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03-06-2011, 10:04 PM
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#176 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Well, we will have a golden 14 days opportunity until Canada launches. However, if there's no wait for it here in Vancouver, I would be stuck with the damn Ipad2 which I don't even use.
I will decide then on Friday... damn it.
There are 5 Apple stores in Washington, take your pick.
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03-06-2011, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by JordanLee  Same, I'm down. Wheres the closest one? Southcenter? | Closest one is Alderwood. Southcenter is probably the farthest one to get to lol
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03-06-2011, 10:26 PM
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#178 | | "They call me Bowser...RawR!"
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Originally Posted by dangonay ^ My iPhone 4 crapped out this week (home button quit working). Got another one sent via UPS only 2 days after I called in (under warranty).
Connected my new iPhone to iTunes and it realized it was new and asked if I wanted to restore from another backup. Restored from my previous phone backup and it went flawless. All I had to do was re-enter a couple passwords (which don't get saved) and I was up and running. Everything was exactly as it should be - it was as if my phone was cloned. Even stuff I don't care about (like my missed call list) were restored.
Yeah, iTunes sucks all right. | Similar thing happened to my Milestone 2 months ago. Got the replacement phone, entered my gmail credentials and swapped SD cards... took less than 10 mins without having to install software on my PC. Similar experience with my old Winmo phones too.
Unfortunately, I actually do have iTunes installed for the iPhone4 I use like once every 2 months since I got it.. I really wish I didn't need it
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03-07-2011, 12:26 AM
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#179 | | Cool beans bro
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Originally Posted by TRDood Well, we will have a golden 14 days opportunity until Canada launches. However, if there's no wait for it here in Vancouver, I would be stuck with the damn Ipad2 which I don't even use.
I will decide then on Friday... damn it.
There are 5 Apple stores in Washington, take your pick. | Isn't it going to be impossible to get one unless we line up Thurs night/Fri Morning?
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03-07-2011, 12:38 AM
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#180 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Originally Posted by JordanLee Isn't it going to be impossible to get one unless we line up Thurs night/Fri Morning? | I don't know, but we always see line ups in Vancouver because rich kids are all spoiled here. Take a look at the iphone4 launch back in July, people keep on lining up to no end.
At that time, I was working in Ottawa. It only took me about 20 minutes to wait in line for one after work at 5pm on launch date.
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03-07-2011, 12:44 AM
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Hmm, how long is the drive to the alderwood apple store?
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03-07-2011, 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by StevenDuang Hmm, how long is the drive to the alderwood apple store? | .........We live in 2011, where information is at your fingertips! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...4,5.202026&z=8 | |
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03-07-2011, 02:03 AM
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#183 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by dangonay ^ My iPhone 4 crapped out this week (home button quit working). Got another one sent via UPS only 2 days after I called in (under warranty).
Connected my new iPhone to iTunes and it realized it was new and asked if I wanted to restore from another backup. Restored from my previous phone backup and it went flawless. All I had to do was re-enter a couple passwords (which don't get saved) and I was up and running. Everything was exactly as it should be - it was as if my phone was cloned. Even stuff I don't care about (like my missed call list) were restored.
Yeah, iTunes sucks all right. |
Why does an Ipod shuffle need software that does all that?
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03-07-2011, 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Manic! My does an Ipod shuffle need software that does all that? | What?
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03-07-2011, 02:57 AM
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#185 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever What? | The same software used for the Iphone is the same software that has to be used by the shuffle. Seems overkill to me for someone that just owns a shuffle.
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03-07-2011, 05:06 AM
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#186 | | Ready to be Man handled by RS!
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Originally Posted by !LittleDragon Similar thing happened to my Milestone 2 months ago. Got the replacement phone, entered my gmail credentials and swapped SD cards... took less than 10 mins without having to install software on my PC. Similar experience with my old Winmo phones too.
Unfortunately, I actually do have iTunes installed for the iPhone4 I use like once every 2 months since I got it.. I really wish I didn't need it | Having an SD card would be the best way to restore your phone, and I wish Apple had this.
Regardless, my iTunes restore was painless and quick as well. And there are a lot of phones without SD cards that aresn't so easy to backup/restore.
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03-07-2011, 03:03 PM
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#187 | | I STILL don't get it
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Not confirmed but someone may want to look into this
My mom said she heard on the radio that they will only be selling Ipad 2's to US citizens on March 11. So for those who are driving down Thurs night/Fri Morning you might want to do some research just in case. Not sure how Apple will enforce this though (check id? :S?).
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03-07-2011, 05:50 PM
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#188 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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I think this is bull... plus, how do you enforce it? it's not like US citizens carry their birth certificate with them all the time
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03-07-2011, 06:19 PM
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#189 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by JordanLee Same, I'm down. Wheres the closest one? Southcenter? | They're selling them at target. Soooo Bellis Fair! http://www.padgadget.com/2011/03/07/...2-on-march-11/
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03-07-2011, 06:29 PM
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#190 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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I wouldn't get an iPad.. What's the point of getting a tablet with no flash..? Can't even stream while you're on the bus or skytrain. Playbook, Xoom or even the TouchPad seems like a much better choice. This is just an oversized iPhone 4.. I swear they're gonna update the iPhone with Photo Booth in a few months.
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03-07-2011, 06:33 PM
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#191 | | Ready to be Man handled by RS!
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Geez, they're going to sell a ton of these. Walmart and Target only got the iPad back in October after all the hype had died down. Oh yeah, Verizon also got the iPad in October.
Now you've got all the Apple stores plus major retailers selling them on launch day. I could see some sales records being broken if Apple was able to deliver enough stock to each store.
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03-07-2011, 06:40 PM
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#192 | | "They call me Bowser...RawR!"
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I dunno... Apple lost about 20% of the tablet market in the 4th quarter to Android. It even baffles me how that happened when basically the only Android tablet that were readily available at the time was the 7" Galaxy.
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03-07-2011, 06:46 PM
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#193 | | Ready to be Man handled by RS!
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Originally Posted by Simplex123 I wouldn't get an iPad.. What's the point of getting a tablet with no flash..? Can't even stream while you're on the bus or skytrain. Playbook, Xoom or even the TouchPad seems like a much better choice. This is just an oversized iPhone 4.. I swear they're gonna update the iPhone with Photo Booth in a few months. | Flash is shit and the sooner it dies the better.
What's really funny is Android people saying Android is an open source system and iOS is closed/proprietary. WTF do you think Flash is? It's 100% proprietary and controlled by a single company (Adobe). If Android was truly open source, they should be supporting HTML5 and not Flash.
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03-07-2011, 07:00 PM
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#194 | | "They call me Bowser...RawR!"
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Originally Posted by dangonay Flash is shit and the sooner it dies the better.
What's really funny is Android people saying Android is an open source system and iOS is closed/proprietary. WTF do you think Flash is? It's 100% proprietary and controlled by a single company (Adobe). If Android was truly open source, they should be supporting HTML5 and not Flash. | Android does support HTML5, it also supports Flash. Shit or not, Flash is still an internet standard and to not support it takes away from the user's web experience. I guess not having flash does block a lot of ads...
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03-07-2011, 07:07 PM
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#195 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by dangonay Flash is shit and the sooner it dies the better.
| The real reason Apple doesn't support flash is it would kill it's app store. Why would people buy games when the can get flash games for free from sites like www.miniclip.com.
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03-07-2011, 10:51 PM
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#196 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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Anyone know if my CDN Visa will work in the US apple store? I have a US shipping address in Blaine, WA (aunt's house).
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03-07-2011, 11:18 PM
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#197 | | Got MOD?
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Also. Why does Apple need to incessantly say they're better than android? 2011 the year of the copycats? Pfft. There's absolutely no need to put that in the presentation. Users will buy the ipad2 regardless.
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03-08-2011, 01:10 AM
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So when does the Xoom come out in Canada?
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03-08-2011, 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Simplex123 I wouldn't get an iPad.. What's the point of getting a tablet with no flash..? Can't even stream while you're on the bus or skytrain. Playbook, Xoom or even the TouchPad seems like a much better choice. This is just an oversized iPhone 4.. I swear they're gonna update the iPhone with Photo Booth in a few months. | Quote:
Originally Posted by stuff99 So when does the Xoom come out in Canada? |
LOL when they fix 4g and flash.
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03-08-2011, 05:32 AM
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You know, Android does not equal Flash. I don't know why people always say things like "at least my phone/tablet supports Flash" when Flash support is fragmented depending on which device you have. Even the Xoom started shipping without Flash support (they say it'll be available Spring 2011). How fucking lame is that? The latest tablet with the Saviour for Android (Honeycomb or v3.0) and it lacks Flash. And ask any owner of an older Android phone if they're still waiting for an update to run the latest version of Flash, or if it will ever become available for their phone. What's the point of supporting a "standard" if you can't even run the newest version?
As to Galaxy Tab sales, there's a lot of debate about numbers shipped to retailers vs numbers actually sold to consumers. I know one thing - in my daily Skytrain commute I have yet to see a Galaxy Tab being used by someone, although I know they're out there. I see several iPads every day. Where is this 20% market share? Not in Vancouver, that's for sure. And after trying a Galaxy Tab at Rogersi can see why. Plastic, cheap feeling and not very responsive. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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