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Quote: Originally Posted by AIaddict Uh no. The keyboard is part of the OS, not the app, and there are already ways to provide external keyboard input. I would hope (and highly doubt) Apple does not add a KB to all phones, but I don't care if…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kotatsu Sorry to burst your bubble AT&T haters, but to be frank, you don't know how good you've got it. Try using an iPhone 4 in the UK, where I live. True we have a wide choice of carriers, and it's been that way …
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Quote: Apple will hold on to its dominate position with the iPad Its dominate position, really? Sigh. At least we didn't get "it's dominate position", I suppose.
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Quote: Originally Posted by magicj With Apple now being the 3rd largest company in the world, and the 2nd largest in the US, it'll be difficult for Ms. Simpson to demonstrate this alleged risk. Especially since Apple's turnaround began by dissolv…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BrooksT There are also huge UX challenges in merging two two -- iOS doesn't have the concept of a mouse, OSX doesn't have the concept of multitouch. How would you pinch-to-zoom an iOS photo app running on OSX? And I…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleADayKeepsDrAway Either next year or by 2012, don't be surprised iOS and Lion is merged, and all iOS Apps could be run in Lion or its decedent. An entirely good and insightful post, but I have to take issue wit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sheff Profit margin is a reward for coming up with a product that is needed in the market. The fact that apple is willing to forego this reward means there is something else more valuable they see coming out of this. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by appl Again - in a few months, after Xmas, and if market share and mindshare are something that makes you feel good, well, do your enjoying in the past. Who cares about market share? Heck, RIM could get back to 80% m…
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I don't know, maybe the RIM guy is on to something. Look how well all those 7" netbooks have done. Fully 5% of the netbooks NewEgg carries are 8.9" or smaller. Clearly, that's a pretty huge market, and consumers are excited to check email and watch …
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Quote: ...an accompanying unencrypted unique device identifier, which could be used to obtain personal information. That's total, complete BS. There may be a concern with transmitting UDID -- it's slightly more identifiable than an IP address, s…
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FYI, it's "NAT traversal", as in going across NAT. It is not "NAT transversal", which would mean something like turning NAT sideways, if it were actually a word.
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Sucks to be an Adobe employee about now. Hopefully they're not forced to actually *use* the Android phone.
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Please let this be an indication of MacBook docking stations on the way. Video out, plus a USB 3.0 hub to connect to wired networking and a bunch of devices... that's almost enough. I'd be more encouraged if they showed power being supplied to the d…
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Quote: You'd be stuid as hell to think Palm doesnt do this, hell i bet even Apple has some machines running Windows 7 and are studying it right now. I would hope so, since they ship iTunes, Safari, and device drivers for Windows. They'd better …
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Quote: Jon Rubinstein said his company doesn't pay much attention to Apple, and noted he has never even used an iPhone. Sheesh. I was considering shorting Palm, that seals it. The CEO of a small player hasn't even used the market leading soluti…
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Yes, the phrase is "mark to market." And really, it applies to valuing current assets. For instance, a company might have bought a building for $5m in 1985. In the US, without mark to market, that building would sit on the balance sheet at $5m unt…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mark2005 Fully agree that that was a dumb statement by iSuppli. That $30 a month from every iPhone owner is helping AT&T fund the development of their HSPA and future LTE network. Well, wait a minute. Are you …
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Quote: Originally Posted by tacojohn Regardless? they're still making money from my plan price. If they're not? then they're stupid for offering that service at a price they couldn't afford to sustain. Bingo. The article didn't say they were …
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Quote: Originally Posted by tacojohn "AT&T has not found a way to monetize data traffic generated by the iPhone." Uhhh? so me paying $30 a month for my data plan is not monetizing? WTF? No, it's not. At least, it's not monetizing deman…
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Quote: Originally Posted by noexpectations No wireless carrier can control the physical locations of their customers. The planners for your weekend festival should have called up every wireless carrier and asked for temporary, portable cell towe…