Honest mistake? Maybe they should have bought one and checked before they posted. That's not an honest mistake. That's publishing without a single shred of fact checking, which is simply ignorance.
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iPad Mini Confirmed to Carry Stereo Speakers
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Honest mistake? Maybe they should have bought one and checked before they posted. That's not an honest mistake. That's publishing without a single shred of fact checking, which is simply ignorance.
Would love to see 2 additional speakers on top, 4 speakers total (for both iPad and iPad mini). That would give us stereo in any orientation, especially landscape. And better sound overall.
Thanks for the comment before. But I’m confused by this one. ATSC is only for broadcast TV, is that your issue, that it should have been broadened in scope? It doesn’t cover things like Netflix, iPad screens, optical discs, etc. I don’t see any caving on TV standards, they all follow them. Unfortunately, the standard never covered bitrate, only resolution and color. If that’s what you mean, I’m with you 100%. My local stations all suck for bitrate due to add-on channels.False. The ATSC is a bunch of pushovers just like the ITU, they've caved to big business and now both "standards" are anything but standards. Who's drinking the corporate kool-aid now?
The fact they make money off the App Store doesn't change the fact that it is their "loss leader." Their business model is to make money off hardware (the App Store amounts to something like ~1% of all profit or revenue I can't even remember, it's negligible). The App Store, iTMS, Mac App Store all exist to enable the wonderful to come out on their devices, where they make the bulk of their profit.
Other companies have different models, such as Amazon, who has a similar "store" and some similar hardware, but their model is the opposite - their "loss leader" is the hardware (same with Google Nexus and B&N Nook), which they sell at or below cost (which is why they're all so cheap) and their revenue and profits are derived from content sales consumed on those devices.
The fact that EA (a software publisher with a totally different business model) wants to get in on some of that "store" action, says nothing about anything related to Apple's business model.
This is the sign of what is still coming. The modern iPads/Phones/Touches are nice, but they will definitely become amazing in another 2 or 3 years. They keep adding things they should have had for a while. Can't blame them, but it doesn't motivate me to buy one now since in 6 months or so will be something much better which I need rather than desire.
Easy. Because EA wants to kill game re-sales. Imagine buying a game and not being able to sell it.
I did appreciate the fact that Amazon chose to quote Gizmodo concerning what a POS the ipad mini is.
Big print above that comparison matrix.
Gizmodo, the most biased reporting source in the world, that has carried a grudge against Apple for two years now, all because Apple chose to call in the police when Gizmodo knowingly bought the stolen iphone. Oh, and that Apple then pointedly chose not to invite them to keynotes.
Big print above that comparison matrix.
Gizmodo, the most biased reporting source in the world, that has carried a grudge against Apple for two years now, all because Apple chose to call in the police when Gizmodo knowingly bought the stolen iphone. Oh, and that Apple then pointedly chose not to invite them to keynotes.
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Apple doesn't have a loss leader. They want to make a killing on everything, both hardware and software, services, accessories/adapters, and advertisement (though they suck at it here). Basically, they want to gouge their users as much as possible.
Yes, Apple has a loss leader, a few in fact. A quick googlemachine search will reveal articles from well known and more credible people than myself.
Though, you'll have to remove your troll tinted glasses first.
How is what Apple is doing false advertising....Hell they aren't advertising stereo speakers......so what are you talking about.
720P is certainly HD. It's a fact, according to those that define the standards. It's not the highest res form of HD, but nevertheless it's HD.
apple isnt advertising it.....ok.......not sure if you noticed but this is macrumors.com, not apple.com
more refering to the court comment on why Apple had to do the thing about samsung.
Amazon fail. The Kindle Fire HD has only 50000 apps, runs a heavily skinned version of Android that can never be upgraded, has a small ecosystem and there are ads running all the time. For this price I would just go for the Google Nexus 7, or step up and get the iPad mini.
It's not so much a marketing term as it is one of the standards set in place by the ones creating the standards. The problem is when you use the term HD to in reference to something other than your typical tv size (say 19" and up). But it kind of lost its purpose when being applied to small screens, mobile devices, etc.
Loss leader means taking a loss somewhere in order to gain somewhere else. Where has Apple taken a loss? 30% per app is not a lost. Exclusive access to adapters is not a loss. Nowhere have they taken a loss.Yes, Apple has a loss leader, a few in fact. A quick googlemachine search will reveal articles from well known and more credible people than myself.
Though, you'll have to remove your troll tinted glasses first.
You're being obtuse now. Here's doing your work for you: http://www.fastcompany.com/1663012/apples-app-store-has-netted-429-million-loss-leader
Yeah, it makes Amazon look like chumps for even trumpeting it as a feature, whether iPad mini had stereo speakers or not!