@Psilion: It won't always have more apps. Developers go to the more profitable platform. Market share is part of that. But so is the willingness of the market to buy their stuff.

@gbmbg: Batman's entire origin story revolves around "fridging" his parents, and it's pretty clear that it's the father that has the biggest impact on him.

@nacatak: It makes a big deal in consumer behavior. People pay more attention to the money they put down at the start than to the long-term cost. It's just how we're wired.

@danulp02: Desktop operating systems and phones aren't the same. If anything, the App Store's iPhone lock-in guarantees longevity for the iPhone while the android model's open store coupled with its targeting of the budget computer means people will be much more willing to jump ship at the drop of a hat.

@talkingstove: Still cheaper than the 2 for 1 sales you see for droids.

@talkingstove: They tout market-share because it's an impressive number.

@bcurran: And they sell them 2 for 1!

@talkingstove: Apple doesn't care about the low-end market. They've always been a boutique producer. It's just that smartphones had been a boutique product for a while and they dominated it during that period. Of course, the iPhone was so sexy that everyone wanted one and they're opting for cheaper alternatives since…

@docwisdom: The thing is, nobody but the teeny-tiny market of gear-heads gives a damn about unsupported apps, porn apps, or all the other stuff people here grouse about. The only feature of jailbreaking that was worth anything was multi-tasking and you don’t need to jailbreak to do that anymore.

It's a shame nobody gives a flying duck about market-share and it's all about profitability.

@taniquetil: That's not where the analogy breaks down though. I was saying as long as wired internet is still neutral, you can access any content you want without a problem. The wireless internet, though, has limited capacity. It makes sense, in those cases, to discourage highly taxing, but frivolous uses. Otherwise…

@taniquetil: Unregulated spectrum means nothing will work since different people will be transmitting along whatever frequency they want. We license spectrum for a reason, it's a finite thing. Otherwise you have a bunch of pirate radio stations and HAM operators clogging up the entire band.

@OCEntertainment: I don't think it's a huge deal actually. If it turns out they have to cap or prioritize wireless traffic then we can just bookmark the stuff we want to see on our phones and send it over for doing later on our computers. As long as the info. is available agnostically somewhere we can access it, we…

@taniquetil: Once speed catches up, though, we can revise our regulations. We should just arrange the regs prudently to smooth the eventual transition from an unregulated to a regulated environment.

@SteamPunkJin: If you assume the game costs $60, then the jack-in-the-box + artbook is $40, which isn't a bad price.

@Kovitlac: This is actually why I hate the new Bethesda games. My instinct is always to go exploring, get lost, and see interesting stuff but there is so little to gain. The ratio of wandering around aimlessly to cool stuff experienced is far too low. Morrowind was actually good about having a lively world to…

@Beatcamel: I assumed they wrote a Splinter Cell movie, couldn't get the license, and decided to make it about a dad saving his daughter instead.

@najmah: In India is signifies the religion these days. Although in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries they refer to East Indians as Hindus (although it sounds more like Yindoo) and Indian (Indios) means American Indians.

@JPlum: There is nothing to convert into. To a Hindu your religion is just your way of life consisting of the traditions, values, and beliefs you follow. It’s not a tribe.

@BCWoods: Really? The message I got from "Taken" was that if you kidnap young girls and try to force them into a life of sex-slavery Lliam Neeson will come for you in your sleep and murder you in the most grisly ways possible.