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hammersend

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    Comment #4485098

    So what is your point? The more experience a company has the more naive they're likely to be? That's ridiculous.

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    Comment #4483313

    This would be like a fast food ad showing a juicy steak when what they really have are hotdogs.

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    Comment #4482812

    You're really reaching. At face value they shot a dishonest ad and incompetence got them busted. Why contrive some elaborate scheme?

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    Comment #4482810

    The last thing a blatantly dishonest advertisement makes me want to do is learn more about the product. A camera phone ad that uses a DSLR? Really? So if I go to buy a Malibu is th…

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    Comment #4468401

    "Another problem is that many people attribute things to being invented by Apple because they first hear of it from Apple(and because they don't use non Apple products)." What's ev…

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    Comment #4463663

    I don't get how they could possibly have been granted the "click a phone number in browser etc. and make call" patent when it is so painfully obvious. On an integrated device like …

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    Comment #4459951

    "The article fails to mention that HP and Dell haven't exactly been setting the world on fire with sales of Android tablets" HP has never released a single Android tablet and Dell'…

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    Comment #4456926

    "Google is just like every other company" No company is "just like" every other company. Different personalities, different by-laws, etc. It's the height of cynicism and intellectu…

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    Comment #4456814

    "Don't be evil" could include being in the patent cartel and running interference for the little guys.

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    Comment #4455533

    This has absolutely nothing to do with the issue being discussed. Google could clamp down hard on security if they wanted to and still not reject apps for political reasons like Ap…

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    Comment #4454967

    "There are so many cheap android phones on the chinese market used by older people who barely even know how to check their email with it" What kind of condescending agist crap is t…

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    Comment #4453494

    "and I'd rather have vanilla Android over "differentiated" bullshit any day." Do you think the market gives a rat's ass what you think? Consumers like the skins. Deal with it.

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    Comment #4453489

    "...and the fact that Android has turned into a fragmented crapfest." How them grapes taste? "There is nothing worse than carrier customisation - it's the worst kind of turd polish…

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    Comment #4453480

    "As for windows phone I feel that the new Windows version 8 will in many ways encourage adoption of windows phones" Really? Your feelings are very important so please tell us more.…

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    Comment #4453471

    What are you talking about? Carriers and retailers aren't bound by law to sell windows phone.

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    Comment #4453464

    "Google had the approach where it leaves its hardware partners out in the open unprotected from patents." If Samsung didn't want to get sued then they shouldn't have copied Apple. …

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    Comment #4453449

    How many Windows Phones have they actually sold?

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    Comment #4453006

    That's what I was thinking. I've seen this headline on a few sites in the last few days and the commenters all seem to be talking about Linux in the past tense. Apparently I didn't…

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    Comment #4452985

    Wow that looks pretty awesome. I'll bet it would be really nice with Jellybean on it. What are you using to make the touch screen work?

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    Comment #4437390

    Well, it's pretty obvious this isn't Slashdot but I'm curious, where did you get your psychology degree because without it your analysis rings pretty hollow. Oh, and the affected e…

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    Comment #4437273

    "Android as model of a free OS is just a tribute to the organizers methinks." Yeah, I'm sure the fact that you can download the source code to it, make any changes you want, and re…

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    Comment #4436048

    "Ever notice how Jony Ive looks nothing like a Googler?" What the f is this shit? This guy: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UxbxdEwXL7Y/AAAAAAAAAAI/A... is the counterpart to Jo…

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    Comment #4435401

    I think you have the wrong website.