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Quote: Originally Posted by djmikeo The iPhone has never been part of a BOGO promotion. Are you absolutely certain about that?
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Quote: Originally Posted by anotherperson I believe that people who buy Android phones instead of iPhones overwhelmingly do so for only two reasons: 1. In the USA, they want to use Verizon instead of AT&T 2. They can't afford an iPhone and,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blastdoor Android may be doing well now, but I don't think it has legs. That platform is going to suffer from fragmentation and related entropy much more so than Windows has in the computer world due to the looser stan…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Apple's iPhone was the best-selling smartphone in the third quarter of 2010, taking 26.2 percent of the market, but the wide variety of handsets running Google's Android represented a commanding 43.6 perce…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Seems like a reasonable conclusion, based on the deliberate category confusion you've already demonstrated and which I have carefully described. "Nope"
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody Your completely wrong here. MacBook Airs are delicate (the old model is anyway). Everyone knows this. ... There are so many broken MacBook Airs... The main failure points... a lot of them just…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum I think that many people have a real life and do other things than sit on the couch. . Then we agree.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning So as long as you make things up in enough places you can say anything you like? There are many such shibboleths. That doesn't mean it is OK to repeat them.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody Maybe my Apple store is different from most, but I find it crowded, hard to find help, and the staff to be borderline incompetent and downright anti-customer at times. It varies significantly store-to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sippincider If I were to guess, I'd say Steve abhors folders almost as much as he abhors buttons. Interesting that many of his platforms (Apple II, Macintosh, iOS) didn't have folders at first. Could be. My ea…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Not at all. Talking with your competitors is not illegal, nor is licensing your technologies. It's only illegal if it impedes competition - and the intent of RAND is actually to knock down barriers to competit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 You're still banging that fragmentation drum? "Nope"
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Quote: Originally Posted by Pennywse Oh really? Do you think the slate can compare with the MBA? Where is the keyboard? And I said as fast ... the slate WILL be a slug! I was under the impression you were looking for something "as small, ligh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 That's alright, at least you're replying to some of my posts, rather than ignoring my responses like in some of your previous incarnations. In general, I ignore trolls and insults. Additionally, defendin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 Google Voice is approved and coming to iOS. AFAIK, it is still curated. I've too heard plenty of rumors, but as of now...
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism The CPU clearly won?t be faster, but your machine will likely feel faster. I?m still on the fence on getting the 11? MBA. I don?t need it as my 13? MBP is my main machine, but I do want one. Are you willin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Pennywse And lastly, can anyone name a product on the market that is as small, light, fast, and capable, and has all the inputs and outputs everyone is talking about? I'm seriously curious. I think that the HP Slate…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 Nope, not at all, I'm actually impressed with these machines but the lack of an Ethernet solution is a real concern. Some legacy hardware is just harder to give up than others. Ethernets widespread u…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich misspent on wrongheaded public policies or siphoned off to fight wars one does not agree with, or to pay for more ridiculous pet projects for some crooked Senator off in backwater country. Your problem …
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 Apple would be 50% what it is in every way if not for the Genius Bars. Come to the countries or cities where there are no official Apple Stores and the Apple experience is an order of magnitude lower. IM…