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Tim Cook Defused Steve Jobs' Thermonuclear War, Then He Took Down Android
Forbes ^ | Saturday, January 31, 2015 | Evan Spence

Posted on 01/31/2015 10:16:59 AM PST by Star Traveler

I’ve already spoken about one of the plays made by Apple and Tim Cook to damage Android. This was the push to 64-bit computing in the iPhone 5S. As that smartphone was announced, the roadmaps for Android devices did not have 64-bit computing planned in the near future. Manufacturers and component suppliers were bounced into making bold claims that they would join Apple in the 64-bit world.

They had no choice but to do this. Android’s success was built around the promise of being faster, better, and stronger than its rival OS. If Apple was 64-bit, Android had to be 64-bit as well. Promises were made, plans were changed, and the rush to 64-bit comp

The impact of that push remain to this day. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 was the chipset expected to lead the charge, but production issues have forced manufacturers to delay products into Q3 2015, or choose alternative chips with the resulting compatibility problems of running third-party Android applications.

Apple weakened the chipsets in Android by forcing the manufacturers to follow them on the 64-bit roadmap. Resources, time, and developmental energies were directed away from competing directly with Apple and into something that has taken far longer than planned.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: android; apple; iphone
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To: Blue Highway
I got that ... in 1998! And boy ... that was a wonderful machine. In 2002, I got another iMac ... still have it, but haven't used it in about 8 years ... :-) ...


301 posted on 02/01/2015 6:10:06 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: BunnySlippers

Heck! At my age, I think I’ll go before Apple goes!


302 posted on 02/01/2015 6:36:25 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

Noooooo. :(


303 posted on 02/01/2015 6:42:35 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: tacticalogic

Heh heh, I have no idea! I don’t know anything about Enterprise (other than James Tiberious Kirk’s Enterprise!) I just read an article about it on Mac Rumours.

Ed


304 posted on 02/01/2015 8:20:22 PM PST by Sir_Ed
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To: Star Traveler
And these people are infiltrated all through our society, are protected and there’s nothing you can do about it.

So then, in your view, since there is nothing we can do about it, we should support overtly homo CEOs.

305 posted on 02/02/2015 5:17:24 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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To: Morpheus2009
Cook is the easy one to spot

So, in your view, it's better to support overt raving queers rather than those who are not overt raving queers.

306 posted on 02/02/2015 5:22:09 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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To: Sir_Ed

So how is this IBM/Apple thing looking to you so far? Any bets on iPads “taking over the enterprise” in the near future?


307 posted on 02/02/2015 6:09:23 AM PST by tacticalogic
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To: GeronL
How come IPads have no USB or SD slots?

In no particular order:

Whether or not you agree with some or all of the above design decisions, those are the reasons from Apple's point of view.
308 posted on 02/02/2015 6:15:13 AM PST by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

That means ... I’m going to buy what I want to buy ... no matter what kind of idiotic ideas you have.


309 posted on 02/02/2015 6:16:57 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler
I’m going to buy what I want to buy

But it's not so simple, is it? How much time and effort do you spend promoting a corporation run by an overtly gay CEO?

310 posted on 02/02/2015 6:37:34 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

I’m a happy customer of Apple products and am glad to have others on board, too! I am more than happy to tell others about the quality products and great customer service from Apple ... those very things which the free enterprise system here in America rewards companies when they do a fantastic job for their customers. That’s exactly what I like to see.


311 posted on 02/02/2015 6:42:10 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler
I’m a happy customer of Apple products and am glad to have others on board, too! I am more than happy to tell others about the quality products and great customer service from Apple ... those very things which the free enterprise system here in America rewards companies when they do a fantastic job for their customers. That’s exactly what I like to see.

It's humiliating enough to work for a raving homo. Doubly so if you are not getting paid.

312 posted on 02/02/2015 6:55:23 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

Just because you’re an Apple-hater doesn’t mean that all the happy customers of Apple have your twisted ideas.


313 posted on 02/02/2015 7:14:08 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: tacticalogic

I actually have no idea! I don’t “get” Enterprise, and I will never own an iPad. They lock down the file system so much that to me it is utterly unusable as a means of production.

For just emailing, reading Freep and such, my iPhone is fine!

See ya’,

Ed


314 posted on 02/02/2015 12:48:07 PM PST by Sir_Ed
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To: Morpheus2009

Yes. Netflix and Hulu, don’t recall about Amazon on Apple TV. Usually stream off iPhone with Amazon Prime.


315 posted on 02/06/2015 8:12:19 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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