Don't be retarded. The iPad is nothing more than a large iPod Touch. The R&D was already there. And the parts aren't more expensive than netbooks, especially for Samsung, which is why the ridiculous prices are nothing more than a slap in the face. We expect Apple to use predatory prices, it's their nature. But not Motorola and Samsung, whose products have historically been competitively priced. Tablets are reusing smartphone tech while netbooks are reusing laptop tech. There really isn't much that's new here.
But here's a good question for ya: why can I buy a Nook Color for $250 while a Galaxy Tab, with nearly identical specs, costs $600? Does Barnes & Noble have some kind of magical manufacturing prowess that Samsung doesn't?
It's not an issue of how Apple is making them so cheaply. Cause the tablets from Motorola and Samsung cost about the same to make as the iPad, perhaps even less for Samsung cause they make their own parts. The problem is this: these companies decided they were going to follow smartphone pricing models instead of laptop pricing models. And it's just starting to dawn on these junior GI geniuses that perhaps tablets ARE NOT smartphones, aren't marketed like smartphones, and shouldn't be treated like smartphones, and that trying to follow the smartphone pricing model just ain't gonna fly. You just can't play Apple's game better than Apple.
The solution is to make your price point that of a comparable netbook or laptop, and bring the tablet back to the realm of portable computing. The downside to this, of course, is that you can't have an $800 tablet -- it'll have to be more like $350-$400. It'll still make a decent profit at the lower price, but certainly not the rape-you-fucking-blind profits they had expected.
I've said it before and I'll say it again -- there is no legitimate reason why a tablet should cost any more than a netbook. Unless you're just trying to be greedy.
Bad news Patti Hauseman, Apple has taken note of your unacceptable buying behavior and has decided to revoke your membership in the Cult of Jobs. Only those that blindly upgrade their hardware multiple times a year are permitted to maintain their memberships.
If you wish to have your membership re-instated, please provide proof of purchase for an AT&T iPhone, a Verizon iPhone, an iPod (Touch or Nano only), MacBook, and iPad. Note that refurbished models DO NOT count.
I hate to break it to Mr. Enzi, but there are no longer any light bulb plants in the US. The last one closed in 2009. Even if this law is repealed it's highly unlikely any of those jobs will come back.
Seriously, don't these guys have more important issues to work out other than what kind of light bulbs we're allowed to use?
IMO it depends upon the context. It's fine if you're just discussing the issue as a form of social discourse. But I think it crosses the line if someone takes an action based upon an ill-formed opinion.
The OP is saying it's ok for PayPal to cut off his legal funds cause the guy is clearly guilty and should get all he deserves. I just think he should get a fair and honorable trial BEFORE we start trying to cut him off at the knees. I mean seriously, isn't that the whole foundation of American society?
But to address your post directly (this time), yes, anyone is free to form any opinion they want, but they do themselves and others ill favor when they form those opinions without having all the facts. People are much less likely to give your opinions any weight, or take them seriously, when they know they are snap judgments and/or ill-informed.
And although PayPal is under no legal obligation one way or the other they really shouldn't, as a matter of principal, do things like this. I'm sure they have their reasons, which I'm also sure we'll never really know, but it only further underscores the concerns that guys like Manning aren't going to get a fair shake.
Absolutely. "Not guilty" doesn't mean "innocent". But at least he got his day in court and all the evidence was presented. Until this guy is afforded the same right, I'm making no judgement, cause I don't have all the facts.
While you are certainly entitled to your opinion, it's clear you have already judged him without benefit of a trial, so as far as you're concerned, he's guilty. Yet you condemn others that question your judgment. Where I come from we call that hypocrisy.
And while PayPal, a division of eBay, certainly is under no obligation to provide him an account, their biased actions could come back to bite them in the ass someday. I already know plenty of people who no longer use eBay or PayPal due to their shady and uneven practices. Stuff like this only sends more and more people looking for alternatives. And I'm a-ok with that. That is, after all, their opinion, right?
I think you forgot the part about "innocent until proven guilty"? How about a fair trial first (which is what he needs the money for), THEN you can condemn him.
I guess no one has considered the possibility that these kids really are lazy, despicable, and sociopathic, and not the little angels their parents think? Oh golly, now there's a newsflash. So this lady decides not to sugar coat how horrible kids have become and gets suspended for it. Bravo to the parents and school board who think it's best to just keep sweeping the problem under the rug, or worse, refusing to admit there is one.
You really have to be a masochist to want to be a school teacher these days. Does the entire system need to implode before anyone starts to realize how fucked up it is and tries to do something about it?
OK, do we need to go over this again? Any information that you wouldn't write on a giant poster and hang up in a public place should NOT be in Facebook. Period.
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But B&N still makes a profit off the device. They aren't selling them at a loss.
Don't be retarded. The iPad is nothing more than a large iPod Touch. The R&D was already there. And the parts aren't more expensive than netbooks, especially for Samsung, which is why the ridiculous prices are nothing more than a slap in the face. We expect Apple to use predatory prices, it's their nature. But not Motorola and Samsung, whose products have historically been competitively priced. Tablets are reusing smartphone tech while netbooks are reusing laptop tech. There really isn't much that's new here.
But here's a good question for ya: why can I buy a Nook Color for $250 while a Galaxy Tab, with nearly identical specs, costs $600? Does Barnes & Noble have some kind of magical manufacturing prowess that Samsung doesn't?
Remind me again why net neutrality is a bad thing?
It's not an issue of how Apple is making them so cheaply. Cause the tablets from Motorola and Samsung cost about the same to make as the iPad, perhaps even less for Samsung cause they make their own parts. The problem is this: these companies decided they were going to follow smartphone pricing models instead of laptop pricing models. And it's just starting to dawn on these junior GI geniuses that perhaps tablets ARE NOT smartphones, aren't marketed like smartphones, and shouldn't be treated like smartphones, and that trying to follow the smartphone pricing model just ain't gonna fly. You just can't play Apple's game better than Apple.
The solution is to make your price point that of a comparable netbook or laptop, and bring the tablet back to the realm of portable computing. The downside to this, of course, is that you can't have an $800 tablet -- it'll have to be more like $350-$400. It'll still make a decent profit at the lower price, but certainly not the rape-you-fucking-blind profits they had expected.
I've said it before and I'll say it again -- there is no legitimate reason why a tablet should cost any more than a netbook. Unless you're just trying to be greedy.
Wait, you mean to say that it took 3 years to figure out that people pirate because shit costs too much? Uh, DDDDDUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHH
Bad news Patti Hauseman, Apple has taken note of your unacceptable buying behavior and has decided to revoke your membership in the Cult of Jobs. Only those that blindly upgrade their hardware multiple times a year are permitted to maintain their memberships.
If you wish to have your membership re-instated, please provide proof of purchase for an AT&T iPhone, a Verizon iPhone, an iPod (Touch or Nano only), MacBook, and iPad. Note that refurbished models DO NOT count.
"and anyone telling you otherwise is either misinformed or lying."
And that, sir, is the current definition of "Republican".
I hate to break it to Mr. Enzi, but there are no longer any light bulb plants in the US. The last one closed in 2009. Even if this law is repealed it's highly unlikely any of those jobs will come back.
Seriously, don't these guys have more important issues to work out other than what kind of light bulbs we're allowed to use?
Makes sense to me, cause y'know regular books self-destruct after 26 loans too, right? Oh, wait...
It absolutely amazes me that is never occurs to them the real reason why no one is buying music -- there isn't anything worth buying.
IMO it depends upon the context. It's fine if you're just discussing the issue as a form of social discourse. But I think it crosses the line if someone takes an action based upon an ill-formed opinion.
The OP is saying it's ok for PayPal to cut off his legal funds cause the guy is clearly guilty and should get all he deserves. I just think he should get a fair and honorable trial BEFORE we start trying to cut him off at the knees. I mean seriously, isn't that the whole foundation of American society?
Sorry, I thought you were the OP. My bad.
But to address your post directly (this time), yes, anyone is free to form any opinion they want, but they do themselves and others ill favor when they form those opinions without having all the facts. People are much less likely to give your opinions any weight, or take them seriously, when they know they are snap judgments and/or ill-informed.
And although PayPal is under no legal obligation one way or the other they really shouldn't, as a matter of principal, do things like this. I'm sure they have their reasons, which I'm also sure we'll never really know, but it only further underscores the concerns that guys like Manning aren't going to get a fair shake.
Absolutely. "Not guilty" doesn't mean "innocent". But at least he got his day in court and all the evidence was presented. Until this guy is afforded the same right, I'm making no judgement, cause I don't have all the facts.
While you are certainly entitled to your opinion, it's clear you have already judged him without benefit of a trial, so as far as you're concerned, he's guilty. Yet you condemn others that question your judgment. Where I come from we call that hypocrisy.
And while PayPal, a division of eBay, certainly is under no obligation to provide him an account, their biased actions could come back to bite them in the ass someday. I already know plenty of people who no longer use eBay or PayPal due to their shady and uneven practices. Stuff like this only sends more and more people looking for alternatives. And I'm a-ok with that. That is, after all, their opinion, right?
I think you forgot the part about "innocent until proven guilty"? How about a fair trial first (which is what he needs the money for), THEN you can condemn him.
I guess no one has considered the possibility that these kids really are lazy, despicable, and sociopathic, and not the little angels their parents think? Oh golly, now there's a newsflash. So this lady decides not to sugar coat how horrible kids have become and gets suspended for it. Bravo to the parents and school board who think it's best to just keep sweeping the problem under the rug, or worse, refusing to admit there is one.
You really have to be a masochist to want to be a school teacher these days. Does the entire system need to implode before anyone starts to realize how fucked up it is and tries to do something about it?
Price, price, and oh, PRICE. Most people simply do not need nor want to spend $100 a month on cell service on top of the $200+ for the damned phone.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Oh this is a good one. Listen MPAA, Google will CRUSH you in court.
Ahh yes... today's security DDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!! Really, isn't anyone else sick to death about these things that NEVER affects ANYONE?
Didn't scientists discover some tools believed to be ancient Greek that they have no idea what they are or what they were used for?
But similar devices are still in use today, for example, as gastrointestinal diagnostic tools.
People are still paying for music?!?!?
Isn't it now illegal for FSJ to exist? Didn't California pass a law making it illegal to impersonate a celebrity?
OK, do we need to go over this again? Any information that you wouldn't write on a giant poster and hang up in a public place should NOT be in Facebook. Period.
The Fascinate and Acclaim just got their 2.2 updates today. Hopefully the Captivate isn't far behind.