NYT: Apple Moves to Tighten Control of App Store - Page 25

Maggie Leung · 02-17-2011, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Graham

Samsung think as you do...

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-20032221-78.html

Graham

Looks interesting. I want at least 64GB, though. My music won't fit on 32GB; forget about my books.

I'd really like more iPod touch competition, too. I looked into Archos devices long before I considered an iPad or touch, but they seem like more trouble than they're worth.

Graham · 02-17-2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung

Looks interesting. I want at least 64GB, though. My music won't fit on 32GB; forget about my books.

I'd really like more iPod touch competition, too. I looked into Archos devices long before I considered an iPad or touch, but they seem like more trouble than they're worth.

I realise we're derailing the thread but I did a bit more digging and the Samsung's going to come with a micro SD slot, so you could add another 32 GB. Specs at the bottom of the link:

http://nexus404.com/Blog/2011/02/17/...80%99re-not-t/

Apologies all, back to the business at hand.

Graham

Maggie Leung · 02-17-2011, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Graham

I realise we're derailing the thread but I did a bit more digging and the Samsung's going to come with a micro SD slot, so you could add another 32 GB. Specs at the bottom of the link:

http://nexus404.com/Blog/2011/02/17/...80%99re-not-t/

Apologies all, back to the business at hand.

Graham

Karma for you! Thank you. This looks like a good possibility for me in that case. Look forward to seeing the device's debut.

susan_cassidy · 02-17-2011, 03:36 PM

Tubemonkey said the same type of thing I thought. I had looked and looked for a portable PDA replacement (since no one makes them any more), and ended up with an iPod Touch, then later gave that one to my husband, and got the 4G for myself. I also got an iPad.

I've enjoyed the games, etc., and other cool apps. The new Samsung 4 or 5 inch models look great, but unfortunately, Android still lacks some of the same great apps (SkySafari, Plants vs. Zombies, etc.) that are available for iOS. At least there is a Kindle4Android app. I don't read much on the iPod or iPad, but I like having the option, in an emergency. I have the 3G iPad, so I also have GPS, which is nice for vacations, etc. It looks like the new Samsungs have GPS, too, which solves that problem.

Apple is really pi**ing me off with their attitude. I can't understand why they think they deserve 30% just for hosting a free app. If they'd just let people install their own apps, that would solve the whole problem.

If they keep this up, and the new Samsungs work as well as they sound, I'll be buying a couple of them, and getting rid of the Apple devices, I think.

saoir · 02-17-2011, 06:26 PM

There's a lot of nonsense written about the new Apple conditions. If people use their iPhone or iPad to buy Amazon products then Apple are entitled to take a cut.

Read this article and get a grip on the situation.

soondai · 02-17-2011, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by saoir

There's a lot of nonsense written about the new Apple conditions. If people use their iPhone or iPad to buy Amazon products then Apple are entitled to take a cut.

Read this article and get a grip on the situation.

Couldn't agree more. That's why I send Dell a monthly check for 30% of what I bought online. Seems only fair since I used the PC they sold me!

RockdaMan · 02-17-2011, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung

I'd really like more iPod touch competition, too.

No one can compete with Apple on price...not in any sort of volume.

Maggie Leung · 02-17-2011, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by RockdaMan

No one can compete with Apple on price...not in any sort of volume.

Price isn't the determining factor for me. I want to count on being able to access my content.

Maggie Leung · 02-17-2011, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by saoir

There's a lot of nonsense written about the new Apple conditions. If people use their iPhone or iPad to buy Amazon products then Apple are entitled to take a cut.

Read this article and get a grip on the situation.

Apple can try to take a cut of whatever it wants. I don't have to buy Apple products, though.

RockdaMan · 02-17-2011, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung

Price isn't the determining factor for me. I want to count on being able to access my content.

We were talking about a situation different from yours. Anyway, it doesnt matter what you're willing to pay if the companies won't make the device.

CleverClothe · 02-17-2011, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by RockdaMan

No one can compete with Apple on price...not in any sort of volume.

There are plenty of cheaper tablets, just none with the marketing clout of Apple.

RockdaMan · 02-17-2011, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by saoir

There's a lot of nonsense written about the new Apple conditions. If people use their iPhone or iPad to buy Amazon products then Apple are entitled to take a cut.

Read this article and get a grip on the situation.

Very good article. The highlights:

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Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation, all of which demand a far larger cut from game developers just to sell games for those platforms.

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is improper for Apple to charge a set percentage of revenue when a media source might not even be making much per sale? Again, let’s ask Amazon or the New York Times or Netflix about how much of their profits are eaten up by postage...Nobody should make money on delivery if the shipper isn’t also getting rich! Isn’t that a law somewhere?

Maggie Leung · 02-17-2011, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by RockdaMan

We were talking about a situation different from yours. Anyway, it doesnt matter what you're willing to pay if the companies won't make the device.

Devices are multiplying like crazy, actually. I'm waiting for Amazon's Android marketplace, but that's my choice as a consumer. If I were in a hurry, I could buy Android now, as many people are doing.

Apple has built itself a nice ecosystem. It will be interesting to see whether the company has overplayed its hand with this course. As a consumer rather than an Apple stockholder or employee, I'm not emotionally or financially invested in Apple's future, though.

RockdaMan · 02-17-2011, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by CleverClothe

There are plenty of cheaper tablets, just none with the marketing clout of Apple.

Or, even more importantly, the industrial design and engineering chops.

RockdaMan · 02-17-2011, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung

It will be interesting to see whether the company has overplayed its hand with this course.

It'll blow over.

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02-17-2011, 03:36 PM	#364
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	Tubemonkey said the same type of thing I thought. I had looked and looked for a portable PDA replacement (since no one makes them any more), and ended up with an iPod Touch, then later gave that one to my husband, and got the 4G for myself. I also got an iPad. I've enjoyed the games, etc., and other cool apps. The new Samsung 4 or 5 inch models look great, but unfortunately, Android still lacks some of the same great apps (SkySafari, Plants vs. Zombies, etc.) that are available for iOS. At least there is a Kindle4Android app. I don't read much on the iPod or iPad, but I like having the option, in an emergency. I have the 3G iPad, so I also have GPS, which is nice for vacations, etc. It looks like the new Samsungs have GPS, too, which solves that problem. Apple is really pi**ing me off with their attitude. I can't understand why they think they deserve 30% just for hosting a free app. If they'd just let people install their own apps, that would solve the whole problem. If they keep this up, and the new Samsungs work as well as they sound, I'll be buying a couple of them, and getting rid of the Apple devices, I think.

02-17-2011, 06:26 PM	#365
saoir Groupie Posts: 188 Karma: 2088290 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle Paperwhite	There's a lot of nonsense written about the new Apple conditions. If people use their iPhone or iPad to buy Amazon products then Apple are entitled to take a cut. Read this article and get a grip on the situation.