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You have only a license. And your license does not include making a copy over a network.
The pot calling the kettle black. Apple has something called iAds
Since when is making nearly all of your profit from advertising equivalent to making virtually none of your profit from advertising? Sorry guys, but reminding people that Google is first and foremost an advertising company is always a legitimate comment. Apple, on the other hand, creates actual products and sells them directly to customers. It's a difference in motivation between these two companies that cannot be overstated.
As far as iAds is concerned, it appears to be primarily a defensive move from Apple to prevent Google from controlling advertising on iPhone OS devices, which is a reasonable fear given Google's monopolistic control of online advertising and their recent acquisition of AdMob. If iAds ever accounts for the majority of Apple's revenue, then feel free to claim an equivalency between Apple and Google in that regard. Until then, no such equivalency exists and people who claim it does are only damaging their own credibility.
My get a little hairy, but if it just streaming... then I dont really see the issue. It will cache a copy of the stream and once you stop the stream the temp cache file will disappear... right?
IDK i hate RIAA with a passion anyway... they are ridiculous with their claims sometimes...
Based on a single survey, which naturally Apple-haters like you wet yourselves over, and couldn't wait to use in MacRumors Forums as troll bait. Strange that no one who makes Android-based phones (or Google themselves) is releasing hard sales figures...
Based on a single survey, which naturally Apple-haters like you wet yourselves over, and couldn't wait to use in MacRumors Forums as troll bait. Strange that no one who makes Android-based phones (or Google themselves) is releasing hard sales figures...
The term "sold" is questionable. Verizon has a buy one get one free promo.
You don't think that them being acquired by Google and shoving a couple hundred thousand into the devs' pockets won't fix some of those issues we had?
I'm sure GooglifiedMedia will be rather acceptable when it's released for the Android phones. Question is, what's Apple gonna do about it?
I'm a Cupertino fanboy as much as the next person, and say what you will, but the stronghold that Apple had for the last three years is starting to loosen. Even that shiny HTC EVO 4G has actually turned some heads.
Based on a single survey, which naturally Apple-haters like you wet yourselves over, and couldn't wait to use in MacRumors Forums as troll bait. Strange that no one who makes Android-based phones (or Google themselves) is releasing hard sales figures...
Google says they are activating approx. 100K phones a day.
It will be awesome over WiMax/4G with HTC Evo starting June.. I am sure 2-3 Mb/s downlink should be plenty for high quality audio streaming. The future is bright with Android.
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Does that exclude all iPhone sales from world wide sales figures that are "free" on contracts worldwide?
I'll have to remember that one.
Peace said:Based on a single survey, which naturally Apple-haters like you wet yourselves over, and couldn't wait to use in MacRumors Forums as troll bait. Strange that no one who makes Android-based phones (or Google themselves) is releasing hard sales figures...
The term "sold" is questionable. Verizon has a buy one get one free promo.
Does that exclude all iPhone sales from world wide sales figures that are "free" on contracts worldwide?
I'll have to remember that one.
What are you iDrones mumbling about? What exactly Apple is doing that Google is "copying" so blatantly? Does Apple do remote iTunes library streaming? Wireless app push? Integrated WiFi hotspot? Intelligent TV? I didn't think so.
Go back to your iTunes and USB-tethered iPods, and leave the rest of us play with 21st century technologies.
Like what? What has Apple done that no one else had done before in the past 5 years?
There is nothing questionable here. You get the phone for free but you pay for the contract. It's just how the providers subsidize/structure money flows. The phone does not come for free by any means.
Really? When I stream my music from my Mac iTunes to my Apple TVs - I am "making a copy over the network".
Are you saying Apple's technologies enable us to violate content licensing?? Hmm... I better tell RIAA about this one.
Pretty much DEAD ON!
I like Google less and less every day and have been for quite some time. They are the new Micro$oft!
What would happen if the CONSUMER had to pay the same price for the second phone as they did for the first phone ?
Sales of the PHONE itself would NOT be what they are shown to be. Contracts aside you still have to BUY the phone.
Apple's half assed multitasking absolutely sucks compared to the Pre's. Neither the Pre's nor Android's implementation of multitasking has really shown to be much of a battery drain either. Quit listening to Steve, he lies to sell phones.
Pretty much DEAD ON!
I like Google less and less every day and have been for quite some time. They are the new Micro$oft!
P.A. Semi
Placebase
Lala.com
Quattro Wireless
Intrinsity
Just to name a few, ahem.
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Are you able to refute their claims?
GamecockMac said:
Are you able to refute their claims?
Pretty much DEAD ON!
I like Google less and less every day and have been for quite some time. They are the new Micro$oft!
Sigh
MacFly123, please explain yourself. How, specifically, is that a dead on assessment of Google's announcements today? How is Google the new Microsoft? Making blanket statements like that isn't contributing anything.
And why is this relevant? Do you really think that Motorola, HTC and others give out Android phones for free? The only difference between iPhone and Android phones here is that Apple charges ATT too much for the iPhone so that ATT can not use the same sales tricks as Verizon. Apple is trying to maximize its profits now and it will hurt them in a long run. That's all.