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Needs to be considered alongside this... C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas Maybe, but Apple et al are offshoring for a reason. Labour costs play a part. But I think the real reason is scalability and consistency. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by karateCHOP! Given the right OS and Apps/Features/Connectivity, this thing could really rock. I am still confused. As a game system - adding a phone is going to make it much more expensive than a stand-alone hand-…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas Probably. I am just saying that looking at just their position in the market share ladder is misleading, especially when qualifying their market share. People seem to think it means their market share is droppin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tulkas . RIM is actually still accelerating unit sales and market share, but the market itself is growing faster. Apple is beating the market in all metrics. RIM's profit per unit is falling very rapidly. This is a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 Debate aside, I think we all know that we need one other set of numbers. Which is smartphone-only sales. I'm sure it's somewhere around. Here's a graph of Nokia sales of all the units they call "converged…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RichL A 16GB iPhone 4 on Tesco Mobile is $1,747. I figured out my 32GB iPhone4 was $1446. That's on Three. C.
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I wonder what these numbers would look like, if they removed devices, that are not ever used as smartphones. Nokia sell millions of devices which are theoretically capable of Email and web use. But are sold without data plans, and are never emplo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AdonisSMU Don't need to after the greatest environmental disaster in history was caused by BP. Erm... Do yourself a favor and Google "Bhopal". C.
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I love my iPad. But I would not use it for writing. Air + Scrivener. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by zoetmb Attempting to buy Disney actually makes a little more sense to me. Steve could get back Pixar You not seeing how Jobs operates. Apple did not take over NeXT. NeXT took over Apple (and Apple paid for it to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by yakovlev Maybe this *is* the PSP2. We've only heard about standard smartphone hardware so far, but there could be additional chips inside for advanced graphics. Then Sony can position PSP2 as: an iPhone-class smartphon…
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PSP2 is on the way. It's not clear where this device fits with that. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 Now, what could Apple do. Go to a 1.5ghz or so dualcore ARM A9. This is more than enough CPU power for console gaming. The Xbox360 is based on a PowerPC G5 - esque chip which is rather old by now. GPU? Somet…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ChiA I suspect there are more people setting foot within the Apple Store Regent Street alone than in all the Sony Centres in London put together! Sony had a showcase store in the Metreon Center in San Francisco. Lo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jason98 Both. They would rebuild all dev tools to produce HTML5 instead of proprietary flash bits. A tool like this perhaps: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adc-presents/preview-of-the-edge-prototype-tool-for-html5-/ …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Consoles aren't about making money, they are loss-leading products to make money elsewhere. You're right that Sony has made some staggering losses (about $5 billion on the PS3) but Apple would make sure that did…
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Quote: Originally Posted by c0h1b4 Apple is not going to Sony... Apple is going to RIM (blackberry). Makes much more sense. Is there a word you censored out of this post? And if you did. Is it a rude one? C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by rtm135 Acquiring the PlayStation franchise would be a huge win for Apple. Why? In 2009 it was the biggest loss maker within the Sony group. It'd be like buying the Titanic for the hole in the side. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Sony have really good engineers and build a lot of power into small form factors. They are also huge in home entertainment. The first thing Apple would do is discontinue Blu-Ray of course but at least we'd ha…