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Apple Apps "Bubble" Talk Just That, As Downloads Soar
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| 12/05/2008
| By:Jim Goldman
Posted on 12/05/2008 9:33:10 PM PST by Swordmaker
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Apple's iPhone App Store tops 300,000,000 downloads... 100,000,000 in just the last six weeks! PING!
iPhone App Store Ping!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:34:48 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: Swordmaker
Look for those numbers to triple if the $99 IPhone rumors become true.
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:36:02 PM PST
by
hsrazorback1
(Seek truth.)
To: Swordmaker
Apple-bashing Microsoft trolls to appear in...3...2...1...
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:38:43 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
Apple-bashing Microsoft trolls to appear in...3...2...1...The iPhone and iPod are, while pretty, DRM-infested crap.
Much like a streetwalker.
:P
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:41:08 PM PST
by
CE2949BB
(Fight.)
To: dayglored
Apple suxs!11! LOL!
HAX0R!
Microsoft RuLZ!
There you go. Enjoy!
:-P
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:42:30 PM PST
by
gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
To: Swordmaker
I don't have an iPhone, I have an ancient LG VX5200 (or something like that) whose features I have yet to use more than a dozen of (call, receive, text, photo, calendar, contact book).
I spent upwards of 12 hours every day working on a computer, with a 1600x1200 main screen and a 1280-wide secondary screen, and the last thing I want is the temptation to stare at some tiny cramped screen in my hand for the other 6 hours I'm awake.
But I'm glad Apple's doing well with the product line.
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:44:02 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: CE2949BB
The iPhone and iPod do not put DRM on anything that doesn’t have it before you put it on the device.
Your evil master’s product, Zune, DRM’s EVERYTHING that goes on the device, whether it had DRM before or not!
Which one is the streetwalker, again?
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:45:44 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: CE2949BB
>
The iPhone and iPod are, while pretty, DRM-infested crap. Much like a streetwalker. I don't know about the streetwalker, or the iPhone, DRM-wise; but in all the years I had three iPods, I never had ONE SINGLE DRM-infested tune on them. Just MP3s, all legal -- ripped by me from my CDs, or downloaded from eMusic.com.
The common misconception that iPods only play DRM-infested crap is a lie.
I refuse to have any DRM in my house, car, or life. Hasn't bothered my iPods one bit.
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:47:11 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
the last thing I want is the temptation to stare at some tiny cramped screen in my hand for the other 6 hours I'm awake.
The funny thing is that looking at a movie on an iPod-sized screen is equivalent to watching a large screen TV from across a room.
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:47:15 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: dayglored
Turns out that on the iPhone I can carry around the service and owner’s manual, in PDF format, of every vehicle I own. Quite handy.
More importantly, the PDF rendering engine isn’t some hacked together pile slapped on top of Windows Mobile, so the PDF’d wiring diagrams are actually visible and legible - and therefore useful.
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:47:58 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: gogogodzilla
>
Apple suxs!11! LOL! HAX0R! Microsoft RuLZ! ... There you go. Enjoy! :-P Thanks, I needed that....
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:48:30 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
The common misconception that iPods only play DRM-infested crap is a lie.
How can anyone be so ignorant as to believe it in the first place?
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:49:00 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: dayglored
Microsoft has been caught as being behind the “iPods only play DRM music” whispering campaign - they use it to either try to drive Zune sales, or to try to excuse the Zune DRM.
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:49:09 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: aruanan
Well, people did actually buy Windows Vista....
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:49:43 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
Your evil master’s product, Zune, DRM’s EVERYTHING that goes on the device, whether it had DRM before or not!I own an iPod and a couple of generic MP3 players. :)
Filled with pirated music and stuff I ripped to open formats myself.
Which one is the streetwalker, again?
Consider it a left-handed compliment. Apple is sexy and everyone wants her, but she charges you an arm and a leg... and part of your dignity.
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:52:43 PM PST
by
CE2949BB
(Fight.)
To: aruanan
>
The funny thing is that looking at a movie on an iPod-sized screen is equivalent to watching a large screen TV from across a room. Not if you have my eyes. I'm 56, male, and have to carry three sets of glasses around: close-focus (15"), computer-screen (24"), and progressive trifocal (24"-to-infinity) for driving and normal activities.
It's actually quite a strain for me to stare more than about 5 minutes at something small held in my hand (no manhood jokes please!). A big screen across the room allows my eyes to relax.
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:53:53 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
The common misconception that iPods only play DRM-infested crap is a lie. Oh, I know the iPod will play non-DRMed files.
Doesn't play FLAC files, tho. ;)
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:54:18 PM PST
by
CE2949BB
(Fight.)
To: aruanan
>
How can anyone be so ignorant as to believe it in the first place? You're surprised at rampant ignorance, after the recent election?
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:55:53 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Swordmaker; dayglored; All
"Apple-bashing Microsoft trolls to appear in...3...2...1..."
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posted on
12/05/2008 9:58:23 PM PST
by
musicman
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