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I shall do so, but will also see what Anandtech has to say in their inevitable ten page review.

I also think its generally awesome that we’re getting such great sensors in phone cameras now. The only sticking point is optical zoom over a decent point-n-shoot, but having mechanical lenses in such small form factors is probably a ways off.

Worth pointing out that Josh did the 4S review.

Siri is by no means perfect when it comes to voice recognition, but I would not call it bad or a gimmick. Vlad has a pretty distinctive accent and I think it colors his perception of these features.

*best camera in an Android phone.

Pretty sure either Nokia or Apple would like to have words with you.

I’ll agree on Touchwiz. It’s been pretty shameless.

But looking at how this is all going at the moment, all it’s really doing is costing money and creating column inches. It’s likely they’d end up in arbitration anyway, so I hope Cook is just trying to cut it off at the pass.

Steve’s motivations were more personal than anything. He felt like it was Microsoft “look and feel” all over again. We know he was capricious, vindictive and stubborn. Those are not necessarily admirable traits in business. Cook has already been more public in outreach with areas of concern – visiting Foxconn factories, negotiating tax holidays so they can move money back into the US, etc. He’s far more calm and collected than Steve.

I like to think this is a sign Tim Cook is willing to scale back on Jobs’ more obsessive approach to Android.

If the ‘Redemption of Steve Jobs’ is written well for a post-NeXT era film, I can see that as very interesting to watch. I have no doubt Sorkin can write a good script. We’ve already had the early days with Pirates of Silicon Valley, so the Kutcher film doesn’t really interest me.

And it needs to have Noah Wyle. Dude could probably win a Jobs Lookalike Competition as it is, and he’s a great actor.

Eh, I’ll bite.

This is US Customs following the law. They can’t let infringing devices into the country.

This has had nothing to do with Apple since they won the case.

If you want to argue patents, sure. Let’s talk about Nokia and Kodak and Motorola and Cisco and Microsoft and, well, you get the idea. Blaming one company for this clusterfuck is stupid, they’re all in on it an suing everyone else.

The real reason this has all come to a head in the last couple of years is because mobile devices equal gigantic big dollars, and they all want a piece. And if you can license your patents to other companies and make even more bank on the gold rush? Gravy.

I don’t remember saying it was the best phone.

Nice strawman.

You forgot “number one selling phone in the US”

I’m Australian and a fan of baseball. This is a pretty good deal given overseas MLB.tv subscribers don’t have blackouts, as far as I know.

Also, I’d prefer this thing happen more often, vis a vis major sports broadcasting without the need for a cable subscription. You know, that thing the internet is always asking for but according to the fine people above is bad because Xbox.

Not included in chart: how many babies everyone else would eat to have a profit anything like Apple.

I think you’ll find Nokia kicked this off in 2009 over the abovementioned GSM patents.

Apple didn’t come in with their trade dress stuff till 2010.

I’m willing to bet your channel subscription idea is exactly what Apple are currently negotiating, except it’ll be an app you access on your tv.

Digg is a beautiful example of how to completely alienate your users and kill a brand entirely.

I have no doubt they’ll be a case study in business classes for years to come.

There’s a few pertinent points to make about Gatekeeper.

First off, power users can turn it off all together. This is great for those of us using obscure or open source software that don’t meet certification requirements. Not that we’re the real targets of this process anyway – this is very clearly about your average user.

Secondly, a good majority of Apple developers are already members of the Developer Program, if not by virtue of already being iOS developers, then likely because of the Mac App Store. These people are already covered, and can generate the Gatekeeper certs as a part of the development process.

Most importantly, though, is that Apple are going after threats on the application level as the first line of defense. I don’t know the figures, but I bet it’s dangerous applications and browsers that are the largest vectors for security issues in a modern OS. Rather than having a reactive scanning regime to point out an application is dodgy, Apple are using a proactive certification regime. Developers who care about producing quality software are not likely to risk their ability to sell it by having certs withdrawn. It engenders trust between the user and the developer, with the OS acting as your literal gatekeeper.

I’d have no problem with my parents keeping Gatekeeper on full and buying what few applications they need through the App Store. It removes a vector of infection and keeps their computing experience trouble-free.

I, obviously, will turn it off as soon as I’ve installed Mountain Lion.