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"Mac Sales are gaining market share (at the expense of Microsoft), "\
no they aren't. they where actual down in 2011. In term of overall industry.
Apple is getting its income form portables and ancillary item. Apps, music, etc.

Apple is becoming a portable media company. 25%of there revenues is from the iPad... or what short sighted people on /. called it "the iFad.'
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-revenue-breakdown-shows-iPad-is-a-quarter-of-its-sales-now-Macs-dont-really-matter_id32825

Apple has been caught buying their design expert witness for 75.000 USD. Though normal to cover expenses for expert witnesses, this is quite excessive. The guy even describes himself as a professional expert witness on his own website.

To be honest, the Nexus 7 blows the iPad out of the water. The Nexus 7 is the best tablet device I've ever gotten my hands on, for less than half the price of an iPad.

It also has a lower resolution, less storage, a smaller battery and less app for it.

It's more customizable, easier to get content, and with the soft back - easier to hold.

http://www.phonearena.com/phones/compare/Google-Nexus-7,Apple-iPad-3/phones/7143,5715
More customizable? I guess you need to fiddle with it because it comes setup so poorly and you have to do something out of boredom whereas iPad users "use" their devices. I can customize the lockscreen background, wallpaper, notifications and alert sounds. What more do I need? I could also jailbreak it if I really wanted to do more tweaking but I prefer stability and security over futzing around. Content? Yeah, as long and the music is in MP3 format whereas the iPad supports MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WAV, M4A (Apple lossless). For video, the iPad also supports more formats and third party apps easily support additional formats. Games and apps are more plentiful on the IPad as well.

Services are more integrated than the iPad, IMHO, you could get by fine without having a computer to sync up with the Nexus 7.

What services? Google services? What if I don't want to use Google+? You can get by without syncing to a computer on an iPad since the release of iOS 5.0.

With the Nexus 7 you can download Torrent clients and apps such as Music Paradise to get all of your content, while there really isn't any alternative to the iTunes store with the iPad unless you root it.

Oh, I get it, you mean pirated shit. I thought you meant quality content.

Google Now works very well, I rarely type things in because the voice recognition is so accurate.

The Nexus 7 is a very nice device. I don't see why anyone would choose an iPad over the Nexus 7 right now.

How much did you get paid for that post Mr. Google shill? Yeah, why would anyone choose an iPad with its higher resolution and more apps and commercial games when you can get a device with less apps and less storage.

There are three types of people who are left at nokia:

a) people who can't find a job anywhere else and were not sacked yet (generally not your thought leaders, lets put it kindly)
b) people who could go elsewhere, but remain because there is stuff to gain in the melee
c) nutters who actually believe windows can be a platform that can make Nokia successful again

Manufacturing is closed down with few exceptions. Brand is in tatters.

The management structure put in place by S Elop has been systematically stripping value from the moment he walked through the door. Presumably plan was to run down the company then - tadaa - Microsoft comes in a chews up what's left. But Elop has done so destructive a job I don't think Microsoft is interested anymore. For his efforts, Elop is winning praise from all over.

Seriously, there is nothing left to buy.

Android Handhelds and related:
http://obscurehandhelds.wordpress.com/
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/8/3072142/power-a-moga-controller-hands-on
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/11/odroid-the-android-gaming-handheld-now-shipping-to-android-gam/
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/04/android-gaming-tablet-looks-remarkably-similar-to-sony-psp/
http://arpandeb.com/02/2012/gadget-preview/3-handheld-android-gaming-tablet-consoles-review.html

Android dominance:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57448990-235/gaming-handhelds-relegated-to-niche-status-by-ios-android/
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nintendo-claims-the-iPhone-killed-the-handheld-game-console_id29533/

In the sense that the iPhone came from the idea that a 'rich American' can afford a phone which includes both consumer features like picture sharing and music together with 'corporate' features like email and security and is willing to pay for all of them in one package, I think you are right. However, Microsoft has designed for the first world and that is the source of many of it's Windows Phone's fundamental failings. Problems like lack of Bluetooth file tranfer come from an assumption you always have a network and can always afford it. Problems like lack of memory card support (shared with the iPhone) come from the assumption you have your own WiFi network at home and so can afford to move large chunks of data on and off the phone wirelessly. Clearly design for the first world has had a bad influence here and these design failures even make Windows phones bad for use in their home markets.

Japan is obviously the ultimate "first world" location. Networks there are much more advanced than in the US. Consumers mostly have more money to spend on gadgets. Despite that, systems designed for Japan rarely do well in other countries until culturally translated and simplified considerably.

What you actually need is a phone developed for the most demanding and quality concious users at a given moment. When the iPhone came out that was the US market. Now the needs there have been largely satisfied. It's quite likely that China, with it's complex character set, limited fixed network and advanced mobile networks and rapidly changing economy is one of the best places now.

You've been moderated as a troll; and, in the sense that you are parroting MS talking points so I guess I understand that. Still, I think it's unfair and I that mods can mod us both up and encourage sensible debate.

Everybody stands on the shoulders of giants, even Apple.

Nokia video 2006 (slide to unlock, gestures)

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Here-is-how-Nokia-imagined-touchscreen-phones-in-2006_id28668/

Samsung F700 (Korean design patent, December 2006)

http://gizmodo.com/235112/apple-iphone-vs-samsung-f700-which-is-touchscreenier

I doubt Samsung will go out of business just because they stopped selling Apple their touch screens.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-ordered-65-70-million-LCD-panels-for-the-new-iPad-Samsung-still-spinning-off-the-pesky-LCD-business_id26867

I don't disagree, but similarly, I doubt Apple would shut down production if Samsung gets their panties in a bunch.

I doubt Samsung will go out of business just because they stopped selling Apple their touch screens.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-ordered-65-70-million-LCD-panels-for-the-new-iPad-Samsung-still-spinning-off-the-pesky-LCD-business_id26867

What would really be funny is if Apple stopped selling Samsung parts.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-hints-Apple-may-release-7.85-inch-iPad-in-2012-spend-11-billion-on-Samsung-parts_id28007

And a GPS dongle because the one that is built in is broken....

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Free-ASUS-Transformer-Prime-GPS-dongles-available-now_id29205

Did you read TFA? That was one of the things I specifically looked for them to address.

The Infinity's metal skin is similar to that of the Transformer Prime, whose shell was notorious for hampering GPS and Wi-Fi performance. See that little strip along the Infinity's top edge? That's a plastic piece designed to get along with wireless signals. Looks like it works, too; our Infinity's GPS picked up multiple satellites almost instantly, and it was connected to ten within seconds.

"Have you seen the Transformer? Do you know what the concept is behind it? You don't really plug much of anything else into it, except maybe headphones. What exactly do you think you're going to be plugging into it?"

And a GPS dongle because the one that is built in is broken....

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Free-ASUS-Transformer-Prime-GPS-dongles-available-now_id29205

And of all the PC manufacturers in the world at the time in the 90's, only Dell and HP are still in business while Apple is the valuable tech company in the world.

This whole move by google is an attemp to stop Samsung from running every android manufacturer out of business.

I have a 4G/LTE capable Android phone (Samsung Conquer on Sprint). 4G is fast, where it's available, but I leave it off except when I really need more speed than 3G can provide and I don't have Wi-Fi available, because it kills battery life.

That's not 4G/LTE, it's 4G/WiMAX -- totally different technologies.

Link to phone arena

The irony is, it's the same processor running the galaxy s III. http://www.phonearena.com/news/Processor-on-next-Apple-iPhone-to-be-produced-via-Samsungs-32nm-process_id29024

It's in all the articles :(

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Skype-for-Windows-Phone-goes-out-of-beta-final-version-released_id29363
http://blog.gsmarena.com/skype-for-windows-phone-no-longer-in-beta/
http://www.technobuffalo.com/companies/microsoft/windows-phone/skype-for-windows-phone-drops-beta-tag-but-still-wont-work-in-background/
http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/22/2967087/skype-for-windows-phone-version-1-0-final

I'm not convinced on the justifications of not supporting flash when there clearly isn't a viable alternative yet.

And with that mentality, there never will be.

Here's what Adobe suggests.

Here's 10 alternatives to Flash Player.

Then there's the "Occupy Flash" movement, LOL!

So, admit it. You're just plain lazy. You don't WANT to have to learn a new way.

Tough.

Two years ago, you had a point. But not now.

You're beating a dead horse and you very well know it.

I'm not sure where you are getting that from. Apple's cost (what they were paying) for the iPad2 screen was $127. They paid $65.70 for the motherboard with CPU and memory ( http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/articles/38683-image/ihs-isuppli-20110314-list.jpg ) Apple isn't ripping people off, I know in 2010 they actually lost money on their iPhone repairs, they just don't want to create a user serviceable device.

But you know, with all that said, the fact that the word SAMSUNG is in bold, right there on the front leave little question as to whether or not it can be mistaken for an Apple device. This is just ridiculous.

While I agree with most of the rest of what you said, the original Galaxy Tab 10.1 - the one that started the lawsuit - only had the Samsung logo on the back.

Well, this is as good a place to put this as any. Both of you Windows Phone users need to stay away from the Chrome browser for Windows Phone. It's a scam.

Just don't get Cyanogen if you have a T-Mobile Vibrant

Phone Arena:

Apple gives Samsung advice on non-patent infringing designs

In order to disprove Samsung’s claim, Apple needed to provide alternate design options to prove that Samsung did, in fact, blatantly copy Apple’s design. Some samples from these suggestions include:

Smartphones:
* Front surface that isn't black.
* Overall shape that isn't rectangular, or doesn't have rounded corners.
* Display screens that aren't centered on the front face and have substantial lateral borders.
* Non-horizontal speaker slots.
* Front surfaces with substantial adornment.
* No front bezel at all.

Tablets:
* Overall shape that isn't rectangular, or doesn't have rounded corners.
* Thick frames rather than a thin rim around the front surface.
* Front surface that isn't entirely flat.
* Profiles that aren't thin.
* Cluttered appearance.

They also have a great depiction of what such a tablet may look like

Really?

If you're monetarily challenged, you're better off making a good app, and selling it on the more profitable platform, covering your costs and making a profit.

I agree. Currently, the most profitable platform for developers is Blackberry. Here is one of several independent studies that confirm this.

in fact - here, have a link to it.

study

It's funny, 13% of blackberry developers pull in over 100k through app world. In general, Blackberry developers earn more than their iOS and Android counterparts

Remember, RIM had 42% of the US smartphone market as late as April 2010, and they out-sold Apple until early 2011 -- they have a massive install base (as large or possibly still larger than Apple). You'd be foolish, as a developer, to ignore the platform right now. There is, apparently, a good bit of money to be made.

It's funny how perceptions always seem to outweigh hard data.

Phone Arena is another good one. http://www.phonearena.com/

It looks like an iPhone in the story because it IS a fucking iPhone. They don't show the Galaxy i9000 until comparison shots, and once they do, it looks nothing like an iPhone.

Don't worry, this is more Apple patent abuse. You know what it looks like more than an iPhone?

Any number of similar Android phones. Funny, that.

I am wondering if there will be shareholder suits. Elop's action is clearly not in the interest of Nokia shareholders as graphically demonstrated by the trading results today.

And yet Elop was brought in because the shareholders wanted it. It was reported last month that major American investors forced Nokia into choosing a Yank over Vanjoki, who was favoured for the position.

More than a few proprietary software products have a "kill switch" or spyware functionality (sometimes at the request of governments, see http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Microsoft-says-remote-app-kill-switch-in-Windows-Mobile-6.5-not-there-for-evil-article-a_6991.html ).

Given that, why is it not conceivable that medical hardware also includes this functionality...especially since dictators in various countries might have no choice but to use these devices. If one of these dictators get too uppity, an "unfortunate heart attack" is just a signal away.

Many of their phone-specific pages cite the manufacturer as the only data source. This includes a phone I'm playing with at the moment, which happens to have one of the worst SAR ratings on the ewg.org list. (Worse than the Blackberry.) I followed their link, and it brought me to a user manual, which did in fact show the same values shown on the list.

Call me paranoid, but that didn't really satisfy me. For one thing, I don't trust user manuals all that much when it comes to fine details that might have changed since they were written. For another, this phone supports several different radio frequencies, including Wi-Fi and several different GSM bands, yet the manual and ewg.org fail to reflect this with multiple SAR values. So, I looked up the FCC ID for my phone and followed it to the FCC's radiation report on that model. What I found was much more informative.

As you might expect, the FCC's SAR measurements showed quite a range of values, depending on which radio is in use, which channel is in use, and how the phone is held. According to this data, my particular phone habits and service provider should yield around half the SAR that was reported by ewg.org, comparable to their best-rated models.

This exercise was interesting, and set my mind at ease a little, but I'm still going to use a wired headset whenever possible. Again, call me paranoid if you like. There simply hasn't been enough time for us to observe the long-term effects of having a microwave broadcast antenna plastered to our heads, and I don't trust studies that claim all is well when they're funded by the cell phone industry.

Some of you might find this US Senate hearing interesting:
http://appropriations.senate.gov/webcasts.cfm?method=webcasts.view&id=2a7f2e87-68a0-48a3-b16b-08ac1b98cc42
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/288879-1
http://www.mapcruzin.com/news/cell-phone-health-effects-hearing.htm

Seems it matters how you tally the numbers. Apparently iPhone is the most used smartphone while Blackberry is the most bought smartphone.

That right there says something that is not particularly flattering to RIM.

Runs J2ME, so I can use one of the many open SSH implementations, GMaps, lots of great games etc.

Being more open and home brew friendly makes this much more attractive to me than the iPhone.

Everybody knows some radios have great reception, and others won't pick up the broadcast from the radio tower looming overhead without a 6' antenna.

Why don't reviewers also measure reception?

I've seen plenty of feature-laden phones, but refuse to upgrade until I can verify it has reception comparable to my Audiovox 9155.

(Yes, that's my review at the bottom)

As I said, Photos are nice, and video games are fun, but when push comes to shove, a cell phone without reception is a paperweight.

How do these feature-laden PDA things measure up in reception? Which one has the best?

From the Release notes:

> o [Bluetooth] Use very short disconnect timeout for SCO connections.
> o [Bluetooth] Kill incoming SCO connection when SCO socket is closed.
> o [Bluetooth] Support for SCO (voice) over HCI USB

Are these the lines SCO's bitching about?

Nope. SCO in the bluetooth world means Synchronous Connection Oriented link.
Used mostly with bluetooth wireless handsfree devices.