What status symbol? If you're obviously being fleeced for an inferior product (in ability and specs) and repeat it year after year... whenever I seen an iPhone I think... gullible, ignorant or techno-tard.... usually it's 2 outta 3.
Let's just be honest and say iSheeple willingly pay a premium...
Maybe I do got it bakardss... but far as i can reckon... dem tablets and ultras both be puters...difference is interface and speed.
Thus, reason would suggest that any tablet docked to a keyboard it'll fold into has actually transformed into a net/ultrabook... and vice versa...
I'd say it's a phase... not a fad...
Gots me a $100 Nook Color rooted to CM7 and it's quickly becoming a nearly indispensable tool... but mainly as an ereader that's somewhat capable at IT connectivity and keeping boredom induced narcolepsy at bay. I'm working on tethering to a Hackberry...
True lie...
Truth, but the the statement is missing the automagically inferred:
"Siri only *magically* works on iPhone 4S": they allegedly calibrated the voice recognition to only properly work with the new microphone in the 4S. http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/11/apple-siri-4
And we all...
The Spanish judge realizes what is actually going on... it's not piracy... it's multiplying. What actually happens is free advertising, free distribution of demos and free tech support cause it's usually the tech savvy pirates supporting the blogs.
So the only obvious reaction to this would have...
A billion? That's very surprising cause as far as I can tell (incl. 95% of the comments) CyberDumday was a total wash... only things I found were a few dollar deals from meritline... but that's nothing special from them. Maybe it was the first time that a few million newbs tried major online...