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Comment Re:Default Android install does not allow superuse (Score 4, Informative) 183

What's going on is that the user that found this has rooted his phone and noticed that the FB app requested for privilege escalation. An Android user who hasn't rooted his phone will not see such a request (from any app) since they don't have root to begin with. This is either a bug in the code that triggered privileged escalation, OR it is intentional. You pick. :)

Comment Re:Thirty-Three Billion (Score 3, Informative) 66

I'd short it if I had any idea when the bubble would burst. You need to time it just right, and I'm just not good at predicting when wall street will come to their senses on these sorts of tech bubble stocks.

Just buy some long term PUTS and you'll be fine. No need to predict much there. Just sit and wait. (don't use margin)

Comment Re:$10 for placebo quality (Score 3, Informative) 77

If you think your can hear the difference between 320kbps and lossless on a 44.1/16 track, you deserve to pay the extra $10 a month.

If you can *actually* hear the difference between 320kbps and lossless on a 44.1/16 track, and complain about it, you shouldn't want to listen to 44.1/16 music in the first place.

If you've destroyed your hearing sensitivity to not discern compressed music vs uncompressed, then you should be grateful a cheaper version option exists. Classical music is a great example, but if you are trying to hear the difference between a 320 kbps MP3 vs FLAC of Big Daddy Kane then the purpose will be missed.

Comment Re:Sealed for freshness (Score 1) 223

Sounds like with the addition of wireless charging, lack of headphone jack, and removing the home button - they are on track to make a phone that is a totally sealed slab. Once the last remaining physical connector goes away, it would be trivial to make a waterproof, dust-proof device.

Side benefit for Apple - even harder to replace the battery.

I didn't know that Apple was on a holy quest to go all waterproof.

Comment Re:Not delivering hot devices (Score 1) 86

That's what happens when a company does not deliver hot devices. Those that come up with explosive handsets are doing much better. Indeed, they have rekindled the public's interest, with their money now burning a hole in their pockets. Such fiery companies are searing the competition.

What's not hot about the V20. It's an awesome device. It just costs $800.

Comment Interesting idea (Score 1) 124

I can see this being useful as add-on to a more comprehensive search engine in the long run. Or perhaps integrated more tightly into a mobile offering somehow.

Since the article states that this search engine isn't meant as a âoecompetitive attempt to recreate searchâ, he likely is positioning this to be bought by a big company.

Notice what he said at the end of the presentation.

FTA:

Burrell closed his presentation saying, "No one one's playing for single's in the valley anymore, everyone is playing for the... big win."

Comment Re:Just completed a project to move users to ipads (Score 1) 249

I love this post, thanks for sharing it. I also wish well for Honeycomb, after all, Android has been the best thing to happen to iOS. Without Android, iOS would never had done many things it's now doing. Competition is always good. Unfortunately, even once out, it will take a while for Honeycomb app market to catch up. They will be over a year behind and they wont be catching up on day one by just being there.

iOS wouldn't be able to do what things without Android? I'm curious.

Comment Re:Walled garden discussions (Score 1) 144

But it has. I don't know anyone with an MP3 player.

But yet and still Apple sells almost 50 million iPods a year (70%+ market share) and iTunes is the number one music retailer in the world.....

Phones have leap over mp3 players

Where can I buy a phone with 160GB of storage (iPod Classic) or even 64GB of storage of the Touch?

I'd say that the first generation devices have huge advantages because consumers are naive at first. That doesn't usually last and they'll flee the walled garden in time.

So why have most major developers reported abysmal sells in the Android App Market compared to the iPhone App store even though Android market share is at least half that of the iPhone?

But... but....but.....

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