A) The lifespan of non-perishable consumer goods is typically generations. Cars don't fall apart after a year. Pages don't fall out of books after a few weeks. A well-built car lasts decades. A cared for book lasts decades. And more modern forms of entertainment, like DVDs and CDs, are plenty wear-proof. Furniture?…

Developers: sharp enough to design games, oblivious enough to think they can change the way economics have worked for over 15,000 years.

EA isn't really the worst company in America, but it's shocking how every company that wins this award tries to play it off as if it is a joke or undeserved.

I'm so tired of this nonsense. This generation of consoles has brought with it the most insipid, unbelievable nonsense from publishers and developers. Buy used and you can't finish the game? Are you fucking kidding me?

Arseface was my very first thought when seeing that. Glad I'm not the only one.

I find your second point incredibly doubtful. Did you have a conversation, one on one, with the Verizon CEO?(no, you didn't)

Until we see Xcode for (iOS/Windows/Linux), Mac OS isn't going away completely. You need Xcode to create iOS apps, if I recall correctly.

Whatever, man. You're telling me a phone is a comparable browsing experience to a tablet now. That's utter nonsense. A phone is better for reading, or VNC/SSH? For video playback? Just because you might do these things with a phone does not mean they aren't superior on a tablet.

But that's just my point! He's comparing two different products that just happen to have some similar features. By his metric, no TV is worthwhile, because many computer monitors have a better resolution. And that's stupid, no? I'd rather watch TV from my couch on a large 1080p plasma than at my desk on a 27" 2k…

AppleCare+, $99. Extends support and defects coverage to two years. Covers up to two accidental damage incidents, with a $50 service fee for each.

I would never buy the 16 GB. I bought a 32 GB original iPad, and it got filled with video fairly quickly. However, I put together a Plex server at home and it streams 1080p video on my home network, which is where I do most of my viewing. If I want to bring something on the road with me, I load it onto the internal…

I had a 259 ppi screen in 2005(Nokia N90). I am aware of the fact that Apple didn't invent the concept of higher ppi screens. If you want to go squint at some 4-inch screens when you read, because there's a 10% better ratio of pixels-to-space, have fun.

Higher ppi, but lower color depth and general quality (TFT vs. IPS). Those factors may not increase sharpness, but they do increase the quality of the image beyond what your phone's display is capable of. And, granted, 5 years later we should be able to improve. I've also got a Nexus S with a 235 ppi screen, but the…

Obvious troll is obvious. At double the resolution of pretty much everything out there, saying the screen is the same as any other tablet is just untrue.

It really depends on the app. Many interface elements (text, buttons, etc.) are drawn using APIs, not by stamping images on the screen. Games MIGHT take up more space, but it really depends on the game. 3-D games can get a resolution boost without much of a size increase, unless they decide to add higher-res textures.

yep.

And the newer iPads (I think from the 2 forward) support display mirroring. In fact, some games, like The Incident, let you attach your iPad to a TV and use an iPhone as a controller.

Some of those jabs were clever, but the final snark about the battery is so wrong that I just can't approve. The battery life of the iPad is one thing I don't think you get to mock.

Pledged, hoping they reach 1.5 million so I can get it on Mac.

I was already "forced" to donate my kidneys after a trip to Tijuana went awry. Thankfully, the family robot was able to act as a dialysis machine until I could find a pair of viable donors.