"Do you remember when iOS 4 came out and there was the kerfuffle where people were accusing Apple of intentionally making the update so that it would slow down or brick old devices to coax people into buying the iPhone 4?"

Um, really?

You're not being critical? You don't hate Apple? How short is your attention span? Scroll up and read the picture you JUST posted. Gee, I wonder why people think you do.

some people don't consider Iphones & Ipads as the ultimate gadgets. Or at least name your article "I love Ipads: here are some random facts"

Evidently, you did not read the article.

I am well aware of the difference between revenue and profit, but I'm not sure how that's relevant. Apple does not sell the iPad at cost.

Really? The OS X ecosystem is very good. I have yet to find adequate Windows equivalents of Sparrow, Reeder, Coda, Adium, or the official Twitter app.

Apple's yearly revenue is $108 billion, according to Wikipedia. If it makes $1.5 billion from apps per quarter, that's... $6 billion per year.

You're half right about Apple's brand. Sure, with Apple, people don't think before they buy. But it's not because it's "hip and savvy"; it's because they just know it's going to work well and be supported properly for years to come.

You can choose which groups to display on the ICS contacts app. It's just hidden in the app settings. I have mine set to view only contacts from my Google account.

Windows owns 90% of the marketshare? Well, technically, yes. But something like 50% of college students have Macs now. And that same young adult demographic is a HUGE smartphone market. Microsoft can't depend on Windows integration if it wants to compete.

I'm well aware of that. Of course Android will never be as fast as iOS when tasks are running in the background, but when they're not, ICS has made scrolling pretty much on par with iOS for the first time ever. The browser still needs some serious work, as does multitouch zooming, but Android definitely CAN get there.…

My problem with Sense is that it's basically trying to create a completely new UI on top of Android. For example, Sense apps like email, music, messages, and contacts have completely non-Android UI's with non-default scrolling behavior.

UI consists of FAR more than simply physical appearance. The scrolling behavior, animations, and all those other graphical details are just as important. iOS nails everything perfectly. Android 2.x is VERY far from it, and even manufacturer skins do little to fundamentally change Android's UI.

Oh my gosh, are you telling me that the author's opinion is... his opinion? You just blew my mind.

Also, while there is a legal distinction between public and private institutions, there is not necessarily an ethical one.

Sorry, "ethical" behavior does not mean "do anything for profit and self-interest." In fact, it means the opposite.

Look, I'm not particularly offended by this specific thing. What I am concerned about is American/Western society's ambivalent attitude toward religious sensitivity, and this is a demonstration of that, no matter how small or benign.

I didn't confuse the two things. I think you're the one who's confused. I'm talking about what businesses like Facebook, Flickr, and Google should ethically, not legally, do. For instance, Google doesn't censor search results, even though they have every right to. But it would be unethical.

No... you still don't get it.