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• Two corrections, one to your correction: It's 5.8 GHz, not MHz.
  
  And as far as "Wi-Fi friendly" is concerned, 5.8 GHz may not be. The new 802.11n wireless standard allows 5.8 GHz wireless networking. This may be subject to interference from 5.8 GHz phones (but maybe not). In reply to: "Corrections to CNET's Review"

  December 28, 2009

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• TOO big, TOO heavy
  
  Also, is the place to criticize "BB"'s product line?
  
  I'm with you on the back-panel diagram. The old reach-around isn't much fun (in this case). In reply to: "Great Sound, great features"

  December 8, 2009

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• Yawn. In reply to: "Apple's iDisk finally comes to the iPod, iPhone"

  July 29, 2009

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• Thanks for the article. A friend's iMac drive just died, so this is timely. In reply to: "Photos: Inside the 24-inch aluminum iMac"

  April 17, 2009

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• This design confirms the downward slide Apple entered with their glossy laptop screens, non-removable phone and laptop batteries, the defective headphone jack on the original iPhone, the removal of FireWire from the MacBook...
  
  How detached from reality can Apple be? who was complaining that the Shuffle needed to be SMALLER, especially at the expense of all controls and the ability to use real headphone that we already own!
  
  Earbuds are garbage. We could accept that disposable crap with iPods when you could plug in legitimate headphones. But now Apple FORCES you to use garbage-quality earbuds. Hello, Apple: people RUN with the Shuffle, meaning they might use sports headphones of some kind.
  
  APPLE DESIGN = OVER In reply to: "Is Apple wrong about Shuffle earbud compatibility?"

  March 11, 2009

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• It certainly does have to do with Apple's rejected policies and half-assed SDK. Apple prevents developers from developing a vast number of truly useful applications, by preventing third-party iPhone apps from communicating with apps on the computer. They also prevent applications from using the USB and dock connector on the iPhone, which eliminates a whole other legion of apps for interating with other devices or the outside world. Then you have other moronic omissions, like Bluetooth keyboard support.
  
  These pathetic stats are no surprise at all, confirming that most iPhone apps are not productive; they're simply gimmicks. In reply to: "Most iPhone applications gathering dust"

  February 22, 2009

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• How about a real log-in ID? Trying to use an E-mail address is ignorant and amateurish. If you're going to have users log into your site, you need to let them set up a legitimate ID. E-mail addresses are not suitable IDs because
  
  1. We all have several of them by now.
  2. They change over time with employment, ISP mergers, whatever.
  3. Who knows which address he might have used to sign up for a random Web site months or years ago?
  
  If you let people use a real ID, they can use the same one they use on other sites. In reply to: "Facebook could learn a thing or two"

  December 15, 2008

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• And the "removable rechargable" battery... This sounds like a major drawback compared to AA or AAA. The fact that it's removable helps, but this could still be a pain. A power jack would be nice; then you could make an adapter for standard batteries. In reply to: "Creative readies the Vado HD: Is it better than the Flip Video Mino HD?"

  December 8, 2008

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• Can you scan through recordings on the camera? In reply to: "Creative readies the Vado HD: Is it better than the Flip Video Mino HD?"

  December 8, 2008

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• Rule #1 for Webmasters: DO NOT TRY TO USE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS AS A USER ID.
  
  Any site that wants users to log in must allow them to set up a legitimate ID. An E-mail address is NOT a suitable ID, for several reasons. First, most people have more than one E-mail address at this point, and they should not be expected to remember which one they used (perhaps years ago) to sign up at a Web site. Second, E-mail addresses change over time with job changes, ISP changes, cable-company mergers, whatever. Third, they're simply cumbersome.
  
  Users should be able to set up the ID of their choice, so they can use the same one at all the sites they frequent.
  
  Nothing marks a site as amateur-hour like trying to use an E-mail address as a log-in ID. Just don't do it. In reply to: "Facebook Connect: Scary but good"

  December 1, 2008

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