Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 14th Jan 2013 15:14 UTC
The Wall Street Journal: "Apple has cut its orders for components for the iPhone 5 due to weaker-than-expected demand, people familiar with the situation said Monday. Apple's orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter, for example, have dropped to roughly half of what the company had previously planned to order, two of the people said. The Cupertino company has also cut orders for components other than screens, according to one of the people." The WSJ is usually very well informed about Apple matters (and Japanese business new Nikkei reports something similar), so it's a safe assumption that they're not making this up. What, exactly, this means, we don't know; perhaps a new model already? Seems strange they would switch to a different screen this quickly, though. Android (more specifically: Samsung) keeps on growing, so it's only inevitable that Apple would feel a sting there at some point. We'll know for sure on the 23rd, when Apple's latest quarterly results come rolling in.
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Interesting. I just looked at the facts:
http://www.osnews.com/topics/14
And it's mostly positive news.
As usual, your premise is wrong. You are so convinced that I hold certain agendas that it clouds your judgement - your mind actively blocks out the boatload of positive or neutral Apple stories I post (selective perception) so that you can solve the state of cognitive dissonance you experience every time I lost a story that doesn't fit in your view.
It's entertaining, if not a bit annoying. Interestingly enough, you were proven entirely wrong in the Windows Phone thread because you failed to read correctly, and then you vanished - without apologies or admissions of 'I was wrong' - exactly what you erroneously accused me of doing.
Don't think you're clever just because you attribute things to people they didn't say. It doesn't maie you clever - it makes you obnoxious.
Member since:2005-11-29
It's entertaining, if not a bit annoying. Interestingly enough, you were proven entirely wrong in the Windows Phone thread because you failed to read correctly, and then you vanished - without apologies or admissions of 'I was wrong' - exactly what you erroneously accused me of doing.
Don't think you're clever just because you attribute things to people they didn't say. It doesn't maie you clever - it makes you obnoxious.
I get lost in the long sub-threads that spawn off in the comments, and honestly, stopped checking because it was going nowhere. I'm not actively keeping tabs on every reply to every comment I make.
However, if I was wrong, I'll be happy to say I was. I don't mind being wrong.
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"You really have an issue with the word "crisis", don't you?
Lower sales than Apple itself expected - if true - isn't a crisis, and no one here suggests that it is. You really should stop making up fake extremist claims just so you can easily refute them, it's annoying and highly disingenuous.
Lower sales than Apple itself expected - if true - isn't a crisis, and no one here suggests that it is. You really should stop making up fake extremist claims just so you can easily refute them, it's annoying and highly disingenuous.
So, where exactly do you see this going? You can't exactly imply something then get upset when someone connects the dots for you.
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He can when you insist on wildly exaggerating the implications. If a racing commentator mentions a horse stumbling a fence slightly it does not imply the horse is going to lose its lead, fall at the next, tumble its jockey, break its leg and find itself looking down the barrels of a vet's shotgun within five minutes. It implies it stumbled the fence slightly, and that that may or may not effect the race.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:38 UTC
At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 11:29 UTC
The day has finally come! Jolla has finally announced the launch device for its Sailfish operating system - and by god this is a looker. It's decidedly different from other phones out there, but it has good specifications and carries a relatively reasonably price tag - EUR 399, and it's up for pre-order today, shipping in the fourth quarter of this year.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:33 UTC
Why does Google get so much credit in the technology industry? Why, despite the company's many obvious failings, do many geeks and enthusiasts still hold a somewhat positive view on the all-knowing technology giant? A specific talk at Google I/O this week provides the answer.
Linked by David Adams on 05/16/13 4:23 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/11/13 21:41 UTC
"Windows is indeed slower than other operating systems in many scenarios, and the gap is worsening." That's one way to start an insider explanation of why Windows' performance isn't up to snuff. Written by someone who actually contributes code to the Windows NT kernel, the comment on Hacker News, later deleted but reposted with permission on Marc Bevand's blog, paints a very dreary picture of the state of Windows development. The root issue? Think of how Linux is developed, and you'll know the answer.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/08/13 14:22 UTC
This is one of those news items that's fun to write, fun to read, fun to comment on, and where no one will be able to say anything unkind. It's all just one big ball of awesome fluffiness. TuneTracker, the BeOS radio automation software, has just released something very special: TuneTracker System 5, the first version designed entirely and specifically for Haiku. In fact, it actually includes Haiku in the software package. Better yet, TuneTracker also unveiled several system-in-a-box products - which have Haiku and TuneTracker pre-installed.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/02/13 15:28 UTC
Exactly twenty years ago, a document was published that played a huge role in establishing the web as we know it today. Twenty years later, and this simple and straightforward document is proof of an irrefutable fact: while closed technologies can change markets, open technologies can change the world.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/29/13 21:06 UTC
Oh multitasking. That staple of computing that got thrown out the window with many modern smartphones. We got some rudimentary thing in its place - but even as multitasking on phone and tablets improves, its user-visible side remains cumbersome. Windows 8 has a neat implementation, and now it's time Android follows in it footsteps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/24/13 22:24 UTC
They're here! Whether that excites you or not remains to be seen, but the Galaxy S4, which will most likely become the best selling Android smartphone of the year by a huge margin, has been reviewed by all the major sites, and there's lots of interesting conclusions in there - although I think most of you will get the gist.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/18/13 11:21 UTC
Nokia has posted its quarterly results for the first quarter of 2013, and just like the quarters that came before, there's not a whole lot of good news in there. The rise in Lumia sales still can't even dream of making up for the sales drop in Symbian phones, and when broken down in versions, the sales figures for Windows Phone 8 Lumias in particular are very disappointing. In North America, Nokia is getting slaughtered.More Features »
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Lower sales than Apple itself expected - if true - isn't a crisis, and no one here suggests that it is. You really should stop making up fake extremist claims just so you can easily refute them, it's annoying and highly disingenuous.
So, where exactly do you see this going? You can't exactly imply something then get upset when someone connects the dots for you.
You've been clearly, for a while now, suggesting Samsung's dominance over Apple. Almost every Apple article you site related to sales includes Samsung (even without evidence that Samsung is even remotely related to the situation, that's YOUR own addition and interpretation).
You think that because you don't blurt out your position, but drag it along through these vague snide remarks over the course of a few articles, that people don't notice?
Seriously, you latch onto any negative Apple news and chomp at the bit to criticize them without even the slightest amount of due diligence.
The Judge is biased towards Apple, Apple isn't licensing FRAND, Apple planted a Jury Foreman, American Justice is corrupt, anything. You will say anything and slander absolutely anyone to make Apple look the bad guy.
And then every time someone replies to you, you raise your hands and say "Oh not me, I said nothing like that" and run from your own positions.
My point (since apparently you're hard at comprehension) is that EVERYTIME one of these red meat articles is posted on OSNews, there is the same discussion. Apple is inevitably doomed, Apple needs to make different device sizes, vendor lock in, patents, blah blah blah.