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by ugh 15y ago
What you say is true. I’m just not sure why that makes the comparison bad?
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by ugh 15y ago
iBooks supports ePub and PDF, iOS supports MP3 and AAC and can play h.264 encoded videos. Apple sells music without DRM (just like Amazon) and videos as well as books with DRM (just like Amazon). Loading your own media without DRM is never
513.
by ugh 15y ago
That’s one valid way of seeing it. I don’t share it. But a nice derail you did there.
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by ugh 15y ago
Apple typically didn’t stand by stupid rejections. They made them, didn’t stand by them.
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by ugh 15y ago
If you believe that Apple is making a lot of money with their App Stores, sure. But they don’t. Even with the absolutely massive iOS App Store. The Mac App Store is tiny in comparison. It’s just not Apple’s business model.
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by ugh 15y ago
If there is a switch then there’s no problem. There would be no social battle. (Some people would be annoyed but that’s about it.) I can absolutely see Apple adding such a switch and activating it by default. It wouldn’t be a big deal. (Wel
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by ugh 15y ago
Aren’t you a bit too sensitive? It seems to me like they are pretty clearly suggesting that a few MB don’t matter if you have a 2GB plan but also that things might be different if you have a different plan. All in all they seem to pretty cl
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by ugh 15y ago
That’s useful. It doesn’t make the Courier any more a creation device than the iPad, though. That’s just absurd. The iPad is (also) for creation, the Courier would have been (also) for creation.
519.
by ugh 15y ago
It didn’t work before iOS5. Now you can flag emails directly – which in turn stars them.
520.
by ugh 15y ago
That would be a niche feature. I doubt many people can write shorthand.
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by ugh 15y ago
I’m not sure what handwriting recognition gets you. I don’t know if you noticed but handwriting is slow. Much, much, much slower than any touch keyboard, especially a huge one like on the iPad.
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by ugh 15y ago
Anandtech does awesome in-depth reviews but most of the stuff they are talking about is not relevant to the average consumer in the slightest. If other sites were all doing that many would not be relevant to their readers interests.
523.
by ugh 15y ago
Because … the White House is interested in phishing? What?
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by ugh 15y ago
Ridicule and violent opposition may be a necessary conditions for something to be true (not sure whether I agree with that but that doesn’t really matter), but they are certainly not sufficient.
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by ugh 15y ago
That depends on how exactly you use something, does it not? If you rarely use something but it takes up space all the time then that’s a problem, especially on a phone.
526.
by ugh 15y ago
(Mail allows you to archive. Starring works, too. Labels map to folders, depending on how you use them that might be good enough or not. Search is pretty great with iOS5, not sure what Gmail is doing better there. From what I remember Gmail
527.
by ugh 15y ago
Why is an extra app necessary? Is this only about bringing a different UI to the table compared to the default Mail app? What am I missing?
528.
by ugh 15y ago
So, uhm, what’s this meme all about? It has been mentioned here twice. What’s recess got to do with how good a school is? I’m from Germany and I have never heard anyone suggest that breaks are a bad thing. This seems completely bizarre to m
529.
by ugh 15y ago
Many people will know about this projection (and first have heard about different projections in general) from The West Wing episode Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody%27s_Going
530.
by ugh 15y ago
That’s not what I mean. Here is what the Wikpedia article about trademarks says: “Trademarks rights must be maintained through actual lawful use of the trademark. These rights will cease if a mark is not actively used for a period of time,
531.
by ugh 15y ago
Don’t you have to use a trademark if you want to keep it or am I thinking of something else?
532.
by ugh 15y ago
It seems to me like the only one who was actually doing any serious confirming was some mysterious and anonymous “customer”. Sorry, that’s just not good enough.
533.
by ugh 15y ago
What about the 500kW generator hooked up to it? That would explain it. Sounds like a scam.
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by ugh 15y ago
Here is a riddle: Why is that the case? Could it be because no one cares about Google TV? Hm? Maybe that’s the reason? Ability means nothing. Apple is where it is because its products actually work with consumers. That’s the nut Apple (and
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by ugh 15y ago
I think it’s necessary to be ever vigilant when companies create an infrastructure for doing just that and to really scream bloody murder when they actually use it. I also can understand people who refuse to buy devices that actually suppor
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by ugh 15y ago
Here is the relevant quote from Apple’s CFO Peter Oppenheimer, made during one of Apple’s quarterly conference calls: “Regarding the App Store and the iTunes stores, we are running those a bit over break even and that hasn’t changed.” This
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by ugh 15y ago
1) They make hardly any money from their 30 percent. 2) Why is it obvious that everybody would suddenly switch to not selling through the App Store? I don’t think alternate app stores on Android are terribly successful. Maybe they are, I do
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by ugh 15y ago
But – so what? That’s the point. So you don’t own the phone. Is that a bad thing? Why? That’s the point of disagreement. I don’t understand what’s so bad about it.
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by ugh 15y ago
Yeah, some people do care but they don’t buy an iPhone. I’m talking about those people who actually do buy one.
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by ugh 15y ago
I have no problem with your definition of owning. I disagree with it – but that’s not the point and it would be pointless to discuss this any further. I would prefer not to. On the facts (and not definitions) I do agree with you. Apple does

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