarriault To my knowledge, the only GPL component of Android is the kernel (Linux), and yes, they can't legally release a product without making the modifications they've done public. Either it's only a matter of time…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mrfergus Android has a large installed base comparable to the iPhone? Samsung's own CEO recently stated that although they have manufactured 2 million Galaxy tablets they have only sold 1 Million, Google uses the 2 mi…