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  • Apple announces thinner MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Touch ID, USB-C ports starting at $179...

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    lostkiwi said:
    Yeah I think it looks great!
    Only problem for me is I have a MBP that is only 6 months old. So this won't be on my shopping list. If that wasn't the case however I would get the new MBP. 
    I have the first retina MBP from 2012, it's in mint condition and is still blazingly fast.  Apple has really changed my idea of how long a computer lasts.  Even though it's 4 years old, it literally feels like brand new and faster than any other computer I use.  My job assigned me a brand new Dell laptop this year and it's a dog compared to my MBP.  I actually don't intend to even think about a new one for at least another 2-3 years.  Although I wouldn't be surprised if Apple cuts me off with an updated OS that I can't use before that.  
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  • Google poaches ex-Apple senior director, Amazon Kindle head for hardware focus shift

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    5133 said:
    Google missed the hardware train already.  Especially this year with the Note disaster and iPhone missing headphone jack press.
    But the Note is a Samsung phone, what are you talking about ? People in the website...
    People on the website? you have 2 posts here lol.  Anyway, the iPhone is an Apple product, what's your point?  I was listing negatives of the two main competing smartphones that potentially opened an opportunity for Google to release something that got some traction, but with the Pixel already designed and probably not being any good, they missed it.
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  • Google poaches ex-Apple senior director, Amazon Kindle head for hardware focus shift

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    Google missed the hardware train already.  Especially this year with the Note disaster and iPhone missing headphone jack press.  I think the Pixel is going to be another mediocre Google standard phone that only the diehard fans will buy.  As Microsoft, HP, and Blackberry found out, you have to go big or go home.
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  • Google Pixel revealed by resellers, shows remarkable similarity to iPhone design

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    Cornholieo said:
    Uhh no. There are more OLEDs on phones in circulation than iPhones. Apple makes their money using old technology which can be purchased for cheap, then optimizing their software to run on these cheap machines that sell at a premium. HTC and Apple signed an agreement, which allows for the companies to copy each other, which is why so may iPhones have been adopting HTCs look. I just hope the new phone comes with HTCs DAC, which offers the best sound quality of any phone on the market. While iOS is more efficient on cheaper machines, I still gravitate to Android for its Customizability, versatility, and flexibility. I also don't like the idea of being trapped in an ecosystem, people should be allowed to chose default apps, and not have them chosen for them. I do hope that Apple learns that people are different, think different, and not just a bunch of lemmings.
    Your name outs you as a troll before anyone even has to read your comment.  The iPhone has the highest benchmarks of all smartphones.  So right off the start, your statement that Apple is using old technology and that they are cheaper machines that need optimized software is completely false.
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  • BlackBerry to exit hardware business, stop making smartphones, as financial skid continues

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    jbdragon said:
    Why does BlackBerry keep hiring IDIOTS? Anyone with half a brain would have known making Android phones was a completely dumb move!!! How does getting into a crowded Android market help you? How does giving up all control over the OS, and App store and everything else over to Google help you? It doesn't!!! I said right from the start that this was completely DUMB!!!! I did say they should have started being more Innovative like with the Passport. That was a phone completely different from everyone else. Their other dumb move was really making their old phones with higher end specs. People didn't want those old phones in the first place and is why people were fleeing, and yet they continued. I'm actually shocked they didn't drag this Android move another year before giving up. There is no real money to be made making Android phones. At this point it's pretty much a commodity. Think about it. Apple is making over 90% of the profits. Samsung is making most of what's left. Do the simple math and you can see everyone else, LG, Motorola, Sony, etc, etc, etc and fighting over scraps. Lucky if they can even break even. The ONLY real winner with Android is Google! They win no matter what. There's no money in Hardware, but in Services, Yes, in Ad's, YES!!! Google doesn't care who is making phones or if they're making a profit or not, Google still Wins. Someone disappears, there's someone else to take their place. BlackBerry will continue it looks like making dumb moves.
    The problem is now you have to go big or go home.  Only iOS and Android have the maturity and ecosystem to attract users.  It's REALLY tough to keep up.  Remember HP's WebOS?  Microsoft, who has the resources and experience to compete in the mobile OS business can't even cut it.  I can't see anyone breaking into the business, the barrier to entry it just too high right now.  Blackberry had their chance 10 years ago when they were in a powerful position but they completely blew it.
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