Ha ha. Klatt... you know Apple introduced the iPhone in January 2007. You're supposed to be looking for the LG Prada phone, which is what Samsung was aping with the F700.
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Nah. Samsung's little tablet dance this Spring was the final straw. They're closing in on Apple's formula, and Apple (and more importantly, Steve Jobs) doesn't like it. I just bought an iPad 2. There's nothing else on the market like it.
The "free beta" was not the software. Also, Apple has chosen to make this "software" in its final form a significant part of the value being ascribed to the new MacBook Pros. No doubt it will ALSO be a significant portion of Lion. The easiest way for them to add this as an "enhancement" is if they made it a system…
Let's wait until Xoom ships and gets reviewed. If it doesn't play Flash, and the cameras don't offer compelling use or quality, I'm afraid its the Xoom that's overpriced. You sell 14 million new category devices, and someone calling your product "overpriced" seems more than a wee bit disingenuous.
Well, apparently Microsoft is "horrible" and Google is "well-intentioned"... because certain people have been brain-washed into not understanding what a corporation is... and these people also think that Google is powered by rainbow Skittles.
@MattWPBS: Doesn't the 4th chart AND the last chart seem kind of redundant? And, don't they BOTH seem out of step with the point of the article being about race, etc? Oh, sorry... I guess the point of every article on smartphones is supposed to be how Android has very big penis. I mean, penetration. Huge.
@iBuntu: Or real lighting.
@FriedPeeps will kill for a CR-48: Only real reason anyone comments on "bitter" is because of that stupid "This is Gizmodo" video that's been posted way to long. I began to watch it once, thinking it was related to the article. Now that I know its not, its just stupid. —Hang on... does that little counter-intuitive…
@Andrew Pollack: Not necessarily. I expect CDMA tomorrow, and LTE in June. Any LTE phone on Verizon will also support CDMA. The only impact of less coverage is that you'll likely be forced to pay more $ for the faster speed (like Sprint does). That's the primary reason tomorrow's iPhone can only be CDMA.
@satoru: What else is new. Mmmm. Sexy title...
@Jakooboo?: Actually, Apple kind of makes computers. In fact, they make the BEST computers for kids to learn from, because they mix a nice user interface with a Unix kernel you can compile and upgrade system resources to immediately.
@Ham_Sandwich: Exactly. "What were they thinking?" I say we're still in the "Black Friday" mode though, so I'm not sure why this is a story just yet. I'd like to know... but I don't think there's any consumer demand for Google's offering, regardless of the integrator.
@Grindhouse Murders: Exactly. FAIL. Companies can't market as one thing, and then have the awful truth fall on them from the technical/licensing side. That's just moronic. Google was taking a risk, and was apparently betting on it: A.) Not mattering in the long run. B.) The studios changing their business model to…
@Kesey: "Masking" itself from being filtered by User Agent or Flash Player ID, would be a collossal mistake from the standpoint of useability. Moreover, it would be seen as declaring "WAR" on the studios. Google does NOT want to make longterm enemies with ANY content publishers. If they choose to make content…
@OtherTimes: I've heard having blue teeth helps, but I'm not sure how that works.
@FriarNurgle: Look at Super KO Boxing on the Android and compare it to the iOS version (check the graphics). Look at the best iOS car racing game and compare it to the best Android version... note the degree of quality in each presentation and you'll begin to notice some huge disparities. People aren't in ANY rush to…
@TheMightyTexMex: Because. None of these developers can make any serious money on the Android platform. That's why Angry Birds released for free as an "ads only" version (the developers citing piracy fears) and Google's AdMob reports much higher traffic from Android devices. Android Market is a mess. Name any…
@thechansen: Amen. Google even agrees its not there yet. This is barely an argument. People get a little zealoty sometimes.
@Christopher Payne: Of course its comparable. Here's the problem. Not every device you own needs to bring its own Internet. Not ONLY did Google demonstrate the iPad connecting to an Android hotspot, Verizon and Sprint are making their pitches for just this relationship, and HAVE been since the launch. I wanted to…
@Jaredu: One would be foolish to think that way, unfortunately.