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Quote: Originally Posted by LewysBlackmore from the article: Note my bold above - they have allowed some exception to the rule until the platform matured a bit and now are requiring an equitable standing by apps with content purchasing out…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell This doesn't effect the Kindle or the Nook in any way. They already operate within the rules. Sony attempted to add their own proprietary in-app store, which is clearly against the rules. It seems that …
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Quote: Originally Posted by penchanted As a consumer, I am most interested in finding a solution which I feel is competitively priced and offers the most value. Each of us needs to work out our own value equation but I never think to myself "this…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Since one having slightly more or less OS marketshare isn?t an indicator of which one will be a better experience for an end user shouldn?t this entire article and discussion be a moot point? Having slight…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tawilson Maybe the levels aren't equal. But Apple has a disproportionate share of the profits in the feature smartphone market. As long as that remains the case...Apple are on to a winner. Android is fast becoming…
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Thanks for the reminder. I now recall this is exactly how I did it. Except for the folder part. IOS didn't have folders when I used it. Quote: Originally Posted by Shock Me Actually you do it one of two ways: You place move the new app f…
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I don't quite get it. Why not just do a search for apps using the google toolbar widget, or simply put the application on one of your desktops. I guess that with Android you have a choice, you can put the app on your desktop or keep it in the app …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Not that good, as carriers begin to block Google services, like search and navigation, from Android phones. Actually it's a pretty good strategy since most carriers haven't chosen to do this and the phone…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram The author of that article doesn't know what he's talking about. "Bnet estimates"? He just spouts some number ($10 per user per year) that Schmidt casually mentioned in a WSJ interview, and then (randoml…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism If what you say is correct then Google is making two very poor business decisions. 1) If it?s on a webpage then the OS itself is irrelevant to Google?s ability to make money. 2) If users are naturally g…
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Quote: Originally Posted by davesw doesn't matter they're practically BOTH ZERO. I'm not so sure. There is an estimate out there from bnet that estimates that Google makes about $1.4 billion a year from "free" Android. I'm not sure how accur…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sirozha Google is a cool company, but the only reason they have released Android is to make money on it. If they are not charging smart phone manufacturers for Android, they will have to use some other method to make m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta No one's misrepresenting the logic but you. Let's break it down: Gizmodo: Offers reward for Apple prototypes Someone finds unattended Apple prototype in a bar Finder makes only very, very token effort…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Well, duh. Where else am I going to keep them? After all, I stole, err.... borrowed them with the intent of returning them some day, so I have to keep them safe in my garage. So, according to Rigelian's lo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Doctor David So if he keeps the Ferrari and the computers he blogs with in the same building they can't get a warrant? Edit: Ferrari sure is gonna be pissed seeing their car car taken apart on the web. No, if he ke…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta But stealing a phone (under CA law, it IS stealing) and purchasing stolen property isn't? Every time you try to shoot down the car analogy, you only manage to prove how right on the money my analogy is. Tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Just as the joy ride is part of my story. My blog is about the fun of driving around in stolen cars. There is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between what Gizmodo did and what I'm suggesting. There is a huge di…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Doctor David I saw a constitutional lawyer that teaches at some fancy shmancy university on t.v. yesterday and the 5k payment was the thing he was most uncomfortable with(uncomfortable was his word, veeery careful). He…
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Quote: Originally Posted by macslut "There was no desire to joy ride" Taking it apart was definitely a joy ride. Look at their whole history of presentation. In no way was it, "does this phone belong to you?" It was all about profiting from…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta The rest of your post was snipped. You're obviously either incapable or unwilling to stick to rational debate. My analogy was almost exactly the same thing as Gizmodo did - and all you can say is 'has no merit…