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by fpgeek 14y ago
I know exactly what you're talking about. After I started using my ASUS Transformer last year, I had to consciously train myself to not touch my laptop and desktop screens. That was painful enough that I'm firmly convinced that adding touch
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by fpgeek 14y ago
If the problem is with third-party software, then end users have a decent chance of finding acceptable alternative software without the problem. The problem is also likely to be limited to some specific applications they use, rather than co
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by fpgeek 14y ago
On Apple's spec page I'm seeing "CDMA model A1429" and "GSM model A1429" (vs "GSM model A1428" for AT&T). I'll agree that the first two are different model names, but they look like the same model number ("A1429") to me. That's why I su
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by fpgeek 14y ago
No, Verizon, AT&T and Sprint all broke out iPhone sales in their recent quarterly reports. Verizon + Sprint didn't outsell AT&T on total iPhones, so it would make no sense for them to be winning iPhone 5 converts fast enough to crea
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by fpgeek 14y ago
If the influence of the vesting schedule helps delay his (presumed) move to a competitor, I'd say it benefits shareholders plenty.
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by fpgeek 14y ago
But will PCs stay cheap? If more and more people find it simpler and easier to satisfy their computing needs with devices like smartphones and tablets, there could easily come a point where economies of scale start working against PCs, ac
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by fpgeek 14y ago
Try shopping a MacBook Pro against an equivalently configured T-series ThinkPad from Lenovo. The price difference is usually huge (more than 30% cheaper for the entry-level 15-inch configuration I tried) and gets even worse if you spend a f
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by fpgeek 14y ago
This just helps illustrate the absurdity of the US patent system. Samsung and Apple have already been at this for over a year and a half (longer if you count their pre-lawsuit discussions). Now, after we've been through lawsuit filings, dis
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Apple and iOS hacker Comex part ways after unanswered e-mail(theverge.com)
3 points by fpgeek 14y ago|3 comments
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Want a Google-influenced Motorola phone? Keep waiting(theverge.com)
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Nokia Lumia sales fall 28% in Q3(theverge.com)
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by fpgeek 14y ago
In this instance, I think Amazon's past transgressions make Bezos' argument more credible, not less. Amazon is a poster-child for successfully and profitably abusing the patent system by getting a trivial patent. If even they are willing to
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by fpgeek 14y ago
The question isn't "if file-sharing were reduced, would the industry be beter or worse off". The question is "if the industry employs specific tactics to reduce file-sharing, will the industry be better or worse off". Given that the industr
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Developers: We warned Apple about iOS maps quality(news.cnet.com)
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by fpgeek 14y ago
> Clearly ADHD medications work, which is wonderful. But why do we need to label people with a "disorder" in order to give them the meds? Take a look at the medical warnings for Adderall. There are other mental disorders (e.g. bipolar d
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by fpgeek 14y ago
Absolutely. From what I understand, one of the big reasons ICS updates have been so much more difficult than Gingerbread ones is that the driver interfaces changed for a lot more things in that jump (exacerbated by the tablet-only Honeycomb
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by fpgeek 14y ago
While I agree manufacturer ADD is a problem, I reject the idea that every phone should come with two years of support. Those of us who buy high-end phones on-contract forget that off-contract Android phones can get very, very cheap. Sub $10
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by fpgeek 14y ago
Was OMGPOP acquired with cash, stock or a mixture of the two? To the extent that there was a significant stock component to the acquisition, this is somewhat less bad than it looks, since Zynga's stock is down so much (though, of course, Zy
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by fpgeek 14y ago
> Your original point about Google's geographically restrictions is technically wrong. It's not based on your geolocation but on the simcard inside the phone. If have a simcard from the USA then putting it inside an Android phone gives
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by fpgeek 14y ago
True, but it would be a step in the right direction.
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by fpgeek 14y ago
Yes, but there is an important caveat here... YouTube has a "three strikes" policy with respect to DMCA takedown notices (which doesn't seem to take the result of the takedown into account), so if you dispute too many bogus ContentID claims
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by fpgeek 14y ago
I'm sure that, to Apple, the more relevant question is: How many iOS device users would they lose by letting you sync iTunes library with your Android phone? I'd guess a lot, but even if that's wrong, it takes hundreds of incremental music
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by fpgeek 14y ago
I'm far more bothered by Apple's process of discovering features that were on Palm / Windows Mobile / Symbian / ... phones for ages and then either patenting them or figuring out a way to twist decade-old Mac OS patents into covering them.
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by fpgeek 14y ago
Um, Android tablets predate the iPad: http://phandroid.com/2009/11/11/archos-5-android-internet-ta... Granted, they weren't very good and didn't come with Google apps, but they did exist.
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by fpgeek 14y ago
I'm not as pessimistic as you are. It seems to me that making up a word with an illogical spelling is, from a linguistic perspective, the most quintessentially English thing you could do.
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by fpgeek 14y ago
Wondeful! Lots of room for follow-on patents! (said the patent lawyer)
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by fpgeek 14y ago
First, for a lot of countries, we're still in the return period for the iPhone 5. Second, even if they couldn't return it and are stuck with a contract, dissatisfied iPhone 5 owners can still sell their almost brand new phone and get someth
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by fpgeek 14y ago
There's a difference between "They're not going to just walk in" before they've tried and "They're not going to just walk in" after they've tried and slipped on a banana peel. One is a prediction, the other is a statement of fact.
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by fpgeek 14y ago
Or, even easier, a navigation app from Apple's app store...
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by fpgeek 14y ago
The app allows purchasing. If it didn't, that wouldn't benefit Amazon (see: iOS).

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