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by mattparcher 16y ago
To be honest, each time Apple has a record quarter (which has been quite often lately) folks doubt that they will sustain that growth, but they’re almost always proven wrong. Where is Apple slowing? In Macs, which see only modest increases
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by mattparcher 16y ago
(This sentence is immediately preceded by a highlight of iPhone sales and a dismissal of iPhone competition from RIM.)
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by mattparcher 16y ago
Sorry, I accidentally down-voted you. To the contrary, your comment is thoughtful and helpful.
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by mattparcher 16y ago
I agree that Office for Mac 2011 is a large improvement, but it still doesn’t feel quite right to me. Have you seen Apple’s iWork suite? http://www.apple.com/iwork/ It provides the most commonly used functionality from Word, Excel, and Po
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by mattparcher 16y ago
For those unfamiliar with Craig Hockenberry, he is a talented developer with high standing in the Mac and iOS developer communities. He writes at http://furbo.org and wrote the book, “iPhone App Development: The Missing Manual” ( http://a
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by mattparcher 16y ago
More discussion at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1787510 That thread is linked to an Engadget post, now off the front page but with 107 comments as of this writing, compared to 18 here.
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by mattparcher 16y ago
Perhaps I’m alone in this, but I first read the headline as claiming that Microsoft itself is not committed to Windows Phone 7, which clearly is not the issue discussed here (they do seem very determined to succeed).
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by mattparcher 16y ago
From the original NYT report [1]: Randal C. Picker, a professor of law of the University of Chicago law school, said in a telephone interview that the technology space is drastically different than it was when Microsoft was originally char
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by mattparcher 16y ago
From the original NYT report [1], the discussions seem to be less about acquisition, and more about “Apple and its control of the mobile phone market and how the two companies could partner in the battle against Apple.” Indeed, acquisition
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by mattparcher 16y ago
Well put. For reference, the transcript of the D8 interview with Steve Jobs: http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/steve-jobs-live-from-d8/?... Selected quotes: [On competing with Google] “We want to make better products then them. What I lo
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by mattparcher 16y ago
I agree with you, and thaumaturgy below — it’s clear that they signed a 5-year agreement. But as Engadget notes in your first reference, contracts can be canceled, amended, and breached in many ways , and the two companies have had a numbe
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by mattparcher 16y ago
Background: In early August, John Gruber wrote that: “The wheels are turning on N92, the CDMA variant of the iPhone 4... It’s right about where you’d think it would be if it were scheduled to go on sale in January. The CDMA iPhone is no lon
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by mattparcher 16y ago
I up-voted you, but I don’t believe the author is making a claim any different than your own. The title may be hyperbole, but the point is that RIM shouldn’t announce a device if it isn’t done . As many others have noted in previous thread
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by mattparcher 16y ago
Note the “Wintel” cohort consisting of Intel, Microsoft, HP clustered around the Low growth, low valuation quadrant in the lower left (coincidentally co-located with IBM).
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Newton OS running on an iPad(panic.com)
53 points by mattparcher 16y ago|6 comments
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by mattparcher 16y ago
Not a bad idea. Of course, corporate phones require significant support and build-out of infrastructure, whereas a consumer device just works , but RIM made a similar move with their buy-one-get-one-free offer in Spring 2009 for Blackberri
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by mattparcher 16y ago
The book’s author, Matt Aimonetti, explained his reasoning for writing an open-licensed book back in May: http://merbist.com/2010/05/09/writing-an-open-licensed-book/
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by mattparcher 16y ago
Especially relevant after recent news that Apple is working on bringing MacRuby to iOS: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1684403 Which is finally possible now that Apple has eased restrictions on development tools and languages for iOS
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by mattparcher 16y ago
While this is a good case for prioritization, I would argue that Google has made a mistake by allowing the fundamental interaction model of the phone to suffer from unnecessarily poor performance, either by taking less-than-full advantage
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by mattparcher 16y ago
I much prefer this version, combined with Readability or some other tool (Safari Reader here). I would like to see the original URL changed to this (not sure if that’s possible).
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by mattparcher 16y ago
There are two rules for success in life. Rule #1: Don’t tell anyone everything you know.
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by mattparcher 16y ago
I believe the parent is referring to his 10/GUI project, a desktop multi-touch interface concept: http://10gui.com/ Which was covered by many outlets, including: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/14/138207/10GUI-mdash-a... http://te
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by mattparcher 16y ago
Good point. Perhaps instead: Apps that access media in the Music Library, without using the MediaPlayer framework to do so, will be rejected.
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A smartphone retrospective(marco.org)
61 points by mattparcher 16y ago|73 comments
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by mattparcher 16y ago
This is a common misunderstanding. In fact, Apple showed members of the press specially-equipped vans that they use to systematically test reception in the field under a variety of scenarios, in addition to the dozen or so anechoic black ro
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by mattparcher 16y ago
“I was disappointed that the iPhone wasn’t... a phone that ran Mac software.” What? I admire Dave Winer’s idealism, but really?! Would anyone else enjoy using the full Mac OS X interface on the iPhone? (Ignoring the iPhone’s performance and
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by mattparcher 16y ago
An iPad Nano may be quite unlikely in 2010, but the possibility is real, according to a recent Digitimes rumor [1]: The sources noted that Apple has recently placed new iPad orders to Taiwan-based component makers for the fourth quarter of
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by mattparcher 16y ago
I consider Scott Forstall a strong contender. He doesn’t have the design chops of Ive, nor the operations experience of Cook, but he has charisma and is leading the most successful division (iPhone Software Engineering and Platform Experien
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by mattparcher 16y ago
Also, Steve wearing a tux at the 2010 Academy Awards: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/08/steve-jobs-big-night-... For what it’s worth, the dramatic quote is attributed to “one of Jobs’ deputies,” rather than Steve himself.
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by mattparcher 16y ago
Apparently no: “The voice call ends as soon as the FaceTime call connects... the FaceTime call is over Wi-Fi so does not use carrier minutes.” http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20008289-37.html

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