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island hermit wrote: » We still use our iPad 1 daily. Works great for email and surfing. Know what it's great for? I have a 64 gb one. Load it up with movies for the 2-3 round trip car trips we do each year (about 15 hours each way, each). O…
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charlituna wrote: » That is likely the reason why the iPad 2 is seen as so popular. It has also been around longer than all other iPads combined.
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pdq2 wrote: » Not surprised that Samsung pays these folks to astroturf. Sammy has been advertising like crazy on the TV that I watch. On the plus side. these commercials are at least better than Microsoft's, for their Nokia Lumia, like the one …
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anome wrote: » There's quite a simple reason for that, which I expect no-one is taking into account. 3Q last year, the "New" iPad (or iPad 3) had only been announced a few months earlier, and it could be expected that the next refresh would be …
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Quote: Originally Posted by daphreev I have an iPad 2, and I am waiting for a Retina iPad Mini. I think most people waited for the 2nd gen iPad. The first iPad was thick and had no front camera, and I just waited for the 2nd gen. Also, table…
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This may be the year that between the iPad, iPad mini and iPod touch? We see a ton of choices, especially in the lower price points, from $199-$799 (excluding LTE iPads), and will give people wanting Apple products a choice in a variety of price poi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan Haha even if there are no surprises the stock isn't going to dive 13%. The only thing that could make it happen is if they're quarterly earnings are horrible. Which, because they had to give the SEC notice…
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trumptman wrote: » I've tried this but the Google Voice app already allows me to make cellular calls and since I have unlimited minutes I don't care about making wifi calls. It doesn't allow you to receive your sms messages from the same number wi…
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Can you imagine a $279 iPad mini (first gen)? Or, dare I say $229? I say $279 because the 16 gb iPod touch is currently $229 It will be the step to choke out all but the cheapest of tablets, as the various iPod models did.
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darklite wrote: » Damn, that's a nice feature. Presumably Google's paying for the calls, but will this be profitable enough (in terms of advertising impressions or data) to justify rolling it out outside the US? We'll have to wait and see. I also …
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Quote: Originally Posted by brlawyer I am not talking about iTunes 11's "sync/backup" (which probably works in the same way as before); I am talking about iTunes 11 itself and the fact that I would be obliged to use it in order to sync/backup…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pinolo I read somewhere that plasma has a much better image quality but introduces a big lag if you play games. I am not an avid gamer by any means (and don't like FPS). But not being able to play my weekly dose of…
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crudman wrote: » Very true - many people desire the 2nd gen ATV so they can jailbreak it and are willing to pay for that (ATV3 is still in-jailbreakable to my knowledge). Six months ago I sold my year old ATV2 for $250 and bought a new ATV3 for $…
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drunkzombie wrote: » I was going to comment how much I dislike the use of "blatant" by this judge. Want to pool together and gift her a dictionary app?
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Blatant? Like her pre-trial comments that Apple was guilty shows "blatant" bias?
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island hermit wrote: » What happened to that same efficient estimating and proper planning with the 5s. Originally Posted by starbird73 Remember, they can build these 5c phones faster than the 5 or 5s.
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Actually, it was probably true that orders were cut but when that happens in January it's because of weaker demand, not weak demand. That's where WSJ got it wrong. When it happens now, then that cou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MazeCookie This is a lot of peoples argument against the 5c, but it has no backbone. Nobody complained about the 4S when the 5 was around. There was a $100 difference then. If you were buying a new upgrade, it make…
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darryn lowe wrote: » Typical America, bullying the little guy to benefit them. Still, without Ireland America wouldn't be where it is today would it? ;-) How would it benefit the US? Ireland can raise their rates and still be among the lowes…
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Notice only politicians use the word "loophole"? You know, those same politicians that created the laws that people and companies legally follow? It's just political speak for "We screwed up, but hell if we will take accountability for our actions…