tdm911
Re:Dear Apple, what the dock?
on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @12:26AM (#1489959)
I'm not sure your points are valid.
The iPhone is not priced three times more than equivalent phones. Outright prices are not available in the US, but in England an iPhone 4 starts at £499 and a HTC Desire is £449.
Software updates for the iPhone have always been free from Apple (iPod Touch was different).
Finally, with regard to accessories, I don't think that's a fair comment either. If I purchased a HTC phone 12 months ago and then replaced it with a Desire/Hero etc, then there is every chance the accessories would be different.
I wish Apple would keep the dock the same over all iPhones, but I understand why they change it too. They have universal docks available and offer the slip in connectors allowing you to use the dock for multiple devices. This is more than I can say of most companies.
Re:S4 - $12 for 1 year of 1 TB write-only storage
on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @06:10AM (#1360569)
i like:
"Please contact us with any questions by e-mailing us at the address below. All complaints and feature requests will be immediately stored using our S4-backed user request database."
Re:DIY Desk Cable Management System
on Saturday May 15, 2010 @09:59PM (#1351128)
you're right, i don't, but that's where the phone point is, so i'm kind of stuck with it unless i re-cable the house somewhat.
Re:DIY Desk Cable Management System
on Saturday May 15, 2010 @07:05PM (#1350848)
you're correct in some ways, but it's not that easy. plugged into the usb hub are:
keyboard (could be replaced with wireless) external hard drive - time machine. i prefer it this way than over wireless iphone dock (hidden underneath macbook) speakers - they are usb based
the second power board is simply there because i may need it in the future.
Re:DIY Desk Cable Management System
on Saturday May 15, 2010 @06:50AM (#1349704)
i'm interested, has anyone else got a different take on cable management? surely other HN readers have their own solutions?
DIY Desk Cable Management System
Why It Costs Twice as Much to Fly Half as Far
Re:Apple Has Its “Best Non-Holiday Quarter Ever.” Best iPhone Sales Ever.
on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @11:28PM (#1281316)
they are batched up to some extent. i find i get 2-3 apps appear on each invoice (sometimes more). it only seems to cover a couple of days generally though.
Re:Twitter Acquires Atebits, Maker of Tweetie
on Friday April 09, 2010 @09:56PM (#1254394)
what will this mean for other twitter app developers? twitter will be competing head on with them and presumably be able to implement new features quicker and easier.
Re:My Favorite Thing About the iPad: No Writing/Logo/Other Crap on the...
on Wednesday April 07, 2010 @11:09PM (#1249030)
along similar lines, one of my favourite things about the iphone is the lack of carrier branding. i can only speak for australia, but carriers over here like to stick their logos all over the phone itself and re-brand the software interface also. it creates a horrible ugly mess.
Dissecting iTunes links
Re:Garmin Connect team asked to relocate - this is how they declined
on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @07:35PM (#1197147)
well, i hear there are some jobs opening up at garmin.
Re:Interesting pricing experiment ($0.99 iPhone app changed to $350.00)
on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @04:26AM (#1195294)
no, not on hand. it's my impression as a user, from blog posts by developers and the comments here on hacker news.
Re:Interesting pricing experiment ($0.99 iPhone app changed to $350.00)
on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @02:23AM (#1195172)
true, but as i recall that only had 2 or 3 purchases in total before being pulled. it also had notoriety as the most expensive app on the app store.
Re:Interesting pricing experiment ($0.99 iPhone app changed to $350.00)
on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @02:05AM (#1195153)
i don't mean to doubt the experiment, but 14 people paid $299 for this game? my understanding is that sales of any app over $5 are quite hard to come by. looking at this game in itunes, it really shows nothing that i imagine would convince someone to pay any more that a few dollars for.
itunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/zits-giggles/id309069413?mt=8
Re:The Most Expensive Cities in the World
on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @01:59AM (#1195146)
though some media reports may say otherwise, australia hasn't had a significant decrease in property values in the last 5 years.
there are some isolated cases of properties/suburbs falling significantly in price, but absolutely nothing like what has happened in the united states.
in particular, inner city areas have continued to experience growth year on year.
Re:WakeMate to begin shipping in march
on Friday March 12, 2010 @12:59AM (#1185915)
i tried under the sheet, it annoyed me and was inconvenient. personal preference though.
my phone sits on my bedside table, next to my bed. easily close enough for the wakemate connection.
Re:WakeMate to begin shipping in march
on Friday March 12, 2010 @12:01AM (#1185827)
for me, the biggest hurdle to sleep cycle is that it needs to be physically on my bed whilst i sleep, whereas WakeMate is a wrist band.
i used sleep cycle for a while, however the phone would fall off my bed or i had to place it under my pillow (which is not recommended because of heat). plus, i don't really like having the phone that close to me whilst sleeping.
i look forward to WakeMate, i think it will be a more complete solution.
WakeMate to begin shipping in march
Re:IPhone Apps on the iPad
on Monday March 08, 2010 @10:04PM (#1177352)
Whilst I agree with your comments in most circumstances, Gruber has an excellent track record with Apple rumours.
Re:Mahalo's disappearing noindex tags
on Monday March 08, 2010 @09:10PM (#1177259)
Have the goal posts moved again Jason?
i'm also getting a list of every page under 300 words and having the page managers build them out in 30 days or deleting them.
from: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1143512
or
we're removing (or building out) any page in our system created by our users with under 200 words of original content. This will take a couple of weeks but it's tarted.
from: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1144174
and now 100 words?
Re:I was the one who came forward about the Macbook Air
on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @06:51PM (#1162908)
sadly, yes. i used to read his blog when it was good natured poking of fun at the tech industry (arrington, scoble etc) but since he seems to have developed some issue with tech crunch, he has become vindictive, nasty and nothing more than an internet troll.
Re:I was the one who came forward about the Macbook Air
on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @08:05AM (#1161255)
Loren Feldman responds:
http://www.1938media.com/crunchgate-what-makes-sammy-run/
Me personally? I signed up for Divvyshot a few weeks ago and forgot about it. I'm about to go check it out again now. I like Sam's attitude and honesty.
Re:Daring Fireball: Tits and Apps
on Friday February 26, 2010 @05:26PM (#1154313)
Yes and then decided to give my take on it, much in the same way Gruber has given his take on it.
Neither of us know for sure why Apple did what they did.
Facebook apologises for defaced tribute pages
Re:Daring Fireball: Tits and Apps
on Thursday February 25, 2010 @07:37PM (#1152031)
I had wondered if Apple had removed them simply because the apps were of such low quality. This would explain why Playboy, Sport Illustrated etc are still present.
The cheap 'boobs/babes/bikini' apps constantly filled many slots in the top app lists, yet most seemed to be simply a collection of images and as such, their ratings were very, very low. They seemed to have no real content that wasn't freely available on the web.
Looking at the ones that were high in the top free app lists, they were simply 6-8 images of women in bikinis with ads attached.
Re:SEO for Startups: Top 7 Lessons + A Trip to Y Combinator
on Tuesday February 23, 2010 @05:25AM (#1145111)
it rhymes with preposterous
Re:Jason Calacanis Knows He's Spamming Google, He Just Thinks It's No ...
on Monday February 22, 2010 @07:34PM (#1144195)
we're removing (or building out) any page in our system created by our users with under 200 words of original content. This will take a couple of weeks but it's tarted.
or
i'm also getting a list of every page under 300 words and having the page managers build them out in 30 days or deleting them.
from: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1143512
is it under 200 words or under 300? are the goal posts moving already?
Re:Response from Pitchfork Regarding Tumblr Subdomain
on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @07:38PM (#1130430)
The original owner of pitchfork.tumblr.com has his own response with a screenshot of an email from Tumblr stating that they didn't ask him before reassigning it:
http://tumbledore.tumblr.com/post/393276231/this-is-in-respo...