that's not funny

When a Forbes column includes "...it is almost a certainty that" X, I think it is safe to assume that X is almost certain to not happen.

Tea just shot out of my nose, thanks!

sounds high

Plural

consumer modifies electronics... they are consumer electronics... it isn't a *consumer* electronics show, it is a *consumer electronics* show

Why would it take a hearing?

I've seen people doing it

Also: Some people value freedom so much they give up all sorts of freedom to keep their options open.

I miss iTunes DJ, I guess I'll have to learn how to interact with Up Next instead.

With apple sometimes these transitions are easy and for the better (e.g. almost every radical change I remember in Safari), sometimes they are just annoying and remain so (e.g. removal of whatever the grid multi-desktop ui was called... screens or something)

only 3 uses of tantrum? I think you can do better "an anonymous reader"

he INVENTED lightning!

http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/net_income
http://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/net_income

Looking at the past 10 years of net income quarterlies, I don't see a single quarter Apple should swap with RIM, though I didn't check them all.

Apple hasn't failed to make a billion dollars in a quarter since 2007. RIM hasn't made a billion dollars in a quarter (in the past 10 years).
(Although looking at their net income trend going backward I'm guessing *ever* since there wasn't a comparatively huge market for email phones longer than 10 years ago.)

this is a hoax

iOS with VoiceOver turned on, used by a blind person