RattyUK

Microsoft's Big News for Gamers: Natal to Be Backwards Compatible

"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?

The New Palm Is Gonna Bomb

@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.

iPhone App Developers Threaten to Sue Apple over Late Payments

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...

Apple Is Still Apple Even without Steve Jobs

@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.

Bullish on Microsoft

@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.

Microsoft and Apple: Follower and Leader

@jackdee

You sir are a troll.

Microsoft and Apple: Follower and Leader

@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.

Apple vs. Microsoft Vista: The Ad Budget Wars

...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.

Apple's iPhones: 10 Million and Counting?

"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

CE Spending Looks Dismal - But Macs Set to Hit New All-Time High

@nukldrager

Because unlike windows not everything runs as a root user.

Nokia Gets No Respect Against Apple, RIM

"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.

Nokia Gets No Respect Against Apple, RIM

"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.

Research In Motion's Dream Run Comes to an End

"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..

Apple Links Higher Sales with Higher Prices

"That's what we need, more moronic AAPL idiots who know nothing about technology"

Blah-blah - your credentials please

Apple's New iPhone Applications No Threat to RIM's BlackBerry

@ 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.