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    Aj I-phone Copy - 7k At Robinson?

    in Mobile Devices and Apps

    Posted

    Please, be happy with cheap chinese clones, even if the closest they come to the iPhone is the outer shape. I don't mind. Why not lots of people use chinese phones that may not work that well but that are perfectly adequate for making phone calls and taking pictures.

    Just don't go about and claim it's the same thing, it just makes you seem extremely uninformed, misinformed even.

    The iPhone is the best of the bunch when you compare the best, most modern phones - the Palm Pre, BB Storm, N97, HTC Magic - they all try, but fall short with their software. Comparing it to some cheap chinese clones is just plain silly.

    I agree with you there is no comparison iphone is on its own

    Iphone 3gs Launched Today

    in Mobile Devices and Apps

    Posted · Edited by saintofsilence

    iPhone Stars in Apple Show

    Apple announced some things that were characteristically Apple: more, better, faster features on its smartphones and computers. It also announced something that was not: lower prices.

    The company said the third model of its hit phone, which looks physically identical to the last version but includes internal hardware and software improvements, will go on sale on June 19. Among the changes, the iPhone 3G S will have a three-megapixel camera that also records video, an internal digital compass and voice-control features that let owners use spoken commands to make calls and play music.

    The S stands for speed, and upgraded internal components will allow the device to run more than twice as fast as the previous model, according to Philip W. Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president for worldwide product marketing. Mr. Schiller delivered much of the keynote presentation at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, a meeting of Apple software makers that will last through Friday.

    Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, was not present, as some commentators had expected. Mr. Jobs is on a six-month medical leave and is not expected to return until later this month.

    The iPhone 3G S, which will be available in both black and white, is priced at $199 for the 16-gigabyte version and $299 for the 32-gigabyte version. A spokesman for AT&T, Apple’s exclusive iPhone partner in the United States, said that for now, it would not change the monthly prices on its iPhone voice and data plans.

    Apple also announced it would sell the previous eight-gigabyte iPhone 3G for a price of $99, reduced from $199, on top of data and voice plans. That could make the iPhone accessible to cost-conscious consumers and undercut competitors like Palm. Palm’s new smartphone, the Pre, which went on sale Saturday, costs $199 after a mail-in rebate. Sprint, which is selling the Pre exclusively, offers a two-year service contract that is cheaper than the one AT&T offers for the iPhone.

    “This puts a lot of pressure on the likes of RIM and Palm,” said Charles Wolf, an analyst at Needham & Company, referring to the BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. “It sorts of upsets Palm’s apple cart two days after the launch of the Pre.”

    Apple also used the industry gathering to announce new features and price cuts on its MacBook Pro line of laptops. All new MacBook Pros will feature up to seven hours of battery life — a 40 percent increase from the last version, because of the new lithium-ion batteries Apple is using. The new batteries are sealed into the laptops, as opposed to the removable batteries that have been in previous MacBooks. Apple is saying the power units can be recharged up to 1,000 times — up to three times as much as other batteries. New MacBook Pros will also feature an SD memory-card slot for simpler photo transfers.

    The new, lower prices suggest the company is taking aim at recession-wary consumers and is willing to sacrifice at least some profit to increase its share of the market for personal computers.

    But Apple did not budge on prices significantly. For example, the new 15-inch MacBook Pro now costs $1,699, $300 less than the previous version.

    “I think there was a recognition that their prices are becoming increasingly disconnected from the market,” said Toni Sacconaghi Jr., an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Company. “But this was not a bold step into new price points.”

    AT&T said iPhone owners with existing contracts would have to pay more to upgrade to a new phone: $499 for the eight-gigabyte, $599 for the 16-gigabyte and $699 for the 32-gigabyte. However, current customers who are eligible for upgrades and those whose contracts have expired would pay the same price as a new customer, said Mark Siegel, executive director of media relations for AT&T mobility and consumer markets. The original iPhone was sold two years ago.

    TomTom, the maker of GPS systems for cars or personal use, also made a presentation at the conference, in which it said it was introducing a portable navigation application and car kit to provide drivers with turn-by-turn directions. TomTom executives were acknowledging that the iPhone and other smartphones were killing its market for stand-alone GPS hardware and that the company was entering the accessories and applications business.

    The new software for the iPhone also pushed the device more clearly into the portable game console arena occupied by Nintendo’s DS and Sony’s PSP. In what looks like another play for the iPhone to resemble a handheld gaming device, the new peer-to-peer connection feature will locate nearby users using Bluetooth and connect the two using Wi-Fi, allowing them to compete in various games.

    Much of Apple’s presentation was devoted to software, both for the Macintosh computer and the iPhone. The company said a new version of its operating system for the Macintosh, called Snow Leopard, would be available in September. It will cost $29 for current Mac owners to upgrade and the operating system will be shipped with all new Macs.

    Snow Leopard includes new features that include enhanced global search that can now read URLs and text in Web pages; better compatibility with Microsoft Exchange, the dominant e-mail system used in businesses; and faster computing over all.

    Apple also said the new version of the iPhone’s operating system, iPhone OS 3.0, will be made available free to current iPhone owners beginning June 17. The software will have more than 100 new features, including capabilities for multimedia messaging; cut, copy and paste tools; and search functions. It will also unlock features developers have eagerly awaited, like the ability to buy virtual goods or new gaming levels within applications.

    ScrollMotion, a start-up based in New York, unveiled an application at the convention called Iceberg, a digital bookstore that will let users purchase best sellers from within the application without having to open a browser.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/technolo...9apple.html?hpw

    Just Wondering..........

    in General Topics

    Posted

    i believe you are referring to me as being one of those "jumped up <deleted>" (from this thread: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Thong-Lo-Pol...p-t271557.html) and that's ok. i've been on the internet for well over 70 years and there is nothing i would post that i wouldn't say to another's face. my thought was lighthearted enough, certainly not worth being called a "jumped up asshol_e" in a brand new thread. but, sorry i harshed your buzz.

    with that being said... it can't be Nashville every night.

    on the internet for 70 years, how were download speeds back then ?

    What To Do?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I agree i would prove that it was true or not , he has avoided questions , he did not aknowlewdge posters that congratulated him for kicking the door down.

    I will always have my doubts about alex from now on until proven different

    Actor David Carradine Dead in Bangkok

    in Thailand News

    Posted

    I have just found this picture in the Thai Rath: see for your self at http://www.thairath.co.th/today/2009/06/06 . The image is partially pixeled out and small.

    1) If this is indeed a genuine photo, well then shame on the usual sensitivity of the Thai press to publish such a photo anyway. The Thai press like the Thai Rath rag ..yes it is indeed a rag, often have no concern for family members; Thai or Farang.

    2) As pointing to the above quote: Even a bigger shame on the Thai press if it is a fake. If so, I hope some family member out there sues their ass off/ the Thai authorities suspend their licience for their business; the latter, I'm just dreaming LOL.

    RIP DC whatever happened.

    dam_n, sorry for this second post, but the Thai Rath is shameful, yes bloody shameful ! Anything for a sensationalist buck eh.

    I blew this photo up in ACD as best as I could to try and analyse it.

    1) Look closely, this man has clothes on (was he not found naked?), possibly Jeans. The Thai Rath has tried hard to pixel this out but not enough.

    2) Man appears to have brown to black slighly curly hair.

    3) Is that a bloody towel on the bed with a blood trail on the bed? (no mention of this in any reports)

    4) The closet/wardrobe is made of chipboard covered with white melamine/formica with black (presumably plastic) round finger hole slider. The bottom shelf that the man is sitting on is the type that slides into position, hence the angle it is now at with the man's weight. This is basic and cheap chipboard furniture (as we used to know it in England AKA MFI). Surely the class of hotel that it is would be fitted out with better?

    The Swissotel could easily confirm or deny that this is indeed their room 352.

    Me, I'm sending this to the Bangkok Post ...let's see if they publish it. Thai Visa, Inform Thai Rath that they are possibly breaking the law/ tell the police to bust em.

    Shame on you Thai Rath.

    What a ridiculous post

    I dont think its blood on the bed possibly a comb I just did a zoom in

    My Member # Is Lower Than Yours!

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

    Posted

    That's what you get when the youth cannot count to ten without having to use a frikkin calculator.

    Just the other day I bought some stuff worth 92 THB, I give a 100 bill and the stupid girl needs to use a calculator to find out how many THB to give back.

    Same with the frikkin member number and post count score here, so <deleted> if your number is lower hmmmm?

    They should digitally execute everyone here with a higher or lower member number than me, would be a better world me thinks.........

    :)

    if you are lying about someone being killed you should be digitaly executed

    :D :D

    Girl Friendly Hotel

    in Pattaya

    Posted · Edited by saintofsilence

    what is a girl friendly hotel ?

    Condoms for sale at reception ???.. :D:D

    You can see where this thread will go :)

    do they have a sign out the front stiteng girl friendly or just extra atm machines in the foyer

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