On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Chris O'Connell omegah...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi Guys,
My question is sort of cross platform.
I have an 86 year old user here at my work. He's very bright, but no
matter
how many times I tell him not to click weird email links or strange
websites
he does.
Matt, I like that suggestion! I don't think my supervisor would think
that's an adequate solution and he does use one web based application at
least ;-)
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Matt Shields m...@mattshields.org wrote:
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Chris O'Connell
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Chris O'Connell omegah...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi Guys,
My question is sort of cross platform.
I have an 86 year old user here at my work. He's very bright, but no
matter
how many times I tell him not to click weird email links or strange
websites
he does.
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Chris O'Connell omegah...@gmail.comwrote:
Matt, I like that suggestion! I don't think my supervisor would think
that's an adequate solution and he does use one web based application at
least ;-)
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Matt Shields
On 02/17/2011 09:06 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
This cost is simply going to be handed down to the consumer.
Unfortunately, Apple is a very greedy company. They already have HUGE mark
ups on all of their hardware. Remember right before the IPAD was released
one of the higher ups at Apple
On Feb 17, 2011, at 9:06 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
This cost is simply going to be handed down to the consumer.
Let's put this into context:
Apple currently takes 30% from all App Store sales. The rest goes to the
developer. This is actually a pretty good deal for developers, especially
I personally think 30% is way to high. Perhaps 10-15% would be more
reasonable, but Apple is huge and most companies are probably just going to
along with this.
Content publishers have been getting a free ride on the gravy train.
If they don't like it, they can get off.
It's also worth
On 02/17/2011 09:11 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
Hi Guys,
My question is sort of cross platform.
I have an 86 year old user here at my work. He's very bright, but no matter
how many times I tell him not to click weird email links or strange websites
he does. The result is a weekly visit
Matthew Gillen wrote:
Apple isn't as big as Amazon
Depending on how you look at it. In book sales, maybe not, but Apple's
market capitalization is $331 billion. Amazon is $84 billion. Mighty
Google is only $200 billion.
The book publishers all seem to be private, but I suspect they are
On 02/17/2011 10:13 AM, Dan O'Donovan wrote:
It's also worth noting that Apple seldom make choices that result in a loss
of experience for ... their customers
Really? Does iTunes/iPod support open formats like Ogg or Flac? No.
Sure, you can replace the firmware on your ipod with rockbox or
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What's that old joke about the definition of insanity? Doing the same
thing over and
On 2/17/2011 10:03 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
And yet, nobody else seems to have a truly competitive tablet for
less than the iPad...
Of course they don't. Apple can price the iPad at an unprofitable level,
just as the manufacturers of game consoles do, because they have the 30%
app and
I remember hearing about this same sort of ratio regarding the ipod. There
are some RD and advertising expenses of course, but this still proves that
the prices could come way down if Apple saw fit (as they did with their
notebook line a couple of years ago).
--chris
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at
On Feb 17, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Matthew Gillen wrote:
On 02/17/2011 10:13 AM, Dan O'Donovan wrote:
It's also worth noting that Apple seldom make choices that result in a loss
of experience for ... their customers
Really? Does iTunes/iPod support open formats like Ogg or Flac? No.
Do most
Kent Borg wrote:
Matthew Gillen wrote:
Apple isn't as big as Amazon
Depending on how you look at it. In book sales, maybe not, but Apple's
market capitalization is $331 billion. Amazon is $84 billion. Mighty
Google is only $200 billion.
Right.
Apple now has the highest market
Matthew Gillen wrote:
Dan O'Donovan wrote:
It's also nice to read that Apple are refusing to pass subscriber's
personal info on to publishers - those are valuable freebees for the
publisher that aren't often used to the advantage of the subscriber.
It's because they are
realizing how
Kent Borg wrote:
-kb, the Kent who is waiting for a good Android tablet (that is as
beautiful as the Ipad) to become available, so he can promote an
alternative.
We've had some discussion on the list about the sub-$200 Android
tablets. How about the higher-end models? Anyone own or test
On 02/17/2011 12:51 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
On Feb 17, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Matthew Gillen wrote:
On 02/17/2011 10:13 AM, Dan O'Donovan wrote:
It's also worth noting that Apple seldom make choices that result in a loss
of experience for ... their customers
Really? Does iTunes/iPod support
From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf
Of Richard Pieri
Apple's 35% take from
music and movies sold from the iTMS. So, really, Apple is doing nothing
substantially different with the subscription model than it's been doing
for
the past 8 years.
There is
On Thursday, 17 February 2011 at 22:59, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
When you buy an iphone, you
make a substantial investment, and you're required to sign a 2-year
contract.
Only required in the US - my European iPhone is unlocked and contract free. The
contracts benefit the network operators,
On 02/17/2011 02:02 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
Apple is doing nothing substantially different with the
subscription model than it's been doing for the past 8 years.
That's what I find so entertaining about these conversations. I would
sooner expect my bank to give me a few extra days to make a
From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf
Of David Kramer
Android is simply not an option for me until they get their head (and my
data) out of the clouds and back on my own computer.
Explain that?
I am an android user, and I have no experience that I can
On 02/17/2011 11:36 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf
Of David Kramer
Android is simply not an option for me until they get their head (and my
data) out of the clouds and back on my own computer.
Explain that?
I am an
On Feb 17, 2011, at 10:59 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
There is something fundamentally different. When you buy an iphone, you
make a substantial investment, and you're required to sign a 2-year
contract. So when Apple suddenly starts a new policy of charging where they
previously
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