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RE: Apple's App Store Rejections
[quote author="Josh" date="1258476876"]Ah, but the expected effects of global warming effect EVERYONE. [/quote] To the extent that users may want an app that has been rejected, it affects them. It is not just the developers that are the losers here.

RE: Apple's App Store Rejections
[quote author="Lancashire-Witch" date="1258476479"]If you, or I, don’t like it, as end-customers, then we don’t have to buy an iPhone. But I don’t see that the stupidity of the process as one of the reasons one might have for not buying a phone.[/quote] Agreed. And, I would add that, just because I decide to buy an iPhone, it doesn't…

RE: Apple's App Store Rejections
[quote author="derpassante" date="1258476026"]Why are we still talking about this?[/quote] Because the problem remains. It's the same reason (to use another "extreme" example) we're still talking about global warming years after the problem first surfaced.

RE: Apple's App Store Rejections
[quote author="Josh" date="1258475470"]comparing app store rejections to medical malpractice...[/quote] • As to the medical example: yes, it was extreme. But I still believe the overall point is valid. • As to game consoles: yes, they have restrictions. But the sense I get is that they do not exercise anywhere near the control that…

RE: iPhone Jailbreaking: The Landscape Shifts Again
[quote author="AJ" date="1258088794"] If I use PwnageTool 3.1.4, will I be automatically upgraded to a hacked version of 3.1.4 (thereby losing tethering)[/quote] Using the latest version of PwnageTool, YOU select the firmware version (on your hard drive) to customize. Assuming that PwnageTool 3.1.4 can customize OS 3.0.1 (and I think it…

RE: iPhone In-App Purchases: Lost and Found
Update: Looking over Navigon's PR, it turns out the Traffic business is better than I had stated above: "Traffic Live utilizes crowdsourced real-time speed data from over 1.3 million drivers including other NAVIGON app users (who opt. in to participate), commercial fleets such as trucks and taxis, as well as regular drivers with a GPS system.…

RE: iPhone In-App Purchases: Lost and Found
[quote author="rjackb" date="1257991426"]How is the Traffic Live feature actually implemented? I believe I read that it is used in calculating routes but how else? Are the roads with heavy traffic colored differently? Do you have to go to another screen to see it?[/quote] I'm just starting to look into this. It appears that it does not…

RE: ikee Worm Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones
[quote author="geoduck" date="1257774258"]aybe it will finally show those people who STILL think jailbreaking is a good thing that it’s not such a great idea after all (yes I’m talking to you Mr. Landau).[/quote] Bear in mind that jailbreaking alone doesn't make you vulnerable to the worm (you have to separately enable SSH as well…

RE: iPhone Jailbreaking: The Landscape Shifts Again
BTW, I just tried the latest version of blackra1n (http://www.blackra1n.com/). It was able to jailbreak my stock 2nd generation iPod touch (8GB) running OS 3.1.2. It did so in a near instant. Very nice. So, while Pwnage Tool can apparently not jailbreak these touches, blackra1n can. As for 3rd generation iPod touches, I am not…

RE: Fortune CEO of the Decade: Steve Jobs
Technically, when you have the "loin's share," it means you have the competition by "the balls."

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