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eriamjh said:

If they call it X, I will sh*t.   X is stupid, just like that idiot who called his company X.   This isn’t 2000.

I don’t buy the whole “takes up a lot of space” argument.  The current band method is secure an elegant.   It’s 1000x better than the stupid spring-pin method used by conventional watches.   It’s clean.   It works.   

The band attachment method is external.  It does not take up space inside the watch.  It does not make the watch significantly larger.   It’s a part of the watch.   It’s required.  

Magnetic attachment is weak and lame.   

A thinner watch would be neat, but the battery life is horrendous already and will only be worse if thinner.    

Sorry, Gurman,    I call shenanigans.  

M68000 said:

Skeptical said:

Could it be that people are iPhone saturated and people aren’t dying to get one? Pure conjecture but this could be a consideration. 

Yes that is absolutely correct.  Gone are the days of standing in line outside a store on launch day to get an iPhone.  Yes , it could be argued that people now sit online waiting to order,  but really that is not the same if you know what i mean.  There will be a percentage of people who “must” upgrade every year but i think that number is dwindling.  But how can we know,  because Apple will not release sales numbers of products LOL ! 

Stabitha_Christie said:

darkvader said:

I do not have a F*c*book account, and I will not have a F*c*book account.

Apple should look at Mastodon or Spoutible instead of that horrible company.

It's okay cupcake, you don't need a Facebook account, you need an Instagram account. I guessing that you feel the same way about those. But I can't image people on Threads will be super broken up that you won't be joining.

mattinoz said:

So not actually returning to the Mac, iPad or iPhone but you can play on a phone sized screen embedded in their controller if you still have their latest hardware.

danox said:

bob-tahoma said:

danox said:

Microsoft, please complete the deal, please….

What a waste Microsoft just pissed $69 billion dollars down the drain, exceeding, Google, and HP in one shot, this waste of money means don’t expect any significant hardware development for Microsoft in the future.

The Microsoft boneyard gets bigger

* The big Acquisition losers of Microsoft Over the years…..

Web TV $425 million dollars.
Hotmail. $500 million dollars.
Vizio $1.4 billion dollars.
Titus communication $1 billion dollars.
Navison $1.4 billion dollars.
*aQuantive $6.4 billion dollars wrote off in 2012 i.e. (a completewrite off shortly after acquiring)
*Skype Technologies $8.5 billion dollars.
*Yammer $1.2 billion dollars.
*Nokia $7.2 billion dollars.
*LinkedIn $26.5 billion dollars
*Git hub $7.2 billion dollars.
*ZeniMax Media 8.1 billion dollars.
*Nuance Communications to $20 billion dollars.
****Activision $69 billion dollars (Biggest in Microsoft history)****

Note, most were software acquisitions, which upon completion, most of the value of the software company dissipates rapidly, similar to Twitter, as an example.

Most of Microsoft acquisitions were complete right offs in the end. You certainly did not see most of the so-call tech implemented into their finished software i.e., their desktop OS or their web services division software in any meaningful way that justified the inflated prices that they paid for these boondoggles.

In contrast, Apples largest merger in the last 25 years was only $3 billion dollars, Apples best acquisition cost $400 million but it came with the best CEO in the last 25 years, and three other acquisitions, PA Semi, Intrinsity, and Anobit critical to Apple’s, Arm SOC’s development, cost Apple a total of 1.1 billion dollars.

I guess with your business acumen you are running the world’s third largest company. On no wait, what’s the third largest company again… something seems to be working for them. 

Whoops, hit a nerve Mr. one post.

A gaming company, software company, or a TV/Movie content company, are the worst, because the value in most cases (people) dissipates immediately upon the acquisition. 

Most of the critical talent can go elsewhere, almost immediately. Within a year most of the people at Activision/Blizzard will be let go, most of the game companies that Activision uses/employs are used on a per game basis, which means once they finish programming the game they are gone in most cases.

If Microsoft was acquiring Unreal Engine (a game OS maybe the best?) that would be a different story.