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Re:Dice sold Slashdot in January
So, you're saying I shouldn't trust "EditorDavid" then?
Trust whoever you want. whipslash and BeauHD, have a paltry online presense, so I at least know that they exist (but I can't find any info on who they are or why I should trust them). I can't find anything about msmash/manishs or EditorDavid, so they might be bots for all I know
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Re:Alternate title
Never, really, but at least a few of them at least halfway knew what the people coming to slashdot might want to talk about. In fact, I get the impression that 'editing' slashdot might be these guys' first jobs, and that they got them because they are personal friends/employees of the new boss. I can't find much on the other 'editors', but BeauHD works for another BIZX company (phonedog) doing awful videos, which apparently makes him qualified to work for Slashdot somehow?
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nerd-friendly mobile phone
You are badly informed. The update to the N900 is the N9 (Wikipedia, price comparison). It has been available on the market for over a year now.
You will not get anything better than this from Nokia anymore as the development teams are sacked. There will be no more official software updates for the N9, but the fan community picks up the ball because the OS (MeeGo, a Debian derivative) is quite hackable. I have installed the whole GNU and Qt developer toolchains and can develop both live on the device and cross-compiling to ARM from my laptop. It's also easy to flash alternative OS like Mer.
Some ex-Nokia developers formed a new company, Jolla, and have demoed their first product just a couple of days ago.
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Re:The bastard child of Windows Phone and Android.
Can you provide a link ?
http://www.phonedog.com/2012/11/21/jolla-demos-meego-based-sailfish-os-on-video/ has both the promo video, and more importantly a demonstration video which is very short and covers the main features.
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Re:Android is the most popular mobile OS?
...as long as you sign a contract for $$$$. And I must agree that the Iphone 4 is indeed low-end compared to most Android phones!
Given that the vast majority of Android phones being sold are still on Froyo or Gingerbread - it is unlikely the average consumer would agree with you.
I had a Froyo phone for a bit more than a year, and it didn't even compare favorably with my old first-generation iPod Touch.
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Re:How many small businesses don't start...
Right. They wait until you're making money, and then they come take it. Half a million? No. The damage can be your entire company. What would RIM look like right now if they hadn't suffered a half a billion dollar patent tax on push email?
Probably no different. The RIM v. NTP settlement was in March 2006, at which point their stock price was at $27. 16 months later, they were at $85 and did a 3:1 split... at which point it then went up to a peak of $144... So one share of $27 stock when that half billion dollar "tax" (really? taxes go to the government, this was to the patent owner) was then worth $432, or a 1600% increase.
No, what killed RIM (aside from the 2008 recession, but that hurt everyone) was the fact that they rested on their Blackberry laurels and never innovated further, believing themselves to have a lock on the enterprise market, and iOS and Android shot past them.
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Re:Why would it be radically different?
Actually, yes, that is really about all the Apple has got. This article says it better than I can, though (and with pictures of what Apple thinks that Samsung should build.. basically, a triangular tablet a couple of inches thick with big ugly buttons and a cluttered desktop):
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News? Newes?
Is it like this?
Well, you can buy that now.
And this winter, we read that there is not only a Facebook phone coming (albeit no sign of this particular one yet), but there's more than one.
Hey, when do we get new news, huh?
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News? Newes?
Is it like this?
Well, you can buy that now.
And this winter, we read that there is not only a Facebook phone coming (albeit no sign of this particular one yet), but there's more than one.
Hey, when do we get new news, huh?
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News? Newes?
Is it like this?
Well, you can buy that now.
And this winter, we read that there is not only a Facebook phone coming (albeit no sign of this particular one yet), but there's more than one.
Hey, when do we get new news, huh?
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Re:Why PhoneDog Deserves Bad PR For This
except that 3 is wrong see http://www.phonedog.com/2009/09/14/5k-giveaways-follow-noah-on-twitter-for-a-chance-to-win/ and given that PhoneDog was promoting/investing in this account I don't see how he ends up keeping it.
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Re:Easy solution
His following was built up using promotional give-aways of PhoneDog products, so it's reasonable to assume the company placed value on having those followers. IN fact, they could even place the value at the cost of the products they gave away. By not turning over the account, he's destroyed an advertising channel that the company paid to establish.
http://www.phonedog.com/2009/09/14/5k-giveaways-follow-noah-on-twitter-for-a-chance-to-win/
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Re:It was part of his job
His job was to bring customers to the site to read his reviews and articles, the twitter account was a tool used doubtlessly during office hours as part of that job
That is an assumption, and not a proven fact. The article states that the twitter account was used for personal blogging as well as self-promotion of the articles he wrote. The entire point of the court case is to decide whether or not it was a business tool or a personal communication that included references to his work.
The "citation" you need is twitter feed itself, or possibly a 5 second google? Yes it was very much related to his work and reviews. Here's a great example where he was using the account for promotional advertising. http://www.phonedog.com/2009/09/14/5k-giveaways-follow-noah-on-twitter-for-a-chance-to-win/.
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Re:Yes, expensive, and no it's not worth it.
You sure? (reporting in from pensacola by the way! hey neighbor!)
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Re:Don't buy anything that uses such an App store
Maybe it doesn't need no stinking *Apple* app store if other contenders (I'm looking at you, Android) are clever enough to offer better conditions to open source developers.
It doesn't matter that the shelves are filled if the store is empty.
No customers.
iPad to grab up to 80 percent of the 2011 tablet market share, report claims
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Zoolander's cellphone
Is that what powers Zoolander's cellphone?
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1333/856357878_bb4a4ae794_o.jpg
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Re:Rage for Android?
"The fragmentation issue is honestly just marketing nonsense."
Android fragmentation is real. Even the ever-so-popular Angry Birds had "severe performance issues" due to fragmentation and had to create a second Angry Birds game for low-end Android devices.
Droid has no less than 8 different versions, from 1.1 to 2.3, in addition to whatever custom wrapper or branding the manufacture or carrier added, and dozens of different kinds of handsets, all with different cpus, gpus and memory. iOS has at most 2 versions, 3.x and 4.x, (1.x and 2.x is used by less than 3% of iPhones) and at most 4 handsets, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4.
So if you're developing an iPhone app you only have to test on 4 or 5 devices, iPhone 4 running iOS4, 3GS running 3.x and 4.x, and 3G running 3.x and 4.x, and iPhone running 3.1.3. If you're developing a Droid app you have dozens of devices with different software configurations you must test on or risk angry customers, and every time you want to update or Google pushes out a new version of Droid you again have to do testing on dozens of devices.
I know Android is the most popular smartphone OS but honestly I think it's going to self-implode, customers will eventually get tired of fragmentation issues, with apps not working and frustrated developers, and they'll either give up on smartphones entirely or turn to Blackberry or iOS. -
Re:What about phones?
Apple PR has already denied that Steve sent any of these 'messages' being floated about. I expect a bit more credulity from
Do you believe these e-mails are valid because it's so difficult to fake e-mail headers? Has
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Re:Proof that being more open = more sales
The Evo 4g may stall a bit with that nine hundred dollar bump .
While the price hasn't been finalized, here's some info: http://www.phonedog.com/2010/05/07/htc-evo-4g-documentation-spotted-at-radio-shack/
$200 on contract, $600 cash. In other words, this puts it in line with other smartphones. (go check the price on an iPhone without a plan - if you can find one. Apple won't sell it to you without a contract in the US - in Canada the 16GS is $$700 without a contract, the 32GS is $800 without a contract - with a contract the 16GS is $199, the 32GS is $299). So expect the Evo 4g to be $200 - $300 with a contract.
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Re:government and freemarkets
Is there really such a big difference between "I will have nothing to do with company X and buy from company Y instead" and "I will have nothing to do with party X and will vote for party Y instead"?
When you have only 2 companies to choose from no, there's not much competition there. But when you have a bunch of them you do have competition. Look at cell phones and the service plans for them. A number of companies make and sell cellphones and a number of companies sell services. There's little to no competition for landline phone services but there is for cellphones. Because of this many people don't have landline service, instead they only use cellphones. When I moved a few years ago I went with a cellphone service plan, and I pay less than I would with a landline. Not only that but a big chuck of the tyme I use my phone it's long distance which is included in the service plan.
Falcon
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Re:Original CD PlayersI remember my father bought one of the original Sony audio CD players. It was a CDP-102, the second version released in 1984. It looked quite a bit like the one in the article, but it was shorter and longer... the typical stereo component profile. That thing weighs a ton, and when you inserted the CD it had a clear window so you could watch the tray lower itself and the CD onto the motor. I thought that was the coolest thing.
Built like a tank, too. It was still in regular use until just recently, and still worked flawlessly without so much as a cleaning over 20 years later. They don't make them like that, anymore. Maybe it was better components, or simply nostalgia, but I thought it had a better sound quality that most CD players these days. Actually, I think they _do_. I've had extensive experience with two Sony products that has changed my view from "evil corporation" to "misguided CEOs with a bunch of hardcore do-good engineers".
First is the Discman 2 CD player-- 15 hours on two batteries (10 years ago when I got it this was pretty respectable), rugged case/buttons/flip-up-top, etc; and my favorite part, the MegaBass boost that does what no equalizer I've come across can. It simply produces the richest, deepest, cleanest bass that I've ever heard anywhere. A real treat.
Second is a Sony T637 cell phone. I didn't know at the time I got it, but it came completely unlocked, had a wonderfully useful function that let you write all the phone numbers/names in the Cell Phone to the SIM card, battery life was at least 4 hours talk time even after years of use, was also pretty rugged (dropped more times than I can count and still works like a charm). On top of that it's one of the sexiest looking phones I've seen in a long time, and is still my favorite by far. It has white LEDs beneath the keypad that light up a bright cool white blue whenever pressed, and the way the keys are designed, you see the numbers and letters with no problem, as well as a cool white grid where the LED light shines through.
So, it's kinda hard to describe all the best parts of each, but basically the taste left in my mouth is that the Sony engineers really know what they're doing and do their best when they're allowed. The times when they're not (PS2 launch etc where stuff breaks all the time) isn't their fault; it's the CEO's and Executives looking out for next quarter's results.
