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SpamSandwich wrote: » A watch demands in-person evaluation prior to purchase. Just the nature of the product. Not for everyone.
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prokip wrote: » C'mon Angela, you have got to be kidding. Did you try to get on-line to the Apple Store during the iPhone 6 launch? I know you were in Australia! But let me remind you that after the the on-line Apple Store was AWOL for the f…
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pbrstreetg wrote: » You criticize Spam but you didn't even read his post stating that his experience with factory work was, "dangerous, the work was mind-numbing and I became very depressed to the point where I'd go in for a full day of work, th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Oh, shut up. "Oh, shut up."??? Is that all you've got? So factory work wasn't your thing. At 20+K posts on AI, guess blabbering on the internet is more up your alley. Make any money at it? Oh I g…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Factory work is dreadful (I did it myself as a young person). The place I worked was dangerous, the work was mind-numbing and I became very depressed to the point where I'd go in for a full day of work…
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It certainly didn't happen overnight, but the wristwatch inexorably replaced the pocket watch as being more convenient. Then it gradually became more durable, more accurate, more "automatic", and more "complicated." The ? Watch is the "smartwatch" …
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All this squabbling over "He said. . .", "She said. . ." is soooo. . . .ordinary. Apple is the most valuable company on the planet. That was achieved by a lot of "doing the right thing"—by doing the right thing for DECADES. It was achieved by real…
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Let's do a little more nipping at Apple's heels. Much easier than reworking our complacent watchmaking industry to meet the Apple threat head on.
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Quote: Originally Posted by kevliu1980 Exynos SOCs have been underwhelming for years, but the 7420 on 14nm is quite impressive and gives the A8X a decent run in performance. No doubt the A9 will jump back ahead, but give credit where it is due.…
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This speaks to significant failures at Samsung's executive levels to meet and beat Apple at its own game of designing and producing as a smoothly coordinated team quality products which people actually want and which they buy in large quantities. Th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by satchmo Why Adobe hasn't come out with Illustrator for iPad is beyond me. And no, Illustrator Draw is not the same. One can run Illustrator on a tablet, but it's on a Surface 3. It's probably waiting for the iPa…
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I can see how this would be useful for roughing in designs while with the client, while commuting to or from work, etc.
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This is like grocery chains honoring competitors' coupons. Why not.
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Quote: Originally Posted by ned bulous Do you really think companies should stay out of political matters? Tell that to the Koch brothers, or Chik-fil-A, Hobby Lobby, or any company that criticizes Cuba, China, Iran, etc for their human rights …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AaronJ Our two views are explicitly different in one particular way: You're saying that people should shut up, while I'm doing the opposite. If you don't believe that Cook's right to free speech is just as imp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan I'm patiently awaiting Apple to stop selling their products in the 19 states that have religious freedom laws. And I assume too then that Apple will move its offices from Austin to a state that doesn't have t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by shen Are you serious? I love reading his stuff! It is comedy gold! He bitches about things that don't even make sense, then informs us of flaws that no person could possibly know if they exist or not, then announc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost These time-limited slots really suck. Why on earth would anyone want to endure a hard sell for the Apple Watch? This goes completely against Apple's ethos. Just let the poor buggers waste their mone…
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What a fortuitous position Apple is in to be able to do this sort of promotion and suspense building! Like Slurpy said, the power of the Apple brand is what this is about. This is the essence of marketing: create want.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slprescott On a very slightly related note: Earlier this week Samsung announced when their new phones (S6, S6 Edge) will go on sale in retail stores. The answer: April 10. The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if …