Macbook Pro Retina - Off-topic

I have never been more tempted by a computer. The screen is GLORIOUS.

Reality distortion field wins again!
Yaaaaaay!
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I don't see a point to all the fuss, especially at that price. Apparently hardly any programs can even utilize that resolution so it scales it down anyways. If you're a video/photo editor then I can easily see the benefit. But for so many others who just use it for facebook and MS word, what's the point?
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slapshot30 said:
I don't see a point to all the fuss, especially at that price. Apparently hardly any programs can even utilize that resolution so it scales it down anyways. If you're a video/photo editor then I can easily see the benefit. But for so many others who just use it for facebook and MS word, what's the point?
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Not even so much video editing, unless you're working with 2k or 4k resolution. And if you were, you'd know right away, when the computer can't do anything in real time.
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I'm tempted by it for photo editing.

It is a pretty impressive screen

bmstrong said:
I have never been more tempted by a computer. The screen is GLORIOUS.
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Come back when it gets a "right click" mouse button

husam666 said:
Come back when it gets a "right click" mouse button
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System Preferences > Trackpad > Secondary click

Nburnes said:
System Preferences > Trackpad > Secondary click
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but still not on by default, and doesn't exist physically

husam666 said:
Come back when it gets a "right click" mouse button
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*facepalm*

Besides the ridiculous pricing and the lack of programs supporting the screen's ability, I refuse to support Apple so long as their business practices include the inane lawsuit wars that they have been waging. I really don't care about the eliteist toolbags who use them sometimes because we have PC/Android/etc users who are the same, but I won't give a one cent to a company who conducts business like Apple does.

I still want this thing, and it didn't help that i checked out The Verge's review.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/13/3082649/macbook-pro-review-retina-display-15-inch

LordManhattan said:
I still want this thing, and it didn't help that i checked out The Verge's review.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/13/3082649/macbook-pro-review-retina-display-15-inch
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I read their review, on the machine itself, then took the pictures. The review doesn't really show how good the display is in real life. I really, really want to dual boot ML and W8 on it and turn it into a HDTV, along with finding an external Blu-Ray drive for it.
It's shocking how far ahead they are in build quality against the PC manufacturers.

Exactly. I want to dual/trippel boot OSX/Win7/W8. I'm not a gamer but it's also nice to know that it'll run most games just fine.
"But why would you pay that much for a laptop when you can get one for $3 and a BJ on Craigslist!?"
- Nice screen
- Superb build quality as usual
- OSX (I like it very much)
- It pisses the fanboys off
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Meh, sticking to my guns. It could come with Halle Berry and every Pussycat Doll and I still wouldn't support it, but more power to you guys if it makes you happy =)

The only thing that apple is good at making, is really only Macs. iOS will forever take criticism from me and a bunch of people
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LordManhattan said:
Exactly. I want to dual/trippel boot OSX/Win7/W8. I'm not a gamer but it's also nice to know that it'll run most games just fine.
"But why would you pay that much for a laptop when you can get one for $3 and a BJ on Craigslist!?"
- Nice screen
- Superb build quality as usual
- OSX (I like it very much)
- It pisses the fanboys off
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Not a good idea. The retina display means nothing but trouble with regards to Windows. Windows doesnt do well with really high resolutions. Don't expect any gaming at all either. The 650m isn't a terrible card, but if you put it under much stress, expect a lot of overheating. That chassis is just way to small to deliever adequate cooling.
Tldr: If you want windows, buy a native windows machine this time around.
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=teuDDV_KSs4
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sQx43mJJwBI
I expect 8 to be even better.

husam666 said:
Come back when it gets a "right click" mouse button
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Ugh.. What rock are you living under?

AnyMal said:
Ugh.. What rock are you living under?
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bedrock
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Look at this new android Phone!

Woah! this is super cool. Would You get it?
http://www.itechdiary.com/samsung-i...-super-amoled-display-and-pico-projector.html
that's ugly, anything that looks like an iphone is bad looking lol
It don't look anything like an iPhone, it looks like a typical Samsung.
Specs might be nice and I'm intrigued by the projector but that is one ugly phone and its made by Samsung, I wouldn't be interested in owning one.
Horrible!
I´ll stay with HTC!!!
knowing samsung, the build quality will be shocking.
But I do like the idea of having a projector on a phone, as long as the output is decent quality. Beats having to look at a screen to watch a movie! Specs are nice though.... but it is going to be so wide, surley. Imagine dropping it as well...
Alex530 said:
Woah! this is super cool. Would You get it?
http://www.itechdiary.com/samsung-i...-super-amoled-display-and-pico-projector.html
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No. I don't need a projector
U-G-L-Y
That looks like a brick.
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Actually like a bar of soap
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I'd hate to have that Texas Instruments logo on the back of my phone.
jasonlefever said:
I'd hate to have that Texas Instruments logo on the back of my phone.
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Easy now, the TI99/4A was a fine machine (many hours logged) they make good stuff.
Meh. on the phone.
good day.
May have good features but still looks like a bar of soap
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rophaq said:
May have good features but still looks like a bar of soap
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Well if you ever land in jail you have a potential "shank" and the ability to stream porn on the wall to avoid rape by the huge inmate sharing rooms with you
Hmmm...Think U better stay with your future HTC & N1!
jasonlefever said:
I'd hate to have that Texas Instruments logo on the back of my phone.
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Why dude??? What did Ti do wrong to you?
chikoo said:
Why dude??? What did Ti do wrong to you?
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the kids with the TI-89's gave me hell when I was rocking the superior HP-49g in college. Little did they know that my calculator could, quite literally, divide by zero. Symbolically of course but it would do it. The 4Mhz O/C'd saturn processor for the win!
Who ever can get one of the new laser based pico projectors from AAXA or Microvision into a smartphone without killing battery life will get my money... hopefully by that time I'll either have saved up enough pennies or the cost of the lasers will have come down
Should we revive and old thread?
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using the projector probably kills battery life like no other

Motorola tablet ad, I just don't get it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quI2I8wLPdc
Is there anyone else that just doesn't get it?
So iPad is just a large iPhone, highly original motorola
But what abouut Moto's tablet? If the iPad is mocked as being a large version of the phone ccounterpart, then isn't this tablet just a larger Droid X? ...but without the phone (that's similar to the iPad!).
I think it's a well good advert! Kinda funny too
Yeah I thought the first bit was quite funny, but as soon as they said the iPad was a giant iPhone I just cringed.
AdrianK said:
Yeah I thought the first bit was quite funny, but as soon as they said the iPad was a giant iPhone I just cringed.
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lol
They just couldn't fault it in anyother way
MacaronyMax said:
lol
They just couldn't fault it in anyother way
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Lol @ that
that advert sucks
plus they are advertising iPad and galaxy
husam666 said:
that advert sucks
plus they are advertising iPad and galaxy
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And that sexy bit of rock
MacaronyMax said:
And that sexy bit of rock
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LOL!!.....
MacaronyMax said:
And that sexy bit of rock
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After seeing the add i'm contemplating the purchase of new Rosetta Stone. Yes, the resolution is low but totally worth it
Motorola blows huge penis
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Means that Motorola is going to be some other sort of crappy OS on their tablet which will be "superior" to the other products listed?
Had me all the way up to the Galaxy Tab...
The iPad really is just a large iPhone - that can't make calls.
avgjoegeek said:
The iPad really is just a large iPhone - that can't make calls.
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Does iPhone make calls
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Does iPhone make calls
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Haha... Good point
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Haha... Good point
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Good point!!!
flyboyovyick said:
Good point!!!
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http://pocketnow.com/thought/pocketnow-fast-fingers-contest-win-a-free-phone
My phone keyboard has frozen I type too fast
And I think there going to name the new tab Xoom
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Its going have honeycombs or what ever it calls, didnt anyone see the bee lol?
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avgjoegeek said:
Means that Motorola is going to be some other sort of crappy OS on their tablet which will be "superior" to the other products listed?
Had me all the way up to the Galaxy Tab...
The iPad really is just a large iPhone - that can't make calls.
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A crappy OS? It's going to have Android Honeycomb. You're at the wrong site if you consider that crappy!
Lol def not... of course since the samsung tab has 2.2 it will take xda to get honeycomb
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Well, I was planning to get the ten commandments tablet for reading e-books, but my pastor advised against it. He said that the bible is much longer and ten verses ain't gonna get me to heaven, despite what Moses said on his blog.
So I guessed I would get the Hieroglyphic tablet but I hate to learn another new programming language just to use it. Learning Java was bad enough but I've never heard about Egyptian. Good news is that it seems to be OOPL from the depiction of eagles and sun though...
Now, should I be getting that Rosetta stone for Christmas? Where do they have it in stock? I'm intrigued by its multi-lingual capabilities. With XDA's help we could really turn it into a Hitchhiker's Guide to Tablets, don't you think? But it might be hard to carve "Don't Panic" onto it, I think...
So, any suggestions guys?

Some opinions?

What are your opinions on a laptop/computer? It won't be long before I'm looking into getting one. I definitely want something pretty powerful that can handle things like extensive video editing and HD capability. I will be using it for school as well so probably a laptop. I think a MacBook pro would be nice but I'm really REALLY anti-apple. I think its a nice computer but I don't like the cliche thing. I always just see people walking around with iPhones and I know how much better my android device is and just laugh in my head at how ignorant these people are but how about a MacBook pro? Or any other suggestions? I don't know a whole lot about computers so anything is appreciated, thanks.
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bradleyG said:
What are your opinions on a laptop/computer? It won't be long before I'm looking into getting one. I definitely want something pretty powerful that can handle things like extensive video editing and HD capability. I will be using it for school as well so probably a laptop. I think a MacBook pro would be nice but I'm really REALLY anti-apple. I think its a nice computer but I don't like the cliche thing. I always just see people walking around with iPhones and I know how much better my android device is and just laugh in my head at how ignorant these people are but how about a MacBook pro? Or any other suggestions? I don't know a whole lot about computers so anything is appreciated, thanks.
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What you are looking for is Dell Alienware or Toshiba qosmio series
husam666 said:
What you are looking for is Dell Alienware or Toshiba qosmio series
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Both really good. Wouldn't the Alienware be more suitable for gaming on the go though? They'll both cost a bomb though.
Skellyyy said:
Both really good. Wouldn't the Alienware be more suitable for gaming on the go though? They'll both cost a bomb though.
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Could I get a roundabout price? Lol
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Don't go for Alienware unless it is the 11" one. The others are REALLY huge and heavy. They are meant for desktop replacements instead. Settle on a budget first, because laptops are highly commoditized.
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Could I get a roundabout price? Lol
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Well it really depends on the specs that you're looking for but I'd say an excess of $1000+ easily.
Skellyyy said:
Well it really depends on the specs that you're looking for but I'd say an excess of $1000+ easily.
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I think he has more than that (he was thinking about buying a mac )
Haha well I don't have that much at the moment, but I really am just in a state of confusion. I'm really leaning to the MacBook and am looking to probably just make a partition for windows 7 ultimate in case, so that way I have the best of both worlds. I mean the hardware is really nice on the Mac and I hear apple customer service is great. I am torn between the dual core and the quad core though and I'd like to hear what you all think. The dual core is clicked at a higher speed but the quad core has a designated video/graphics card what should I go for?
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Just recently finished building my rig. I went with the new Sandy Bridge CPUs. Got a decent GFX, PSU, etc. Love it.
Recommend the OCN (www.overclock.net) forums.

Anyone good with YouTube?!?!

Does anyone know how to add clickable links at the end of the videos?!?
Find the option for annotations.
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Which option? The video won't show its just the link
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MUFC17JW said:
Which option? The video won't show its just the link
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When you upload the video, go to the edit menu. You should find it. And if the video is not showing, usually you have to wait a few minutes to a few hours until the video is viewable.
I may be wrong - But I think people actually make those in their editing programs. You're talking about how at the end of a video, people have like a clip of their past video and a clip of the one next? and you can click on them?
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I may be wrong - But I think people actually make those in their editing programs. You're talking about how at the end of a video, people have like a clip of their past video and a clip of the one next? and you can click on them?
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I was guessing he already knows that is done on the computer, and just wants the thing to be clickable. If he is trying to add the video in, he should not upload to youtube.
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I may be wrong - But I think people actually make those in their editing programs. You're talking about how at the end of a video, people have like a clip of their past video and a clip of the one next? and you can click on them?
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Yeah that's what Im talking about. Like what kind of software do I have to use?
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MUFC17JW said:
Yeah that's what Im talking about. Like what kind of software do I have to use?
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Pinnacle Studia, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe premier or sony vegas
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MUFC17JW said:
Yeah that's what Im talking about. Like what kind of software do I have to use?
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I personally use Sony Vegas Pro. But you can use any program that allows you to take two clips and put them in one scene. Depends on your experience.
If you're on apple you can use Final Cut.
Pretty much any decent video editor has the capabilities to do it, you just need to make it manually as far as I know. Google "How to make a video with multiple clips" and you'll get what you're looking for. Save it, export it, and re-import it to your main video, having it transition to it at the end.
Best for hd editing??
I've been using powerdirector...tried pinnacle and vegas but i heard adobe premier is the best.
I dont have a very powerful computer, but still which is the best industry standard hd editing and producing software?
roofrider said:
I've been using powerdirector...tried pinnacle and vegas but i heard adobe premier is the best.
I dont have a very powerful computer, but still which is the best industry standard hd editing and producing software?
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Industry Standard = AVID.
I am using Sony Vegas HD, and I really enjoy it - it works pretty well. Straight forward and you even have an option to upload directly to youtube. I feel it's more of a better-than-usual prosumer piece of software, but it's still good.
You will still need a decent computer, with a good GPU and RAM, decent CPU...
It's going to eat up resources, so you'll have to take that into account especially if you're editing HD footage.
http://www.avid.com/US/products/dssoftware
This is for AVID DS (Industry Standard)
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro
Sony Vegas PRO. (trial works well.)
animatedbreak said:
Industry Standard = AVID.
I am using Sony Vegas HD, and I really enjoy it - it works pretty well. Straight forward and you even have an option to upload directly to youtube. I feel it's more of a better-than-usual prosumer piece of software, but it's still good.
You will still need a decent computer, with a good GPU and RAM, decent CPU...
It's going to eat up resources, so you'll have to take that into account especially if you're editing HD footage.
http://www.avid.com/US/products/dssoftware
This is for AVID DS (Industry Standard)
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro
Sony Vegas PRO. (trial works well.)
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Premiere Pro is good too.
Thanks guys, whoa! AVID asks for 12GB ram!! I'll have to chose btwn Premiere Pro and Vegas Pro for the time being.
roofrider said:
Thanks guys, whoa! AVID asks for 12GB ram!! I'll have to chose btwn Premiere Pro and Vegas Pro for the time being.
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Avid also requires takes up something like 80gb of space.
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veeman said:
Avid also requires takes up something like 80gb of space.
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I'll need a workstation.
I felt Vegas had a steep learning curve compared to Pinnacle which was almost child's play.
roofrider said:
I'll need a workstation.
I felt Vegas had a steep learning curve compared to Pinnacle which was almost child's play.
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Try the free trial of premiere pro. It's very similar to the rest of the adobe suite.
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I'll need a workstation.
I felt Vegas had a steep learning curve compared to Pinnacle which was almost child's play.
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Yeah, Pinnacle would be easier - it's geared toward prosumers who know a little more about video than the average user.
veeman said:
Try the free trial of premiere pro. It's very similar to the rest of the adobe suite.
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I didn't like premiere! I found it a bit bloated. But - that's opinion! After Effects really takes the cake for me.

I was just having a little look on an iForum

Not trolling or otherwise causing trouble, I'm not even regged on it.
It appears that quite a lot of iPeople were wishing that they had a gesture typing keyboard.
But the apple ecosystem, with its far superior apps has the answer!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swype-input-method-swipe-to/id529025189?mt=8
Look at the reviews for it lol,
Sample review:
Fail
*****
by timothymh
Do not buy. Or, as this app would say, "di nut but."
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Quality apps man, think I might switch to Apple now.
You actually need to type into an app like notepad on a Windows PC, then copy and paste your gesture typed text into where you wanted it.
I wonder why there isn't a decent swype keyboard on iOS? I suppose apple themselves are maybe too scared to implement it into their OS because they won't want people to think they are copying android. Mind you - notifications anyone....
Wonder why there isn't a 3rd party one though...?
Edit: just noticed the thread was from Nov lol, but there's a new one. Watch the video and get a laugh...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZArlrNFys5g&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Who cares really. This has nothing to do with android and or the nexus 7.
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jetbruceli said:
Who cares really. This has nothing to do with android and or the nexus 7.
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Yeah, you're right. I shouldn't post when I've been drinking vodka lol
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knuckles1978 said:
Yeah, you're right. I shouldn't post when I've been drinking vodka lol
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Firstly: I love vodka.
Second: This makes me love my gs3 and nexus7/hate crapple even more!
(My keyboard auto-corrected "crapple" with cripple. It's like it knows..)
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Apple is for non techy types that just wanna go buy their phone and use it. Done. Stable, simple.....and boring.
But to each their own.
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Apple is for non techy types that just wanna go buy their phone and use it. Done. Stable, simple.....and boring.
But to each their own.
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Correction. Flip phones are for the non techy. Apple is for people who think their techy.
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iOS doesn't allow 3rd party keyboards. Also, they will only allow web browsers that use a certain type of rendering, or something like that... Apple is running themselves into a ditch by locking our new ideas like that.
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BlackFire27 said:
Correction. Flip phones are for the non techy. Apple is for people who think their techy.
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Lol
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Apple will probably incorporate a gesture keyboard into a future iOS revision, call it "the best gesture keyboard invented ever" and then sue Google/Samsung/Swype for violating Apple patents.
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iOS doesn't allow 3rd party keyboards. Also, they will only allow web browsers that use a certain type of rendering, or something like that... Apple is running themselves into a ditch by locking our new ideas like that.
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Good, and Good riddance to them aswell !
They haven't had anything innovative since, well pretty much the first iPad/iPhone series.
And the phone itself hasn't changed at all since the 4.
SDA_Lord said:
Apple will probably incorporate a gesture keyboard into a future iOS revision, call it "the best gesture keyboard invented ever" and then sue Google/Samsung/Swype for violating Apple patents.
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And this is exactly what they will do. EXACTLY.
Wilks3y said:
Good, and Good riddance to them aswell !
They haven't had anything innovative since, well pretty much the first iPad/iPhone series.
And the phone itself hasn't changed at all since the 4.
And this is exactly what they will do. EXACTLY.
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Apple has always been the same. Their computers were the same...a couple variants...minor changes from year to year. And no one else can use their os. Well...hardly anyone uses their PC's as a result. They managed to make one good phone...and year after year make very slight changes. Ipad now too.
But thanks to the phones and ipads they make money. Cause the tech unsavvy go with the flow.
But they gotta be the least innovative company on earth. Slowly people are seeing this and slowly apple will die off...unless they make serious changes to their ideals.
Rim is becoming, or became, similar.
Android as things are today will take over the mobile world in time.
Again.....unless apple and even rim change their tunes.
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Completely agree, with your two word post People say 'apple just works'.
The fact is, now android can be simple, and 'just works' if thats what you want it to do, but the possibilities are there to do whatever the hell you like to your device, as they should be when you've just paid a large amount of money for it.
You can leave it standard and simple (does anyone?), or mod it to within an inch of its life. I do understand though that there is a market for technically unsavvy fashionistas who think that the latest iDevice elevates them somehow into a superior being. Sad really. My experience. My opinion. Based on people I know personally. Not all of the iPhone owners I know, some are just ignorant lol
All locked down is just boring, jailbreaking your iPhone makes it run slower lol, and you still can't do whatever you like with it.
Android is, and has always been the way forward to me. Nothing to do with blind brand loyalty. I didn't mean to make this an Apple hate thread or anything.
Do not even get me started on the way that apple go about conducting their 'business'. It should be criminal.
I once owned an iPod for about a month. Then I was enraged with iTunes. I then bought an iRiver HP120. Man, let me tell you that the sheer sound quality of that thing with good 'phones made hairs stand up on the back of my neck every time I used it. Drag and drop heaven too.
I never bought an Apple device again, and unless they change their ways something silly, never would again. But even then, the way in which they conduct business has put me off for life.
Don't tell me that's fanboyism.

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