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by cmelbye 14y ago
This simply isn't the right way to set up the devices, it should be obvious that if you sign into iCloud, its going to sync your iCloud data... One account corresponds to one person. Create an account for each person, and use that during th
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by cmelbye 14y ago
As another anecdote: I had to get my 920 replaced, and it couldn't have been easier. I went into an AT&T store that specialized in device support, they looked at it for a few seconds, and immediately ordered a new one with free overnigh
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by cmelbye 14y ago
The competition doesn't care because people don't care. Seriously. People could not care less. I got a free developer program membership and got my phone unlocked through that, but I've never used it to sideload code onto my phone and never
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by cmelbye 14y ago
I'm pretty sure every major carrier has a one Nokia WP8 phone or another currently.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
Eh, how so? Put in your credit card details, and the download starts.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
Selling licenses, like most commercial desktop applications.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
I'm assuming by "they" he was referring to Google Code. (Wishing that Google Code offered a paid service.)
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by cmelbye 14y ago
Ugh, seriously? DRM? Come on, it's a fun app for friends to send embarrassing pictures of themselves to each other. Obviously there's an "analog hole", but this isn't for incredibly confidential photos.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
I'm not sure how this app works, but Snapchat takes certain precautions to make screenshotting more difficult (the most obvious one being that you have to hold your finger on the screen or the image disappears, but I think there are also so
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by cmelbye 14y ago
It's for fun, obviously, not everything has to have a utilitarian purpose... People take compromising photos, make ugly faces, etc., with the knowledge that the photo will only be seen for 3 seconds.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
Easily start to kill Apple? That's a pretty strong claim.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
It's an effective way to share photos with thousands of people, why not..?
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by cmelbye 14y ago
Obviously I'm not referring to the process of handing in a patent application when I talk about risk. I'm referring to the process of inventing the invention that's patented, which presumably takes a lot of time and money in R&D.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
The first part of your comment depends entirely on the unfounded accusation you made in the second part of your comment. ("I'm not convinced Apple would license that IP to Samsung.") Apple has licensed patents to competitors in the past, th
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by cmelbye 14y ago
You obviously misunderstand patents, as they have absolutely nothing to do with how easy something is to implement. They're awarded to companies that take risks, research, and invent something new. It's a fundamental mistake to write off
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by cmelbye 14y ago
I actually never mentioned Android in my comment, I was merely stating that zooming functionality generally worked like that prior to iPhone. For example, on Blackberry, Pocket PC, etc.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
That's too bad. If it weren't for Apple bringing this to their mobile web browsers (and other phone manufacturers copying the feature), we'd still be tapping a magnifying glass icon that opens up a menu with controls to zoom in and out.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
This wasn't an HTML5 game contest.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
Add Tumblr to that list as well. They recently converted their iOS app from essentially pure HTML5 to pure native, which was no easy feat considering the dynamic nature of blog posts on Tumblr, which can contain almost arbitrary HTML conten
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by cmelbye 14y ago
Looks and functions terribly in Internet Explorer 10 on Windows Phone 8 unfortunately.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
Finally, that old homepage was an abomination.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
Do they really? It seems more likely that they'd simply use a wildcard.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
It was sarcasm.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
Please don't call people "fanboy"s, or any other name for that matter, on Hacker News.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
Xbox Music is nice if you like the built in music+videos interface for browsing music, playlists, etc. Good selection, fairly easy to search for and download music. The only issue is that since I'm on a Mac, I have no way to listen to that
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by cmelbye 14y ago
It's just for fun...
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by cmelbye 14y ago
The question is, what would you switch to? Spotify is AWOL (at least on WP8), Rdio's app is terrible, etc.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
This sounds interesting. I'd have to play with a working demo to know if its something I'd use and pay for, I'd love to see that.
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by cmelbye 14y ago
People from the US use US measurements, surprisingly.

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