kleptco

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by kleptco 9y ago
Good point, must of helped Google sell another dozen of them. Thats what makes this whole thing creepy, how many iPhones did this scheme sell for Apple - I imagine a non-trivial number.
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by kleptco 9y ago
The right thing is that people who replaced their deliberately slowed down iPhones with new iPhones because of their ignorance about what Apple had done, should have an appropriate remedy not contained in this "we're sorry if you
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by kleptco 12y ago
This is about trading carrier lockin for apple lockin, that's all.
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by kleptco 12y ago
No wonder their stuff is so messed up, it's all fear all the time.
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by kleptco 13y ago
The author is right. No one wants to hold their computer for extended use. The phablet is the right compromise, it does everything a tablet does and more while still being light, small and always with you. Also, having 1 device is much less
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by kleptco 15y ago
Channels suck right, so is this supposed to be good news?
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by kleptco 15y ago
DF is an evangelist for the Apple religion, so he reliably brings out the true believers. This stuff might be entertaining but it's certainly not informative. BTW, this is part of the diabolical genius of Apple - it is not a consumer choice
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by kleptco 15y ago
It makes sense for the legal system to guard against copying. If people buying Android phones actually thought they were buying iPhones - that's a problem. But if Apple can convince the government that they had a truly original idea and tha
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by kleptco 15y ago
People who tend to accumulate lot's of money tend to be sociopaths and should be closely monitored and controlled.
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by kleptco 15y ago
These mostly absurd laws are intended to protect consumers not corps. Feeling protected yet? And why is the ITC deciding what devices we can use? Who are these people accountable too?
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by kleptco 15y ago
Gruber fundamentally doesn't want to remember Jobs saying that iPhone runs "real OSX": http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/04/steve-jobs-iphone-runs-real-o... He of course suffers from a very severe case of Cupertino Syndrome: http://en.wikipedi
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by kleptco 15y ago
When you decide to develop for a platform, you are dependent on the platform provider's goodwill if they are not open source. Why would anyone who has paid any attention to Apple, depend on their goodwill?
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by kleptco 16y ago
Everyone knows the "App" in "App Store" is short for "Apple".
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by kleptco 16y ago
iPad's post-pc experience: holding your computer get's old fast, touch is frustratingly imprecise, copy/paste and the web suck. SJ talks about how it's not a computer and then points out how great it is for creating content and for business