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...that Google Android is part of the drive that is pulling more and more people off feature phones and onto "smartphones". By reducing pricing and data plans for the less expensive Android phones, more and more people are part of the smartphone ca…
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Quote: Originally Posted by benice The industry just won?t be as innovative and as dynamic as it has been Considering its far from the most dynamic or innovative telco market in the world there is lots of room for improvement from that positio…
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[redacted] - just not going to add fuel to this rather fruitless discussion
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Quote: Originally Posted by freckledbruh (fecklesstechguy): Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't Google also pay a portion of its mobile ad revenue and app revenue to Verizon as well? ...I didn't see where they were paying Verizon as well - …
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Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent What happened to Apple posting their iphone profits every quarter? You wrote that - it's in black and white. Please back that up. Im willing to learn. It's a losing battle indeed for you when you make up …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chrispoe I thought this site was Appleinsider, not Googleinsider given that Google is a direct competitor in the smartphone and mobile ad spaces and a service partner in search and mapping, how WOULDN'T this be rele…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sip I see a lot of iDevices in the UK -- initially, a fair percentage of people jailbroke their iPhones, now people are buying factory-unlocked phones, as they hold their value (you get more if the iPhone is both facto…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I find it odd that people sell the rights to ideas explicitly. It makes sense that someone can take ownership of an implementation or design and subsequently license it but to bundle it off to someone else so th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Smallwheels Is OS X Lion bloated? On another forum I visit we were discussing different Linux distributions and some more experienced Mac users think the Mac software is becoming a bit bloated. It isn't a lightning fas…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent First of all, Sloppyism wrote that he knew "exactly" how much profit Apple makes off iphones because "they post it every year". Since he's seriously wrong on both counts, your defense of him (or are you the…
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I see a number of respondants here claiming platform parity between Apple and Amazon. Amazon is going to be crippled by the continuing "it's going to be better next release" mentality that plagues Android to date. IF Google stops messing around and …
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We are all looking at this as one of several tactical moves being made and not seeing it from a strategic perspective. Apple of course is defending their IP, and they are well aware of Samsung's standing in electronics and in Korea. All of this goes…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ranReloaded I saw the very same spambot on Cracked.com. Once I read the entry I figured the moniker stood for hittrojan01, set flag to stun and fired.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Joseph L Disagree. iPhone has about the same share it had in 2008. It putters along in the 20-somethings. The lows are getting higher, but the highs are hitting the ceiling at around 30%. Android grew from nothin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by caliminius Selling content in-app is NOT equivalent to selling via the App Store. That's what it comes down to. If you can't grasp that concept, there's really nothing that can be done. How about this analogy: Best …
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Quote: Originally Posted by caliminius Yes, because anyone who dares disagree with the policies and/or decisions of the Big A must be a troll. Praise be to Jobs. Hallelujah! [EDIT: comment removed - not conducive to discussion]
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Quote: Originally Posted by DoogH It is monopolistic. They are controlling their ecosystem so that the competition within the device itself is not free. You contradicted yourself twice in that statement. Monopoly in its business definition, a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Curmudgeon For me anyway, it's time to start evaluating alternatives to Apple products. heh. You should, as an intelligent consumer (and not a fanboy), do this constantly. I scan the markets constantly to see what's…
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Quote: Originally Posted by trevorlsciact I don't see how this is anything but monopolistic business practices, even after dropping the ridiculous requirement that in app pricing is the same price as elsewhere. (Which I am sure would have trigger…
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Quote: Originally Posted by guch20 As I stated to someone else, the problem is that if Facebook and other developers begin chasing after the web app dream and ditch native apps, these web apps will be available to all mobile users, which gives Ap…