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..that I could have been wrong about Thunderbolt on the iPad. At least if this is to be believed. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum I doubt Apple will release iOS 5 tomorrow -- the developers are still testing 4.3 beta 3 which hasn't been updated since Feb 1. Apple will not release iOS5 today. But they will pre-announce it. And de…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dfiler It isn't that plugging in is bad. More precisely, it is that being required to plug in is bad. Wireless syncing should be the norm while wired syncing preserved for those who need it. I really hope that iOS5 …
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The part illustrated seems identical to the iPhone 4 component. The only difference is the serial number. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil That's what I said in the sentences following. There were indeed following sentences. But they didn't make sense to me. Apple's engineers are not intentionally creating sluggish hardware because of …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil And it will be unbound by Thunderbolt. Erm. How? The wires are not the bottleneck? C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil No. Why? Wi-Fi is pathetic compared to Thunderbolt. 10Gbps vs 500Mbps. The speed of syncing is not limited by wires. It's not even at USB2 speed. It's bound by other factors. So Thunderbolt would not i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Which is why Apple has never done it unless they're entering a market. They announced the Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad well in advance of release because they had no competing products themselves and were co…
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Apple don't normally pre-announce anything.... ...Unless there is a commercial benefit. Normally, pre-announcement is a bad idea. Pre announced products take attention away from the current product. But I am expecting Apple to heavily tra…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmcd I don't quite understand what it is that people dislike about frontrow. It has metadata, integrates with iTunes, integrates with EyeTV, plays back most every file, etc ( with Perian installed). Perian struggles…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmcd I will. I can just see Boxee pushing forward with the Mac given that the Boxee Box is a competitor. Apple needs something more than apps that run better elsewhere. Front Row obviously has issues, but it is integra…
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Quote: Originally Posted by zeph BOOH! No Front Row? I use it daily. My aging '07 iMac is the perfect entertainment center. I can lay in bed with the remote and use it pretty much like a TV/DVD-player. I'm beginning to like Lion less and le…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tonton I'm still using Office 2004... yikes! Me too. I realised that I'll have to buy a more recent version of Office. Then I remembered that I have. But it's still in the shrink wrap. C.
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Quote: Originally Posted by emacs72 fiscal year ends of 2011 and 2012 should be interesting to note. One or two years of modest profits will not un-do this disaster. Finding a penny on Friday is no compensation for losing your whole wallet on…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism It should be pretty obvious. Thunderbolt is faster and offers more power from the host machine. It's theoretically faster. Yes. However, the syncing speed of the iPad gets nowhere near the theoretical…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Really? As previously stated, faster syncing and faster charging have a real benefit to consumer electronics even if you don’t think so. Why do you think Thunderbolt would improve syncing performance? Do …
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I swear if someone discovered that the iPhone 4 lost a bar of reception once the phone was stuffed forcibly into a body cavity, then Consumer Reports would sagely advise against it. The fact of the matter is the iPhone has the best reception of a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 It's also a mini display port, which is better than a VGA adaptor. Not if the conference-room projector has a VGA input. C. (in my experience all conference room projectors have VGA inputs)
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Quote: Originally Posted by spliff monkey I don't understand your comments either. Just because TB is allot for a tablet doesn't mean a tablet wouldn't benefit. 4) The entire point of TB is to make it easy to convert a universal cable to a "p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by emacs72 i checked the sources mentioned at http://forums.appleinsider.com/showp...0&postcount=68 (which are, in fact, related to their game division) and the numbers you posted don't match up at all against publish…