StrangeSox Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I'm in Woodridge and there's a ton of trees around my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 06:22 AM) I'm in Woodridge and there's a ton of trees around my house. I wouldn't think that you'd need more antenna if you can still get the other over-the-air channels based downtown. But maybe CBS has a weaker signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Apple quietly launched the website for their highly anticipated iCloud service late yesterday. Though many of the details of the service have not yet been revealed, the site does provide information regarding the pricing of storage on Apple's servers. The first 5 GB of space will be free, with annual fees for additional storage coming in three tiers: $20 for 10 additional GB, $40 for an extra 20 GB and $100 for 50 more GB. The storage tiers do not apply to content purchased through iTunes, which will be added to iCloud for free. Though the site can be accessed by the general public, its launch now is intended mainly for iOS and MAC Developer Program members, who can start updating their apps with features that will take advantage of iCloud technology. A fully functioning release of the iCloud is not expected until later this year when iOS 5 is available on all Apple products. Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Quote of the summer for me, from my company's chief architect: "Is it a workflow problem or is it a user genetic problem?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 05:06 PM) Link I've been using iCloud for a while now, since I beta test iOS5, and I have to say that for all of these "cloud" services, Apple seems to have gotten this one right, in a way in which nobody else has. MobileMe was a complete failure, so Apple's not perfect in this area, either. I can now update my iPhone over the air for patches/updates, and if/when I get a new phone, I can restore it over the air, including restoring all application settings, phone preferences, pictures, emails, IM's, iTunes music, etc...all of it without having to plug it in and without a backup at home. All via their iCloud service, I can do a full wireless restore (Edge/3g or Wifi), it then installs all the applications back to where they were and all the settings/high scores or whatever else is still there. A complete restore. It works great. It also synchs to my itunes via wifi now, which has been a long time coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 08:48 AM) I've been using iCloud for a while now, since I beta test iOS5, and I have to say that for all of these "cloud" services, Apple seems to have gotten this one right, in a way in which nobody else has. MobileMe was a complete failure, so Apple's not perfect in this area, either. I can now update my iPhone over the air for patches/updates, and if/when I get a new phone, I can restore it over the air, including restoring all application settings, phone preferences, pictures, emails, IM's, iTunes music, etc...all of it without having to plug it in and without a backup at home. All via their iCloud service, I can do a full wireless restore (Edge/3g or Wifi), it then installs all the applications back to where they were and all the settings/high scores or whatever else is still there. A complete restore. It works great. It also synchs to my itunes via wifi now, which has been a long time coming. Mobile me is not in failure for one reason really: The police around here say they find 70 percent of stolen iphones that have that service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 09:20 AM) Mobile me is not in failure for one reason really: The police around here say they find 70 percent of stolen iphones that have that service. Well, that's like 1% of what mobileme was meant to be. And you can do that with all newer apple computers/products now. I can even use it to "find my iMac" It's part of iCloud now, since MobileMe is discontinued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 09:56 AM) Well, that's like 1% of what mobileme was meant to be. And you can do that with all newer apple computers/products now. I can even use it to "find my iMac" It's part of iCloud now, since MobileMe is discontinued. Right, but it was a brilliant piece of the puzzle, its actually the only reason I had it since Iphone thefts are rampant in Chicago. At my gym we had one guy clear out the locker room of iphones one day (which was unusual for that gym since its over 50% cops) and they caught him within hours. It was crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Whoever it was looking for a "Cheap tablet", now that HP has announced they're killing theirs, they've dramatically dropped the price in some places. Their own website dropped the 16 gb to $99 and the 32 gb to $149, but they've already sold out there. Today might be a good day to go checking Amazon and Best Buy to see if they match that price drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Why yes, Patent law is this screwed up. The Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics says that Apple's 2005 design patent on the iPad isn't valid because Stanley Kubrick's 1968 movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," featured the design decades ago, according to a court document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Looking to get wireless speakers for my home theatre system. Can I just buy the speakers and set them up to my amp or do I have to get a new amp as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 11:51 AM) Looking to get wireless speakers for my home theatre system. Can I just buy the speakers and set them up to my amp or do I have to get a new amp as well? There is usually a transmitter that will plug into your existing receiver and then it transmits the signal to the speakers. So it should all work with your existing set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 08:56 AM) Well, that's like 1% of what mobileme was meant to be. And you can do that with all newer apple computers/products now. I can even use it to "find my iMac" It's part of iCloud now, since MobileMe is discontinued. Steve Jobs even admitted Mobile Me was a failure at the last presentation he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 10:49 AM) Why yes, Patent law is this screwed up. I'm assuming you've seen this before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 And Steve Jobs resigned. Well then. I wonder what effect, if any, this has on Apple going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Steve Jobs resigned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 05:53 PM) Steve Jobs resigned? http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/app...6BcJ_story.html HOLY SH*T GOOGLE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 05:53 PM) Steve Jobs resigned? Was a long time coming. After a second medical leave for recurrence of the same undisclosed illness, the writing was on the wall a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 06:25 PM) Was a long time coming. After a second medical leave for recurrence of the same undisclosed illness, the writing was on the wall a long time ago. Exactly. This is about as expected as you can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 06:48 PM) Exactly. This is about as expected as you can get. It was expected enough that Apple had a complete transition plan already worked out for when he finally decided to do this. In other news, after the resignation of Steve Jobs, Apple's fourthcoming iPhone 6 leaked (apparently Apple is already going backwards): I guess without Jobs vision they just have no idea what they're doing anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I'm not surprised, but that doesn't mean it's not a big deal. It was well within the realm of "s*** that could happen" but still, it's Steve f***ing Jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 07:10 PM) I'm not surprised, but that doesn't mean it's not a big deal. It was well within the realm of "s*** that could happen" but still, it's Steve f***ing Jobs. It's a big deal more in name than in reality. Fact is Steve Jobs hasn't been running day to day operations since January and the company hasn't skipped a beat. People seem to have a misconception that Jobs created things -- what he did better than any other CEO was demand things work for regular people. Tim Cook has been running that place in everything but name for a while now, and it's done well. The only thing they need to do is keep Jobs vision alive in that technology should be a blend of hardware sleekness/usability and software -- that, and it should be EASY to use for just about anybody. No company really does this quite as well as Apple did in recent years. So long as they continue that vision, I see no reason to believe the company will suddenly fail. That said, there is nothing to say the company will continue that vision, but seeing that is catapulted them to the #1 tech company in the world by market cap and by profits, they probably should. I'm not sure if it remains, but for a while last week, Apple was the #1 company in the world by market capitalization, surpassing even Exxon. Though that may have changed now. Edited August 25, 2011 by Y2HH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Well I'm glad I don't own that stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G&T Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 08:22 PM) It's a big deal more in name than in reality. Fact is Steve Jobs hasn't been running day to day operations since January and the company hasn't skipped a beat. People seem to have a misconception that Jobs created things -- what he did better than any other CEO was demand things work for regular people. Tim Cook has been running that place in everything but name for a while now, and it's done well. The only thing they need to do is keep Jobs vision alive in that technology should be a blend of hardware sleekness/usability and software -- that, and it should be EASY to use for just about anybody. No company really does this quite as well as Apple did in recent years. So long as they continue that vision, I see no reason to believe the company will suddenly fail. That said, there is nothing to say the company will continue that vision, but seeing that is catapulted them to the #1 tech company in the world by market cap and by profits, they probably should. I'm not sure if it remains, but for a while last week, Apple was the #1 company in the world by market capitalization, surpassing even Exxon. Though that may have changed now. This reads as though you believe Apple can just "continue that vision" without Jobs if they choose. That's the real misconception. It takes balls to push back against easy profits that can be had by licensing or by holding back from including specs that aren't proven enough. Apple doesn't have a 4G phone. The iPhone camera was seen as outdated when it was launched. There's always an Android that has better specs than the iPhone. Balancing user friendly and cutting edge technology is very hard to do properly, add in artistic form factor with high end material and you realize how important Jobs' has been. Oh, and earning trust from media companies to get favorable contracts. If it were easy, every company would be doing it. Apple may end up being just fine without Jobs (and I know nothing about Tim Cook), but it will take another visionary to be a part of it rather just a businessman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Jobs was not designing these products himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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