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bgramer
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Comment #8484556
Kind of like how iPod Nano cannibalized iPod Mini.
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Comment #7196000
Nooooooooooo!
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Comment #4674216
"...where they made Maps available incrementally "by region" I can see where you're coming from but I don't know if isolating map availability by region would work. Hyper-local tra…
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Comment #4461977
Because its a feel-good parable, or its just a slow Friday heading into a long holiday weekend.
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Comment #4330791
I've been watching this with keen interest since it was first announced here sometime ago. Unfortunately, at the pace Pixate is raising funds on Kickstarter, it doesn't look like t…
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Comment #4329548
I use AT&T for my iPhone but have the unlimited plan in which tethering isn't allowed. Would this FCC mandate force AT&T to remove the tethering plan as Verizon did?
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Comment #4315422
Too bad the videos are not subtitled/captioned.
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Comment #4061741
Your background is primarily in Chrome and Android - are you sure your reply to my post isn't biased? I use that term to include anyone who develops for the iOS platform and wants …
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Comment #4059120
They aren't directly forcing the hand of cable tv companies, which is quite clever, imho. We, the Developers will be tasked to do that with our content and that starts whenever the…
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Comment #3886528
Not really a concern. Apple planned on the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad cannibalizing their iPod line. This is how Apple has stayed ahead. It's better to disrupt your product than have a…
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Comment #3849242
Android isn't just for phones. It is (and can be) more than just software for the smartphone form factor.
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Comment #3789055
You're all forgetting about Blackberry and Palm. Page and Brin purchased Rubin & Co.'s Android to compete against Blackberry and Palm as well. The earliest Android models borrowed …
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Comment #3726298
They may have bought the technology but they definitely improved on it across the board while integrating it into iOS.
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Comment #3717396
He probably could have been a bit clearer but he did acknowledge that Nokia's procedures had been changed by putting "pre-iPhone" in front of Nokia's name.
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Comment #3686664
Actually, that's 20mb, but I'm pretty sure this went up to 50mb with the new iOS 5.1 update.
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Comment #3666990
"Would love to see ESPN/Disney/ABC partner with Apple to build a real interactive TV platform." With Iger being on the Apple board of directors and recently purchasing a chunk of A…
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Comment #3612781
No, Steve designed the iPhone to be a smartphone that people would LOVE. That was the mission of creating the iPhone.
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Comment #3290691
Confirmed. This works using my iPad 3G connected to my Macbook Pro. Now turning on Internet sharing from Ethernet to Wifi to see if I can have my Mac act as a Wifi hotspot using th…
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Comment #3290673
From Friedmud on MacRumors: "It is true if you think about what they did here. All they did was make an App that talks over USB to your computer. Nothing wrong with that. It just s…
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Comment #3289386
I just tried the iPhone app with my Macbook Pro and can verify it works. You have to keep the iPhone app front and center, not in the background in order for it to work. It still w…
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Comment #3222573
The same is true of any location, not just Seattle.
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Comment #3217731
I had to copy/paste because it was too hard to read in dark reversed style of the blog's design. Here it is so you can read. "A Letter to the Developer Community Dear Mac/iOS Devel…
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Comment #3207246
Sorry, I meant to say the onboarding videos, but I spoke too soon. I just looked at the HTML video and it is indeed captioned, it might be a nice idea to put in a small blurb somew…
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Comment #3207201
If the Treehouse folks are reading this, can they please add closed captions/subtitles to their videos? Lynda.com has captions and it has made the difference for me.