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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    08/13/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Uses Fake Tablet Video to Promote their Crappy Game
    is that one of those stupid tower games?

    ugh. how weak.
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    08/13/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Uses Fake Tablet Video to Promote their Crappy Game
    From the looks of it, the game could still be pretty good.
    But yeah, pretty lowblow tactics for marketing it.
    Though it's pretty much on par with some viral ads, and deceiptful commercials for real products.
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    Image of (Starman) Cookie_Monster (Starman) Cookie_Monster
    08/13/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Uses Fake Tablet Video to Promote their Crappy Game
    Someday, Jesus, you should give us newbies a recap on how the Iron Bar trend started. Because as funny and random as it is, we all want to know the backstory. :)
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    Image of Brian Lam Brian Lam
    08/13/09

    @(Starman) AnalysisDialysis: I'll tell you. The iron bar lady and the iron bar man had an iron bar baby, and decided it would best be used along with the banhammer, by jesus diaz. So we adopted it.
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    08/13/09

    @Brian Lam: So will the iron bar boy become the Iron Man, enternally enslaved to Tony Stark?
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    Image of geiko geiko
    08/13/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Uses Fake Tablet Video to Promote their Crappy Game
    So why is it cool for you to dream up your own version of the tablet, photoshop it into a picture of your desk, while having wet dreams of the device, but it's foul that the developer makes a fake video? People in glass houses...
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    Image of Brian Lam Brian Lam
    08/13/09

    @geiko: because one is misleading. Ours is clearly labeled a concept, for discussion.
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    Image of sam-i-am sam-i-am
    08/13/09

    @geiko: Hey Brian - remember that time you announced that the Apple iPhone would be coming out tomorrow and tagged the story with "Apple" and then after the Linksys "iPhone" came out the next day you went back and removed the tag? Har har!
    pot, kettle, black, etc.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    08/13/09

    @sam-i-am:

    yeah but that was funny. big difference.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    08/13/09

    @sam-i-am:

    AND they never said 'the apple iphone'.

    it said "Giz knows" then "The iPhone will (some out, be revealed, launch etc) tomorrow"
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    08/13/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Uses Fake Tablet Video to Promote their Crappy Game
    More speculation coming up!
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    Image of Brian Lam Brian Lam
    08/13/09

    @macpatrick: you sir, have earned yourself a star.
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    Image of egoods egoods
    08/13/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Uses Fake Tablet Video to Promote their Crappy Game
    Come on Giz, you're feeding the problem with an article like this.
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    Image of Jon Ta Jon Ta
    06/02/09

    In reply to The Ugliest Apple Store I've Ever Seen: Quo
    humm, i live near by it, like down the street. maybe i should take some pictures inside for us?
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/02/09

    @Jon Ta: hop to it.
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    06/02/09

    In reply to The Ugliest Apple Store I've Ever Seen: Quo
    i wonder if they will have jeanuses at their retail location.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/02/09

    In reply to The Ugliest Apple Store I've Ever Seen: Quo
    I understand that this might be technically illegal, but why is there such general hatred for companies that try to do this? In the end, consumers get more choices and Apple has more incentives to make its products even more appealing.
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    Image of j4ckknife j4ckknife
    06/02/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Seriously. Every time a cloner post comes up on Giz, I always get the impression that Apple is paying Giz under the table to lead a smear campaign.
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    Image of bobojuice bobojuice
    06/02/09

    @j4ckknife: @Hello Mister Walrus: Because these assholes are making money on other people's hard work. The osx86 community puts out all these hacked versions of the system FOR FREE. These guys are taking advantage of that and not even crediting any of the people who are actually getting these systems working.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    06/02/09

    @bobojuice: How do you know they're not buying the retail OSX and putting it in these machines?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/02/09

    In reply to The Ugliest Apple Store I've Ever Seen: Quo
    Question: If these companies were to just provide a PC capable of fully supporting OS X, but simply provided a sealed legal copy and you had to do the installation yourself, would they be in the clear? Technically, it wouldn't be a Hackintosh until it's actually installed with OS X, right?
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    Image of eagles3 speeeedin eagles3 speeeedin
    06/02/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I was thinking the same thing. Or even have the consumer purchase the OS on their own.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    06/02/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Can they even say it's "OS X capable"?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/02/09

    @ripfire: That's a good question. Suggesting that OS X would work fine on unauthorized hardware would likely draw some balking, but at the same time, consumers would be put off if the language on the page avoided this issue altogether. I'd think that, for the most part, simply selling a copy alongside the computer would be suggestion enough, but it's just so.....shady like.
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    06/02/09

    @eagles3 bikes because he can't afford his car: I think that would be your best bet. Now saying that it works with OS X is a bit of a hassle, but at the same time, they're not selling Hackintoshes. I believe they can get away with that, but I'm not 100% certain.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/02/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: they don't have to say anything. just like the Dell Mini is known to be OS X friendly you could put it out through the same channels, the interwebs, and let everyone else do your marketing for you.


    then, like you said, sell them a sealed copy and a PC.

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    Image of ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD
    06/02/09

    In reply to The Ugliest Apple Store I've Ever Seen: Quo
    OMG! The Consumerist has preview buttons!
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    06/02/09

    @darkstar: And where have you been?
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    06/02/09

    In reply to The Ugliest Apple Store I've Ever Seen: Quo
    That whirring you hear? That's the sound of a mob of Apple Thugs approaching on their battle-Segways.
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    Image of fate47 - Meh. fate47 - Meh.
    06/02/09

    @31y/oToday_GitEmSteveDave: Happy birthday.
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    06/02/09

    @fate47 shops smart...shops S-Mart: Thank you.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    06/02/09

    In reply to The Ugliest Apple Store I've Ever Seen: Quo
    Alhambra is the new Chinatown of L.A.
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    06/02/09

    @ripfire: Oh wow, I used to work a few blocks from that building.
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    Image of eagles3 speeeedin eagles3 speeeedin
    06/02/09

    In reply to The Ugliest Apple Store I've Ever Seen: Quo
    Eck. These guys are just asking to go bankrupt in legal battles. Why not sell machines that are mac osX capable without the OS. Then simply allow the consumer to buy the OS and avoid a lawsuit. Apple has no real way of knowing who hackintoshes on the consumer end. This would save many headaches.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/02/09

    @eagles3 bikes because he can't afford his car: Ah if only I pressed the refresh button. Beat me to it.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    06/02/09

    @eagles3 bikes because he can't afford his car:


    "Here's a gun. Here are the bullets. You know what to do.."

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    05/26/09

    In reply to Psystar Files for Bankruptcy
    sadtrombone.com
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