I HATE APPLE

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I din't get that option either (i have a 3GS)

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 28 January 2011 10:29 (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

i didn't either, but i found that if you add an international dictionary (chinese simplified pinyin seems to do the trick) then tap back, the "edit user dictionary" option magically appears. it's what i love about apple, so intuitive.

ok, did it. my user dictionary says "No Words" which is wrong, i mean "jeez" and things like that go in fine with no autocorrection

is noone else just grossed out by this verizon iphone situation?

what is gross about it?

the fact that they are going to release an iphone 5 in about 5 months so people who sign w/ verizon now will have to pay $500 to upgrade to the new one

people do have the choice not to buy one, or not to upgrade.

Apple is just extracting fair market value from the small number of people who want iPhone on verizon now AND want to have the latest iPhone in 5 months time. It's classic price discrimination, extracting the most money from those most willing to pay.

I will buy an iPhone next week and when 5 comes out, if it's mindblowing I'll take the hit, and if it's not I'll get it, or whatever's new, when my contracts over.

why not just wait? idgi. my contract's up next month but i like my 3GS just fine.

because I'm sick to death of not having a smartphone and I can't wait another 5 months. What exciting new features can we expect from iPhone 5 that will make it worth the wait?

more oomph, you can pay for your starbucks by smugly slamming it into your barista's face

dual core processor, beefed up graphix

I'll probably be ok. Just hope it doesn't look better because that's what really matters.

i heard you'll be able to buy it in a tattoo form factor

i just bought a 3gs, why not for $20. I can wait on the 4...or 5 or 6.

Apple is just extracting fair market value from the small number of people who want iPhone on verizon now AND want to have the latest iPhone in 5 months time. It's classic price discrimination, extracting the most money from those most willing to pay.

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 29 January 2011 00:34 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

It's very easy to find Apple's product cycles on the web. If you don't care enough to do that, you probably won't care that your phone is three years old. I don't see what's exploitative here.

i imagine the timing had more to do w/when the deal just happened to get done anyway, whats verizon gonna do wait four months

for AT&T customers at least, you can sell your previous-gen iPhone for $300+, so upgrading to a 5 doesn't really cost $500-600. I got $380 for a 3GS at Christmas.

no look i mean a) it verizon blah b) it runs on 3G when Verizon have 4G/LTE and c) yeah A NEW IPHONE WILL BE OUT THIS SUMMER (and i assume it will run on ATT's mid year release of their 6Mbs LTE

i dont know. maybe you had to have worked at verizon to realize how desperate and stupid this is on their part.

ANOTHER ITUNES UPDATE FFS

a) agreed b) verizon has lte in like ten square blocks nationwide right? c) this is still speculative despite everyone and their mom claiming it is true

there will definitely be a new iphone out this summer, but it seems kinda doubtful that it'll be "4g"

iPhone V

If it's not at least LTE I guess I'll wait another year :(

prediction for 10.7 applications folder renamed 'apps'

dock renamed iDock

finder replaced with an api and a dashboard app

force quit replaced by epileptic windows

no keyboard of any kind, just buttons to express a preselected set of ideas/feelings/etc.

apple finding some lame excuse to ban ms office 2011 from the lion app store for two days

10.7 will make your computer hover

(2011 models only)

Apple's new in-app purchase policy is fucked, to whit:

http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/reactions-to-apple-in-app-purchase-policy-change-continue/

Publishers report feeling “betrayed” by the change—after hyping the iPad and investing in apps for it, Apple is turning around and requiring them to make an option available that will rob them of 30% of their revenue and access to the analytical data that they use to make many purchasing decisions.

Appalling crap like this is starting to push me away from Apple.

Sony's new Reader app was rejected by Apple because there was no in-app purchasing option. The requirement has apparently been in place for a while, but completely unenforced; Apple suddenly decided to start enforcing it the day Sony's app was being approved. Unbelievably sly and cynical.

effing suits

i cant download anything from the Mac crApp Store
i get a 403 forbidden error any time it tries to download

my mbp from 2007 is fucked, it just makes the startup chime over and over when i turn it on. i think its the logic board >:(

― old man yells at cloud computing (am0n), Friday, December 31, 2010 1:36 PM

i was right! took it to an apple store and they got it to start up somehow, told it was a bad ram stick. when i got it home it went back to the same issue. took it back and this time they held onto it for a few days. when i picked it up i found out that they replaced the logic board at no cost. $900 worth of work done for free? sure ok.

Could have been a bad graphics processor. I think they're still replacing logic boards with a certain batch of those.

i'm pretty sure this was related to the nvidia faulty chip that was used in certain models of mbps, including mine. there was a recent settlement over it (http://www.nvidiasettlement.com) which probably explains the no-fee fix

now i just need to replace the piece of shit optical superdrive so i can throw it on ebay

i need a new computer

get a mac

maybe a new keyb would work

no, ive had this bad boy for four years and its pretty beat up and slow as hell

i guess im saying... i think its time

i just inherited a computer that's older than yours and it feels like an upgrade to me

but sometimes you can just sense it

wait dude wtf time is it there

I'm still using a powerbook G4. I felt it was really time about a year ago, but then it sort of hit a second wind and has been running well. I don't know. might give it til like July.

that's what i upgraded from. being able to actually watch youtube videos has been a revelation!

while my mbp was out of commission i upgraded to one of the newer unibody ones. its gr8 but if i had put more thought into i might've gone for a cheaper mac mini