Originally Posted by JE3146:
What's there to debate :-)
Beats the hell outta me what they're always arguing over, I'm not a gamer.
Last PC game I played was Quake back around 1996 or 1997 and that was on an UltraSPARC.
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markem 06:24 PM 06-07-2010
Originally Posted by T.G:
Last PC game I played was Quake back around 1996 or 1997 and that was on an UltraSPARC.
is UltraSparc x86 or AMD?
j/k - a startup I worked for made the bipolar version of the UltraSparc
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newcigarz 06:31 PM 06-07-2010
Originally Posted by Blueface:
Hey Tony, how do I look?
I am getting dressed early for the June 15 pre-order.:-)
I am a true Fan Boy.
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you look great, but I heard this is Apple's biggest fanboy.
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Originally Posted by markem:
is UltraSparc x86 or AMD?
j/k - a startup I worked for made the bipolar version of the UltraSparc
Kewl!
(better get this comment logged before Gary posts another nerd cartoon)
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Originally Posted by T.G:
Kewl!
(better get this comment logged before Gary posts another nerd cartoon)
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I was really hoping for the fail sound.
:-)
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YES
:-)
and of course I clicked it...AGAIN!
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markem 06:58 PM 06-07-2010
Originally Posted by Cort:
YES:-)
and of course I clicked it...AGAIN!
I'm thinking about making that link my .sig
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JE3146 08:39 PM 06-07-2010
Originally Posted by newcigarz:
you look great, but I heard this is Apple's biggest fanboy.
What a class act you are for photochopping my wedding photo onto that.
:-)
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sikk50 10:15 PM 06-07-2010
jaydub13 10:36 PM 06-07-2010
Originally Posted by JE3146:
I'll just simply wait for those tests. (which won't matter really until Apple goes Verizon, which see my LTE post a page or so ago. I assume they'll make the transition then.)
That's also a big "if" on Verizon getting the iPhone. AT&T has exclusivity til 2012, and let's not forget, Verizon had their chance first, and passed on it. PLUS, Verizon doesnt have the data capability in their network to handle the iPhone. iPhone users account for 58.5% of all data used by smartphones. Verizon would have to spend a TON of money developing their network for it to handle that(AT&T spends 19 BILLION annually on the network).
And I agree, the glass front and back make me nervous. BUT, I gotta say, it is one GD cool design feature, and I can't wait to get one in my hot little hands.
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JE3146 10:39 PM 06-07-2010
Originally Posted by jaydub13:
That's also a big "if" on Verizon getting the iPhone. AT&T has exclusivity til 2012, and let's not forget, Verizon had their chance first, and passed on it. PLUS, Verizon doesnt have the data capability in their network to handle the iPhone. iPhone users account for 58.5% of all data used by smartphones. Verizon would have to spend a TON of money developing their network for it to handle that(AT&T spends 19 BILLION annually on the network).
And I agree, the glass front and back make me nervous. BUT, I gotta say, it is one GD cool design feature, and I can't wait to get one in my hot little hands.
I'm not gonna get into it, but if you research LTE, you'll find more what I'm talking about. Answers a few things you're talking about. Either way, I'll take a carrier I prefer over a phone any day of the week.
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mithrilG60 01:49 AM 06-08-2010
Originally Posted by The Professor:
I guess you can only say things like that for so long. When Apple *does* start taking a bite out of the PC market and out of the enterprise phone market -- as it *has* -- then your objections kind of ring hollow. Apple has a pretty darned successful platform that a lot of people *like* because, well, it works and offers a pleasing experience. I think that's why more and more people are buying Apple products.
PC market I can't see, Mac's are simply too expensive for most people to buy as the cheap commodity the average consumer expects a computer to be now. Mac's will always be a niche market primarily targeted at graphic and video industry professionals and urbanite wannabee's with too much money looking for the "in" fashion accessory.
iPhone on the other hand...... RIM better pull up their innovation panties and bring out something pretty damn phenomenal in the next 6 to 12 months if they want to remain competitive with iPhone and Droid. Both platforms are making serious in-roads into the enterprise market, primarily iPhone right now but Droid's coming up quickly. In the last survey I saw 7 of every 10 current Blackberry users are planning on dropping their BB in favour of either an iPhone or a Droid when their mobile contract is next up for renewal. Given that Blackberry has failed miserably to penetrate the consumer space it any large degree the writing is on the wall for them if they can't figure out how to protect their lock on the enterprise market...... and having 70% of their core user base wanting to jump ship is certainly NOT the way to achieve that.
Originally Posted by ScottishSmoker:
I carry a BlackBerry...mainly for business uses...for instance, making phone calls and checking e-mail...not as a calorie calculator or a personal video game device....
Everyone else to RIM: the world moved on from the days when simple email and calendar were the "killer apps" in the handheld space a long long time ago. EVERYONE does that now, hell Palm did it before BB with the Palm 4 and look were they are now. With ActiveSync now being embedded in Exchange2007 RIM's big advantage pver iPhone and Droid (ie. BES) is gone, and BES was the one of the primary reasons for enterprise adopting BB in the first place. While there is an awful lot of really stupid and/or trivial apps published for the iPhone, most people do want a hell of a lot more out of their mobile devices than just email/calendar and frankly trying to do much more than email or calendar on a Blackberry makes smoking a Cremosa look enjoyable by comparison.
Innovate or die, that's the rule of tech and RIM is quickly becoming the next Palm.......
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:-)
