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Quote: Originally Posted by reinthal Now you're just making stuff up. I never even mentioned the iPhone or other iPad models, I am talking specifically about Mobile Safari on the iPad Air. I see what you're trying to say but it is still of…
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You know, the more I think about the whole case, the more I think it was a witch hunt that was politically motivated. Your post hits a key point. Apple ultimately didn't care what the prices were as long as they were competitive with the rest of…
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Quote: Originally Posted by charlituna It's not. That said, there are some ridiculous moves with. All media. Exclusive deals, insane pricing on movies etc. But they need to be industry wide, not targeting one company. What's good for th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DalShabet Odd though, now that the government is keeping an eye on Apple's ebook shenanigans, the ebook prices on Amazon have come down again (they are still too high though, no ebook ought to cost more than $4). …
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I just saw this post. While I don't post as often as I'd like to, I appreciate the discussion that takes place on AI. We get the occasional troll but for the most part it is a strong community. That's why it has been around so long. Joe was a part…
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supreme wrote: » So getting a company to buy 1 million copies up front at $5 a piece is considered a stupid stunt? I don't think you'd be saying that if you were receiving that check. In general making money isn't a bad thing but how the campai…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ochyming That is freaking impressive. But is it true? I mean most of Android phones are not ’’clever’ phones, i doubt people buy more ’’clever’’ phones than the plain ones. This articles isn't about purchases of …
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Quote: Originally Posted by saarek I think you are missing the point, it's great that Apple is adding more channels on a regular basis. However if you are not American (& millions of A TV owners aren't) then it does not matter how brillian…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Brian Jojade But still no way to re-order the channels that you do see. If you hold down the center button on the remote, the icon will jiggle and you can reorder them as you please. Additionally, as mentioned, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy Then I suppose getting a thank you is out of the question for making you aware that other "only name and password" services like Disqus really do much more than what you realized. Don't fall into the trap …
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Quote: Originally Posted by StruckPaper That's fine, and possibly true to a large extent (except the bit about Schmidt). But I wanted to make clear that it wasn't a marketing gimmick when it was coined. Sorry if I wasn't being clear...I com…
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Quote: Originally Posted by StruckPaper "Do no evil" was not a marketing gimmick. Pls don't make up shit just because you don't like a company. They believed in this internally, at the beginning. It was also a motto used to recruit engineers wi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by radster360 AI - Great article! Do people still believe in Gartners and IDCs? They will dance to whatever tune you want - It's your dime! The real sad part is that we have people at Marketwatch, CNBC, CNET, WSJ, etc. …
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Ultimately, until every manufacturer that is being compared to Apple starts reporting actual sales figures like Apple does, all of these research papers from IDC, Gartner, et al., are pointless. The margin of error and the amount of assumptions mad…
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Quote: Originally Posted by zBernie If you understood my post correctly, I was referring to stupid s*it Apple does, the lack of a persistent missed call notification being one of them. Yes, the iPhone has always had this shortcoming. Every ot…
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Quote: Originally Posted by zBernie I have a section in my notes titled "Stupid S**t That Apple Does". Apple, makes some great products (I love OS X), but they do some really stupid things as well. Here's the latest -- In Messages 8.0 in Mav…
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Quote: Originally Posted by v900 That's ridiculous... Just because Ive is awful at designing software and a klutz at user interfaces, doesn't mean he's not a good hardware designer. I like his HW designs, and certainly out of all of the desi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan My guess is some of this starkness will get walked back in iOS 8. Similar to Aqua way back when, Apple goes too far in a certain direction and then slowly changes it over time. That is what I am thinking…
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Not the iPhone app, on the iPad. http://images.apple.com/home/images/billboard_ipad_hero.jpg The one on the right.
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Link us up, please. Stanford iOS Lectures: HD http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...t?id=395605774 SD http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...t?id=395631522