At work last week someone asked me that question and I just thought it was funny. I work in a technology company with Apple being the dominant brand of choice (of course). After explaining to him it was the new Asus Transformer Prime with the Tegra 3, etc etc he ended with saying; "oh, so it's like a baby iPad?"
*Sigh*
Pretty funny. Anyone else run into any situations like this?
Lol...just keep letting em think that. It's for the best. I just stopped talking tech with my ibuddies. I've been a mac (computers) guy since about 2001 and can't stand what they've done with iTunes iPod iPhone crap. I personally believe ios is for kids, women and grandparents. If you're any kind of a true "tech" guy you wouldn't be caught dead with an iPhone.
Just sayin....
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Really? A Baby iPAd? LMAO
I know a lot of my friends are huge Apple lovers. I just cant get behind that. Trust me I have tried.
With the Prime I have had some people say well that's cute but you know the iPad can do this and this and that.
I always look at them and say I know it can but do you remember the game "Lemmings"? Kind of what owning Apple products is like.
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Unfortunately for some of us, it's dictated by the company we work for. Where I am, they pay for the device and service, so I get what they give me. I would kill for a Nexus or SII, but they just won't go that direction.
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With the Prime I have had some people say well that's cute but you know the iPad can do this and this and that.
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I hate it when people do that, and 99% of the time it seems to be Apple users...
So what if the iPhone/iPad can do that.. How does that help me? I have an Android device.
It's not just the iPad users that say things like that... My Grandparents (who don't own any apple devices) call any kind of tablet an iPad. They call my TFP an iPad, and hell, they even call my Dell Streak an iPad/iPhone.
/sigh.. the ageing population
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Unfortunately for some of us, it's dictated by the company we work for. Where I am, they pay for the device and service, so I get what they give me. I would kill for a Nexus or SII, but they just won't go that direction.
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That's business tho. My company forces blackberries....
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mdizzle9 said:
At work last week someone asked me that question and I just thought it was funny. I work in a technology company with Apple being the dominant brand of choice (of course). After explaining to him it was the new Asus Transformer Prime with the Tegra 3, etc etc he ended with saying; "oh, so it's like a baby iPad?"
*Sigh*
Pretty funny. Anyone else run into any situations like this?
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LoL . Always happens to me,with "not so tech savy" friends,when they see my hd2, they always ask of it is the new iphone model....And when I answer that it isn't,they look so disapointed...and then ask if it is a cheap chinese copy of the iphone....
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Q: How do you know if someone has an Apple product?
A: Just wait. They'll tell you.
I just let them stay plugged in the "Matrix" and go about my business.
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I just let them stay plugged in the "Matrix" and go about my business.
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Lol.....had chuckle
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mrokeefe said:
I personally believe ios is for kids, women and grandparents. If you're any kind of a true "tech" guy you wouldn't be caught dead with an iPhone.
Just sayin....
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I'm a woman (last time I checked) and I have a TFP.
Android, not just for basement dwelling mama's boys.
Just sayin...
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Really? A Baby iPAd? LMAO
I know a lot of my friends are huge Apple lovers. I just cant get behind that. Trust me I have tried.
With the Prime I have had some people say well that's cute but you know the iPad can do this and this and that.
I always look at them and say I know it can but do you remember the game "Lemmings"? Kind of what owning Apple products is like.
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Thanks for the Lemmings -Apple fanboy comparison. I'm going to be using that.
Guess when you spend enough on advertising so a person can't go more than 15 minutes without seeing a commercial pays off, huh?
Luckily I run an Android User Group so not only is it unlikely to people for people to assume I am holding an Apple device, I get to totally make them regret their mistake.
As an example, this is what I have displayed in my cube:
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And yes, that is a VHS tape with a coffin-ized Apple logo. It was a gift and I found it quite appropriate.
elybug said:
I'm a woman (last time I checked) and I have a TFP.
Android, not just for basement dwelling mama's boys.
Just sayin...
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So many things ran through my head reading this...but thanks for the laugh!
My Girlfriend called mine an Ipad for a while but I got pretty angry. Now she calls it a "Tabloid" lol, its better than Ipad I guess...
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haha I can't believe how true this is with the people around me...
My daughter's middle school uses iPad2's and the other night she needed to access a website with flash and was getting frustrated. She yells from the den "Dad can I please borrow your 'Giant Droid' this iPad won't work right!" LOL
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LoL . Always happens to me,with "not so tech savy" friends,when they see my hd2, they always ask of it is the new iphone model....And when I answer that it isn't,they look so disapointed...and then ask if it is a cheap chinese copy of the iphone....
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lol. If I'm not mistaken iphone is also made in china. I have so many friends with iphones and they praise it like its the best thing ever. When i tell them to go to this website (with flash) or I show them google nav turn by turn on my Evo 3d, then they're like "oh man mine doesnt do that" lol.
My other friend used to be an android fan but after getting an ipad2 he thinks apple is the ish and is bragging about ipad3 already even when it hasn't even come out yet lol. Unfortunately hes moved over to the dark side forever....
I am in college, so maybe I am in an environment of slightly, and I emphasize 'slightly' more tech savy people in general. Not many people here own iPads, but many of the people who see my TFP are overall impressed.
"Wow thats skinny", "wow that looks nice"
I do occasionally get "oh did you get an ipad" but then I quickly correct them.
I actually sat down at a table with someone who had an iPad 2 and another person with an iPad og. Being that they were stuck in their iLife, they were seemingly unaware of the existence of android tablets. They were generally impressed with the look and feel of my transformer.. and there was one person at the table who had used to own an android phone then switched to iPhone (not entirely by choice) so they knew the shortcomings of an iOS and were very impressed by what I could do with my tablet and they could not do with their ipads.
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I posted this in the Thunderbolt forum(as I still have a TB until Monday), but thought you guys would get a laugh out of it to.
This was the line for the RAZR launch this morning at my local Verizon. This pic was taken 10 minutes before they opened(They decided on 11:11AM for the launch).
Btw, that lady wasn't there for the RAZR... she just wanted a new battery for her phone and was upset that Verizon wasn't open yet.
A RAZR launch is always the best day to go to the VZW store if you need to , because it is never crowded.
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hahahahaha...we had one person come in today and ask for a razr. that's it.
Jay... You still sticking with the rezound over the nexus? I gotta make a decision soon.
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hahahahaha...we had one person come in today and ask for a razr. that's it.
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Lol yeah I went down to play with the RAZR thinking that I had to stand in line to do so, but the freaking store was pretty much empty. I asked one of the sales reps about how the RAZR was selling and he said that they only sold two. The funny part is that they had balloons, posters, banners and all for the RAZR, all in vain.
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Jay... You still sticking with the rezound over the nexus? I gotta make a decision soon.
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yup! 100% for the rezound, not even thinking twice. i don't want stock android; i want sense. i love how the rezound is shaping up, especially the video camera and the camera, they look great! i'm getting it tuesday when our store gets them in stock
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Lol yeah I went down to play with the RAZR thinking that I had to stand in line to do so, but the freaking store was pretty much empty. I asked one of the sales reps about how the RAZR was selling and he said that they only sold two. The funny part is that they had balloons, posters, banners and all for the RAZR, all in vain.
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i know, right? sad part is, in our verizon website, they said that employees couldn't activate the razr on launch day, much like the iphone 4s, because of the overwhelming demand. LOL. what demand? hahaha
2 Issues, there are so many Android phones, those who WANT these new phones can't get them because they just got the last 9 phones that came out in the last couple months, lol. iPhone fanboys only get 1 phone every 12+ months, easier to build up demand when there isn't something else similar coming out. Not to mention, people KNOW the Nexus and Rezound come out in the next few days.
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hahahahaha...we had one person come in today and ask for a razr. that's it.
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Hell I went into a store with my Rezound to buy a case because I heard they were there. When I pulled out my Rezound to put the case on all the employees were like how did you get it early. Told them I preordered it on Wednesday got it Thursday. Even the few customers put down the Razr's to see my Rezound Then most of them were asking about the beats by dre phone. Pretty funny!!!!!Razr Launch fail!!!!
Verizon can't run a marketing campaign to save their lives. It's embarrassing.
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Hell I went into a store with my Rezound to buy a case because I heard they were there. When I pulled out my Rezound to put the case on all the employees were like how did you get it early. Told them I preordered it on Wednesday got it Thursday. Even the few customers put down the Razr's to see my Rezound Then most of them were asking about the beats by dre phone. Pretty funny!!!!!Razr Launch fail!!!!
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Beautiful!
The thing I hate about the razr most is the bezel is so big, also I don't like phones that have a hump, just seems out of place, I'd rather the whole thing be a bit thicker overall.
I did see commercials on TV for it, guess they didn't help.
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The thing I hate about the razr most is the bezel is so big, also I don't like phones that have a hump, just seems out of place, I'd rather the whole thing be a bit thicker overall.
I did see commercials on TV for it, guess they didn't help.
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i was frolicking about in the mall today and saw one on display in Best Buy Mobile(there were people in the store, but no one seemed to be paying any attention to it). i decided to pick it up and it just felt all fragile and seemed like if you didn't hold it just right it might slip out of your hands. i didn't really play with it much but did try to see if i could experience the lag and kept constantly switching back & forth through windows and it did slow down. a salesperson was just watching me and probably thought i'm "disturbed"(which isn't far from the truth).
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Verizon can't run a marketing campaign to save their lives. It's embarrassing.
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Seriously?? Have you forgotten that because of Verizons "terrible" marketing 99% of people refer to all Android phones as "Droids." Coming from someone who has "sent from my DROID Bionic" as his sig just makes you saying that, that much funnier.
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i was frolicking about in the mall today
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^lol
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Zytryx said:
The thing I hate about the razr most is the bezel is so big, also I don't like phones that have a hump, just seems out of place, I'd rather the whole thing be a bit thicker overall.
I did see commercials on TV for it, guess they didn't help.
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In photos, the hump looks pretty big. In reality, it doesn't feel nearly as intrusive. You might still hate it, of course. I'm just clarifying that as far as how the phone feels in hand, the hump is the most minor concern for me.
I played with one at one of my Verizon stores... I just can't get over Moto's failed Blur. The locked BL nonsense, I mean.... No reason to ever go back to another Moto, their track record ruined it for me. (I may change my opinion if Google does successfully acquire Moto).
On a side note, if they would quit having these damn release parties and just had teaser commercials, and NOT let people know that a better phone is coming out 3 days later, and subsequently 7 days again after than. AND, if they didn't tie people to asinine contracts, AND, if there were not choices, AND.... You get the point. You can't hype something that is overpriced and isn't changing anything in the world. How many people do you think will show up at a car dealer to see a new hybrid?
Lol alot of people can barely afford food, why spend hundreds on a phone that will just be obsolete in a matter of months?
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Lol alot of people can barely afford food, why spend hundreds on a phone that will just be obsolete in a matter of months?
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And a lot of those very same people have one of these phones (smart phone of some sort) in there hands. Just sayin'.... should I give my phone money to them for food instead?
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And a lot of those very same people have one of these phones (smart phone of some sort) in there hands. Just sayin'.... should I give my phone money to them for food instead?
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not true ^
I'm around a lot of people who are legally considered poor, most have POS dumbphones with hardly known cell providers, the ones that have smartphones still are having problem affording rent and whatnot but they're not as bad off, and they get their smartphone for free or for something like $50, and again with POS providers that are hella cheap.
It's hard to live in this society without internet or cell phones, and there's ways of getting those things without having to pay a lot.
If someone can afford to blow $300 on a phone but they say that they can't afford food, then they can, they're just dumbasses or lying to your face.
anyway way off topic, just wanted to rant.
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Lol alot of people can barely afford food, why spend hundreds on a phone that will just be obsolete in a matter of months?
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dude.. that's what food stamps and homeless shelters are for. why spend your own money on food. LOL
http://www.bgr.com/2012/02/13/samsungs-galaxy-note-is-the-most-useless-phone-ive-seen/
Im kind of at a loss for words on this one.
Yes, it is a large phone
Yes, it is not inteded for the general population
but there is no need to hammer it for its size. The size is what makes it unique and functional! Cant wait to get my carbon blue on friday and prove them wrong!!
Frank
I like how everyone in the comments railed on him . . . lol
That is THE strangest hands-on I have ever read.
The phone is too big. You will look stupid talking on it, people will laugh at you, and you’ll be unhappy if you buy it. I really can’t get around this, unfortunately, because Samsung pushed things way too far this time.
Not even sure what to say.
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That is THE strangest hands-on I have ever read.
The phone is too big. You will look stupid talking on it, people will laugh at you, and you’ll be unhappy if you buy it. I really can’t get around this, unfortunately, because Samsung pushed things way too far this time.
Not even sure what to say.
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Its very embarassing to publish something like that. Sounds like a little kid tyrade!!
The Galaxy Note essentially has everything you’d want in a smartphone: a great dual-core processor, a solid camera, a beautiful display and good build quality, and it runs on AT&T’s new 4G LTE network that delivers incredibly fast downloads speeds. Plus the battery seems actually decent so far, which is a triumph for modern smartphones.
Throw all of that right out the window.
The phone is too big.
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Essentially: Nothing but praise, but it's too big!
If you look at the first picture you can see that the "reviewer" has pretty small hands. It's fair to write an article saying that the phone doesn't work for you, but to say that anyone who uses the phone looks ridiculous and that people will laugh at you is just poor journalism.
I think size 6 shoes are too small, but I don't go around criticizing people that wear them...
it's not something I hide...I can't stand that site.. they rarely back anything up
but this kind of thing happens often with android phones in general....
they get used to simply point out how much better some other device is.
Did you expect anything less from this apple fanboi? He just had not been told by apple yet that a 5.3 inch screen is better than a 3.5 inch screen.
No sense in waiting to get the phone to prove him "wrong". The phone is / will be amazing and the biggest reason I personally bought it was for its size. The guy who wrote the article doesn't like things that are big.......just the same way some people would prefer to drive a Civic over a lifted F350 Diesel. Big deal? The guy is entitled to his opinion as much as you are entitled to your right to buy and enjoy the best smartphone currently out.
I will give him 2 thumbs up on the comment about Android Phones having 7 different flagships in the same year......that part needed to be said. Each time I walk into an AT&T or Verizon store, they have a different lineup of Android phones....but the iPhone is sitting there...in the same place it has for months.....and still outselling all the rest.
Be secure with your purchase - and use it because YOU want to use it, not to use it to prove someone else wrong. That's just......silly.
I guess jockey-sized hipsters shouldn't be reviewing Samsung devices ...
His article kind of reminds me of the Burger King commercial about the guy that doesn't want to go and get a BK Double Cheeseburger because it will make his hands look small.
This is an example of an apple fanboy in fear that android has made a device that totally demolishes the iPhone. Get over it and suck on your apple.
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Im kind of at a loss for words on this one.
Yes, it is a large phone
Yes, it is not inteded for the general population
but there is no need to hammer it for its size. The size is what makes it unique and functional!
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BGR --- "but, But, BUT... It's not the size of an iPhone!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaah"
If I was as bad at my job as that guy is at his, I'd be fired.
Im 6'5 and have big hands. I own a HTC Desire HD and every time i went to type on a new rom i either had to install a new keyboard theme with bigger keys or turn to landscape to type. This phone is exactly what i need. Having a stylus is great too because some people can write faster than typing...i do see gimmicks here but what phone doesnt have them? its how they sell. some people use them, some dont.
BGR Stinks
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BGR Stinks
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Exactly why I get my news reviews from un/less-biased sources like:
-The Verge
-Slashgear
-Ars Technica
-Anandtech
I would suggest going to those instead for tech news. BGR is complete trash (and this is coming from an iPhone user)
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I think size 6 shoes are too small, but I don't go around criticizing people that wear them...
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This sums it up nicely.
If he'd given specific reasons like:
Screen is too big so battery life is horrible
Phone is too big and makes it heavy in the pocket
its not a review but a rant.
Did you see the size of the little hand on that guy? I think BGR should stand for Baby Girl Report.
thinguy said:
its not a review but a rant.
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Not really sure he's claiming anything different, and he does say a proper review is forthcoming. I don't follow bgr--and after reading this I definitely won't--but posting childish rants like this just strikes me as the sort of thing people should reserve for their livejournals and not for a site that would like to provide credible tech info and reviews.
Is the phone too big? As many (reasonable) posters have said in this forum, that's a matter of opinion. Obviously Mr. Geller feels that it is, but I can't imagine why anyone posting with that tone would expect to be taken seriously. The iPhone comparison is particularly ridiculous at this point; while it is more or less indisputable that Samsung's Galaxy line took a great deal of inspiration from the iPhone design (he should have found a pic of the international note with its physical home button to up the similarity!), the Note actually looks significantly less like the iPhone than some of the earlier incarnations. That sort of comparison would be better suited to some BS patent infringement case filing.
This type of article is exactly why I have been posting the details I can get like I did with my in and review thread. tons of details and a few opinions.
I am no journalist but I like to believe people get something useful from it.
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Ok we know it's coming soon, in fact I am already seeing hints of it. We know inevitably once the I3 is out, there will be people that suggest that everything Apple has made going back to the IMAC is better than the Prime.
So this thread is for people to start lowering their blood pressure ahead of time and once it starts. I will not consider anything in THIS thread flaming, sarcasm, trolling, or anything else that is usually reportable especially since it is a hypothetical post. That being said I cannot control it if a mod thinks something is too far gone and decides to take things into his own hands.
Personally I think this type of thread is better than hijacking someone else's, at least here we can have fun. So without further adieu, say what you wish.
GUYS, I just saw the specs on the new IPAD3. It is going to blow everything ANDROID out of the water especially everything ASUS has on the drawing board. You guys better sell your antique now so you can preorder the I3
EDIT: BTW the ones I am really gonna have fun with are those who don't read the OP and think the thread is serious
EDIT 03/19 Since the thread became serious I have changed to a serious name suggested by Wordly wise
Original name was
I REALLY THINK THE IPAD3 (and 2) ARE BETTER THAN THE PRIME
Unfortunately even the original iPad blows the Prime out of the water simply because its a reliable product unlike the nothing but problems since launch quality control issues Prime
Ipad 3 will be for my kids. You have a link for the specs? Because I didn't think
it wasn't announced until tomorrow (March 7th).
Everything is rumor at this point....
So you wanna fight or what?
Why come into the Prime general forum with a line like that if youdidn't expect a flame fest. (I take back any earlier comment about trollism, as clearly tha is not your intent) . You must KNOW you won't get a serious debate in here, but rather a war of words, and incendiary comments. The Prime is the most Love it/Hate it device going right now. People are so polarised over it, it's crazy, with Major "It's the best and I won't STAND for anyone talking bad about it" guys like Damandarin, down to the opposite side such as this joker:
jdbaker82 said:
Unfortunately even the original iPad blows the Prime out of the water simply because its a reliable product unlike the nothing but problems since launch quality control issues Prime
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Black or white with Prime... Personally I love it, but have been frustrated as hell by the issues that will all be resolved on the next iteration (yeah... uhuh. and all aspirins are alike) But yeah, it CLOSE to greatness, but too many **** ups and it starts losing that shine... At the moment I need to see Asus STOP updating at breakneck pace breaking **** while they fix others... I had to roll back to .14, and I had no issues all along, besides you G know P what S
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Why come into the Prime general forum with a line like that if youdidn't expect a flame fest. (I take back any earlier comment about trollism, as clearly tha is not your intent) . You must KNOW you won't get a serious debate in here, but rather a war of words, and incendiary comments. The Prime is the most Love it/Hate it device going right now
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Of course I know, but better here than in the threads that are going to start tomorrow. Those threads will probably be posted in all seriousness, ooorrrr did you not read the entire OP xD.
I Love Deman but I bet he doesn't read the whole OP or this post and swoops in like the Green Lantern.
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Of course I know, but better here than in the threads that are going to start tomorrow. Those threads will probably be posted in all seriousness, ooorrrr did you not read the entire OP xD.
I Love Deman but I bet he doesn't read the whole OP or this post and swoops in like the Green Lantern.
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LOL... I almost PEED MYSELF!!!! You are so right! And Quad Core Beats what iPAD 3 has... uh... What DOES iPAd 3 have?
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Green Latern is cool.
And I love my prime.
Good point. Probably about 100 threads of IPAD 3 vs Prime in next few days. lol
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LOL... I almost PEED MYSELF!!!! You are so right! And Quad Core Beats what iPAD 3 has... uh... What DOES iPAd 3 have?
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My buddy works at Apple and he sent me a copy of the spec sheet. It's running a Tegra 6 24 cores at 2.5mhz. And it has 8 gigs of ram with 1TB of user app space, and all the apps are in the cloud so you don't use up room on the tablet, and it doesn't need WIFI to download them it uses a transporter
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Green Latern is cool.
And I love my prime.
Good point. Probably about 100 threads of IPAD 3 vs Prime in next few days. lol
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Really? How do you feel about the Green LaNtern. If you were posting from an IPAD it wouldn't let you make that mistake
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Ok we know it's coming soon, in fact I am already seeing hints of it. We know inevitably once the I3 is out, there will be people that suggest that everything Apple has made going back to the IMAC is better than the Prime.
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I'm saving up for the iPad XX (20). It's going to incite Rapture and save our souls. It's also going to sh*t money and run on a quantum processor, travel faster than light, and have enough geebees to hold every single memory that humanity has ever had. OMG I LUV APPLE AND ANDROID SUKS BECAUSE IT COPIES EVERYTING APPLE. TROLLS RULE!
adampdx said:
I'm saving up for the iPad XX (20). It's going to incite Rapture and save our souls. It's also going to sh*t money and run on a quantum processor, travel faster than light, and have enough geebees to hold every single memory that humanity has ever had. OMG I LUV APPLE AND ANDROID SUKS BECAUSE IT COPIES EVERYTING APPLE. TROLLS RULE!
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DEMAN Help!
You should add Samsung's next tablet. They have their own event on March 9th...
shinzz said:
You should add Samsung's next tablet. They have their own event on March 9th...
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Yeah I agree, the first generation IPAD is better than anything that Samsung has put out or will put out this year
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Really? How do you feel about the Green LaNtern. If you were posting from an IPAD it wouldn't let you make that mistake
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Yes.. true. However, using an IPAD would take away that "character" that makes you.. YOU.
IPAD ??
Whats one on them ?
Are they a new type of womens sanitry towels ? if so I will buy the wife a pack
It's just too damned hard to figger out the widgers and home bases and file whatchamacallits on my Prime. It's waaaaaaaaaaaaay to complicated. I just want to turn it on and push some buttons and watch my kitty videos on the YouTube. I mean, when I install an app, where does it GO?!? What are those little dots on the screen, you know, the ones on the right-hand corner at the top? You know, when I hold the Prime SIDEWAYS?
So I think I'll get one of those iPad 3 things from the Apple store, so I don't have to worry about figgering anything out. And I know it'll just werk, right? RIGHT?
AAAHHH I found them
Thing about apple is its BUILT to be idiot proof, you have a limited amount of things you can do with it and it works well at what it does.
Android, by nature, is more unstable however there is more freedom to put whatever os you like (android, linux, hell i've seen some androids running messed up windows ports with very limited functionality)
So ya the ipad may be "better" if you want something stable, however i want something i can customize to my liking and you just cant do that with apple.
Too Much Choice
DO I Buy
Ipad 1
OR IPAD 2
OR IPAD 3
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I just want to turn it on and push some buttons and watch my kitty videos on the YouTube. QUOTE]
If you did not mean kiddy videos I don't think the IPAD will let you watch these.
EDIT the above wouldn't have happened if I was using an IPAD
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So by now you all have been informed of the stall in imports of the EVO LTE and One X. Lets all go to our local Apple stores and protest this crap. I know customs is at fault, but its due to Apples bullsh*t lawsuits.
Something else that we can do is flood the USPTO with emails, maybe that would speed up the process.
http://www.uspto.gov/about/contacts/emailus.jsp
Wow really what do protest on your local apple store will do?
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EVO-lution said:
So by now you all have been informed of the stall in imports of the EVO LTE and One X. Lets all go to our local Apple stores and protest this crap. I know customs is at fault, but its due to Apples bullsh*t lawsuits.
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Hmm well id def get thrown in jail im black in greenwich ct lol but maybe a facebook massive email and bring it too the powers that control this protesting does not mean going to jail like many did in op wall st we all sit here and complain when we can take logical action ...
Thing is some people have alot of money held up in these devices thlat to me is more impotant than delay
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Htc and the like need to let their junk drop and play the game as apple is. Chits gone on to long. Apple needs to be put into place
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mbaseball3 said:
Htc and the like need to let their junk drop and play the game as apple is. Chits gone on to long. Apple needs to be put into place
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I think every company with mobile patents should band together and share patents, just briefly, to sue Apple. End this once and for all. Samsung, HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, RIM, Palm, LG, and anyone else. Burn them to the ground.
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notasimpleway said:
I think every company with mobile patents should band together and share patents, just briefly, to sue Apple. End this once and for all. Samsung, HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, RIM, Palm, LG, and anyone else. Burn them to the ground.
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Amen
I think google should pull all of its apps from the app store and not let apple use any of its services
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Some people take things way too seriously..
twigs187 said:
Some people take things way too seriously..
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thats for sure. Much to learn this one has.
alchemist316 said:
Hmm well id def get thrown in jail im black in greenwich ct lol
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Lol! I feel you.
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lol o_o
can someone please try to explain why apple decides to bring up these patents within a FEW days before this phone is out.
Apple is getting desperate. Their little fisher price phone is old and turning into a joke next to Android.
Most of Apples stock price is due to cell phone sales, so they should be scared.
I predict Apple will be bankrupt again in 5 years.
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Apple is getting desperate. Their little fisher price phone is old and turning into a joke next to Android.
Most of Apples stock price is due to cell phone sales, so they should be scared.
I predict Apple will be bankrupt again in 5 years.
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Eh, I disagree.
Compared to Google, Apple has their stuff together.
Google's aggravating flaw: They 15 versions of Android OS between how many devices. Android OS distribution has to be fixed.
I'm not saying that Apple products are inherently better- I enjoy having an open, customizable phone that is more than a screen of icons, and having superuser permissions.
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can someone please try to explain why apple decides to bring up these patents within a FEW days before this phone is out.
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They didn't. They brought it up last year. The judge said that HTC had until mid or late april (I forgot the exact date) of this year to fix the issue. ITC just hasn't gotten around to checking HTC's claim that they fixed it yet. This shipment is the first import since that date passed.
The more you know...
Warrior 3000 said:
can someone please try to explain why apple decides to bring up these patents within a FEW days before this phone is out.
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Underhanded, anti-competitive business tactics. This is the way Apple has always operated. Why is anyone surprised by this?
This is what they know is bound to happen (mind you, not with everyone):
1) Consumer sees delay in release of pre-ordered smartphone.
2) Consumer feels slighted and blames HTC/Sprint/Seller
3) Consumer says "Screw them/it... I'm getting an iPhone."
4) Apple profits...
Sad but true. This is business as usual in the Patent Age.
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I predict Apple will be bankrupt again in 5 years.
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Doubtful... They still have other products outside of the mobile sector and a LARGE cache of patents to keep this going until something is done to prevent it.
Warrior 3000 said:
can someone please try to explain why apple decides to bring up these patents within a FEW days before this phone is out.
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Actually, the ITC review has been going on for more than a month.
“It’s really hard to tell how much longer the phones will be held up at the customs, because the review has already taken a month,” said Bonnie Chang, an analyst at Yuanta Securities.
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It's from a NY Times story titled "Patent Dispute Holds Up Sales of 2 HTC Phones in U.S." I can't post a link.
It is just fun to joke around and pretend we can make a difference by complaining about Apple. Though I really will never own another Apple made anything(I hope they don't come out with the first flying car)
Anyone on here apart of Anonymous? Get your people together and DDoS the **** out of Apple's sites lol
The flying car already exists, and no Apple didn't build it , but they are probably filling out a patent app for it now
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typhoonikan said:
Eh, I disagree.
Compared to Google, Apple has their stuff together.
Google's aggravating flaw: They 15 versions of Android OS between how many devices. Android OS distribution has to be fixed.
I'm not saying that Apple products are inherently better- I enjoy having an open, customizable phone that is more than a screen of icons, and having superuser permissions.
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Why does it have to be fixed? If iOS doesn't exist is there a problem with fragmentation? Should I automatically get upgraded to Windows 8 because I bought a computer with Windows 7?
Truly I don't see it as a huge issue. The open nature of Android is what makes it great. The only way to mimic Apple's distribution model is by BECOMING Apple. Of course if you have 4 phones and 3 tablets with the software completely locked down it is easy. You said it your self there are how many phones running android on all sorts of different hardware and UI changes? It would be impossible to have them all running the same version of Android in the same time frame as Apple but who cares? If that truly matters to you buy an Iphone. I have had a blast with Gingerbread on my 3D and playing around with different ICS roms(please do that with an Iphone)
You call it a problem I call it options. Some are low grade running older versions you and I wouldn't touch, but it allows those of a different income to afford a Smart phone. Some people like a physical keyboard, some like big screens, some like smaller screens. Some people like Sense or TW and others plain old Vanilla AOSP. You are telling me all those options are worse than Google locking down Android and releasing 1 to 2 phones/year all made by Motorola(considering they own it) just so you can get the latest version quickly , because that is the only way? WHY?
Seriously...?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304782404577491510025271678.html
Most OEM's offer licensing deals for patent infringement, whereas apple wants to shut them out of the market completely. Apple knows they are going to lose this war just as they lost the desktop war during the 90's, they just want to delay the inevitable.
Are you kidding me?
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh wrote that Apple had made a strong case that Samsung had violated its design patent, which describes the front, back and sides of a device that looks similar ...
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So.... now nothing can be made with a rectangle shape with curved sides? Give me a freakin break.
Having a bunch of fan boys/gals buy every piece of crap they make like drones isn't enough? Now they have to try and take away the competition because the "sides are curved"
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At least this time they have to pony up 2.6 million dollars to get it taken seriously. Hopefully they loose the case and the money.
Ohh I hate apple even though I don't buy Samsung. The way Apple runs their business just irks me... Never owned Apple never will
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At least this time they have to pony up 2.6 million dollars to get it taken seriously. Hopefully they loose the case and the money.
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2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
I hate Apple with a passion. nothing to do with their product, everything to do with their corporate ego maniacs
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2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
I hate Apple with a passion. nothing to do with their product, everything to do with their corporate ego maniacs
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Agreed!
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are you f***ing kidding me apple?!?
that is so dumb... how are so many people oblivious to the things apple are doing, and just buying every product they make, year after year?!?
Thats just so iLame
Whats even worse than Apple's "ethics" is the "ethics" of the judge in this case. Either she is a complete moron or Apple has slipped her some money under the table....
I guess the HUGE ****ing Apple logo on the back of their devices isn't enough to distinguish the two devices. They're literally digging themselves a grave...
Can't they claim patent for the 3.5" didee screen; they can have that one.
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Whats even worse than Apple's "ethics" is the "ethics" of the judge in this case. Either she is a complete moron or Apple has slipped her some money under the table....
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I do not like apple any more than the rest of us but . . . When somebody wins you have to give them their due.
Really, I expect that the judge did the best that could be done given the evidence. Samsung maybe pushed the limit a little to closely and didn't pull it off. Samsung has the edge anyway - except maybe not the size niche it would like. I think they'll get a lot closer after yesterday . . .
About time. Go get them Apple.:thumbup:
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Are you kidding me?
So.... now nothing can be made with a rectangle shape with curved sides? Give me a freakin break.
Having a bunch of fan boys/gals buy every piece of crap they make like drones isn't enough? Now they have to try and take away the competition because the "sides are curved"
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That patent pretty much describes LCD TV's, GPS devices, computer monitors.....ect. So stupid. This is why I hate on Apple. Not because I dislike their devices, because of their business practices.
If you think about the size of the companies involved there has to be enough creative talent to come up with an idea that is so different than what apple has it can't possibly be called a copyright infringement. The sooner these companies wise up and do that the better off we all will be.
The Patent Office needs to take some blame here too. Don't get me wrong, I do not approve of Apple's business practices, however, they're just doing whatever they can get away with. They shouldn't be able to get away with it, and that is why the blame should clearly fall on the Patent Office. The PO obviously has a lack of understanding pertaining to the technological field, so how are they the ones determining which patents to grant? They need to step up to the plate and throw away all of the frivolous patents that they ignorantly granted Apple. Again, that's the real problem here, if Apple doesn't have these absurd patents, they don't have all this power that they shouldn't have.
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why does everyone hate samsung so much?
Everyone says there products are cheap, but they aren't that bad.
I was thinking of getting
new samsung windows phone 8(sprint for unlimited data) when it comes out
prob a windows surface tablet by samsung
and a series 7(8?) gamer laptop when windows 8 comes out?
anyone want to try to talk me out of it for asus, htc, msi or sager -i don't buy alienware
or android or linux of this?
cobraboy85 said:
2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
I hate Apple with a passion. nothing to do with their product, everything to do with their corporate ego maniacs
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I actually really like Apple's products. I don't like the mice though, as they are awfully limiting in the UI. I don't like the complete closed house approach they use, but they are big enough to make it work well. I very much dislike their tactics though.
I can tell you that the vast majority of people out there just don't care about who is *****ing (sueing) at who etc. They just think Apple is the bee's knee's and that's all there is to it.
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2.6 million dollars to them is a mere blip of their overall worth.
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I just checked wiki for a comparision between the company I work for and Apple. My company's revenue and overall worth is much greater then Apple's. With that in mind....we had a prototype parts inventory audit last year and the initial numbers came back saying we were missing 1.2 million dollars (US) worth of parts. That became a huge deal. The parts crib went on a 2 week lockdown. R&D stopped. Big wigs from Germany came. 2.6 million dollars is a huge deal to them, trust me.