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Quote: Originally Posted by nkhm Because I prefer not to. It's an option. Got something to hide?
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Quote: Originally Posted by bartfat Do you have to make a condescending personal remark everytime you post on these forums? Naw. I usually reserve those for when people try to put words in my mouth. I object to that. And besides, the post…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bartfat Oh yeah, but we're doing this with Google already anyway. It's storing all my contacts, with their associated photos, so I'm essentially giving them a free pass on my privacy. Apple can't really be worse. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Programmer IPad's strengths are in lightweight convenient consumption tasks, and not in doing most real productivity tasks. A proper notebook still does far better at those, Hell, a modern netbook still does far …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carmissimo I missed the part where Apple was having trouble selling iPads. Likely because that was never claimed by anybody. It is OK to forgive yourself. You can make mistakes without publicly announcing them.
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Quote: Originally Posted by habermas Why don't you sign your post with your full name and home address, nkhm? And then post a pic of your wife and kids. Not.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Wurm5150 I understand business is business but they need to settle this stalemate for the consumer's sake. Apple does nothing for the consumer's sake. Everything is done for the shareholder's sake. That is th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carmissimo Why would Apple care if SI went elsewhere? Because they are counting on SI, and other companies like SI, to sell iPads for them and to create a recurring revenue stream from content subscriptions for them…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider One of the company's products, dubbed Recognizr, could take a photo of a user and recognize that same person when shown on video. I will never allow such a device to be anywhere in my direct line o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Wurm5150 . I have been blaming the publishers for not offering subscriptions but if it's true that Apple is preventing it then that's just a disappointment. Apple is prone to giving consumers two choices: Our w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nkhm If you think moving you arm a couple of inches to move your mouse is too much to ask, I'd seriously worry about your health - it's not exactly the most taxing of things! Don't worry about my health. Inste…
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Quote: Originally Posted by henderson101 You, of course, realise that Google supports POP3, right? And that using POP3 with Gmail iss no different than with any other email provider. All email still goes through a certain amount of filtering and …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider "This page is intended to be viewed in landscape mode. (There's nothing wrong with your iPad -- just turn it horizontally.)" He also went on to suggest the company will concentrate its efforts on ot…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nkhm I think some sort of touch capability may be introduced to the laptop range, this would be extremely useful for some limited tasks, but it's not ready to replace the keyboard and trackpad/mouse just yet... …
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Quote: Originally Posted by maccherry But what the hell do I know? You know that you like the iPad. DELETED
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Quote: Originally Posted by lostkiwi Affluence or effluent? (I kid, I kid!) Googles omnipresence freaks me out personally. I'm am trying to wean myself off gmail. I've never used Gmail, for the reasons you cite. Also because I want to us…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blackintosh I'm not so sure about that. When they were under attack over the antenna issue, they basically told everyone to go to heck, free cases excepted. When criticized for lack of Flash, they basically told ever…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kohelet I joke from time to time that I've a "golden mac" (playing off the Golden calf in Exodus) Is your Mac a pagan idol?
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider In a letter to the FCC, Apple claimed that it was reviewing the official Google Voice application. The company said it had not outright rejected the software, but was instead considering it. Over a year …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Apple seems to be focusing on the longterm success of the company. Yes they do. Better than anybody. The other thing they do well is to integrate their various product lines into a coherent whole, by …