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Quote: Originally Posted by tjw Because it is common courtesy. Apple sell you the platform and then you should be able to choose how you want to use it. Let's look at the mac then. Why should apple let you install software on your mac that is…
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Quote: Originally Posted by akf2000 This is bullshit. If it makes Kindle books 30% more expensive I'm going to go totally Cambodia. That Cambodia is nice this time of year. And that you can buy ebooks there as well from Sony. Sorry - more t…
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from the article: Quote: applications that support the purchasing of content from elsewhere must also provide users the option to buy it within the application. In-application purchases made through App Store software grant Apple a 30 percent cu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd What a strange thread. No matter what Apple does - if it had decided to ban all external sellers ( or cost them out as here) - the people who should be pissed are just getting in there defending them. madn…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gwydion O'Reilly ebooks doesn't have DRM. You can't buy DRM ebooks and transfer them to iBooks silly me, here I thought I had simply to pay and download books to read them at will on whatever platform I wanted. I wo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gwydion And why Apple/Sony/put the name you want can have the privilege of getting 30% from something they don't store, don't distribute and don't sell. This response is nonsensical - please clarify your point.
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Lol. I love the childish posters calling people childish. 1) If a a multi-billion $ conglomerate like Sony should not be allowed to "piggy-back" rodeo-style on Apple's devices without paying why should iTune…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gwydion Oh, can you buy an ebook from Fictionwise and put it on iBooks? Really? I don't know. All of my other sources seem to work fine for my purposes. But here let's let Apple explain it in their own words in a st…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PG4G Quite simply, Apple has a conflict of interest here. They say they want to provide a platform, and yet they also want to sell you the content on that platform. They provide a phone saying it is yours, but won't al…
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Quote: Originally Posted by scotty321 Wow, it only took a few short years for Apple to become completely evil. If this turns out to be true, I will never buy another iPad again. I use my Kindle and Nook apps all the time. If Apple shuts them out,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by penchanted My only problem with this article was DED's presumption of channel-stuffing. 2m units for a 100 country/200 carrier launch is 10k units per carrier. Optimistic? Yes, but not overtly stuffing the channel even…
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I met a blog poster with seven wives, every wife had seven kids, wives and kids had seven iPads EACH, for every iPad they bought a Galaxy, and for every Galaxy they bought a Tab. Tabs, Galaxies, iPads kids and wives how many could Samsung fit in a c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Relative market share is stagnating. Nokia also sells more every quarter than the last. In unit sales they had a blow out year. Nokia are declining in market share. Less profit to developers, less apps.... It…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bongo You should really read more, Android has brought many innovations to the table that Apple used as well, including multi-tasking, folders, high-res displays, and many others. The original Droid was the first phone…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ffinder DIDN'T GARTNER SAY ANDROID WILL OVERTAKE SYMBIAN BY THE END OF 2014? IT SEEMS IT HAPPENED A BIT EARLIER... LIKE.. END OF 2010!! WELL DONE GOOGLE!! Now what's next? February the 11th Nokia embraces A…
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Quote: Originally Posted by paxman While you roll your eyes I am putting on my big boy undies so I can stand next to you. There! Now I am just like you. Who's arguing? But with 50 billion in the bank and recognized as one of the most profitabl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DanC I do not understand the anger directed at Patrick's rant. From macs to iphones, i've been an Apple guy for a long, long time. But i will not buy an iPad until it allows me to control my own content without hav…
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Quote: Originally Posted by theolein I am a system administrator for a large design agency that uses about 80% Macs for design and general productivity and 20% Windows machines for CAD and 3D. All our routers are Netgear. Of all the network ma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by paxman Now that Apple is officially loaded I am hoping that in the future the company will make a larger more public (because I don't know what they are doing as per now) effort to share its wealth. It is great that Ap…
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Quote: Originally Posted by penchanted People who make such claims are foolish. But it is just as foolish to suggest that the numbers don't matter. In general, the bottom line is, indeed, the bottom line. But watch what happens when a company…