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Official Google Phone Coming in January 2010, Testing Now
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I choose my iPhone for its good integration in the whole system, have mac computers, was iPod user before, and really love how good and seamless things synced.
Having solved the address book issue, synching challenge was the first thing that caught me, ... with the time it became more.
Still i miss the simplicity of the iPod nano. with the click wheel it was possible to control without having to look at it.
on the other side there are plenty of people that fit the stereotype of trendy consumer, some might actually feel the difference in product, others might not like it that much and switch away.
Having solved the address book issue, synching challenge was the first thing that caught me, ... with the time it became more.
Still i miss the simplicity of the iPod nano. with the click wheel it was possible to control without having to look at it.
on the other side there are plenty of people that fit the stereotype of trendy consumer, some might actually feel the difference in product, others might not like it that much and switch away.
In some cases.....at least when it comes to making a smartphone, Apple is on top of their game. Now OTHER things Apple does like say, MobileMe, uh......well........
But as far as phones go, iPhone is king.....even with the horrendous AT&T bogging it down, it's still the Alpha.
The things you own, end up OWNING YOU!
/fightclub
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Hey I reckon that makes it affordable for Apple to now include OLED in gen 4 iPhone... if Goog's can keep costs down then so will Apple...
Hey I reckon that makes it affordable for Apple to now include OLED in gen 4 iPhone... if Goog's can keep costs down then so will Apple...
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Tyler Durden: How's that working out for you?
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You pay for iLife if you want it without buying a Mac and you get the software included in the price of a new Mac. So yes, it's "free" in the same way one of the items in a buy-1-get-1-free sale is free. You can make convoluted arguments about how that free item is actually 50% of the total cost, but that's not the generally argeed-upon definition we all use when it comes to advertised prices and "free." Your dispute with that notion goes well beyond Apple as lots of advertisers and companies do it, so I'm not sure why you're choosing to make it an issue here.
Now that the days of mutual friendship between Google and Apple are going to end, maybe the online offerings of apple will also improve again.
Things are a bit too quiet, guess they preparing something big for CES
I thank my lucky stars I'm with Rogers here in Canada. Great coverage everywhere, tethering and MMS from day one, very reliable service. Then again, if we had the kind of congestion AT&T is experiencing, Rogers might have a tough time of it as well. There aren't that many of us . . .
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/edu/clock-horloge/edu06f_0001-eng.htm
ridiculous
This is terrible. How is this in ANY WAY related to MACINTOSH!!!???? or APPLE COMPUTERS!!!!???? Seriously, if you have nothing better to write about. please don't write about anything.
terrible!
This is terrible. How is this in ANY WAY related to MACINTOSH!!!???? or APPLE COMPUTERS!!!!???? Seriously, if you have nothing better to write about. please don't write about anything.
terrible!
You must stop watching Fight Club if you relate life to it.
So next time, you ask for the free item only in that 'buy 1 get 1 free' offer! Anyway, even if you can get something for free in any sort of offer does not make that item generally free.
I'm sorry to bring up the issue, but there have been a number of posts recently about G..band (I don't want those red letters).
you're grossly misinformed. Google went public in 2004 for $80. 97% of Googles revenue is from advertising (most recent quarterly report)
so by your logic, wall street is willing to pay a 700% premium ($590 stock price) in a company that "only last in the search biz for so long"
Google will do fine in the long run, as their profit margins are 28% higher than apples..
Google went Public at $85, closed the first day just over $100 and by January, 2005 was about to hit $200. The stock was $465 by January 2006.
Yes, this stock is a product of Wall Street over valuation.
Seriously
I really don't understand how this relates to iPhones. Good that Apple gets competition, but again, not even the HTC "an Hero" can compete with the iPhone in sales nor functionality, and the video rendering of the former stinks in comparison as well. Regardless of specs, why would a "Google phone" compete with the iPhone in the first place? They are both touch-screen smartphones but in totally different niches. You know, just the name "Google phone" gives me the chills, as I imagine tiny adds ticking in whilst I'm writing an SMS or adding a contact to my list.
I really don't understand how this relates to iPhones. Good that Apple gets competition, but again, not even the HTC "an Hero" can compete with the iPhone in sales nor functionality, and the video rendering of the former stinks in comparison as well. Regardless of specs, why would a "Google phone" compete with the iPhone in the first place? They are both touch-screen smartphones but in totally different niches. You know, just the name "Google phone" gives me the chills, as I imagine tiny adds ticking in whilst I'm writing an SMS or adding a contact to my list.
huh??? you don't even know what valuation is.
A stock that is $5 could be more expensive than BRK-A shares, that are currently $99,000 per share... now if you understand why, then you might be qualified to make statements about equities and "valuations"
+++ QFT
Apple selects (or defines) the playing fields on which it competes-- it could care less about the traditional frays of all the other players. They are minor distractions to Apple but seem to monopolize the attention/capital/existence of all the others.
I believe that the next big thing that Apple delivers will suck all the air out of the competitors' offerings and send them scrambling...
Apple has within its means the ability to deliver a powerful, ubiquitous, low-cost appliance that will blow away phones, mobile devices, laptops and many desktops as we now know them.
It will deliver on the promise of OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) but take it to another level: MTPP (Multiple Tablets Per Person)...
And, Awaaay we go!!!
Sorry to HiJack the thread!
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For most consumers price is everything, and since the iPhone is locked... they have to resort to jail breaking. Which is still considered dangerous (voids your warranty) and thus I would say a plus for the Google phone.Competition is not about who has better number like Mhz, RAM, GB and so on
But more importantly; The iPhone has lost its wow effect already. Presumably because of the many other phones with even better features. Not to mention that the battery in the iPhone can't be replaced and isn't that great after all. I mean not when you use your iPhone as much as I am running into the limited life span (1000 charges).
Thus the switch to Intel chips a few years ago...it surely had nothing to do with competition...
I wish Verizon would get some better phones...I've thought about the Droid, but i'm not so confident in Motorola...Google phone to Verizon!
What better features? Slightly better cameras? Screens that are marginally higher resolution?
I've nothing against Android et al, but in comparing the Eris and the Droid to even an iPhone 2g, it would be difficult to total more "pros" in the Android column than in the iPhone column. Now service on the other hand...
I only bring this up because it seems to be taken as a foregone conclusion that the newest Android phones have already outstripped the competition. I would argue that if you gave 100 people their choice of either Droid or 3GS on the carrier of their choice 80 would choose the iPhone. (I know, the carrier thing is a massive caveat.)
It didn't. It had everything to do with production issues with IBM/Freescale Semi.
From coast to coast I've had better luck with T-Mobile than AT&T. But hey, YMMV.
I'll take T-Mobile any day over the crap service AT&T provides.
Which music production app that is free is better than GB? Keep in mind the number of AU and AUi plug-ins included, the feature set, and the integration into the rest of the iLife suite.
I agree... I have T-Mobile and my girlfriend has AT&T, and T-Mobile is usually better in terms of coverage. Customer service is hands-down better for T-Mobile. As mentioned above, YMMV.
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Well put you imagination to rest as there are no ads in Android OS.
Weren't people on these boards chest thumping a little while ago about the admob stats when it comes to advertising?
Ads on iPhone apps: Good!
Imaginary ads in Android OS: Worst. Thing. Ever. (Not to worry as this statement is complete, uninformed ********)
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Well put you imagination to rest as there are no ads in Android OS.
Weren't people on these boards chest thumping a little while ago about the admob stats when it comes to advertising?
Ads on iPhone apps: Good!
Imaginary ads in Android OS: Worst. Thing. Ever. (Not to worry as this statement is complete, uninformed ********)
I remember the announcement well! SJ said they were changing to Intel because the PPC roadmap did not allow Apple to do some of the things they wanted to do. I don't believe that the switch was so much in response to competition as to give Apple the opportunity to create or enter new markets.
If it had been primarily competition, I think Apple would have offered: more configurations, more open boxes, lower prices and licensed OS X on other manufacturers boxes.
Interestingly, they chose ARM for the iPhone/Touch and appear to be following that roadmap for their Tablet... If competition were a primary motivation wouldn't they use Atom or other Intel chips to match the low end competitors.
When asked, years ago, why he chose the 6502 instead of the 80xx for the Apple, Woz said because it was cheaper and he could do more creative things with it.
I think that attitude still drives apple today: build the [creative] things they, themselves, would want to buy... at a reasonable cost.
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Actually, I agree with you on ads in the iPhone apps - as opposed to bloating the bundled default-software for messaging, contact-lists, etc - being good. Then you choose the ads when downloading the app, not when purchasing the phone.
Look, I never presented false accusations against Google, it's just that my imagination runs wild when I hear the term "Google phone", which in my opinion I made perfectly clear. Where would we be without imagination?