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by jsz0 14y ago
That's what people said about Apple/Samsung until the trial reviled Apple did offer licensing terms which Samsung rejected. We have no way of knowing if Apple offered similar licensing terms to Motorola.
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by jsz0 14y ago
They did actually. 2010, Oct 06: Motorola sues Apple over 18 patents, and files an ITC complaint against Apple over 6 of them. 2010, Oct 29: Apple sues Motorola over 6 patents, and files an ITC complaint against Motorola over 3 of them.
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by jsz0 14y ago
I disagree. It's more about money than innovation. The non-copy arrangement that Microsoft & Apple have led to Windows Phone which I think most would agree is the most unique and maybe the most innovative platform. Would consumers be be
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by jsz0 14y ago
It's also a huge difference in scale. MySpace ultimately stumbled on a comparatively small stage. IIRC at it's height they had maybe 80-100 million legitimate accounts. A mass migration of say 20 million users in a short period of time is s
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by jsz0 14y ago
I could be very wrong but since the software was loaded during transit to Mars before landing on the surface they must have had both loaded on local storage. Maybe the software wasn't done in time for launch?
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by jsz0 14y ago
IIRC one of the cameras can take 720P images at 10FPS which is adequate since it's not going to be a very action packed video. They'll get to it eventually though. The slow uplink is an issue but having local storage available in orbit arou
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by jsz0 14y ago
On the surface at least. If there are indeed frozen over oceans on the moons of the outer planets this could be one of the best places for habitation eventually. It won't be very familiar to us but we know how to build things that can survi
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by jsz0 14y ago
Does Apple do in-store password resets? I'm thinking with their retail presence this would be a good solution. If you want your password reset come into the store with a photo-ID and the physical credit card on your account. Doesn't get muc
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by jsz0 14y ago
Most importantly it allows for more usable screen space when the keyboard is open. In some iOS apps at the current resolution you can end up with less than 30% of the display being usable with the keyboard open.
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by jsz0 14y ago
I completely agree. A split second of poor judgement can destroy hours of work. In this case I'm happy to let Apple save me from myself.
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by jsz0 14y ago
For what it's worth Apple isn't claiming any exclusive rights over devices based merely on their screen size alone.
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by jsz0 14y ago
I think double-tap-to-zoom is a perfect example of something that should be patentable. It's a huge improvement over existing systems that often used a zoom box you would position with cursor keys. To work properly it has to take into accou
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by jsz0 14y ago
I haven't used MagSafe2 yet but MagSafe1 on my 2011 Macbook Air 11" is too strong. When you pull from an angle it just slides the laptop with it. I would guess that's what Apple is trying to fix with MagSafe2. It may not be much of an issue
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by jsz0 14y ago
Sounds impressive until you realize that just Comcast and TWC alone have about 35 million subscribers. I couldn't find a total number for all pay TV subscribers but I would guess it's above 100 million.
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by jsz0 14y ago
I would suggest looking at Comcast's subscriber numbers they release with their quarterly earnings. They are still gaining subscribers. I'm not sure they have recovered to pre-recession levels yet. Employment & housing have such a huge
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by jsz0 14y ago
That's true. GNOME is a lot closer to a modernization than reinvention. Windows 8, pure Metro, is definitely closer to a reinvention. I'm not too worried about the future generations because if we have a very good tools for the job they wil
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by jsz0 14y ago
I've never been a fan of the GMail web UI so this is a very refreshing change. I've been ready to make the switch away from GMail for a while so it's nice to have another option. I was seriously considering iCloud mail but I have some reser
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by jsz0 14y ago
I don't think the desktop needs reinvention. Enhancements and modernizations are great but our workflows are so refined at this point the cost of reinvention is ridiculously high. If you take away something that works for the user and repla
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by jsz0 14y ago
I think they're fine. I'm not sure how else Apple could advertise the Genius Bar / Apple Store which is clearly what these ads are for. Any approach to that is going to be a bit exhausted. They could have a Genius stand there and explain th
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by jsz0 14y ago
Fair enough. Apple is often ahead of the market on these things and leaves some people behind at least temporarily.
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by jsz0 14y ago
With all due respect this is like saying we shouldn't use rockets to go into space but instead try to jump higher. Humans using their big monkey brains to make technological advancements is the core of space exploration. We should be inspir
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by jsz0 14y ago
The hugely successful iPod dancing commercials were unlike anything Apple ever did before too. Times change. I think we'll continue to see a mixture of new and old style advertising from Apple like we always have. In advertising you have to
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by jsz0 14y ago
Why do you say that? Steve was standing right there when they demoed the Reminders app at WWDC in 2011.
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by jsz0 14y ago
Trolling or joking? The previous generation MacBook Pros didn't have HDMI/DVI/VGA either. Not for several years at least. The rMBP does have HDMI too BTW. Of course they have the refreshed model of the MBP that includes expandable memory an
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by jsz0 14y ago
There is no external video connection available to push the bandwidth required for external Retina displays yet. You could do a 15-17" external Retina display but 24-27" would require 2-3 ThunderBolt connections plus a GPU that is not even
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by jsz0 14y ago
Given the power structure we think exists in Apple with the CEO as the center of the universe it is natural that the company has to shift gears from pleasing Steve, who is gone, to pleasing Tim Cook who is a different person. This ad campai
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by jsz0 14y ago
IIRC the initial setup process of an iOS device walks you through this step by step. I don't remember doing any of these steps when I signed into Messages on OSX. This article seems to be more for the people who skipped associating an e-mai
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by jsz0 14y ago
Not exactly. They removed the feature but left the data behind. I assume they did this on purpose so it could be salvaged by the user if needed. I suspect Apple Support could have helped or perhaps third party RSS readers could look for the
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by jsz0 14y ago
That's what I do. It's always funny to me how a lot of people want to jump from drinking tons of coffee to no coffee. There's a happy medium in-between. I drink a lot of coffee but I do ramp down my caffeine over the course of a day. Start
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by jsz0 14y ago
The Surface Pro is really undercut by the existence of the Nexus 7 or the rumored 8" iPad. Not because they are in direct competition but because a cheap tablet makes owning both types of device realistic. You would barely even notice the n

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