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| Thread ID: 126699 | 2012-09-13 05:53:00 | Anyone else get up early for the Apple conference? | jareemon (5207) | PC World Chat |
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| 1300778 | 2012-09-14 00:01:00 | I've avoided apple, although the iPad did tempt me . It's not because I don't like them, I think they make very nice hardware and all their products integrate very well . I suspect the end user experience on a apple or android device is more about preference than any clear advantage either way . I think they are overpriced for the hardware specs and have been for a very long time though . What kills it for me is both a strength and weakness of apple, its closed and locked down nature . The tight control of the hardware and software enables them to ensure a good user experience and avoid compatibilty issues etc, but it also prevents people from using the device in any way apple doesn't intend . One example for me, I have all my music ripped and stored on my PC in both MP3 and WMA lossless format . On my android devices I can simply copy these files across and play them with any one of a number of freely available apps, no software required . If I want to do the same with an iProduct I must install iTunes, import my library across, then export or sync them with whatever device I have . I'm sure it all works but it seems to me like jumping through hoops on my PC in order to use my phone . I want the choice to install software on my PC, not be forced into it as the only approved method . I don't use the library function on any windows based player either, I prefer to manage my files myself with explorer . |
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| 1300779 | 2012-09-14 00:13:00 | The new camera on the iPhone 5 is better than any camera on any mobile phone, I am sure of that much. It's not all about the megapixels. From what I have heard Nokia has the best phone camera on one of their models but who really cares until they can perform as well as a DSLR. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1300780 | 2012-09-14 00:15:00 | I can only see one thing missing from the release and that NFC, and the only people that is going to affect are android users at the moment. :illogical |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1300781 | 2012-09-14 00:21:00 | From 'Good Morning Silicon Valley' ------------ The specific feature that seemed to cause the most eyebrow-knitting was the new Lightning connector: Why no wireless charging? Why no Thunderbolt? Why is the adapter so (freeking)* expensive? * - an inside, unspoken, but fully-implied exasperational word . The Wall Street Journal interviewed those with a vested interest in “the de rigueur dangling accessories of sound systems and workout equipment,” including a hotel executive ------------ (“Oh, God,” he said) and he's a Radio $hack franchisee (“For dealers of after-the-fact-is-out electronics, it $ will $ be $ a $ good $ thing . ”) Emphasis mine . Eyebrows were unknit for the hands-on session . “Incredibly sleek, and exceptionally light … (but) still a sturdy and solid-feeling device,” said the Verge’s Joshua Topolsky . Tweeted tech journalist Ryan Block, “Great . Use the iPhone 5 for ten minutes and now my iPhone 4S feels tiny, fat and ugly . ” (At 112 grams, the iPhone 5 weighs as much as a stick of butter . “Stick of butter” is also the size reference commonly used in describing newborn giant pandas, but they might be denser than the iPhone . ) The tech press then turned practical, operating on the assumption you’d want one . Can I keep my AT&T unlimited plan? (Yes . ) Am I eligible for upgrade pricing? (There’s a quick way to find out . ) How do I return this 4S I just bought? (Oops!) And by the end of the day, there was the step-back, the head-cocking and chin-stroking . The Merc’s Troy Wolverton sees Apple “falling further and further behind” its phone-making rivals . “Call me jaded,” he said, “but none of those features is terribly exciting . ” Mat Honan at Wired’s Gadget Lab declared the new product ”boring and amazing“: “The iPhone 5 can simultaneously be the best phone on the market and really, really boring . … Apple has little reason to shake things up once it has a product really nailed down . ” If we’re bored, Honan added, that’s on us, not on Apple . Tech Crunch’s MG Siegler took a similar tack (in an article that borrowed the language of the warring-magicians movie ”The Prestige,” which I do recommend, and not only for David Bowie as Nikola Tesla): ”Just because you’ve seen a show before, it doesn’t actually make it any less magical . ” |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1300782 | 2012-09-14 00:24:00 | You'll appreciate this then (Short video): plus.google.com |
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| 1300783 | 2012-09-14 00:26:00 | thanks Joe, i havent watched the prestige for a while, might do that tonight. | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1300784 | 2012-09-14 00:37:00 | As usual --- with iPoos and things from fruit trees ----- it's about the money. I've disliked the snobbish attitudes of Apple fanbois from the early - what (?) ---- the 1970s? I wouldn't stop in one of their stores to be urinated on if I was on fire as I'm sure there'd be a charge for the service. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1300785 | 2012-09-14 00:42:00 | As usual --- with iPoos and things from fruit trees ----- it's about the money. I've disliked the snobbish attitudes of Apple fanbois from the early - what (?) ---- the 1970s? I wouldn't stop in one of their stores to be urinated on if I was on fire as I'm sure there'd be a charge for the service. their urine is flammable anyway it would be like a trip to hades Bwahahahaaaaaa |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1300786 | 2012-09-14 00:44:00 | The new camera on the iPhone 5 is better than any camera on any mobile phone, I am sure of that much. It's not all about the megapixels. Lumia pureview 808 smacks your icam to bits. (I was disappointed they didn't use its sensor in the new Windows phone 8 one) www.dpreview.com |
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| 1300787 | 2012-09-14 01:29:00 | This clip sums up about 95% of iPhone users for me: www.youtube.com | johcar (6283) | ||
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