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What would you call Apple's new notification bar? I'd say its pretty similar to a certain "notification of mobile device events." If you are going to add it to your OS, at least make it better than Android 1.0. Now do I care? No, because iOS5 made some innovations I want Android to counter. I just don't want these companies to pretend it doesn't happen all the time from both sides and try to stop each other from development.

I'm not the only one who views it this way: Again, I don't want to debate the system or get into patent reform which is probably more of a political issue. The end result to Apple's patent moves as opposed to innovation is that all the big companies are just going to start buying up the smaller companies to protect their product. Any smart phone has a million parts about it that could be harassed by a decade of broad patents to hundreds of companies. Google is new to the mobile landscape and since their OS took off so quickly Apple has chosen to attack where they see a weakness. This is the primary reason Google purchased Motorola. These legal games and the ambiguity of some of these patents are the reason HTC and Saumsug are suing Apple back. Its going to be a decade long mess that costs everyone money and styfles innovation and Apple is the key player starting it. As a fan of technology and someone who uses a smart phone every day I think I have every right to be annoyed and angry at this practice.

Wow, that was pretty bad.

I should add, I would really prefer not to get into a debate about the system itself as I am far from an expert. There are only so many ways to do something, especially when it interfaces with the human body. I mean, these two things look an awful lot alike. Does the guy who invented laces get to sue everyone who makes a shoe? Should companies have to come up with a different way for you to put things on your feet? Maybe they have to open up on the bottom? http://s4.hubimg.com/u/2341055_f496.jpg Kinda like Apple suing HTC because their phones unlock by sliding. Isn't that how all smart phones do it? So why sue now besides just to get at Android when they passed you?

If you're honest, you have to admit that Siri is a step beyond the voice input found in the Android system (although I'm sure Android is going to be working hard to catch up in the near future). It no doubt has improvements over the stock Android system. After playing with it all weekend though I found it less reliable than Android's system, mostly because of AT&T's network though. The true beauty though in my mind is the way Siri is integrated into iOS, which again is something Google did a log time ago. I'd be interested in hearing from you what you believe to be the purpose that patents serve...my understanding is that patents are primarily meant to protect those who innovate from others copying and ripping off their ideas/inventions. Am I incorrect in that understanding? Yes and no. Is it right for Apple to bully struggling companies into selling their patents to them so that they can use them to attack Android? Is it right for Apple to tie up HTC in legal battles for years that it most likely wont win? It my opinion Apple isn't using its patents to protect its ideas, its using its vast reserves of money to slow down the overall development of mobile phone technology. Apple couldn't innovate and grow at the speed of open source competition so they have resorted to litigation to slow that competition down. When Apple's goal isn't to win but to slow down its competition I definitely see that as a problem.

Honestly, if you like your Android better, fine, enjoy your product. You don't need to justify your purchase to Ios users any more than IOS users have to justify their purchase to you. For both groups the best advice is "enjoy your device and shut your mouth". At least in my opinion.I would love a scenario in which iOS, Android, and Microsoft were allowed to innovate, compete, and give all of their users the best experience they can. Then we would all be able to enjoy our devices and shut our mouths as you suggested. However, there is one company who seems to be against this scenario, and that is why it gets discussed, not because one group feels they need to justify their purchase to another. http://androidos.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Infographic_Mobile-Patents.jpg In other words, I am not trying to justify my purchase, I'm trying to justify my purchase's existence when I shouldn't have to. And I apologize if my previous post came off as an assumption of you being an Apple fanboy. My frustrations were more directed at several of my friends who purchased the 4s this past week. They seemed shocked to learn I've had voice commands and talk to text abilities for years already. To me, it seems like a lot of iPhone users just assume that everything that shows up on their phone is something innovative that nobody else has and I do think a lot of that has to do with Apple's closed system and marketing. Again, I have no problem with Apple's innovation or their OS. I just don't like when they try to stop others from advancing and innovating or when Apple users defend these practices. That isn't the true spirit of how patents in this country were intended to work.

I agree that we most likely wont see eye to eye on this. I don't agree that I view Jobs frustration as unintelligible and I don't want to give off that impression. I would never use the word unintelligible to describe anything about Jobs. Instead I view it as narcissistic and juvenile. Regardless, Jobs' frustration isn't really what bothers me. Its the revisionist history that most of his faithful exhibit when they typically have little to no experience with the Android OS. Sure, the same could be said about a lot of Android adopters. Personally, I have used Android a lot more than iOS, but I have used iOS enough to understand its advances and shortcomings. I wish iPhone users would do the same with Android before assuming their phones are unique just because Apple tells them they are.

True. I had an HTC Wizard when the first iPhone came out and didn't feel the need to upgrade at the time. Due to the way a person interacts with a candy bar style phone, there are only so many directions a Mobile OS can take.

I don't understand how Jobs refined products but everyone else copied him. Have you seen iOS5? Nearly every new feature is a copy or refinement of something Android brought to market. Because Android brought a notification bar to market first does that mean Microsoft and Apple phones can't have notification bars? You can't have it both ways. I think this goes back to the original iphone...the first iphone comes out and google bends over backwards to make quick use of the idea to pattern their OS and phones off of the original iphone. Time and effort spent by google in R and D was nothing compared to that of Apple. Now, not having spent the time led Android to being a bit half-baked at the start, but you have to admit it was an effort at mimicking the OS found in the original iphone. Iphone was completely different from anything that had been out previously. We aren't talking about features or notification bars....it was a completely new interface...and Google/HTC swiped the idea without having put the R and D that the Apple company did. It would be like this...imagine you spend 10 years designing a motor that runs on water...you pour money into developing it, refining it etc. When you get the motor to market, suddenly...within a few weeks another person has taken your specs and made what amounts to essentially a copy of the moter you spent so much time, money, and effort developing. The fact that they didn't have to spend the time and money, also allows this new competitor to offer the product you invented at a cheaper price, significantly slashing your expected income from your hard work. That would suck, and I think that was the sentiment expressed by Steve Jobs. He could certainly been a bit more gracious, however. As for the comment about crying into his $100 bills. I guess I don't see how the amount of money involved makes a difference. If we as a country want to encourage imagination, invention and inovation, one of the worst ways to do that is for allow for the stealing of intellectual property. Yea...thats not what happened at all. Development on Android started in 2003. Google purchased Android Inc in 2005 and development went very quickly because they based it off of Linux/Java and released it as open source. Furthermore, Android 1.0 reminded me more of Windows CE/Mobile or even Windows itself than iOS 1, which I believe was still considered OS X back then. http://www.droid-life.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3-years-ios-android.png

I don't understand how Jobs refined products but everyone else copied him. Have you seen iOS5? Nearly every new feature is a copy or refinement of something Android brought to market. Because Android brought a notification bar to market first does that mean Microsoft and Apple phones can't have notification bars? You can't have it both ways.

From the new Biography on Jobs set to be out Monday: Android went from 5th to 1st since Jobs made that statement. I don't want to say negative things about the dead, but the more you read about him and his life the less I respect him. He seems to think anything he refined he invented and that nobody else should be able to further refine it. And when he copies from his competition or takes a technology someone else invented its then his. I don't read much, but I'll make sure to get around to this biography before the end of the year.

Please fire this idiot.My feeling is that he is right. Kotsay seems to have a big day when he starts. On the other hand, he is not a good hitter or defender and does not give us the best chance to win baring 2 major injuries(3 in my opinion but I will leave Schafer out of this one). This is the other side of playing a hunch. We have just been lucky for the most part that this hasn't happened. 4 if you count Hairston.

Jebus Ron, Kotsay in Center and batting second? I'd like to see the RRR supporters try to defend this one.

Open the Market App, click Menu, then update apps. She may have her Apps not set to auto update. In terms of upgrading Android to the latest, go to Menu, Settings, About Phone, Software Information. What version of Android is she running and what phone does she have with what carrier? It should be higher than 2.2. If you want to upgrade it and the upgrade wasn't pushed to her phone you can hit Software Update and then Check New. Otherwise, you can root the phone then pretty much do whatever you want with it depending on the model. If you want to go this route I can point you in the right direction.

Not true. One of the great things about Android is that you aren't at the mercy of anyone for updates to Android and especially to your Apps.

Did you try holding the search button down then saying "navigate to the address?" Its actually considerably easier on Android than on iOS right now.

Man, thank god I don't have to deal with Blu-ray, USB, Flash, or HDMI. This way I can give Jobs more of my money and tell everyone how much I like doing it. Plus I get a sweet shirt and box. Seriously, the man was a genius. Its like the last episode of the office where James Spader gave them a speech about being a dieing paper company. People were happy to hand their money off to Apple when there were much better and much cheaper options because there was someone or some software to guide them through everything. He found niches in rapidly changing technology fields and simplified/refined them. I have a lot of respect for him as a capitalist business man. While I no longer use his products, he has greatly pushed the open technologies I enjoy today.

Did Verizon stop doing unlimited LTE for new accounts? I have it and used something like 12 GBs last month. With these new speeds you end up using a lot more data. And I agree about WiMax. I canceled it when I switched to Verizon's LTE since it never seemed to work inside and gets super spotty when moving more than 25 mph.

I don't think that is close. I have $94M on the 25 man roster. The biggest difference may be that some sites don't pick up Braun's $10M signing bonus. Add: injury and September callups ($1M), Parra/Stetter injury, buyouts ($4M Suppan, Davis, Zaun, Hoffman, Riske). So I see $100MSites don't pick up Braun's signing bonus on the 2011 payroll because he isn't being paid that $10 mil in 2011. Would you be willing to share your spreadsheet since its so different from those documented online?

What business doesn't do this. In the past we have been given a relative figure for opening day payroll where if they do well and sell out the second half they can go up to $86-87 and probably still pull in a $10 mil profit. We've also been told that a $90 mil opening day payroll means they could to lose money. Thats probably the best we can do, but I don't think there is any reason to think the owners are in this for a yearly profit. They are all successful business men and are sitting back watching the franchise value skyrocket should they ever choose to sell.

Since the books are closed, this is about the best we can do short of Mark's past comments and guesswork from fans: http://www.forbes.com/lis...ukee-Brewers_337147.html Forbes shows little operating profit for them compared to the rest of the league. Last year, with their increased payroll due to sunken costs in Hall and Looper, they expected to lose money. This year the payroll went back to the low 80s while they drew 3 mil fans so I expect they will be right back in that $10 mil profit they are always in. Next year when the new TV deal kicks in, and with increased season tickets, they should be able to raise the payroll to at least $90 without the possibility to lose money if they collapse.

I hate to say this, and probably shouldn't, but you have to jump through so many hoops to legally find a new release its making me wish I would just go back to obtaining them for free.

I would suggest going through Rockford, but then going to Howard doesn't really make any sense.

You could take the Yellow line from Skokie, just off the interstate at Dempster. There is a transfer at Howard to the Redline, but its all pretty easy and costs $2.25 I think per person.

I'll probably be at all the night games.