Well, considering I have not heard this from any other source, and it would be another scandal hyped announcement like the location tracking non-incident on the iPhone, I'm going to assume you are making this up, or at least misunderstanding/misrepresenting what is going on.
So Asus didn't protect their IP and Apple should follow suit, is that your argument? Did they really invent something different or did they just shrink it down?
Internal or external antennas are tuned to specific frequencies, but BOTH have attenuation when held. The return rates for iPhone 4 were below that of any of the other models, if there really was a problem then they would have had people returning them in droves. I'm afraid you've swallowed the anti-Apple koolaid and went back for seconds.
If someone would have addressed his statement head on instead of doing the red herring argument then maybe it would have been a valid criticism.
Yeh, whiney Mac haters like you really give me the shits. There is nothing that Apple does that you won't criticize despite obvious evidence to the contrary.
"the only real benefit is your image" . . Yeah, I see what you did there. You said something congenitally stupid, but it was obviously based on ignorance so it's at least excusable..
Those who can, do. . . ..how true. Which is why Apple released the iPhone and iPad and everyone else saw they were successful with their approach and jumped on the bandwagon and copied them. How difficult is that to understand?
Sorry, but you take on this is simplistic and ridiculous. Apple DID innovate in both the tablet and phone markets and made NEW products that were wildly successful, and suddenly everyone else had the same idea (WFT?) and churned out copycat products. I don't think they are scared of Android, I just think they would like the Android peddlers to do their own homework and come out with their own product instead of releasing photocopies of Apple's.
I do wish they would unclench a bit and offer things like a mini-usb for ipad so you can back up docs and pull docs off a HD. It's very rare that I wish they had done anything differently, but I can see where some may want that flexibility and Android is the way to go for them (or jailbreak the iPhone). I don't think Apple needs to offer a higher priced version which is jailbreaked, you can do that for free and I know they have no interest in supporting a jailbroken device, there's too many pitfalls in that arena.
I would submit the experts are wrong. The problem is the economy is broken by rampant overspending, both at a governmental and private level. Make a balanced budget and stick with it. Government stimulus packages aren't working because they don't work. Spending more money on something that doesnt' work isn't going to improve anything. Fire the pricks in Washington.ALL of them. They don't control the economy and they don't create jobs. They are wasting our time on talking points and not getting anything done.
And there are no such things as "political facts". That very term is an oxymoron.
STFU teabagger. It's not too hard to see the stupidity of your post, because it smacks of more right wing nonsense. BOTH parties are to blame for government spending and incompetence and they should BOTH be fired.
Holy smokes! This post is the jewel of the site. Not being sarcastic, but you hit on the core of the problem. A politician's main goal is not to serve his/her country or fix problems, it is to get re-elected so they don't' have to get a real job. And you can't do that by making the tough decisions that will be good for the country in the long run, but will upset constituents by giving them some short term pain. There is absolutely no hope for this country that I can see. We have become a third rate country, we just don't know it yet.
I'm sure you had a point to your post, but it must have got lost in translation. You went to a lot of length to tell him the iPhone isn't better than "individual" phones, but I don't believe he said anything about that? It seems like you were arguing with yourself, and based on how poorly the post was written I'd say you lost. . . .
And yet it seems to be working very well for them. They are still selling iPhones as fast as they can make them and they don't have a new report every other day (literally) about how apps in their app store are spying/stealing/etc. (see Android market). I'd say they have taken a different, but overall a fairly smart approach and you might be the one who is short sighted. How is the phone YOU invented selling?
Your argument is so ridiculously flawed I don't know where to begin. Apple did not use profits from the iPod to build and give away iPhones and iPads. What an utter load of bull!
As much as I think Thurrott is a paid schill for MS, this particular article is pretty darned accurate.
I'm so enjoying this. I had high hopes for Google but they seem to be as full of shit as anybody and now they're whining because things aren't going their way. Me thinks Android is in for some rough waters.
I don't really look at your choices as the only two logical choices. Since the likelihood of a police state is getting higher day by day already, I prefer to take my chances on the one random nutjob. I think the odds are more in my favor that I'll be untouched by that route than giving us more cops and more government power.
I can tell you that the devices should have significantly different UIs or it probably is a copy of Apple's UI. If they developed it independent of Apple then why the heck did it look pretty much like a carbon copy? Perhaps you're the moron for your blind stance and misunderstanding of how an independently developed product would differ significantly from a competitor.
And this is not intangible, I have the functional, saleable item. You're simply willing for forgive Android's wholesale ripoff. If that's your opinion then fine, but at least be honest about it instead of wrapping it in fake arguments.
I still don't see it being much demanded by anyone at this point. Maybe it will be, but right now aside from a few tech geeks and a few favorable reviews it seems to be selling just as well as any other iPad competitor at this point.
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While hate speech is unpleasant your approach to dealing with it is even more unpleasant.
Child pornographynis already illegal. So no action needed there. You don't censor millions because a handful of people misbehave.
Hate literature is annoying but shouldn't be banned. People can manage to toss that stupidity aside.
Your willingness to allow a little censorship cracks the door to a LOT of censorship later.
Well, considering I have not heard this from any other source, and it would be another scandal hyped announcement like the location tracking non-incident on the iPhone, I'm going to assume you are making this up, or at least misunderstanding/misrepresenting what is going on.
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Never said they made the first tablet, and it really doesn't' matter if they did or not, they innovated and they DID make the first successful tablet.
So Asus didn't protect their IP and Apple should follow suit, is that your argument? Did they really invent something different or did they just shrink it down?
Do we have to cover this again?
Internal or external antennas are tuned to specific frequencies, but BOTH have attenuation when held. The return rates for iPhone 4 were below that of any of the other models, if there really was a problem then they would have had people returning them in droves. I'm afraid you've swallowed the anti-Apple koolaid and went back for seconds.
If someone would have addressed his statement head on instead of doing the red herring argument then maybe it would have been a valid criticism.
Yeh, whiney Mac haters like you really give me the shits. There is nothing that Apple does that you won't criticize despite obvious evidence to the contrary.
"the only real benefit is your image" . . Yeah, I see what you did there. You said something congenitally stupid, but it was obviously based on ignorance so it's at least excusable..
Yeah, it was SOOOOO good that it died on the vine. So much for your budding career as an analyst. . . .
Those who can, do. . . . .how true. Which is why Apple released the iPhone and iPad and everyone else saw they were successful with their approach and jumped on the bandwagon and copied them. How difficult is that to understand?
Sorry, but you take on this is simplistic and ridiculous. Apple DID innovate in both the tablet and phone markets and made NEW products that were wildly successful, and suddenly everyone else had the same idea (WFT?) and churned out copycat products. I don't think they are scared of Android, I just think they would like the Android peddlers to do their own homework and come out with their own product instead of releasing photocopies of Apple's.
I disagree, because Google has been focused on stealing rather than litigating.
FTFY
I do wish they would unclench a bit and offer things like a mini-usb for ipad so you can back up docs and pull docs off a HD. It's very rare that I wish they had done anything differently, but I can see where some may want that flexibility and Android is the way to go for them (or jailbreak the iPhone). I don't think Apple needs to offer a higher priced version which is jailbreaked, you can do that for free and I know they have no interest in supporting a jailbroken device, there's too many pitfalls in that arena.
Disclaimer: IANA Teabagger
I would submit the experts are wrong. The problem is the economy is broken by rampant overspending, both at a governmental and private level. Make a balanced budget and stick with it. Government stimulus packages aren't working because they don't work. Spending more money on something that doesnt' work isn't going to improve anything. Fire the pricks in Washington.ALL of them. They don't control the economy and they don't create jobs. They are wasting our time on talking points and not getting anything done.
And there are no such things as "political facts". That very term is an oxymoron.
STFU teabagger. It's not too hard to see the stupidity of your post, because it smacks of more right wing nonsense. BOTH parties are to blame for government spending and incompetence and they should BOTH be fired.
Holy smokes! This post is the jewel of the site. Not being sarcastic, but you hit on the core of the problem. A politician's main goal is not to serve his/her country or fix problems, it is to get re-elected so they don't' have to get a real job. And you can't do that by making the tough decisions that will be good for the country in the long run, but will upset constituents by giving them some short term pain. There is absolutely no hope for this country that I can see. We have become a third rate country, we just don't know it yet.
I'm sure you had a point to your post, but it must have got lost in translation. You went to a lot of length to tell him the iPhone isn't better than "individual" phones, but I don't believe he said anything about that? It seems like you were arguing with yourself, and based on how poorly the post was written I'd say you lost. . . .
And yet it seems to be working very well for them. They are still selling iPhones as fast as they can make them and they don't have a new report every other day (literally) about how apps in their app store are spying/stealing/etc. (see Android market). I'd say they have taken a different, but overall a fairly smart approach and you might be the one who is short sighted. How is the phone YOU invented selling?
Your argument is so ridiculously flawed I don't know where to begin. Apple did not use profits from the iPod to build and give away iPhones and iPads. What an utter load of bull!
As much as I think Thurrott is a paid schill for MS, this particular article is pretty darned accurate.
I'm so enjoying this. I had high hopes for Google but they seem to be as full of shit as anybody and now they're whining because things aren't going their way. Me thinks Android is in for some rough waters.
I don't really look at your choices as the only two logical choices. Since the likelihood of a police state is getting higher day by day already, I prefer to take my chances on the one random nutjob. I think the odds are more in my favor that I'll be untouched by that route than giving us more cops and more government power.
I can tell you that the devices should have significantly different UIs or it probably is a copy of Apple's UI. If they developed it independent of Apple then why the heck did it look pretty much like a carbon copy? Perhaps you're the moron for your blind stance and misunderstanding of how an independently developed product would differ significantly from a competitor.
And this is not intangible, I have the functional, saleable item. You're simply willing for forgive Android's wholesale ripoff. If that's your opinion then fine, but at least be honest about it instead of wrapping it in fake arguments.
I still don't see it being much demanded by anyone at this point. Maybe it will be, but right now aside from a few tech geeks and a few favorable reviews it seems to be selling just as well as any other iPad competitor at this point.
A much demanded product? Really? Seems you might be suffering from your own brand of fanboyish delusions!