Phil A.
Feb 25, 04:14 AM
Alright, if this is the case, then the problem is not with Apple, but the game publishers.
...AND the adult owners of the idevices.
Agree 100% - as I said in my original post, I don't think Apple are in any way culpable here: It's not their job to set prices for apps or in-app purchases. I also think Parents need to accept responsibility and watch their kids more carefully.
My only issue with this is the exploitative behavior of the publishers of the Apps - I can't think of any reason for charging the huge prices they do apart from someone thinking "Some parents are dumb and won't know how to stop their kids spending huge wads of cash on in-app purchases. We can make loads of money by using this to our advantage".
That shouldn't be what in-app purchases are used for: even if it doesn't break any rules, it's not at all ethical.
I know businesses exist to make money, but they shouldn't do it in an unethical and immoral way IMO.
...AND the adult owners of the idevices.
Agree 100% - as I said in my original post, I don't think Apple are in any way culpable here: It's not their job to set prices for apps or in-app purchases. I also think Parents need to accept responsibility and watch their kids more carefully.
My only issue with this is the exploitative behavior of the publishers of the Apps - I can't think of any reason for charging the huge prices they do apart from someone thinking "Some parents are dumb and won't know how to stop their kids spending huge wads of cash on in-app purchases. We can make loads of money by using this to our advantage".
That shouldn't be what in-app purchases are used for: even if it doesn't break any rules, it's not at all ethical.
I know businesses exist to make money, but they shouldn't do it in an unethical and immoral way IMO.
fishmoose
Apr 14, 01:40 PM
Let's see if this one stays, Papermaster from IBM didn't last long so I'm curios to see if a former Microsoft person does fit in.
mdelvecchio
Mar 23, 04:19 PM
4$ is a lot when considering the margins mfg are working under for the average consumer model (sub 1k). I just don't see why they don't give it away
so you work in the consumer electronics manufacturing industry? tell us more.
so you work in the consumer electronics manufacturing industry? tell us more.
tktaylor1
Apr 25, 04:28 PM
What about the other lists posted? anyway, you seem to admit that there are 140 things that count on that list, so that is a lot more than you claimed he had done.
Yes there are 140 things on that list out of the 500. Out of those 140 a lot of them are BS things, petty things that really don't matter or things he really doesn't have to do such as encourage things.
Yes there are 140 things on that list out of the 500. Out of those 140 a lot of them are BS things, petty things that really don't matter or things he really doesn't have to do such as encourage things.
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Alvi
Feb 18, 10:58 AM
Everyone is dressed up but Steve....awesome.
He did wear a tux to the oscars at least.
That's pretty interesting, I would find it more PR-Stunty to see him in his Steve outfit at the Oscars than at a Dinner with one of the most important people of the world.
He did wear a tux to the oscars at least.
That's pretty interesting, I would find it more PR-Stunty to see him in his Steve outfit at the Oscars than at a Dinner with one of the most important people of the world.
iris_failsafe
Oct 26, 02:08 PM
Actually they are concerned that their mac share is growing and they were not ready for it. Within their creative apps macs are over 50% and growing.
Here is the article
http://software.seekingalpha.com/article/12183
Here is the article
http://software.seekingalpha.com/article/12183
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CubusX
Mar 13, 09:50 AM
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/8F190)
New iOS update, same old story. With all the time it takes Apple to release these updates, will they ever get it right,
New iOS update, same old story. With all the time it takes Apple to release these updates, will they ever get it right,
2056
Mar 24, 07:31 PM
All sold out in my area. Such a bummer. :(
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studiomusic
Nov 21, 04:56 PM
Hey, they're just down the road from me... I might just have to go see what they're up to...;)
jimsowden
Mar 28, 08:52 AM
Appception
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advorak
Sep 5, 05:12 AM
Apple has a history of that... making their OS'es run faster than the previous one on the same hardware. At least that's what my experience has been with Panther, Tiger and Leopard preview.
When I bought my Powerbook G4 3 years ago, it came with Panther, then I upgraded to Tiger and it seemed to run much faster... much more responsive. After its hard drive died, I sold it and repaced it with a MacBook Pro with Tiger pre-installed and now that I am running on Leopard, it's running just as fast and sometimes even faster than Tiger. I am very pleased.*:)
Of what minimal programming experience I have, I was concerned by this code I found in one of the system startup scripts:
setmaxcomputerspeed(.22113*MacOSXVersion);
just being silly... :D
--Andy
When I bought my Powerbook G4 3 years ago, it came with Panther, then I upgraded to Tiger and it seemed to run much faster... much more responsive. After its hard drive died, I sold it and repaced it with a MacBook Pro with Tiger pre-installed and now that I am running on Leopard, it's running just as fast and sometimes even faster than Tiger. I am very pleased.*:)
Of what minimal programming experience I have, I was concerned by this code I found in one of the system startup scripts:
setmaxcomputerspeed(.22113*MacOSXVersion);
just being silly... :D
--Andy
Dreadnought
Jul 21, 11:20 AM
Get rid of the red background color! A lot of widgets use red, at least the ones I have (same for blue). Use as a background your avatar, that would be cool, with the same red letters of the lines!
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twoodcc
May 3, 08:43 PM
I just joined anonymously, but I used the MacRumors team number.
thanks for joining our team! any reason you didn't want to choose your own username?
thanks for joining our team! any reason you didn't want to choose your own username?
Eraserhead
Jun 11, 03:59 PM
The following can also be deleted:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Apple_Hardware
and
http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Upgrade_Guides
Wow, I don't look at the guides for a few days and look what's happened. Nice work Eraserhead.
Grr, you interrupted my (record aiming) stream of posts :p.
We're mostly there now, its mostly just that pesky Guides category, and the hardware category to go.
EDIT: http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Apple_Services can also be deleted.
EDIT 2:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Phones and http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Hardware can also be deleted.
EDIT 3:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Tips can also be deleted.
http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Apple_Hardware
and
http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Upgrade_Guides
Wow, I don't look at the guides for a few days and look what's happened. Nice work Eraserhead.
Grr, you interrupted my (record aiming) stream of posts :p.
We're mostly there now, its mostly just that pesky Guides category, and the hardware category to go.
EDIT: http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Apple_Services can also be deleted.
EDIT 2:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Phones and http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Hardware can also be deleted.
EDIT 3:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Category:Tips can also be deleted.
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Silentwave
Oct 16, 08:20 PM
at the rate i'm going, it'll be out and i'll have one before my replacemet samsung comes in.....
tlove
Apr 4, 08:13 PM
There is already a movie about this, iRobot. Apples new division will be called Ai.
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joker2
Jun 18, 06:00 PM
Imagine if people started exchanging SD cards. Initially lower capacities only will be available, but soon CD equivalent SD cards will be available, and soon after that the 1 and 2 TB cards.
Actually, cards larger than both CDs and DVDs are already available. Average CD is 700 MB, DVD is 4.7 GB (8.5 GB for double-layer), Blu-Ray at 25 and 50 GB. Max capacity now is 64GB as mentioned elsewhere in this thread. The electronics and office supply stores routinely advertise 8GB cards for $20...
Actually, cards larger than both CDs and DVDs are already available. Average CD is 700 MB, DVD is 4.7 GB (8.5 GB for double-layer), Blu-Ray at 25 and 50 GB. Max capacity now is 64GB as mentioned elsewhere in this thread. The electronics and office supply stores routinely advertise 8GB cards for $20...
PeterQVenkman
Mar 29, 11:34 AM
Once again,it's not a turtleneck and I've yet to see Jobs wear a turtleneck. Can anyone find a pic of him in a turtleneck?
He wears mock turtlenecks all the time:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/01/16/2003522169.jpg
http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=steve+jobs+turtleneck&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=WNawS5yOFYKB8gbamJXdCw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB0QsAQwAA
He wears mock turtlenecks all the time:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/01/16/2003522169.jpg
http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=steve+jobs+turtleneck&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=WNawS5yOFYKB8gbamJXdCw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB0QsAQwAA
Iggy
Sep 30, 06:35 AM
"Imminent?" Don't you mean "Actually here?"
You are in slow motion today MR! But I still love you.
You are in slow motion today MR! But I still love you.
aristotle
May 4, 12:03 PM
I challenge both points, pedantically and pragmatically. Canada is no more a "democracy" than the US, though perhaps slightly less messed up. If it was, you would not be able to brazenly put forth the second assertion. In a real democracy, there are no winners. Debate results in compromise. Compromise leaves everyone disappointed but (usually) sanguine, because those other guys are also comparably disappointed.
The idea that we should have winners and losers is one of the biggest problems facing the US political system. The rollercoaster ride has been pushing the whole country apart from the inside. Failure is inevitable.
Stop projecting the problems that you have with the US political system onto the Canadian one. Elections are contests and the participants either win or lose but the governing party is supposed to govern for the benefit of all citizens. We have more that two parties here and sometimes the opposition parties change positions.
We have had situations where the there was a liberal majority with the bloc as the official opposition and the PC (Progressive Conservatives) nearly wiped out and the NDP as the third party.
Now we have a conservative majority with and NDP opposition (second party) and the Liberals in the third party position. The Bloc are not without party status and there is one green party member.
It seems to me that you are only happy if the people/parties that you like are winning even if they have a super majority. That is hypocrisy at its worst.
I did not like it when the Liberals had a majority and forced through legislation without debate but I grinned and bore it because I understood that we live in a democracy and that we do not always get what we personally want when the people have spoken.
Part of the problem that I see with both the NDP and Liberals is that they are too concerned with special interests rather than ordinary Canadians. They pay lip service about being for the common man but the common man voted conservative because they understand that budgets have to be balanced in households so it should be the same with the government. People in their own homes cannot continue to borrow and spend more money than they have coming in so it seems logical to most hard working tax payers that the government should be held to a similar standard. I think it is foolish to mortgage future generations with out of control spending on social programs since those that follow us will have to pay for it and might not have the same social programs to depend on if the overspending continues.
The idea that we should have winners and losers is one of the biggest problems facing the US political system. The rollercoaster ride has been pushing the whole country apart from the inside. Failure is inevitable.
Stop projecting the problems that you have with the US political system onto the Canadian one. Elections are contests and the participants either win or lose but the governing party is supposed to govern for the benefit of all citizens. We have more that two parties here and sometimes the opposition parties change positions.
We have had situations where the there was a liberal majority with the bloc as the official opposition and the PC (Progressive Conservatives) nearly wiped out and the NDP as the third party.
Now we have a conservative majority with and NDP opposition (second party) and the Liberals in the third party position. The Bloc are not without party status and there is one green party member.
It seems to me that you are only happy if the people/parties that you like are winning even if they have a super majority. That is hypocrisy at its worst.
I did not like it when the Liberals had a majority and forced through legislation without debate but I grinned and bore it because I understood that we live in a democracy and that we do not always get what we personally want when the people have spoken.
Part of the problem that I see with both the NDP and Liberals is that they are too concerned with special interests rather than ordinary Canadians. They pay lip service about being for the common man but the common man voted conservative because they understand that budgets have to be balanced in households so it should be the same with the government. People in their own homes cannot continue to borrow and spend more money than they have coming in so it seems logical to most hard working tax payers that the government should be held to a similar standard. I think it is foolish to mortgage future generations with out of control spending on social programs since those that follow us will have to pay for it and might not have the same social programs to depend on if the overspending continues.
Ommid
Apr 25, 06:01 AM
Now that is something to lol at :p
I bet it will come in the next 2 years ;)
I bet it will come in the next 2 years ;)
definitive
Apr 30, 04:30 PM
have the keys been sent out?
alent1234
Dec 27, 09:08 PM
You're talking about a whole country. As it is right now there are more iPhones in NYC than anywhere else. In order for this to be true it would mean tens of thousands of NYers, at least, are having their personal info stolen. Also, why only the iPhone? Wouldn't these thieves with all their stolen info just move onto another AT&T phone that costs just as much? Such as BB? Why hasn't any other telco stopped onlines sales of any of their high priced phones in NYC? Surely these thieves wouldn't just buy one phone.
To believe this you would have to jump through many conclusions, some being illogical.
all BB network traffic goes through RIM's datacenters making them easy to trace
To believe this you would have to jump through many conclusions, some being illogical.
all BB network traffic goes through RIM's datacenters making them easy to trace
dethmaShine
Apr 12, 03:05 PM
Pages and Number are TRASH compared to Word and Excel(especially excel)
Keynote is actually pretty good!
Dont be a uninformed fanboy. k? Thanks
lol
You too.
Keynote is actually pretty good!
Dont be a uninformed fanboy. k? Thanks
lol
You too.
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