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    Image of MF350z: Wanting, at least, a silver star! MF350z: Wanting, at least, a silver star!
    07/11/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, App Store: Revolutionizing Mobile Computing Since 2008
    I remember this day so well. I had the 2G from the first day, yeah I'm one of those retards that waited outside forever. I'll never forget this update. I downloaded those classic apps like Tap Tap Revenge (I hated it and still do, I never really understood what was so great about it) and Cube Runner. Now there are so many to choose from I don't even know what all is out there.
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    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    07/11/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, App Store: Revolutionizing Mobile Computing Since 2008
    If its a revolution, then its Totalitarian one.



    When app developers get 90%, and app approval is somewhat democratized, and apps are mostly free, ill praise Apple.



    For now, iPhone owners are, mostly unbeknownst to them, helping to retard the industry as a whole.
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    07/11/09

    @GlenTen:
    When app developers get 90%, and app approval is somewhat democratized, and apps are mostly free, ill praise Apple.




    70/30 sustains the store, and paid apps spawn development.



    App approval is somewhat democratized, with virtually all approved. The problem is unjust rejections which will hopefully work themselves out over time.
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    Image of NessiaCaballerial NessiaCaballerial
    07/11/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, App Store: Revolutionizing Mobile Computing Since 2008
    its got the potential to be both. Thats what i love about my iphone, i can run my whole online business from it, but i can also use it as a gaming platform and entertain my self when i want to. Two birds one stone...it does depend on what type of business you have though.
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    Image of Shawn Pero Shawn Pero
    07/11/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, App Store: Revolutionizing Mobile Computing Since 2008
    " But nobody, not even the most fervent Apple-hater, could deny the impact of the App Store."



    Just wait five minutes and read these comments, someone will come along. As for myself, my laptop is becoming more like a desktop computer, where I don't take it as many places as I once did, and my iPhone is quickly filling the role my laptop did for mobile computing. That's not a new sentiment but it bears repeating - iPhones are paving the way to a new ecosystem of phone computing, and netbooks will be dinosaurs before too long.
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    07/11/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, App Store: Revolutionizing Mobile Computing Since 2008
    Ah yes...The store that changed everything for smartphones everywhere... One year later.....Miles and miles ahead. Happy birthday app store!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/11/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, App Store: Revolutionizing Mobile Computing Since 2008
    I celebrated by downloading some more apps. Free ones. I'm going to start a seventh page soon. I wonder if I'm the only one who keeps multiple apps to do the same thing (like having three Twitter apps).



    I wish Apple would make up its mind as to whether it wants the iPhone to be a business tool or a gaming platform. I saw they have Citrix for iPhone which looks to having an amazing (un-Citrix-like) interface and when my IT Guy stops in next, I'm going to have him set it up. My Westlaw account rep and I had a meeting yesterday and she was amazed at the Enterprise capability of the iPhone. She didn't have an iPhone only because her company only allows BlackBerry.



    Also, CityTransit is $3 (it's allegedly on sale). For navigating NYC, it, ExitStrategy and HopStop are like the Not For Tourist Guide.



    Finally, thanks for "fixing" the line break glitch. But once you go in to edit the comment, the kludginess of the "fix" is pretty apparent.
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    Image of Shawn Pero Shawn Pero
    07/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: "I wish Apple would make up its mind as to whether it wants the iPhone to be a business tool or a gaming platform."



    There's no reason it can't be both - full-sized computers definitely are, and iPhones are as powerful as some desktops were not *that* long ago.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/11/09

    @Shawn Pero: However, from a marketing standpoint, if I see an ad for an iPhone playing "Super Monkey Ball", I'm going to think it's a toy, not a tool.



    There are some amazingly powerful apps on the iPhone that BB users have only dreamed of. If the Citrix app works as well as the screenshots make it look, then it's a killer app. The ability to access any document on my server while out of the office is an amazing prospect.



    When I leave my office, I know that I have access to my contacts through the Exchange server. Mail comes to the phone instantly and my calendars are updated in realtime.



    On top of that, I had gotten the MobileMe trial. When I swapped phones (and got a new SIM card), as soon as I logged in my MobileMe info, all of my contacts came back instantly. I then bought a year subscription.



    It's about data safety and reliability. As a business tool, the iPhone is pretty mighty. But ads showing video games don't give that message.
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    Image of Shawn Pero Shawn Pero
    07/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I don't even think what Apple markets it as really even matters. It's not like they're hurting for sales! And if it comes to it, they do make a big deal out of touting the new Exchange stuff added to 3.0. Maybe not as much as the ads for games, but the info is out there.



    What's brilliant is that Apple markets iPhones as a device for *everything* - that's why the "There's an app for that" ads are so successful.
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    07/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: "However, from a marketing standpoint, if I see an ad for an iPhone playing "Super Monkey Ball", I'm going to think it's a toy, not a tool."



    Hmm, I'm going to think, that'll be fun in meetings!
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    Image of infmom infmom
    06/26/09

    In reply to Happy 35th Birthday Bar Code
    And almost 30 years later, Fry's Electronics finally installed bar code scanners for the very first time.


    I am not, as Dave Barry says, making this up.

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    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    06/26/09

    In reply to Happy 35th Birthday Bar Code
    Bar codes are the work of Satan and should be avoided at all costs
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    06/26/09

    @GlenTen: but how would we know what that cost is, unless we're close enough to Satan to scan said barcode.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/26/09

    @Geisrud: price check on prune juice bob . . . price check on prune juice.
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    06/26/09

    In reply to Happy 35th Birthday Bar Code
    customer: i would like to return this gum.
    cashier: do you have the receipt?
    customer: *rummages through pockets* no.
    cashier: NEXT!
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    Image of TimmahTao TimmahTao
    06/26/09

    In reply to Happy 35th Birthday Bar Code
    Weird. I'm from Troy.


    That Marsh is still there, and probably has the same people working in it.


    IIRC, there is a 60 year old cashier named Barbie.

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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    06/26/09

    @TimmahTao: sounds hot!
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    Image of tacomstng tacomstng
    06/26/09

    In reply to Happy 35th Birthday Bar Code
    1973 or 1974, the video talks about '74, the article says '73, but that would mean today would be its 36th birthday....
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    06/26/09

    @Tacomstng: "So, let me get this straight. That would mean you lied about your age to make yourself older. But why would any barcode wanna DO THAT?!"


    (Fifty points to first person to get the reference.)

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/26/09

    @OCEntertainment: You may proceed to kick your own ass.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    06/26/09

    In reply to Happy 35th Birthday Bar Code
    I have been to Troy, Ohio and let me assure you, that this has to be the biggest thing that ever happened there. Bigger even than Troy itself.
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    06/26/09

    @Curves:

    Bigger than Troy?
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    06/26/09

    @Curves: Is their local summer celebration called "Bar Code Days"
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    06/26/09

    @Geisrud: Kids dress up as their favorite UPC. The local sports teams don't have numbers on their jerseys, but bar codes.
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    Image of ironman1266 ironman1266
    06/26/09

    In reply to Happy 35th Birthday Bar Code
    ...the iPhone's better...
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    06/26/09

    @ironman1266: the iPhone is better than barcodes?


    Son, without barcodes, there wouldn't be an iPhone

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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    06/07/09

    In reply to Happy 25th Birthday, Tetris
    I still have my original Tetris and Gameboy from when they first came out. I will never get tired of playing that game.
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    Image of G-Ram G-Ram
    06/06/09

    In reply to Happy 25th Birthday, Tetris
    WTF man? Do you guys at Gizmodo not read your emails? I tipped this at like 3am, it took you this long to post about it, and I get slighted?
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    06/06/09

    @G-Ram caved and started twitter :/:


    'cause you're the only guy who e-mails Gizmodo.

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