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Here is an article that explains how Apple is missing the boat and will continue

By CaptainShuddup   Follow   Tue, 29 Jan 2013, 7:43am   2,621 views   67 comments
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...on a downward spiral.

Apple just announced 128gig iphone. That is their idea of innovation. Yet there's not one appliance, car, or any non apple device that has the Apple iOS on it. More over Apple seems to go out of their way to thwart manufacturers from creating devices that communicate with the iOS, let alone docking devices. Hello lightening.

The remote for your life
http://techcentral.my/news/story.aspx?file=/2013/1/14/it_news/20130114130231&sec=IT_News

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1. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,188 threads 6,158 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA

   1   6:05pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (5)   Dislike   When my iPad refused to let me control the volume during a commercial on Pandora, the spell was broken: http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1220062 I don't plan on ever buying anything else again from Apple.

2. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,188 threads 6,158 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA

   2   7:30pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (4)   Dislike

3. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,779 comments

   3   7:54am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike (1)   Haven't you learned yet... don't question..... Just run right out like a good zombie and stand in line for hours to get your new 128gig iPhone... It's your American duty!!! Now go!!! :)

4. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,188 threads 6,158 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA

   4   4:44pm Sat 2 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Bigsby says Shouldn't you be complaining about Pandora rather than Apple? Nope. It's Apple's fault that they exposed an API that lets sleazy companies like Pandora control the volume. If you bought a car that would sometimes disable the steering and gas and instead automatically drive you to McDonalds, wouldn't that be a shitty car to own? What would you think of that car maker?

5. bmwman91 Follow Befriend (7) 37 threads 1,539 comments Mountain View, CA bmwman91's website Premium

   5   3:38pm Mon 4 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Protected   SFace says 13mp camera This really irks me. Even in pocket digital cameras, anything over 6MP is effectively useless because the CMOS sensors in those are so small that your SNR (signal to noise ratio) of incoming light to sensor noise swamps out any benefit from more pixels in the same surface area. Megapixels are just marketing mumbo-jumbo outside of digital SLRs that have 4x - 20x the sensor surface area for gathering light than even the best pocket camera (the Sony ones with APS sensors are not really "pocket" sized). Then you get to the phone space, where the sensor has 10%, at best, of the surface area of a cheap pocket digital camera. Software noise reduction can only do so much to try to make up for the physical limitations of the camera hardware.

6. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 249 threads 4,731 comments

   6   6:08am Tue 5 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   bmwman91 says I doubt that Ubuntu would ever get put onto production hand-held devices. http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone

7. mell Follow Befriend (5) 55 threads 1,316 comments Premium

   7   8:33am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   Good post, esp. the fact that Apple is completely missing out on the car and appliance market which RIMM is trying to repopulate, Thought RIMM was done, but it's getting interesting again. But I hope Apple will keep making money because if they tank eventually we will have to bail them out because we cannot afford an entire nation of boomers riverboating and gambling in the market to lose their retirement - but, but my stockbroker said it can only go up!!

8. SoftShell Follow Befriend 1 threads 459 comments Abilene, TX

   8   7:18pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (1)   Ipad is way too heavy compared to any phone on the market... Android is the wave of the future. Get on the train, or get out of the way! robertoaribas says nevertheless, it isn't a problem. I just plug it in my car, or my office. However the damn ipad will run for days and days without being plugged in, and I watch movies on it all the time with amazon prime or netflix.

9. thomaswong.1986 Follow Befriend 15 threads 2,845 comments

   9   7:30pm Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   CaptainShuddup says Apple just announced 128gig iphone. not the iphone that is innovative.. nor is the 128g iphone.. but the whole 128 gig nand memory market is very innovative.. The Koreans and Japanese GET IT... but we dont make nand like the Korean and Japanese have so dominated the market.

10. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 204 threads 4,411 comments Davis, CA

    10   1:28pm Wed 30 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   CaptainShuddup says So I see these as a PC companion, among other things, and not the PC replacement. Different tools. What you are missing, is that lots of people have more interest in CONSUMING information not doing complex manipulation. Even those of us who work in computer science, when I'm not working I want things as simple as possible. Remote control simple. Apple mastered that, Microsoft never did. For some people the only interactions they have are simple and easily handled by an appliance device. My parents for example I used to have a ThinkNIC device to give them a SIMPLE bulletproof computer. Do you need a full computer to check prescriptions or MediCare website or send a few emails? Nope. Replaced the ThinkNIC when it died with my old 1st-gen iPad. There are some people who will NEVER own a desktop computer but will have a smartphone or tablet. Hard to believe but true. The laptop/desktop will not die. However say in 2004 you wanted to do some trivial interaction like transfer money between 2 bank accounts to avoid overdraft. You might have whipped out the laptop you packed around everywhere. Did you need a laptop for that job? No, but it was the "least" tech you could carry around that would easily accomplish those tasks. Now you no longer carry that laptop everywhere, you carry a smaller device that is handier. I do expect laptop/desktop to decrease in numbers. They last longer than they used to and frankly we've hit a point of diminishing returns for "faster/better" in terms of next year's model. The desktop I'm using I put together in 2006 and will probably use it until 2016! I doubt you've listened to anything I say Captain, but I had to try.

11. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 249 threads 4,731 comments

    11   1:36pm Wed 30 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (1)   I read everything you have to say Vince. And I agree with everything you said, especially the "The laptop/desktop will not die. " part. But I do agree that their numbers will diminish, and you are right, Moores law seems to have plateaued, and the interest in defeating Moores law has diminished with it. It will be interesting to see how the PC market plays out in the future. Since critical mass wont be a price point factor, we could very well see the return of $3000 entry level PCs and laptops. That the few PC holdouts will have no choice but to carry that burden, as the Facebook users wont be sharing the load of volume production setting a low price point. I also see Android OS or some flavor there of, being a standard fixture in any appliance or electronic device that needs a control panel. But I also see Android splitting from Google and becoming their entity.

12. JodyChunder Follow Befriend (3) 16 threads 1,378 comments Victorville, CA Premium

    12   4:55pm Wed 30 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   Sounds a lot like that Black Mirror episode: http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=buhQ_864GoI Check it out. Also, a nice glimpse of Kevin's ideal future. Patrick says When my iPad refused to let me control the volume during a commercial on Pandora, the spell was broken: http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1220062 I don't plan on ever buying anything else again from Apple.

13. Bigsby Follow Befriend 2,826 comments Monterey, CA

    13   8:21pm Fri 1 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Patrick says When my iPad refused to let me control the volume during a commercial on Pandora, the spell was broken: http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1220062 I don't plan on ever buying anything else again from Apple. Shouldn't you be complaining about Pandora rather than Apple?

14. JodyChunder Follow Befriend (3) 16 threads 1,378 comments Victorville, CA Premium

    14   1:35pm Sun 3 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   bmwman91 says For the record, my wife is Cantonese (from HK), so people that buy into the "Asian girls love iPhones" stereotype should be extra shocked. lol My ex-wife had a Macaw that could say "cocksucker" in Cantonese. ...btw - interesting assessment of Apple.

15. Mick Russom Follow Befriend (2) 7 threads 530 comments Belmont, CA

    15   8:25pm Sun 3 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   robertoaribas says bullcrap, apple products seem to have legendary battery life, compared to their competitors. Ive had a galaxy nexus and a nexus 4 that proves you wrong. And its unlocked. And it works with prepaids like Straight Talk which leads to unlim talk text data for $45 a mo. And you walk around with a siri thats a joke, a locked phone, a contract, pay for data, and a jailed OS that prevents you from doing anything that the rats at apple dont want. And defending apple after than maps fiasco, man , thats as sharp as a bowling ball. One button interface, lol.

16. SFace Follow Befriend (2) 61 threads 1,306 comments Premium

    16   2:27pm Mon 4 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   Apple's competitor is just too powerful and deep. Google - Motorola - Droid Google - Nexus 4 and 5 Samsung - SIII and SIV. Sony - Xperia Z Microsoft Surface Nokia Lumia 920, 940 Blackberry 10 Not to mention some extreme shit from LG, HTC, and Huwei All these will sport 300-440ppi type display on 4.5-5" screen. (better than retina display) 13mp camera and quad core prodcessor that exceeds A6 and expandable MicroSD. Iphone's hardware is just lacking. Looking at the above, Apple is in quite a bit of trouble. An Iphone 5s will mean losing more market share.

17. bmwman91 Follow Befriend (7) 37 threads 1,539 comments Mountain View, CA bmwman91's website Premium

    17   11:13am Tue 5 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   Well shit, you learn something new every day! I gotta check that out!

18. thomaswong.1986 Follow Befriend 15 threads 2,845 comments

    18   9:12pm Wed 13 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   bmwman91 says So, what says P.net about rumors of an iWatch? someone at Apple picked up an old Dick Tracy comic book and had an earth shattering idea... anyway.. underneath it all, end of the day.. its all about the semiconductors.. he who controls the semiconductor can create many many things...

19. taketheplunge Follow Befriend (1) 18 threads 29 comments San Francisco, CA

    19   8:11am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I didn't realize Apple was launching an 128GB iPhone, but that's great news. I would eventually like to have all of my music, podcasts, educational seminars on my phone with me without running into my carrier's bandwidth caps. One more step in doubling flash memory might not be that innovative, but it goes one more step to solving problems I'm having with storage.

20. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,779 comments

    20   8:17am Tue 29 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   taketheplunge says I didn't realize Apple was launching an 128GB iPhone, but that's great news. I would eventually like to have all of my music, podcasts, educational seminars on my phone with me without running into my carrier's bandwidth caps. One more step in doubling flash memory might not be that innovative, but it goes one more step to solving problems I'm having with storage. Now, you'll just have to carry a car battery with you to keep it running all day!!