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@peter236 "The only smart TVs are those from Samsung, LG and Xiaomi" There are no smart TVs; No such product currently exists. There are plenty of crap products with slow, unimaginative re-implementations of YouTube, Netflix, and Hulu players, but…
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I was just jiggling the front door knob. When I found it open, I went inside the house to see if the owners had left anything valuable sitting around. Seeing that they did, I stuck some of it in my bag to prove to them how bad it could have been... …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum Got a citation for that... I am an iOS developer and there is no difference in supporting the iPad 1, 2, 3 or 4. In our household we have: ... There's really not a lot …
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Quote: Originally Posted by thataveragejoe The iPhone 4 has 512MB of memory unlike the 3GS and iPad with 256. The CPU is more than a mild overclock as well. The A4, while a Cortex A8 is an entirely different design from it's pre…
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Quote: Originally Posted by OllieWallieWhiskers the iPad 2 has a dual core A5 chip. the iPhone 4 has a single core A4. Exactly. And while everyone wants to dump on the 3GS, it is in many graphics-intensive cases faster than …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Red Oak This is a great strategy I wonder if Apple considered doing a minor spec bump - slightly faster processor, slightly better screen. To further extend the life and to make sure it can play wider ass…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil I've never seen that at all. All the rumors say 7". Most have said 7.x" and everyone promptly ignores the x. A smaller number have said 8.x. Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Or you could…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jack99 So much for 7" being too small. Ummm... it is too small. Every (remotely popular) 7" tablet on the market uses a widescreen LCD and, in that aspect ratio, 7" is way too narrow in portrait orientation and com…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Haggar Is there an explanation for the UI lag on iPhone 3G running IOS 4, even with the IOS update that was supposed to address that? I'd argue that, iOS 4.0 GM aside, the 3G generally acknowledges your input and T…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cameronj Sort of akin to iMessage. Apple is bending the pricing curve of the carriers. With limited data caps there is simply no reason not to allow tethering for free. Apple holds all the bargaining chips with carrier…
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Quote: Originally Posted by camroidv27 The only way I could see this having caught traction, is if once upgraded, you were unable to downgrade to make the device usable again. Theoretically, you'd be out a device, or at least one that didn't wor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Andysol Yup, it's a free update. Update at your own risk. But 4.0 (and the final 4.3) did make the 3G slow as mollasses. 4.0 was nearly unusable. 4.1 was what 3G users should have got from the get-go... slower th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Once Siri is out of "beta", I suspect it will migrate to all capable devices. Apple: "Siri is exclusive to the iPhone 4S. Non-English language support is in beta." Media: "Siri is a beta." iPhone…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Maltz ... With Siri, I can work with my calendar, schedule reminders, read and reply to text messages... all hand-free while DRIVING. ... Off topic, but Siri really makes me hate my (new) car's bluetooth system. G…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I qualified my statement with "run locally". That doesn't change some customer's feelings on the matter superseding logic. I noticed that... I wasn't critiquing your reply but the general thinking of those…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism It's because it doesn't require any obvious, new HW for this SW service to run locally that it's expected. For this reason these people feel victimized by Apple over this positional good. This thinking is…
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[QUOTE=nicwalmsley;1971096] Yeah there's a pattern in discontinuing an iPhone model after two iOS releases, but that was just for the initial two iPhones. Might not mean it is a strategic plan. QUOTE] Agreed. The first two generations of iPho…
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Although I'm disappointed to hear about apparent widespread problems, it's worth pointing out that the over the air delta update support in iOS 5 lays the groundwork for avoiding this kind of trouble in the future. Not only will subsequent downloads…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bigdaddyp Uhmm, not necessarily. The iPhone 3gs is still a very good phone (ymmv) and I bet many average non techie folks will pick a free 3gs over the disposable freebie of the week that carriers shovel out. Agreed…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider The same analyst also said in June that Apple is "expected" to offer the iPhone 3GS for free once the iPhone 5 launches. He sees the approach helping Apple with mid-market buyers, and would counter the gro…