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  • Microsoft's Big News for Gamers: Natal to Be Backwards Compatible [View article]
    "This could be very big for game publishers and game players."

    Yes but not for at least a year, and, er where's the fire button?
    Jun 04 14:15 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • The New Palm Is Gonna Bomb [View article]
    @CGP Interesting that. Here we are at least 2 years down the line and yet Apple haven't gone to other carriers at all. Says more about the pre's desperation to get it out at any cost than much else.

    Accessing iTunes is not the same as accessing the app store.

    And Apple have every right to lock their software up. You freetards are fricking awesome.
    May 28 14:05 pm |Rating: +4 0 |Link to Comment
  • iPhone App Developers Threaten to Sue Apple over Late Payments [View article]
    My mate shipped his 1,000,000 App last week - he's not unhappy. This is usual seeking alpha fud. Nothing to see here move along...
    May 01 09:55 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Apple Is Still Apple Even without Steve Jobs  [View article]
    @Alex

    Hmmm you are doing math on completely the wrong thing.

    Last time Steve Jobs left Apple was because he was ousted by a board who thought they knew the business better than he did - they thought that they could keep going on the way they did - remember the slogan "Apple II forever"? They HATED the fact that the Mac stole the thunder from the Lisa and were pissed at him giving money to Ridley Scott for an ad that only ever aired once.

    So the bean counters threw him out and started to release a bunch of ho hum products that even they couldn't keep track of but were essentially the same.

    I don't THINK that Steve is exclusively responsible for the product Apple releases in fact I am certain. Steve IS however responsible for the focus that each product gets. I think people misunderstand how and why this is important. Suffice to say that after nearly 10 years the R&D dept. at Apple now gets this. It is inbuilt, ingrained, and will probably continue that way for years.
    Mar 23 12:56 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • Bullish on Microsoft [View article]
    @Josh

    Scoring points on pedantry and ignoring what was said - way to go.

    For your information Apple lost the Look and Feel case with Windows because the tossers in charge of Apple at he time had a clause which basically said Microsoft could "make use of any innovation they discovered while developing Word and Excel for the Mac." I think that was what he was trying to say.
    Mar 16 13:51 pm |Rating: +2 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Microsoft and Apple: Follower and Leader [View article]
    @jackdee

    You sir are a troll.
    Feb 23 13:00 pm |Rating: +2 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Microsoft and Apple: Follower and Leader [View article]
    @jackdee

    "In fact it is the MST platform that allowed the iphone to work, without MS software the iphone could not even send mail."

    That is simply a lie. In the latest update Apple added the ability to connect to Microsoft Exchange servers but up until that point the iPhone / iPod have been able to send and receive mail using all the open standards, pop IMAP etc.
    Feb 23 12:29 pm |Rating: +5 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Apple vs. Microsoft Vista: The Ad Budget Wars [View article]
    ...and of course you are conveniently forgetting that the ad spend is across all the Apple product line too. That is not 486 million on "get a mac" ads - that's probably quite a lot on iPhone ads that seem to be on nearly every prime time ad break.

    Microsoft were fair game in that they plied the press with release saying exactly how much they were spending. The whole point of the marketing buzz was how much they were putting into the ads.
    Nov 24 11:22 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Apple's iPhones: 10 Million and Counting? [View article]
    "If Zaky and Muller are right, Jobs will proudly proclaim that Apple has blown past the 10 million figure in hopes of supporting the stock."

    er no. Steve doesn't attend the Earnings reports
    Oct 10 15:33 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • CE Spending Looks Dismal - But Macs Set to Hit New All-Time High [View article]
    @nukldrager

    Because unlike windows not everything runs as a root user.
    Sep 14 11:40 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Nokia Gets No Respect Against Apple, RIM [View article]
    "The problem is that AAPL's 'tech dominance' has never, with the exception of the iPod (which is not an expensive product), translated into market share."

    From a low of around 2% to something approaching 10% I think you have forgotten just how far Apple have come. I bought shares when the market share of the Mac and share price was low. Now they have approached 10% of the PC share in the US and, let us not forget, that is 10% of the MOST PROFITABLE section of market share, I think it is not the time to underestimate Apple.
    Aug 22 15:04 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Nokia Gets No Respect Against Apple, RIM [View article]
    "The problem is that AAPL's 'tech dominance' has never, with the exception of the iPod (which is not an expensive product), translated into market share."

    From a low of around 2% to something approaching 10% I think you have forgotten just how far Apple have come. I bought shares when the market share of the Mac and share price was low. Now they have approached 10% of the PC share in the US and, let us not forget, that is 10% of the MOST PROFITABLE section of market share, I think it is not the time to underestimate Apple.
    Aug 22 15:04 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Research In Motion's Dream Run Comes to an End [View article]
    "The Q2 results will not be very impressive since the first version iPhones were almost sold out in May."

    I wouldn't be so sure as the way Apple accounts for iPhone sales is over time and so there is still quite a bit in the kitty to cover for the gap..
    Jun 27 09:04 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Apple Links Higher Sales with Higher Prices [View article]
    "That's what we need, more moronic AAPL idiots who know nothing about technology"

    Blah-blah - your credentials please
    May 10 09:33 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Apple's New iPhone Applications No Threat to RIM's BlackBerry [View article]
    @ viking

    If you did your research instead of sarky comments you'd realize that with exchange support it will do pretty well with all those corporate PCs too.
    Mar 09 20:07 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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