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Comment Re:100 year old survival knowledge in PDF files??? (Score 1) 272

I couldn't disagree more.
The tough book will use far more power than the iPad so much harder to keep it running.
You don't want anything with mechanical fans to suck dirt into places
You want solid state. Flash might not last 100 years but mechanical drives definitely won't.

iPad in a good case would be far more useful than a laptop

Comment Re:Gruber at DaringFireball nails it (Score 2, Interesting) 558

Pretty much doesn't cut it. With Google wallet you need to unlock your phone (entering that pin) and then potentially enter the Google wallet pin to authorize the transaction. So two pins versus none. Google wallet hasn't taken off because it's more hassle than using a credit card, which was the point.

Comment Re:Perfectly-timed? (Score 1) 252

For the most part, Samsung doesn't really compete with Apple, Samsung competes with the many other manufacturers of Android phones. It's only in the flagship products (Galaxy, Note) where there is competition with Apple, but I don't think that these represent the bulk of Samsung's sales outside the USA.

I don't know their profit breakdown, but I would imagine that a disproportionate percentage of their profits come from flagship phones. The profit margin on the low end stuff is razor thin because they are competing with everyone else out there.

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