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timothy
on from the jalapeno-flavored-are-great dept.
afabbro writes "There are scatteredreportstoday that Apple is building a team to design its own chips, with an eye towards reducing power consumption on iPods and iPhones."
Having their own chips will make it much easier for them to lock consumers out of using their devices in ways that Apple can't monetize.....well, even more than they already do. They do seem hell bent on becoming a designer digital island with strait jackets as mandatory uniforms.
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Having their own chips will make it much easier for them to lock consumers out of using their devices in ways that Apple can't monetize.....well, even more than they already do. They do seem hell bent on becoming a designer digital island with strait jackets as mandatory uniforms.