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Gravity is constant.
always pulls down rock and dirt and human structure. also stock prices Last edited by forsooth; 04-27-2013 at 11:30 PM. |
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I think apples definitely on a serious decline even the biggest IOS gaming forum recently opened a Android gaming section and I'd never have predicted that as it was a pretty hostile place to even mention Android a year ago.
Apple's actually started to become so little a threat that now on most tech sites Android users are fighting with each other instead HTC v Samsung seems to be the big battle at the minute. |
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The iPad took the world by storm for a bunch of reasons, and they were all innovative. Why 10"? Because that's the ideal tablet interface size. Just read from the people who find the iPad Mini to be lacking for some uses. Why a 4:3 form factor? Because it works the best for how people want information presented. And then there's IOS. Sure, there were other mobile OSs out there, but none had the consistent user interface that made it so easy to do things with. The interface elements were consistent across all apps made by many different companies. That only serves to increase usability. Physically, these devices have been made to be pleasant to hold. They look good. They feel good. Now, we can all say, "Oh, they just took a bunch of good ideas, cobbled them together, and it's not really anything new." Just like the Model T wasn't really original... |
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I'm not sure what's so sophisticated about Android though, I like using my Nexus 7 and Galaxy II but I don't think it's particularly sophisticated having to try removing a load of unwanted junk that clutters up both devices whereas the iPad just required a few apps installed to do what I wanted... still if you want to keep promulgating the whole "anti-Apple," "Anti-Android," "mine's better than yours" etc... |
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For the record, when I just want to get things done, I use my Surface. Neither Android or iOS are all that capable of real computing. Not that the Surface is perfect either. |
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pl001, if that was fun fine but it didn't come over that way, just as a statement... and, as a matter of interest, what is the "real computing" that requires something other than iOS or Android - it's a phrase that seems to occur all the time but nobody really says what the "real" is...
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Overall Windows8/RT works great for a lot of stuff despite its flaws and in my opinion has a lot more long-term potential than iOS. Whether or not Microsoft gets their heads out of you-know-where and starts addressing the obvious mistakes they have made, well that's another matter. |
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People want sexy and portable, not functional. Tablets will never be primarily about productivity. |
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Tablets are primarily about mobility and ease of use and will never replace PCs completely. But Microsoft has shown they can indeed meet the productivity needs of the vast majority of people, and Apple has shown us just how large that market is. |
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I think you are oversimplifying here. Sure gravity keeps pulling things down, but apple stock's problem isn't gravity, as much as St. Paul's Cathedral seems to be doing just fine (as are the heads of those within it) despite gravity pulling it down.
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You pick up any android tablet and it's still a mess of conflicting ui ideas, and mind you, that's coming from someone who thinks android has surpassed ios in many ways and will be looking to buy an android device next. |
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And now I will tackle what I think is a metaphor. I will guess that forsooth means that there is a constant pull down on Apple stock. That something like "good news," "new products," "failure of competitors" must keep pumping an upward draft to hold the stock up. It won't just float up there continually because it is there. Apple must work to keep it up there. i.e. If I give out of fuel, my engine stops, my ride stops, my aircraft drops. So what kind of "nitro" is Apple going to put in its fuel tank? |
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Ok sure, although the engine example has to do with inertia. My point was that not only have they not being fueling the engine, they've also been stepping on the brakes due to a series of misteps
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