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    Image of nneonneo nneonneo
    11/09/09

    In reply to 20 iPods Cluster Into One, Big, Interactive Display
    For the purposes of constructing a 16:9 screen, we'll turn the devices landscape and ignore the area surrounding the screen. Then, we want a perfect 16:9 ratio, so we get an array of 7698 (horizontal) by 6495 (vertical) devices. The screens are 480px horizontally and 320px vertically, for a net resolution of 3695040 by 2078400 (which you can check is slightly wider than 16:9 widescreen).

    That's around 7.68 terapixels, and it represents the total number of pixels shipped in the 50,000,000+ Apple iPod touch/iPhone devices.

    The physical size of this display is not 16:9 due to the extra border: it's around 34641 by 15588 inches (assuming that all devices are 2.4 by 4.5 inches), or about 962 by 433 yards. The diagonal measurement is nearly 38000 inches, or 1055 yards. #ipodcluster
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    Image of lukeadams lukeadams
    11/09/09

    In reply to 20 iPods Cluster Into One, Big, Interactive Display
    if you stack the iphones in portrait like they have there, a 16:9 screen of 50 million iPhones would be a 3490 ft screen measured diagonally allowing ~.5in in between each phone #ipodcluster
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    11/09/09

    In reply to 20 iPods Cluster Into One, Big, Interactive Display
    This reminds me of an installation I saw in London a couple of years ago - big glass box, lots of mobile phones hanging inside it (they were still exciting back then) You dial a number, watch it ring one phone, then another, each one lights up differently, same with text messages. I forget the point now but ...aaah you had to be there I guess. #ipodcluster
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    Mark Wilson promoted this comment thatsmrpotatohead2U was starred thatsmrpotatohead2U was unstarred
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    11/04/09

    In reply to 100,000 Apps Now Available for the iPhone/iPod touch
    but, what they aren't telling you is, of those 100,000 apps:
    18, 762 are fart apps
    27,984 are repackaged facebook and myspace games
    52,136 are generic match-3 clones of bejeweled or collapse
    1,115 are educational and designed for students
    3 are actually used more than 5 days after download/purchase #appstore
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment ottermann killed Kenny was starred ottermann killed Kenny was unstarred
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    11/04/09

    In reply to 100,000 Apps Now Available for the iPhone/iPod touch
    This reminds me of that old Jerry Seinfeld joke about McDonalds and their burger count. #appstore
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment sneakypoo was starred sneakypoo was unstarred
    Image of mricyfire mricyfire
    11/04/09

    In reply to 100,000 Apps Now Available for the iPhone/iPod touch
    I wish you guys could take your 1000 favorite apps and post them #appstore
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment mricyfire was starred mricyfire was unstarred
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    11/04/09

    @mricyfire: Ask and ye shall receive: [gizmodo.com] #appstore
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    11/05/09

    @OCEntertainment: yea I have seen that, but really looking for a 1000 which is what 1% of all available apps?

    I have about 30 on my phone and am constantly looking for more, just can't seem to find any good ones #appstore
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    11/04/09

    In reply to 100,000 Apps Now Available for the iPhone/iPod touch
    Could you imagine if they had just allowed porn apps, they would have passed the 1,000,000 mark by now. #appstore
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    11/04/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : iPoon? #appstore
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/04/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : iTouch? #appstore
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    Image of LinkinPain LinkinPain
    11/04/09

    In reply to 100,000 Apps Now Available for the iPhone/iPod touch
    most of those apps are crap theres probably only 1000 apps that are actually useful. #appstore
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment LinkinPain was starred LinkinPain was unstarred
    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/04/09

    @LinkinPain: ......Says the guy who has used all 100,000 apps and knows what he speaks of definitively. [/s] #appstore
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    Image of MacAttack7388 MacAttack7388
    11/04/09

    @LinkinPain: Really, have you gone through them? There's a lot of gold in them thar servers. #appstore
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment MacAttack7388 was starred MacAttack7388 was unstarred
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    11/04/09

    @LinkinPain: 1000 useful apps is a fairly impressive number though, don't you think? In my computer I use at most 15 useful apps daily. #appstore
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment joule79 was starred joule79 was unstarred
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    11/04/09

    @LinkinPain: Bullshit. Quit talking out of your ass. #appstore
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment Eulatos was starred Eulatos was unstarred
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    11/04/09

    @LinkinPain: at least 10,000 of those are fart apps. #appstore
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment yantelope was starred yantelope was unstarred
    Image of fernando_maciel fernando_maciel
    11/04/09

    @LinkinPain: and probably 99% of that are just simple time wasters #appstore
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/04/09

    @Eulatos: It's so funny when the mac trolls feel threatened.
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    Edited by Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected at 11/04/09 9:48 AM Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected was starred Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected was unstarred
    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    11/04/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: I dont feel threatened at all. Im just sick of unbelievably stupid people like you and this guy saying some of the most unbelievably stupid shit, which you morons say every single day. Its just amazing how ridiculously dumb you guys are.

    Good luck out there. #appstore
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    Eulatos was starred Eulatos was unstarred
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    11/04/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: The fact that you have a star is just ludicrous. Trolling is not what im doing, the douche who started this thread is trolling, and so are you. Trolling with a star, disgraceful. #appstore
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/04/09

    @Eulatos: Basically what I'm saying is that everyone went along with the joke, while you're the only one who took enough offense to it to bitch about it.
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    Edited by Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected at 11/04/09 10:30 AM Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected was starred Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected was unstarred
    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    11/04/09

    @Mike Zuniga: Whether it was a joke or not (it wasnt), its tiresome and ridiculous, and it certainly doesnt promote any kind of relevant or intelligent discussion. #appstore
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    Image of asten77 asten77
    11/04/09

    @Eulatos: Being defensive is the first tell that one is being threatened ;) #appstore
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    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    11/04/09

    @asten77: Arguing in a thread like this with a troll like Zuniga populating it, is just stupid. How can i feel threatened, i have a device that i love a ton and use constantly to do all kinds of things. The people who feel threatened are the people who start threads like this one, the way the OP did.

    In my line of work there is just so much mis-information that causes a good amount of damage, so it pisses me off when i see ridiculous FUD being spread like this. #appstore
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    Image of asten77 asten77
    11/05/09

    @Eulatos: okay, well, ask yourself why you're pissed then. If you're happy with your purchase, then it's irrelevant. #appstore
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    11/05/09

    @asten77: Im not pissed, im just sick of irrelevant FUD being spouted out constantly. #appstore
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    Image of Ginsu Ginsu
    11/03/09

    In reply to First Look at the Apple Stores' New Mutant EasyPay iPod Touches
    About damn time. Every time I bought something at an Apple Store and they whipped out the EasyPay, I always asked when they were gunna make use of the Accessory API and just use iPod Touches. I did NOT, however, foresee the stylus...well, so much for nothing-but-fingers input. Now devs are gunna start making shit that requires one, and the stylus for the iPhone will be like the Nunchuck for the Wii....they shouldn't make you buy it separately, but you know you have to. #ipodtouchpos
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    Odin promoted this comment Ginsu was starred Ginsu was unstarred
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    11/04/09

    @Ginsu: How the hell did you come up with that? Last I checked fingers could easily be substituted for styluses. I don't think I could substitute my fist for a nunchuck, would be interesting though.

    Styluses for iWhatevers have been around for ages anyway. It's an optional accessory and doesn't do anything your finger can't do so there's no way the evil devs can force you into buying one.

    The reason they're using it here is because it's a hell of a lot easier to write your signature using a facsimile of a pen than your finger. #ipodtouchpos
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/03/09

    In reply to First Look at the Apple Stores' New Mutant EasyPay iPod Touches
    The stylus is the interesting part to me.

    We've all see the stylus things online but I wonder if apple adopting (maybe even making) one points to bigger things down the road. #ipodtouchpos
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    Image of Obee Juan Obee Juan
    11/03/09

    @tande04: I don't find it the slightest bit interesting. Does anyone really think that signing the "receipt" is more practical using our fingers instead of a stylus? #ipodtouchpos
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    tande04 promoted this comment Obee Juan was starred Obee Juan was unstarred
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    11/03/09

    @Obee Juan: No and thats kind of the point. Your finger doesn't work for the fine things. Signature, drawing (though some people are doing some great things), characters, other fine movements don't work with a finger. You need some kind of stylus.

    Its the same thing for a tablet. A lot of the discussion on the tablet has centered around the what the input was going to be. How the keyboard was going to look, etc. I'm saying I find them including a stylus interesting in that regard. The stylus input was often rejected because its a step back but maybe not. #ipodtouchpos
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    Image of pauloborja pauloborja
    11/03/09

    @tande04: The stylus is necessary for the signature. I don't think they like it very much. #ipodtouchpos
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    tande04 promoted this comment pauloborja was starred pauloborja was unstarred
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    11/03/09

    @pauloborja: Right, again, thats the point.

    You have to have a stylus for signatures. You have to have a stylus for handwriting input. If you want a tablet the only way you can make it work is with handwriting input, just that simple. #ipodtouchpos
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    11/03/09

    @tande04: or a software keyboard. or maybe even a slideout hardware keyboard? please apple? please? I would get one then.

    but then again this whole conversation is about a gadget whose existence itself has been denied again and again

    PS the iPod Touch screen in this POS device has not been modified, but the stylus is special in that it conducts your body's static electricity onto the screen #ipodtouchpos
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    tande04 promoted this comment RT100 was starred RT100 was unstarred
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    11/03/09

    @tande04: Point well made. A completely pointless point, but a point nonetheless. #ipodtouchpos
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    tande04 promoted this comment Griffin was starred Griffin was unstarred
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    11/03/09

    @RT100: I don't need to know "how" it works I understand "how" it works. Thanks though.

    If you follow the arguments on the comments you'd see that the whole stylus thing has been largely discounted because apple is moving past that with the capacitive screen. The capacitive screen doesn't work like the resistive screen does with a stylus.

    A software keyboard is pointless on a tablet. A hardware keyboard is beyond pointless on a table (get a netbook at that point). #ipodtouchpos
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    11/03/09

    @Griffin: Not pointless since it was all the point had to do with.

    Thanks for playing though. #ipodtouchpos
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    Image of JosephCole JosephCole
    11/03/09

    In reply to iPhone 3GS to Be Unofficially Renamed Nintendo iPhone 3GSN64
    Even the PSP Phat ran some emulated n64 games.

    Okay... So only about 3/10 actually worked, But still, It shouldn't be a problem for the iPod #n64iphoneemulator
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    Mark Wilson promoted this comment JosephCole was starred JosephCole was unstarred
    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    11/03/09

    In reply to First Look at the Apple Stores' New Mutant EasyPay iPod Touches
    It looks like the window (no pun intended) has run out on Microsoft using this in an ad to counter the Mac ads. Something like, sure Snow Leopard is nice, but if you've ever bought something from the Apple Store, you've used Windows...

    Obviously, I'm not Don Draper. #ipodtouchpos
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    Image of jakebathman jakebathman
    11/03/09

    In reply to First Look at the Apple Stores' New Mutant EasyPay iPod Touches
    oh these look awesome! how can you say they're falling short? I love it. #ipodtouchpos
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    Image of Daniel M. Clark Daniel M. Clark
    11/03/09

    In reply to First Look at the Apple Stores' New Mutant EasyPay iPod Touches
    "not so naturally, credit card signatures need to be entered with a stylus, almost like you're using Windows Mobile (OH GOD!). Or, you know, paper."

    What did you expect, customers would sign with their fingers? #ipodtouchpos
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    Canoehead promoted this comment Daniel M. Clark was starred Daniel M. Clark was unstarred
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    11/03/09

    @Daniel M. Clark: How about we sign in blood? Apple is a cult after all. #ipodtouchpos
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    11/03/09

    @Canoehead: I'm gonna assume that was sarcasm, or a joke. So I'm gonna laugh in response... hahaha. It was a joke right... you weren't just being a big green slimey troll? #ipodtouchpos
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    11/03/09

    @Canoehead: Yes, they make electronics and sell them for a profit. Evil, evil cult. #ipodtouchpos
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    Canoehead promoted this comment Michael was starred Michael was unstarred
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    11/03/09

    @Sunburn_summer: Totally - am iPhone and 2 Mac owning troll who Hackintoshes Mini9s for his friends in his spare time.

    Well, actually, there are some Apple fanboys who do demonstrate most of the characteristics of cult followers, but yes it was a joke. #ipodtouchpos
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    11/03/09

    @Michael: Actually its the Fanboys who are the cult - Apple just has poor Chinese peasants make electronics and then sells them for a profit. #ipodtouchpos
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    11/06/09

    @Canoehead: Now if only they turned Apple into a cult they could have those Chinese peasants make electronics for a profit tax-free! #ipodtouchpos
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    11/03/09

    In reply to First Look at the Apple Stores' New Mutant EasyPay iPod Touches
    wtf is up with digital CC signatures?

    they NEVER look anything like an actual signature. they prove nothing. #ipodtouchpos
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    11/03/09

    @nutbastard: I thought I remember you around Consumerist. Don't you remember the story about the guy that started signing for stuff with little pictures?

    Signatures don't really matter period. If you dispute it they're just going to say "well it was signed". Which doesn't really matter either because you'll win the dispute 9 out of 10 times anyways. #ipodtouchpos
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