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  • Michael Scrip
    Apr 26, 03:13 PM
    Deceptive Report... Let's not forget, Apple iOS encompasses more then just iPhones. If you included the iPad and iPod Touch which both run Apple iOS then Apple's market share is still ahead of Android.

    It's not *that" deceptive... they did include "US smartphone usage" in the headline.

    Here's why... Apple's smartphone is called "the iPhone"

    And then you've got "Android" which is a tons of phones from many manufacturers.

    When comparing smartphone numbers... it's the iPhone vs. many Android phones.

    You're right... if you wanna have a platform battle... iOS vs Android... you'd have to include iPods and iPads.

    But this is a comparison of phones...





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  • zed
    Apr 25, 09:23 AM
    I spent two weeks in Ireland with my iPhone 4 and had location services + data and cell service turned off and it did not track my location at all during the entire stay. I did use wifi almost every day while there... and really only had my phone b/c the camera in the iPhone4 is much much better than my old Fujifilm point-and-shoot.





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  • brap
    Aug 7, 01:53 PM
    Suppose it'd be a bit heretic to buy one of these solely for Windows, right?

    I'd not get a quad Xeon Woodcrest anywhere else for less, and my Athlon 64 just doesn't cut it...





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  • Macs4u
    Apr 20, 02:50 AM
    Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_2 like Mac OS X; en-gb) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8H7 Safari/6533.18.5)

    I think Apple needs to concentrate more on improving iOS rather than adding a faster processor. Tbh I'm pretty fed up of my iPhone 4 as the is just looks boringly simple. Not everybody wants the same old os on every device. I think it's the omnia 7 next for me so I can have a change.





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  • fishkorp
    Aug 11, 10:32 AM
    so once these are released, what are the chances if my MBP was broken Apple Care would replace it with a new Core 2 Duo one?





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  • Unspeaked
    Aug 11, 02:55 PM
    No more will there be a year between speed increases etc.

    Remember, we're almost at 6 months with the Mac Mini, and it's seen neither a chip upgrade nor a speed bump.





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  • jouster
    Mar 30, 07:00 AM
    I'd pay a premium for products manufactured in the US.

    Products might be more expensive, but there would be more Americans employed. As much are there is a downside to producing here, there is also an upside.

    Are you willing to pay significantly more?





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  • Peace
    Sep 11, 10:03 AM
    10.4.8 will be a necessary update for what's released tomorrow.
    At least if one wishes to buy it and use it.So 10.4.8 will be out in the next couple of days.





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  • Ompaa
    Sep 15, 04:50 PM
    hm I guess one thing is interesting:
    as http://www.macshrine.com/2006/09/15/merom-macbook-pro-at-photokina/ says
    There are rumors of a 1.83GHz powered 12″ model
    at the same time Brenthaven offers "Pro 12/15" bags -> http://www.brenthaven.com/catalog-apple-pro-12-15.html

    So does Brenthaven know more?
    Will there be an overall update on design including a 12'' model ?(!)

    (well of course that's just a fake argument since I guess they had the cases already for smaller powerbooks (?))

    Anyway speculating is funny :D





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  • Chip NoVaMac
    Nov 26, 08:08 PM
    I don't think it would appeal to that many people, to have an Apple MP3 player. I mean, the existing ones aren't great sellers.

    See the problem here? The reason the iPod took off was because it wasn't like the existing MP3 players.

    Take a look at a group of current products:

    1. The UMPC. Seems like a good idea, but not successful so far. Why not? Here's Gartner:[quote]

    This and your other comments are spot on.

    The perfect device will never be found IMHO.

    For work I am looking at the likes of the Cingular 8125. A better keyboard than my Treo 650, and 802.11b support. Add to that basic support for MS Office apps.

    For travel I see the Sony UMPC being OK. It could replace my Epson P-2000 perhaps for photo storage on trips. The shame is that cell phone companies have not let us to share a common phone number between devices - with out us being required to use call forwarding.

    I for one would love the ability to pick the device that makes sense at the time for cell phone use. At work, something like the 8125. When out and about sight seeing and shopping, some like the Razor. When traveling a small tablet PC.

    [QUOTE=Marx55;3092385]THIS COULD BE A KILLER GADGET FOR PRESENTATIONS.

    http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/communications/mobile_phone/evidence_mounts_for_january_iphone

    http://www.t3.co.uk/nested_content/gallery_assetlisting_navigation?root=633162&result_page=1
    http://www.t3.co.uk/nested_content/gallery_assetlisting_navigation?root=633162&result_page=2
    http://www.t3.co.uk/nested_content/gallery_assetlisting_navigation?root=633162&result_page=3

    But the Tablet could be a good start point, before shrinking it to an iPod Video/iPhone Video form factor. Or could we have both? Hopefully.

    The only thing that would make the T1 renderings a "killer app" for me is a slide out keyboard.

    THIS COULD BE A KILLER GADGET FOR PRESENTATIONS.

    http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/communications/mobile_phone/evidence_mounts_for_january_iphone

    http://www.t3.co.uk/nested_content/gallery_assetlisting_navigation?root=633162&result_page=1
    http://www.t3.co.uk/nested_content/gallery_assetlisting_navigation?root=633162&result_page=2
    http://www.t3.co.uk/nested_content/gallery_assetlisting_navigation?root=633162&result_page=3

    But the Tablet could be a good start point, before shrinking it to an iPod Video/iPhone Video form factor. Or could we have both? Hopefully.

    The PSP is the closest I have seen to the right device. Again add a slide out keyboard and I might buy.





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  • MacFly123
    Apr 21, 07:53 PM
    FINALLY some Mac Pro updates!

    Very interesting....

    This does sound logical to me, its a combination of the lines and i am sure would make it convenient for sound and media pro's whom also have other rack equipment like massive disk arrays and audio equipment(them hings with blinkie lights in sound studios :P ).

    agreed, hopefully an update with the new FCP X :confused:

    Exactly! Please let this all come out at the same time so I can buy a completely new setup with the new Final Cut Studio and Lion! :D

    Here's a quick scale / mockup

    Please leave the dual super drives Apple! We pros still need those to author DVDs!





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  • URFloorMatt
    Apr 26, 02:13 PM
    Some will be bothered about IOS not being the most dominant. I personally don't care, I just want the best mobile OS.

    iOS is neither, at the moment. I suppose that might change with iOS 5.0. I certainly hope it does. But with it looking like Apple is phoning in the iPhone 5th gen, I suspect these numbers will be crushing a year from now.

    I suspect by that time Android will hold fully 50% marketshare.





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  • H00513R
    May 7, 10:10 AM
    I don't want more people bogging down the system. I want them to improve their mail service with tagging, grouping and searching options. Oh, and I want .mac back! :)





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  • KnightWRX
    Apr 10, 06:56 PM
    Really.

    So the government has use of your money all year, and you're OK with that?? :confused:

    Sure, everyone likes a budget surplus.

    I tend to see it as the government holding on to it for me so I don't spend it and get to then use it as disposable income. ;)





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  • KnightWRX
    Apr 23, 02:51 PM
    That's the nice thing about the equallogic, right? ;)

    Only issue I currently have with throughput is being limited by 4gigs when there are 30 some odd VMs running in our 3 host cluster. I would love to be fiber channel but between state budget cuts and PITA systems guy it ain't happening.

    On thunderbolt though, I truly believe it will be a non-starter. Sure, it's cool for those of us that know about it but people in general won't know and won't really care either way. Honestly, consumers should already be above 10Gbps because the physical hardware is already there, just a matter of market elasticity.

    You do realise you can switch your multi-path policy to something like Round-Robin or Least used link or something and use both your fabrics at the same time, giving you double bandwidth (in your 4 Gig port configuration, giving you 8 Gbps, or in a 8 Gbps FC configuration, 16) right ? Actually, you should have a look at what it is set to, some versions of ESX and ESXi are completely retarded and set the default policy to use Fabric 1 only (older versions prior to 4.x didn't have a supported configuration for using both paths at the same time, the support was experimental I believe).

    Or you can run FCoE or FCoIP and use dual 10 Gbps for FC on the cheap (I do realise HBAs can be pricey). Or heck, iSCSI over 10 Gbps links...

    Also, looking at my current I/O statistics for one of our biggest ESXi boxes (about 20 VMs), I see we average about... 10 mbps over the fiber. ;) Servers aren't constantly writing at full bandwidth anyhow and the convenience of centralized SAN management trumps Direct Attached Storage any day of the week in a data center environnement.

    Heck, I wish our DMZ servers could be attached to the SAN (stupid Security policies) so that I could actually grow the filesystems on which the file repository sits... seeing how Sun (now Oracle) wants to charge us over 10k$ for about 72 GBs of disks, just because the hardware is EOL'd and it lacks the 2nd controller so that we can use the drive bays that are free in it...

    Thunderbolt brings me back to those days. It's just not something I'd ever consider for data center use. It's not going to replace iSCSI or Fiber Channel. It's a complete non-contender in that space. Consumer space or workstations ? Yeah, sure, seems it could replace Firewire and USB disks, if the price and availability of actual peripherals is good. That last part remains to be seen.





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  • Eldiablojoe
    May 4, 05:21 PM
    I'm glad we finally started moving :).

    We might as well keep moving forward through the door at the end of the hallway.

    Concur





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  • Al Coholic
    Apr 7, 09:58 AM
    I see the short sighted Apple pom-pom shakers are once again giddy with excitement. The juvenile remarks are embarrassing.

    For some strange reason you think monopolies are good for consumers.





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  • lilo777
    Apr 18, 03:37 PM
    So you think Apple's goal is to be free R&D for the rest of the industry? :rolleyes:

    You are funny. Do you know that Samsung spends 10 times more than Apple on R&D?





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  • BlizzardBomb
    Jul 21, 04:28 PM
    This is the thing I was referring to; if I knew more about it, I'd be working for
    Intel or Apple... I guess...

    http://www.macosrumors.com/20060402B.php

    Just a hint, do NOT believe any of the rubbish from Mac OS Rumors. It is the World's worst Apple source.





    buckers
    Apr 5, 04:39 PM
    Don't really like the theme, personally...





    Dagless
    Apr 10, 11:19 AM
    Brackets; 12.
    48/2; 24.
    *12.
    =288.

    Lots of votes for 2! Am I wrong?





    teme
    Aug 7, 02:30 PM
    Excellent. Now it's time to wait for the sub-$2000 "Pro" desktop announcement. There's a suspicious gap in their lineup. Mac Pro Cube (http://macprocube.com), perhaps?

    I'll wait for that until Paris, and if it isn't available then, I'll buy a PC.





    mackiwi
    Jul 30, 08:39 PM
    umm....that magazine add looks rather real to me. WTF?:eek:

    on another note, Vodafones 3G network here in NZ has video calls as standard on every phone they sell for the network. Its not revolutionary, they have had it since December last year. It doesnt cost any more than a regular mobile to mobile call. oh, and the person calling is the only one who pays (the fact that americans pay to answer a call is insane).:eek:

    They also have an itunes sized music library that you can browse and download to your phone ( its 3.50NZD per track, which is about $2 USD). Its quite popular seeing as Apple has chosen not to have an Itunes store in New Zealand. They have sold hundreds of thousands of ipods, but there is nowhere to download songs legally. stupid huh? :(

    We pay full retail for most phones, but we aren't locked into any sort of contract. And to the person who said txting should be banned from apples phone: why call someone for ten times the price of a SMS text when you dont need too?:confused:





    Watabou
    Apr 23, 04:44 PM
    That is awesome. I can't wait for a Retina display Macbook Pro. Yeah!