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pcernie
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Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:27 am |
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Amnesia10
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I suspect that they will get few takers unless they get loads of iPad 1's  Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
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Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:05 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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I like the idea of MS collecting the iPads and... blending them? Throwing them into a volcano?
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Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:06 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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I imagine the reaction being something like this, but with iPads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z87_5gYsG1M
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Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:11 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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Piling them up outside the windows of the Surface team's office.
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Fri Sep 13, 2013 3:49 pm |
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Amnesia10
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They might be using them to see what makes the iPad so much better than the Surface. Longer term I want there to be a decent tablet from Microsoft so that there is decent competition out there. I do not see the android devices offering that yet. Price maybe but overall experience is still much better with iOS.
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Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:08 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Microsoft now wants your iPhone, Android devices for trade-in program http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... am-1182486It's the electronic equivalent of cash for gold.
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Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:58 pm |
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Amnesia10
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It is a way of getting their devices in the public hands and getting some form of traction.
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Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:49 pm |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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Microsoft did a similar thing with iPods a while back. It was their attempt to get their staff to use Zunes instead. They had an iPod amnesty bin. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/ ... geNumber=1 iPod Amnesty Bin by fimoculous, on Flickr Seemingly, it went well. 
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