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• Dear author,
  
  Gage? Don't you mean "Gauge"?
  
  Cheers
  Sinicle

  In reply to: "Facebook: Clicks don't matter as much as advertisers think"

  October 2, 2012

• This was definitely a SNAFU on Amazon's part. Offering locks screen and home screen ads with the option from the beginning to opt-out wouldn't have raised anyone's ire. Telling people that they couldn't opt out from the start was just plain dumb.
  
  While they have opted to make Android closed and tightly integrated to its own content offerings, their approach is quite the reverse of Apple's. Apple's approach to iTunes is that it exists in order to sell hardware by making it easy for people to get content and then manage it. People forget that for a long time, iTunes was nothing more than a break-even proposition for Apple - it only makes any money out it now by the sheer volume of iDevices it has sold.
  
  Amazon, on the other hand, are selling their hardware at a low price in order to drive people to buy either content or other products from its online operations.
  
  Two very different approaches - but both have proven popular.

  In reply to: "Amazon backtracks, will offer $15 opt-out for ads on Kindle Fire tablets"

  September 9, 2012

• This lawsuit by Apple is all about forcing people to innovate for themselves, not to stifle innovation. It is a stand that they had to make, and had every right to make. It will stifle competition in the short term, if successful, but a company like Samsung has the potential to develop really innovative products, and do so rapidly. The Galaxy Note 10.1 is the first real example of that, I think - that and the Galaxy Note 5.3 are Samsung's most innovative products and offer genuine points of differentiation from Apple. Ironically, by forcing companies to innovate with their patent suits, Apple might actually create a bigger problem for itself in the long run. But this is where consumers will benefit, because in response, Apple will have to out innovate again.

  In reply to: "Why Apple doesn't just sue Google and get it over with"

  August 15, 2012

• Let's not forget that Jobs dished the concept of convergence in devices when all Apple had at the time was the iPod - however, in the background, Apple was hard at work on developing the ultimate convergence device in what was to be the iPhone. I would say that he was doing something similar here - after all, why would he talk up the relative virtues of the 7-inch form factor when Apple did, or does, not have one at the time?
  
  The larger form factor 9.7-inch tablet offers better (but not ideal) content creation capabilities and more desktop-like apps than does a 7-inch tablet. The 7-inch form factor is great for watching movies, and playing games, but not for making great tablet apps. It's a niche, but one that Apple will eventually fill, even if they end up calling it an iPod touch - because its functionality would be more akin to an iPod touch than an iPad.

  In reply to: "Steve Jobs: 7-inch tablets 'DOA' -- yeah, right"

  August 4, 2012

• If you really have an iPhone (as you pretend) you are still getting an upgrade to iOS 6 with a bunch of new features. Which is more than can be said for the 90 percent of Android users still stuck on Gingerbread even though Ice Cream Sandwich was released 7 months ago...

  In reply to: "Is Apple fragmenting the iPhone?"

  June 14, 2012

• Yeah really? Then explain to me why the Galaxy S, which has EXACTLY the same specs as the upgraded-to-Android 4- Nexus S is not getting an Android 4 upgrade? At least Apple is still upgrading these older devices for up to two years, even if they don't get all the features. It's a hell of a lot better than woeful upgrade scenario for Android users. Even 7 months after ICS was launched, 90 percent of Android users are still on Gingerbread or lower. Android just doesn't stand comparison.

  In reply to: "Is Apple fragmenting the iPhone?"

  June 14, 2012

• Dan, I don't think your score, or comments, accurately reflect just how much Apple is pushing the boundaries of design with this notebook. Just when you thought you'd seen it all, Apple comes along and defines another genre of notebook, as it did with the Air. This notebook is state of the art and warranted at least 4.5 stars.

  In reply to: "Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display"

  June 14, 2012

• Where was your article following Samsung's decision to axe ANY KIND of OS upgrade for the original Galaxy S owners when they upgraded the specs EQUIVALENT Galaxy Nexus S to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)?
  
  That decision was far more disgraceful and should have been given the same kind of treatment (but deserved) that you are dishing out to Apple here Molly.
  
  Here, at least iPhone 4 owners still actually get an upgrade to OS 6, even if some of the bells and whistles are missing. And they get a bunch of additional features over the original OS the device shipped with, in a timely fashion.
  
  Most users of the original iPhone 4, if they really wanted turn-by-turn navigation have probably already bought an app for that anyway, meaning that they don't really miss out on anything. This feature is really there for iPhone 4S users moving forward and will save them from having to buy a third-party app.
  
  Molly, in future, please put some thought into your rants and try to address all the facts.

  In reply to: "Is Apple fragmenting the iPhone?"

  June 14, 2012

• RAM is expandable to 16GB for only $200 extra. User upgradeable Flash storage will eventually hit the market as it has for the MacBook Air. Apple's batteries last a full five years thanks to smart recharging management. The display is outstanding as is the design. If none of that suits, Apple still offers the standard MacBook Pro along side it. As for the price, given that Apple is said to pay $150 for the display part alone (wholesale), it is pretty reasonable overall. Just watch as PC vendors fall over themselves trying to copy Apple's latest blueprint and see if they can get the price any lower - it will be just like the ultra book scene where the eventual PC equivalents will struggle to match Apple's price, let alone beat it.

  In reply to: "Thin is in for PC, MacBook -- upgrades out"

  June 13, 2012

• New iPhone 6 rumor - it will have, wait for it, a faster processor, an updated OS, will look like a phone, pack a better camera, will be thinner, lighter, have longer battery life, more memory...anyone want to place your bets now?

  In reply to: "iPhone 5 rumor roundup"

  June 24, 2011