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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Of course you don't know. You're manufacturing barriers. Xcode is free, programming in C/C++/Objective C doesn't cost a cent. The iPhone dev program is just $99 per year. So I want to know how Ap…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas No, it couldn't have anything to do with Adobe allocating minimal resources to porting the product to Mac OS X. . Does any company spend more than the minimum resources possible porting to OS X? Wh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DanielSW Apple isn't suppressing competition. If anything, others like Adobe, should be grateful that Apple has created new markets and set good examples for others to follow. But those new markets cannot be acce…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison I think it would depend on the reasons for Apple disallowing Flash. If Flash was considered a "peer" programming language to C/C++/Objective C etc then it would be harder for Apple to justify their motive…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SSquirrel Ok, so it blocks one specific method of app creation, but we have a list of several viable alternatives. When there are a number of viable alternatives, how the hell is there an antitrust concern? …
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Quote: Originally Posted by joe in miami Wishful thinking? : I might buy one at $199. It would be frustrating to not have the full 'web, and movies are smaller than optimum, but for other stuff it works OK.
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Quote: Originally Posted by peter02l Me too. I like the freedom to make the wrong choice. Some people like having a big brother who makes their choices for them.
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Quote: Originally Posted by masternav As an Android guy, would you prefer to be able to (for example) customize your vehicle freely, for fuel type, stopping distance, acceleration, power features, finish and horse-power? What if it means that you…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tawilson Except by your descriptions, nobody wants the "cool little pocket computer". Hardly fits the definition of cool really. Seeing as nearly everyone wants/has an iphone. I remember the days when the cool one…
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Quote: Originally Posted by A Grain of Salt Now to your points about Andriod. You say people that are stuck on earlier Android OS's can just upgrade their phones. Should they have to? It is the same situation with people who have old iPhones. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta That's funny enough, but the REALLY funny part is going to come this summer (assuming that Adobe finally releases Flash 10.1 which requires AndroidOS 2.2). All those people using Android phones are going to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by RichL I'm surprised that this article doesn't delve into Android v2.2 (aka Froyo) and how it attempts to tackle fragmentation. What is Froyo doing to tackle fragmentation?
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Quote: Originally Posted by JamesMan Reality check. I would guess that for people who want "choice" it is the underlying principle that seems to count. In reality that means that they would want apps that are politically, morally, or technically …
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Quote: Originally Posted by BTBlomberg Wow. What a fundmental flaw to the whole model. There is all this complaining about apples control, but it looks like Android, under this model is out of control. . Nicely stated! As of now, it's a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Eriamjh This is the down side of Android. Too many phone to support. Once again, the service providers have to do the legwork to provide an update. They don't want to. They only want to support new phones. Wo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Smiles77 Must suck to have Android and be unable to upgrade to the latest OS when your phone may be brand new. I agree. It's a huge problem that they still sell phones with old versions of the OS. So long…
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Quote: Originally Posted by alandail so they admit they don't have flash available for phones yet, just like Steve said? Admit? The current status is well known and in the news.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lotus Esprit V8 Actually it is the U.S. government that is killing business in the country with its over regulation and taxes. Why do you think all of the Apple products are made in China? Because American workers …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sprockkets So who was the first with an app store for a phone? AFAIK, these guys have been around as long as the 'web has been around: http://software.palm.com/us/html/ It wasn until later, shortly after the t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dreyfus2 The N900 is a geek device and partly experimental, not even Nokia suggests it for regular users. We had a testing sample for 2 weeks and it is what you expect from Nokia: unusable without a 100+ page manual an…