"A pair of would-be robbers targeting Columbia students in upper Manhattan seem to be rather picky as they prowl. Twice at 526 114th St., and once at 556 114th St., the suspects demanded the victims hand over their iPhones, police said. The first victim complied, but the second only had a Droid, according to police. The thieves apparently didn't want a Droid â" so they took cash instead."
The original poster said the guy was made an offer to good to refuse. So do you think Apple could have offered Stallman enough to write proprietary software?
So there is only one person in the whole world qualified to add value to FreeBSD? I thought one of the benefits on open source software was that anyone could take it, modify it, and improve it? Would Linux die if Linus decided not to contribute anymore?
"you steal the guy that is writing it... John Hubbard. Apple, that firm that invents nothing, but steals everything (Jobs said so himself!) and became filthy rich with FreeBSD, offered John Hubbard so much money he could not resist...... has bought away the mainguy behind it"
So which Android companies are doing well besides Samsung? Companies are in business to make a profit - not increase market share. As far as Android doing well on China, that may very well be the case, but it does Google no good when a company uses its own fork of Android and uses no Google services like most of the Chinese companies do.
Says that Sony's mobile division continues to lose money.
Google's mobile division includes Motorola Mobility and it hasn't seen a profit in years and Google is having to spend more money on layoffs.
RIM is losing money.
Nokia is losing money
LG is losing money.
Do you have a link for ZTE and Huawei's financials?
Even Google said that 2/3rds of their mobile profit comes from ios and they pay Apple $100 million a year to be the default search engine on all of their devices.
Welcome to the world of cell phones. Only three companies are making any money selling phones - Apple, Samsung, and HTC with Apple making 2/3rds of the profit, HTC making 1%, and Samsung making the rest.
"Market share" doesn't pay the bills - money does.
Apple makes 66% of all mobile phone profits with HTC making 1% and Samsung making the rest. The aim of a profit seeking corporation is to make a profit.
What good is market share if you are losing money? Even Google admitted that 66% of their mobile traffic come from iOS devices. After spending 12 billion on the money losing Motorola, even Google hasn't made a profit on Android yet.
1. Slashdot Wisdom (tm) has been saying the same thing since the iPod was introduced. How has that been working out so far?
2. What profits? Have you seen the profit or lack there of in their PSG group?
3. So what other company has created 3 multi billion lines of businesses in the last decade? Slashdot wisdom said that Apple would never follow up the iPod success. Then they said the same thing after the iPhone and now they are saying the same after the iPad.
Google Voice, YouTube, Chrome, Gmail, and Earth are already in the App Store. There are more navigation products in the App Store than you can shake a stick at. Why would Maps be any different.
"A maps app is different: why would they go through the effort of making a new one if they are goin to work just as well with google's content that is already well established and developed? No. This brick, they will pass to customers."
Google is free to write an app, put it on the app store, and register a custom URL on iOS so that when you click on it from a website it opens Google maps.
"As oposed to finding your contact and taping in the mini map that appears with it, right? What if im driving? Will siri open a google maps app for my contact? Yeah, didnt think so."
If you are driving you might appreciate having spoken turn by turn directions -- something that wasn't allowed with Google map data.
"No, it's very misleading because Amazon is investing the profits into expansion which is way different from a company struggling to make money which Gruber wants to portray it as, comparing profit like the way he did is ridiculous. And it looks like it worked, with people like you thinking profits mean everything. Check the stock market reaction to earnings and you'll know why it is misleading."
Amazon has been in business since 1994. How many more years will Amazon be "re-invsesting profits" for growth?
In 1997, Apple was nearly bankrupt, and now it has $100 billion in the bank. Which company has done better?
"Because marketshare also matters, and Android is clearly winning there."
So who does marketshare matter to?
The OEMs who are all losing money except for Samsung and HTC (barely?)
Google? Who according to there own testimony before Congress get 66% of their mobile profits from iOS devices? And then spent two years worth of their net income to buy the money-losing Motorola Mobility?
The third party developers who get an average only a quarter for every dollar on Android compared to Apple?
Web advertisers where iOS traffic is 4x that of Android traffic?
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You realize Google, Microsoft. Amazon, Sony, Nintendo, etc. all require you to do in app purchases through their store -- don't you?
Oh well, I have karma to burn.....
http://www.theiphonespot.net/muggers-dont-want-android-tend-to-go-for-iphone-owners/
"A pair of would-be robbers targeting Columbia students in upper Manhattan seem to be rather picky as they prowl. Twice at 526 114th St., and once at 556 114th St., the suspects demanded the victims hand over their iPhones, police said. The first victim complied, but the second only had a Droid, according to police. The thieves apparently didn't want a Droid â" so they took cash instead."
The differences are:
1. Apple never marketed the IPad as running MacOS RT or anything resembling MacOS.
2. Apple doesn't market one tablet running MacOS and another tablet running iOS that look and operate the same but are incompatible.
No, Microsoft paid for a contributor.
The original poster said the guy was made an offer to good to refuse. So do you think Apple could have offered Stallman enough to write proprietary software?
So there is only one person in the whole world qualified to add value to FreeBSD? I thought one of the benefits on open source software was that anyone could take it, modify it, and improve it? Would Linux die if Linus decided not to contribute anymore?
"you steal the guy that is writing it... John Hubbard. Apple, that firm that invents nothing, but steals everything (Jobs said so himself!) and became filthy rich with FreeBSD, offered John Hubbard so much money he could not resist...... has bought away the mainguy behind it"
So you steal stuff by paying for it?
"Erm, source? I find it really, really hard to believe LG (or Motorola, or Nokia) isn't making a fair amount of money selling cell phones."
Motorola
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-01/business/chi-motorola-mobilitys-loss-widens-in-q1-20120501_1_motorola-mobility-holdings-google-s-android-mobile-devices
Nokia:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444464304577536440351488600.html
LG:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/25/lg-q2-2012-earnings/
So which Android companies are doing well besides Samsung? Companies are in business to make a profit - not increase market share. As far as Android doing well on China, that may very well be the case, but it does Google no good when a company uses its own fork of Android and uses no Google services like most of the Chinese companies do.
http://www.mobiledia.com/news/159036.html
Says that Sony's mobile division continues to lose money.
Google's mobile division includes Motorola Mobility and it hasn't seen a profit in years and Google is having to spend more money on layoffs.
RIM is losing money.
Nokia is losing money
LG is losing money.
Do you have a link for ZTE and Huawei's financials?
Even Google said that 2/3rds of their mobile profit comes from ios and they pay Apple $100 million a year to be the default search engine on all of their devices.
Welcome to the world of cell phones. Only three companies are making any money selling phones - Apple, Samsung, and HTC with Apple making 2/3rds of the profit, HTC making 1%, and Samsung making the rest.
"Market share" doesn't pay the bills - money does.
Apple makes 66% of all mobile phone profits with HTC making 1% and Samsung making the rest. The aim of a profit seeking corporation is to make a profit.
What good is market share if you are losing money? Even Google admitted that 66% of their mobile traffic come from iOS devices. After spending 12 billion on the money losing Motorola, even Google hasn't made a profit on Android yet.
Right, because Android has been so profitable for OEMs like Motorola, LG, Sony Ericson, etc.
None of the major Android manufacturers are making a profit but Samsung and HTC - barely.
So which public utility doesn't have metered usage?
Right, because the Android devices that were prototyped before the iPhone was introduced didn't look like Blackberry knockoffs.
" the stealthy install of crapware like Quicktime,"
Quicktime is the media component for iTunes. iTunes can't play media without it. Would you feel better if it were embedded into iTunes?
"plus the fact IDC and Gartner both put iOS as becoming less relevant with time."
Is the same IDC that said when Nokia went to Windows Phone that they would have a 20% share by 2013?
"Apple can kill themselves by trying to 'go it alone' with their vertically leveraged niche product. The same way they did with the Macintosh."
If you mean by "kill themselves" being the most profitable computer maker (Yes, just their computer business).
Let's look at the top 5 worldwide computer makers....
1. HP's computer business is making so little money that they were trying to get rid of it.
2. Dell is seeing decreasing profit every year.
3. Lenovo always teetering between profit and loss
4. Asus hasn't done well since the netbook fad died.
Apple's Mac business is more profitable than any other PC manufacturers.
1. Slashdot Wisdom (tm) has been saying the same thing since the iPod was introduced. How has that been working out so far?
2. What profits? Have you seen the profit or lack there of in their PSG group?
3. So what other company has created 3 multi billion lines of businesses in the last decade? Slashdot wisdom said that Apple would never follow up the iPod success. Then they said the same thing after the iPhone and now they are saying the same after the iPad.
So you can read a map while driving?
Google Voice, YouTube, Chrome, Gmail, and Earth are already in the App Store. There are more navigation products in the App Store than you can shake a stick at. Why would Maps be any different.
HP is the top selling PC manufacturer in the world so they have "market share", but they were trying to get rid of thier PC division.
So question, which Android manufacturer do you expect to dethrone Apple as the worlds most valuable company?
"A maps app is different: why would they go through the effort of making a new one if they are goin to work just as well with google's content that is already well established and developed? No. This brick, they will pass to customers."
Google is free to write an app, put it on the app store, and register a custom URL on iOS so that when you click on it from a website it opens Google maps.
"As oposed to finding your contact and taping in the mini map that appears with it, right? What if im driving? Will siri open a google maps app for my contact? Yeah, didnt think so."
If you are driving you might appreciate having spoken turn by turn directions -- something that wasn't allowed with Google map data.
"There are thousands of different metrics which one could use to measure success. If you're free to pick and choose which one to use after the fact, "
So what else do you think a company cares about besides profit and stock price?
"No, it's very misleading because Amazon is investing the profits into expansion which is way different from a company struggling to make money which Gruber wants to portray it as, comparing profit like the way he did is ridiculous. And it looks like it worked, with people like you thinking profits mean everything. Check the stock market reaction to earnings and you'll know why it is misleading."
Amazon has been in business since 1994. How many more years will Amazon be "re-invsesting profits" for growth?
In 1997, Apple was nearly bankrupt, and now it has $100 billion in the bank. Which company has done better?
"Because marketshare also matters, and Android is clearly winning there."
So who does marketshare matter to?
The OEMs who are all losing money except for Samsung and HTC (barely?)
Google? Who according to there own testimony before Congress get 66% of their mobile profits from iOS devices? And then spent two years worth of their net income to buy the money-losing Motorola Mobility?
The third party developers who get an average only a quarter for every dollar on Android compared to Apple?
Web advertisers where iOS traffic is 4x that of Android traffic?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57464763-37/apples-ios-grabs-65-of-mobile-web-traffic/)
"Read it later was kicked out because of Apple's policy (which was ironic given that Apple used their OSS code in Safari for a similar feature)."
Huh?