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    Image of deciBels deciBels
    10:13 AM

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    You can't consider them to be taking internet seriously until Flash is supported on the iPhone.
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    Image of blash blash
    01:15 AM

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    So long as all my old songs are grandfathered into the system... there's a good amount of stuff I've lost completely and being able to redownload stuff I've paid for at one point or another would get me to start buying from iTunes again.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/13/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    I am looking forward to the twist that Apple might give us with Inet. They make an impact on any market they touch, and there is no end of innovation to be had, as we have seen in the explosion in technology over a relatively short span of time. I also firmly believe that if Apple didnt think there was money to be made, they wouldnt do it. They are, after all, a bottom line too.
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    12/13/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    This is a waste of time googles already mastered the internet, microsoft has mastered software on a worldwide stage... just merge with google and Microsoft and get it over with already... Hip Hip Hooray for googapplesoft!
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    Image of rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy
    12/13/09

    @PN - gooapplesoft: you say that like a joke, but i think that the reality is one of them is going to buy microsoft sooner or later. zune and xbox are awesome, and if properly salvaged and put to better use, could make a big difference, and apple and google are becoming more of a pair of behemoths every day, and are buying out smaller companies to both prove and expand their strength. not to mention that whoever can fix half of windows' recurring flaws will make billions.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/13/09

    @PN - gooapplesoft: that would sound better as "gooplesoft"
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    12/13/09

    @frigg: how dare you? are you suggesting i cut my avatars apple in half?
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    Edited by PN - gooapplesoft at 12/13/09 8:39 PM PN - gooapplesoft was starred PN - gooapplesoft was unstarred
    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    12/13/09

    @rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy: I had a jokey attitude in my comment but "one of them is going to buy microsoft sooner or later"? haha

    Microsoft value/market cap: 265.04B
    Apple value/market cap: 175.34B
    Google value/market cap: 187.35B

    i doubt any of them will be buying Microsoft any time soon.
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    Image of rlee rlee
    12/13/09

    In reply to How To: Totally Overhaul Your Phones With Google Voice
    One other caveat: Your claim "you can forward to as many phones as you want" is not correct, at least for me.

    I had 6 phones on my list -- not all checked at that point -- and clicked "Add another phone". The response was, "Your account already has the maximum number of forwarding phones."

    I had to remove one of the 6 before I was allowed to add one.
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    Image of jrblackman006 jrblackman006
    12/13/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    I don't know. I just don't see this internet thing lasting.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/13/09

    @jrblackman006: It's just some passing fad. Ignore it and it might go away.
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    Image of Thee Sea Thee Sea
    12/13/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    I hear they have the internet on computers now.
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    12/13/09

    @Thee Sea: well you heard wrong...now continue back into your cave.
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    Image of spannu spannu
    12/13/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    "in the future, you'll probably mark the iPhone as when the internet really started to matter"

    Who is this statement directed towards? The iPhone is cool, but the internet became important back in the 90s. Even with bugs, limited bandwidth, and the higher level of expertise needed just to connect, that's when it became useful for regular consumers.

    Even though computers and the internet are becoming more tightly integrated into many people's lives, the whole "Web 2.0" thing is still just a nonsensical term for an iterative improvement to the original structure.

    When Apple designed their first computer, that was revolutionary. If they can do that with another one of their devices, that'd be great, but the iPhone is really just another terminal device.
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    Image of flpwch flpwch
    12/13/09

    @spannu: I think you are misunderstanding the quote. I think it is really directed to when the internet started to matter to Apple. The iPhone might mark Apple's shift to the internet and to the mobile market, away from the singular desktop box.
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    12/13/09

    @flpwch: word.
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    Image of spannu spannu
    12/13/09

    @flpwch: Yeah, it could mean that, especially given the headline, although the context of the Ballmer quote and previous Apple services made me unsure. After re-reading it you're probably right.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    12/13/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    Internet, eh?
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    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    12/12/09

    In reply to Is Apple Buying VoIP Provider iCall?
    Wow i'm surprised Apple isn't suing them for the "i" in icall
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    12/12/09

    In reply to How To: Totally Overhaul Your Phones With Google Voice
    awesome article.

    one of the big problems i have encountered with the cell phone app (blackberry):

    You don't automatically receive text messages. You have to constantly refresh (unless i missed something).
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    Image of Jacubious Jacubious
    12/12/09

    In reply to How To: Totally Overhaul Your Phones With Google Voice
    Another awesome service stuck below the 49th parallel. Sigh.
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    12/01/09

    In reply to Gizmo5 Update Available, Brings Better Google Voice Support
    So when are they gonna relaunch it already? I'm bouncing in my chair waiting to get onto Gizmo.
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    Image of jgrnt1 jgrnt1
    11/21/09

    In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    The Apple thing is interesting, especially since they work so diligently to kill hackintosh makers. I realize this is not a full OS push, but the end result would be similar, on all sorts of strange equipment.

    I'm not saying I don't like the idea, though. In fact, this would be great for a lot of people like me. I have a Camry Hybrid with a touch-screen nav system. I installed an iPod interface, which connects to the satellite input. Unfortunately, the iPod controls are almost unusable -- six big, text-based buttons and a 10 or 16 character limit to the song and artist display, depending on the screen. If I could have the standard iPod or iPhone iPod interface or, even better, Cover Flow, it would be great. To avoid using my system's crappy iPod controls, I usually set it to Auxiliary and use my iPod or iPhone to navigate music.
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    Image of MrHaroHaro MrHaroHaro
    11/21/09

    In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    I agree with the Bing thing in principle. However, haven't all the major players in search, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google, catered to China's censorship policies?
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