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I am not an expert in this stuff. But it seems to me that.. 1) it is not commercially viable for Apple to create server hardware. It's 5% profit business and Apple has lost enthusiasm for competing in such markets. 2) Apple could irritate…
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Quote: Originally Posted by r00fus I would love that too, but there is a very big downside to "OTA" sync and upgrades/backup. 1) Backup is expensive bandwidth-wise, you'll be transmitting at least 16GB to upwards of 64GB over the wire, Ther…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Sensi As far as I remember in this judiciary war Nokia has patents over real telephony inventions (over wireless data, speech coding, encryption, etc), Apple has patents like an UI method to zoom an image... Hmm. So…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AsianBob Hehe. You seem to be really want to hold onto the slight stuttering in the browser and hang the Tab for it. I just have yet to see any footage of the browser that does not look bad. I am sure this issue d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AsianBob Maybe it's because it's a fairly new device and most tech sites haven't gotten their hands on a review unit yet? This review is a shop-bought unit. It's quite positive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db0…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AsianBob My guess is that it's trying to also render Flash elements that are in the page. While mobile Flash isn't too bad, it still has to be refined to not be a resource hog on mobile devices. What's odd is that …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AsianBob My guess is that she started scrolling before the website was finished loading. Why should that matter? Users often want to scroll through the loaded content. They should not be punished by choppy frame-…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I don't see how that appertains to marketing terminology but whatever, you both made good suggestions. I can't wait for Mk 2 but I guess it won't be in my Christmas stocking. I wonder what Apple would…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips The way I read wizard69's post I didn't feel he did say Apple would 'sell like this' he was simply saying what should be under the hood He opened with "universally wanted". That's the part I disagreed …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Steve-J Did you use one? They are not yet available to consumers. Did you get your hands on a review or a pre-production model? I am looking at the video from the Engadget review. Check out the 5 minute mark. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Curmudgeon Maybe I'm a fool, but I don't want multitasking. I don't want to manage background apps. There is no requirement for users to manage background applications in the Apple implementation. It's fully autom…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal Agreed. Those that care about cores, GHz, RAM, etc. seem to still be stuck in the PC realms of the 90's. Time to move on. These issues are moot. If the entire widget is fast, the software is tightly integrat…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 Note that those five things seem to be almost universally wanted by current owners. Apple do not publish processor & memory metrics for consumer platforms. They don't sell like this because it isn't ef…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jetz For now. And that's the key word. I would assert that the iPhone's higher tax bracket clientele is at least in part a function of the iPhone being the first to market. Early smartphone adopters are folks with m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by FurbiesAndBeans "which platform will allow me to make the most money?" The story within the mobile development community is that iOS generates about 5-10 times more revenue than any other platform. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jayhammy These are great predictions. I think #1 will be most likely. #2 is wrong because "remain poor" infers that Google's revenue is already bad. Have you seen the latest financial report from Google where they stat…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta The only way that the number of Android phones vs number of iOS phones matters to a developer is if you're making an app that only works on a cell phone. And even then you have to consider the relative like…
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Quote: Originally Posted by karateCHOP! If they put this out as an iPod competitor, (no phone)I would be first in line to get one - providing that it plays more than just sony media formats and no Sony memory sticks. But this *is* a phone. It…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AsianBob If you took out every single other smartphone device Google's on besides Android, Google would still be making money off of it. I'd like to see the assumptions behind the $4billion dollar figure. Because…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mpw_amherst With regards software for writers I'm meaning Pages. As a novelist I don't need fancying editing tools but a powerful WP to handle lots of text and cutting, pasting, editing and formatting as well as commen…