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The mechanical button has many advantages over... 478 Views / 12 Replies  
The mechanical button has many advantages over touch buttons, although many could be addressed in other ways. The feedback of pressing the button could be simulated by vibrating the phone, or a...
Posted by bjojade, on May 14, 2013 at 03:02 PM, in Tech News
Surprised this wasn't figured out sooner. ... 123 Views / 2 Replies  
Surprised this wasn't figured out sooner. iMessage is an open gate that once your ID gets figured out can be flooded. Putting a limit of one message per second still means 3600 incoming messages an...
Posted by bjojade, on May 8, 2013 at 02:17 PM, in Mac News
Mac Mini? 146 Views / 1 Replies  
The bottom of the Mac Mini hasn't been rubber since they switched to the unibody design a couple years ago. The Time Capsule and Airport Extreme still have rubber bottoms, but those are hardly...
Posted by bjojade, on Apr 17, 2013 at 10:30 PM, in Mac News
People led dangerously off course? 1,261 Views / 13 Replies  
Dangerously? Really? If your map tells you to drive off a dead end road into a river and you do, is that really the map's fault, or the idiot driver? Inconveniently off course, yes. Dangerously? ...
Posted by bjojade, on Apr 16, 2013 at 03:33 PM, in Tech News
Just give them a unique name! 1,250 Views / 16 Replies  
I don't care what they actually call it, give the product a unique name that makes it easier to identify. Heck, call it by the year. It's a 2012 MacBook Pro. Or a 2013 iPad mini. That's kind of...
Posted by bjojade, on Apr 6, 2013 at 04:43 PM, in Mac News
Gimmicky 1,019 Views / 16 Replies  
I saw a demo of the touch free scrolling and it looked extremely awkward for the user. I can only imagine that the implementation goes too far, and it will likely be annoying more than anything. ...
Posted by bjojade, on Mar 15, 2013 at 01:41 PM, in Tech News
Consider the options 760 Views / 9 Replies  
For a home, Office used to be $150 for 3 users, with upgrades coming every 3-4 years. So, if you actually had 5 computers you needed it on, it was $300 for 6 user licenses, with paid upgrades when...
Posted by bjojade, on Mar 12, 2013 at 11:46 AM, in Tech News
How does it help? 130 Views / 4 Replies  
What does a stock split matter much? I guess if you only had $300 to invest in Apple, you couldn't afford the higher stock price, but other than that, the value of 2 stocks at half the price is...
Posted by bjojade, on Feb 26, 2013 at 03:01 PM, in Mac News
How? 140 Views / 3 Replies  
"Third-party retailers have also been offering dramatic discounts on the computer, which if not made possible by Apple may have forced the company's hand."

Third party retailers buy from Apple, at...
Posted by bjojade, on Feb 13, 2013 at 03:38 PM, in Tech News
Apple is getting tight 189 Views / 6 Replies  
Unfortunately, I had an experience with Apple trying to deny a warranty claim on an iPhone recently. The phone suddenly failed to take a charge and wouldn't turn on, so it was sent in to AppleCare...
Posted by bjojade, on Feb 7, 2013 at 10:39 AM, in Tech News
Disagreeing with AT&T's terms of service and... 508 Views / 14 Replies  
Disagreeing with AT&T's terms of service and jailbreaking to steal the service is not a legitimate reason to jailbreak. Canceling service and going with another provider that includes that would be...
Posted by bjojade, on Dec 25, 2012 at 06:46 PM, in Tech News
Yes, the black back of the iPad mini shows scuffs... 96 Views / 4 Replies  
Yes, the black back of the iPad mini shows scuffs and wear VERY easily. No way I'd buy one if I want it to look good for any significant period. And if I have to put it in a case to keep it looking...
Posted by bjojade, on Dec 24, 2012 at 06:58 AM, in Tech News
I WISH retailers would get 30-50% of the sale. ... 132 Views / 10 Replies  
I WISH retailers would get 30-50% of the sale. In reality, the margin that retailers get on software is closer to 15%, or even less. If you know of a legal way for me to get 50% profit on the sale...
Posted by bjojade, on Dec 11, 2012 at 02:46 PM, in Tech News
This should be good for the consumer, as it can... 187 Views / 11 Replies  
This should be good for the consumer, as it can result in lower costs if you don't regularly replace your equipment. However, it's not good for Apple, as now to replace your phone doesn't just cost...
Posted by bjojade, on Dec 6, 2012 at 01:22 PM, in Tech News
Wow, that has to be one of the ugliest cases I've... 37 Views / 1 Replies  
Wow, that has to be one of the ugliest cases I've ever seen! Cool concept though.
Posted by bjojade, on Oct 29, 2012 at 07:20 AM, in Tech News
For the subset of users that need an optical... 501 Views / 57 Replies  
For the subset of users that need an optical drive, there is the $79 option from Apple to put one there. Heck, you could velcro it to the back of the machine so it's even in the same place that...
Posted by bjojade, on Oct 26, 2012 at 01:21 PM, in Mac News
Looking at the photos, the 'dings' that were... 493 Views / 41 Replies  
Looking at the photos, the 'dings' that were found are smaller than the dust specs that are collecting on the phone!! Now, I've seen some pictures posted with phones that have obvious cosmetic...
Posted by bjojade, on Oct 9, 2012 at 08:13 AM, in Tech News
Doh. 1,721 Views / 24 Replies  
Spoofing email is pretty easy to do. Now, if you are pretending to be someone who you aren't, it can be considered illegal.

Now, if you do this, the odds of the email getting stuck in a SPAM...
Posted by bjojade, on May 19, 2008 at 11:31 AM, in Applications
Repairs are expected 1,397 Views / 33 Replies  
Do you know the exact failure rate of machines? Granted, you will find a lot of other people that had the same problem as you, but in reality, the percentage of machines that fails is quite low. I...
Posted by bjojade, on May 19, 2008 at 11:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks
If you spilled water on your machine and now it... 21,863 Views / 30 Replies  
If you spilled water on your machine and now it won't turn on, the most likely problem is a bad logic board. We see it all the time. Unfortunately, this won't be covered under warranty. A...
Posted by bjojade, on Apr 1, 2008 at 08:32 AM, in Mac Notebooks
If he traded phones with a friend for the... 15,468 Views / 90 Replies  
If he traded phones with a friend for the weekend, either they were taking each other's calls, or they swapped SIM cards.

Problem is, the only way for a NON-iPhone SIM card to work in an iPhone is...
Posted by bjojade, on Mar 12, 2008 at 09:32 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
The phone or the configuration is defective. If... 2,942 Views / 20 Replies  
The phone or the configuration is defective. If I went into a store and showed them the problem and they told me there would be a $50 restocking fee to get the problem resolved, there would be hell...
Posted by bjojade, on Feb 23, 2008 at 01:19 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
When office opens, it creates a font cache file. ... 4,668 Views / 25 Replies  
When office opens, it creates a font cache file. If you had suitcase running once, Office will take ALL the open fonts you ever had and log them in the cache file. Turning off suitcase doesn't...
Posted by bjojade, on Feb 23, 2008 at 01:14 PM, in Applications
Poll: I've had both. There are definite differences in... 4,751 Views / 50 Replies  
I've had both. There are definite differences in the case material on the black unit. The white ones are a gloss white surface on the outside and the blacks are a matte finish. The matte finish...
Posted by bjojade, on Feb 23, 2008 at 01:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Getting a Mac Mini will not improve your speed,... 1,090 Views / 48 Replies  
Getting a Mac Mini will not improve your speed, as your software is not intel native. In fact, you would most likely notice a decrease in performance with a mini.

As far as improving your...
Posted by bjojade, on Jun 7, 2007 at 09:30 PM, in Mac Desktops
 
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