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Comment Re:This e-mail was years after Google started Andr (Score 1) 201

It's also an unsent draft of an e-mail written by a Google employee who wasn't working on Android!

Oracle are using the final sent email now, the reason they had to use drafts earlier was because Google tried to claim attorney-client privilege on the final email (because it was sent to a few lawyers). Also Lindholm has said that he worked on Android, just that he didn't work on it very much.

Comment Re:Most vital lesson learnt: Hire the right person (Score 3, Informative) 201

Your being an idiot aside, this was an unsent DRAFT email.

It is not just a draft. Oracle ARE using the drafts as evidence, but the final email also included the licensing language. The reason Oracle had to use the drafts was because the original email was at one point argued to be privileged information. It was found not to be and the final email is considered evidence.

Comment Re:Still More Than Google Makes On Apple Devices (Score 1) 366

A small amount? Apple made $2.5 billion from all ipods in the december quarter and $24 billion from iPhones. Apple doesn't breakdown sales by models so we don't know how many touches they are selling. If 50% of all ipods sold were touches (a pretty high guess) then Apple would be selling 5 times more iphones then touches. There just isn't much demand (relatively) or money in gadgets like the ipod touch.

Comment Re:I expect it has some bugs too (Score 1) 617

so they should rescale the bars so that when you are at half speed or less you get 1 bar.

The speed you get on LTE depends on both the congestion of the cell and the strength of the signal you get from that cell. I thought the iPad can only tell what the strength of the signal, that cell towers don't report levels of congestion (excluding when they are too congested to operate). I don't think telecommunications companies would be willing to let consumers see how congested their network is either, they want consumers to see 5 bars all the time.

Comment Re:Coming Soon (Score 1) 617

That's the same price as an iPad 2. The 10.1 may have a better screen but the iOS app ecosystem has quite a bit of percieved value. The value just isnt there for the average customer. Customers looking for a cheap, light tablet will get a Kindle Fire and customers looking for the best experience will get an iPad 3. There just isn't a market for $400 android tablets at the moment.

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