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So something like the Gemini then? https://www.pocket-lint.com/ph...

Apple has been using force sensitive trackpads for a couple of years ago. The "click" of pressing down on it is now simulated using haptic feedback, same as it is with the home button on iPhones and what not. This bit I need to give them props for, the "Click" is, in my opinion, incredibly convincing. http://www.pocket-lint.com/new... for more info.

would be finding Oreo on a sub $400 phone. I am done paying $600+ for a phone that stops getting updates after 3 months.

Nexus 5x? Plus probably all that are listed here (eventually):

http://www.pocket-lint.com/new...

There are many benefits to the open web as we know it. However, technology and usage always change and its' about adapting, not wishing people weren't using apps. Ideally almost all info would be on the open web. But the open web has drawbacks that cause people to prefer Apps - until this changes we will continue to see the traditional web decline. The open web needs to improve at the pace of apps or faster if it is to survive. How far has HTML and other related tech come since the release of HTML5 (started in 2008 - and wasn't a finalized spec until 2014) ... how far have phones and their apps improved since then? It feels like we are in the 90's, when each browser was so different that websites needed to be optimized for one browser or another - now we have apps that render web content in incompatible ways and hides the data to boot. Web browsers are better now, but things still don't render the same way in every browser... this should not be an issue still. The web was never designed for the modern things we are doing with information - yes web technologies have evolved, but its all built on a system that started only with text and hypertext. Everything else after that was tacked on (CSS and Javascript), and although we can do amazing things with today's web - apps were built from the ground up to handle multimedia and complex interactions in a more straightforward, elegant, and sophisticated way. Yes, there are many examples of building complex application like experiences like GDocs or web-based photoshop alternatives - https://pixlr.com/editor/ - but these are less appealing and capable than native apps. Flash used to cause the same problems for SEO and hiding info from the world - and it sucked for many reasons, didn't evolve much over the years, but it did more than the web could for years because it was built to do something the web couldn't' at the time - provide immersive experiences that were not limited by the confines of traditional web technologies. Lest we forget plugins existed because they filled the gap left by the web. There are many reasons why the web as we know it today is failing users http://arstechnica.com/informa... It sucks that Apps will hide data that ideally would be open - for uses today - and for posterity in the future. I will never argue the ideal that the open web should prevail. I'm not sure what the solution should or could even be - nor will I try to come up with one that will never come to fruition. The whole point of this post is to say that the average person does not care about these issues. They want slick, fast, engaging experiences that fit their needs - the open web isn't doing as well as Apps are at doing just that. If web standards evolved faster - we wouldn’t be talking about this. I love the open web and the benefits it provides for humanity. I have lost a lot of hope in the pure implementation many of you speak f though. Web browsers should be platforms upon which the world operates - and in many cases, they are just that - indeed, thats what Chrome OS was created for. As we speak Chromebooks are rolling out that now run Android apps natively. This is at odds with the original goals of the Chromebook concept. But think about this: Mobile devices usage has surpassed desktops a while ago: https://searchenginewatch.com/... Android is the most widely used mobile OS https://www.netmarketshare.com... and Android apps can now stream to your phone http://www.pocket-lint.com/new... Google is now able to search within apps

Ok, maybe not $300, but a few years ago a buddy of mine went to a local repair shop to try and get his HTC One battery replaced. They charged him $180, including the battery cost.

The reason?
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/120261-htc-one-teardown-and-repairability

"The aluminum unibody G5 brings with it a 5.3-inch QHD display with an Always One mode"

So I was confused as to what "Always One" was about, but apparently that's just a typo of Always-On. A better description is here, where apparently the display can stay on using 0.8% battery/h due to not being tied to the primary processor.

Sounds neat, although I'd still like to see a phone that tries something like a hybrid e-paper display or something of the like

Based on the spec, it will compete with now obsolete Tesla Roadster. Good luck.

Actually, Tesla is planning a new roadster for about the same time frame. So it will be competing with the new Roadster, not the obsolete one. I'd say good luck with that, but I imagine different people will have different preferences.

So you just make up unfounded claims and that's cool, but I have to provide papers?

1. Google has been using this technology with StreetView for years and years. Here is another company's car which can read street signs, from 2013. This, again, is solved. You not knowing about it doesn't change that.

2. The intention of a car driving backwards is pretty obvious - it wants to go backwards. Teaching the SDC about other cars parking isn't exactly difficult, as they can already park themselves. You're not too good at this whole logic thing.

3. Yes, superior sensing. LIDAR. You should learn what that means. They also have multiple cameras, and can scan their entire surroundings (with no blind spots) in milliseconds. Humans can't do anything as close to that.

I see you just gave up on the rest with hopes people would think you have good points. You don't. It's patently clear you don't know what the technology these cars use is capable of, and are arguing from a mixture of ignorance and fear. Sad. If you just really don't like these cars for religious or personal reasons, just say. It'll make you look a lot better than being "the person who doesn't know about something, yet moans about it as if he does".

download the PDF, print it out, trace onto a pizza box or whatever:

http://www.google.com/get/card...

then buy the lenses for 50 cents on ebay or a local science toy shop.

or buy a kit from one of the links above for a few bucks.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/new...

Apple is not really a technology brand these days

lolwut?

Apple is in the same league: as long as the brand remains premium, it does not matter what the output is or for that matter what their quality is.

Too bad for your theory that Apple remains the top performer and the tops in quality and customer satisfaction.

So think of it as each person in India putting out $1100 for their phone, which they use in lieu of land line, TV and computer.

If you go back three years, that's pretty much what happened in Africa with the $80 Huawei Ideos Android phone.

Android phone for $80 takes Africa by storm
Huawei's Ideos phone has helped spearhead the movement, selling no less than 350,000 handsets in Kenya. Amazing given that nearly half the population makes do on less than two dollars per day.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/new...

Cheap Android phones have changed the way people work and live there, despite Android apps needing relatively beefy hardware to develop. Firefox OS and this phone will have the potential to bring the same real-life improvements, with the added advantage of a much simpler app development pathway.

Does British Sky Broadcasting offer a remote storage solution?

They did: Sky Store & Share.

Closed at 2011-12-01, though: Sky Store & Share has closed

However, Surface RT actually sold quite well and that's what makes it different from Zune.

By what standard did it sell well? Maybe Microsoft was moving some units at first, but months after launch we kept hearing the same figure for the number of units sold. A month would go by and someone would quote the same figure, again. That's not indicative of strong sales. By some channel figures, in Q1 of 2013 Microsoft and its partners moved less than 2 million Windows RT and Windows 8 tablets. That's not just Surface RT, not just Microsoft, that's every vendor of Windows tablets combined. Meanwhile, Apple sold nearly 20 million tablets in the same period; one vendor. So I ask again, by what standard has Surface sold "quite well"?

(One million Spotify listens - earning you the same income as selling 150 CDs - is a lofty enough target that Pink Floyd used it as a publicity stunt.)

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/121824-pink-floyd-catalogue-added-to-spotify-after-1-million-plays-of-wish-you-were-here

I've read that the Ouya can use the Xbox controller, as well as bluetooth keyboards, mice, etc. Can anyone confirm that?

Yes. http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/119164-ouya-works-xbox-360-ps3-controllers-wirelessly

They would very likely use sapphire glass to make it scratch resistant, like any other (decent) watch.

Like any new technology, they're going to be too expensive for the first couple of years, can't justify buying one until then.

Right now SapphireGlass on an iPhone screen would cost $30 compared to $3 for GorillaGlass, though cost will go down this year. I'd still want/need an applied screen protector for it, I have a feeling that sapphire glass would still get 'glazy' from use time, and GorillaGlass isn't all that it's cracked up to be (no pun intended), scratches develop from pocket lint, and it does crack.

Still leaves the wriststrap pin issue.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/50514/smartphones-sapphire-glass-gorilla-glass

like the Ouya does! http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/49501/ouya-works-xbox-360-ps3-controllers-wirelessly

Here's one. I also saw a Windows 8 22" touchscreen all-in-one somewhere.

Large vertical touchscreens may not be plentiful, but there are some out there.

That Slashdot article was wrong. Apple sales increase because they released the phone in China which occurred at almost the same time. Google maps release did nothing to increase sales for 5 days after it's release.

Obviously, a release in China would have a big effect on sales.

As for people's annoyances, I personally can't say but I do agree in the opinion that Apple is run by MBA who take less risk.

And one of the reasons why the Chinese are buying iPhones is because Apple Maps is better than Google Maps....in China at least

I want a large one, right up my ass.

This post sponsored by Amazon for Ubuntu.

d Asus has announced at least one Win8 version.

Asus has announced three, actually.

Wouldn't that happen anyway? If Android didn't exist, do you think Apple would be content to leave that revenue to Google permanently, as a sort of "thank you" for not competing in the mobile space? That seems awfully nice of them.

Eric Schmidt (Google Chairman) was on Apple's board of directors until 2009. Were it not for Android ever more closely copying iPhone he wouldn't have been asked to leave.

On the next version of OSX, the instant share option will offer Vimeo, not YouTube OR a Apple proprietary solution.
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/44418/vimeo-not-youtube-gets-instant-share-mountain-lion

So no, the signs are that Apple was more than happy to use Google services, and is moving away from Google now only because they abused their relationship with Apple, not because Apple wanted to provide the services themselves.

In fact, I think it might be illegal.

I think you don't know what you're talking about.

Interestingly, OS X Mountain Lion will include some built-in sharing features, and while Vimeo is included, YouTube is not. Ever since Android, Google has not been getting much love from Apple....

Poor? operating system - I don't know many people with a Windows phone, but I haven't heard a single positive review (Not counting net articles, where anyone can find a small army supporting their argument).

So what did you hear from the people who do have them?
And it's not about a supported argument, it's about objective reporting and detailing the features in comparison to other platforms:
Just read through these. Certainly it's not without fault, but it doesn't appear worse than any of its competitors and does do things a bit differently and offer a different perspective on smartphone usage, just as Android differs from iOS. It's down to personal preference, and obviously some people are going to be quite overzealous about their smartphone operating system choice regardless of which platform they choose.

Personally i found it to be very good, it has its strengths and weaknesses just as Android and iOS do. I'd attribute much of its lack of success in the market to its association with the Windows brand - maybe they should have tied it more to XBox - since the OS is really surprisingly good.

Naturally take that as anecdotal evidence but i urge you to at least try it - if you don't like it that's fine but it's certainly worth giving a go :)

I was wonderin, but... http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/43868/victorinox-ssd-swiss-army-pictures has 3k for the price, though unofficial. I'd love to hear how swiss army came up w that $ sum.

I say this because... swiss army knife = $15 on a good day, 1 tb usb drive = $10 on any day, granted the hardware encrypted and shock proof ones are more expensive, but https://store.ironkey.com/personal = $80 and if anybody wants something like http://www.amazon.com/1TB-Encrypted-Slim-Drive-256BIT/dp/B0036TVX94 they're just being stupid and trying to rip you off. So, $100 v 3k? why???

I find it moderately unlikely that amazon would start revoking your/mine ebooks.

They pulled/deleted 1984

They even released a Windows laptop that looks just like a MacBook Pro

Yes! I can't tell the difference between the samsung princeton and the macbook pro, they look just like eachother don't they!

There's blind fanboys and then there's literally blind fanboys.

"Touch different" is done

You're getting very defensive - "your opinion doesn't mean squat", "bring it on" - I'm not personally attacking Android here, I am offering my experiences. That list is for US sales - perhaps it is different in the UK? (I just looked on Amazon's UK site, and they don't seem to have an equivalent UK list for mobile phones). The majority of phones here are purchased in high street stores, which may suggest the reason for the differences.

In fact, I would wager it's exactly that issue:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/38347/ios-massively-outshines-android-europe (Feb 2011 data) - android is growng in the UK (12% market share compared to iOS at 42%), but it's the cheaper handsets I'm seeing, although another search shows that of the top ten best selling phones in the UK as of this month, the HTC Desire is number 1, so perhaps we are just delayed in getting decent handsets? The iPhone and Blackberry are still king here - it seems if you don't want an iPhone but are still willing to spend you get a BB instead of an Android, but perhaps that will change (BB has been declining since November).

In this article researchers claim that "3D makes the brain 12% more attentive" .... Depending on agenda this could be easily respun as "3D makes the brain work 12% harder".

Poster misunderstood the changing Firefox release strategy

The expectation is an increased number of Firefox releases after version 4, but the changes between any two releases may not be as dramatic as the current approach.

The poor sales were verified by one of Microsoft's WP7 partners - LG Electronics.

Yes yes, of course now you'll change the subject to sales ever so quickly to detract from the fact that you publicly look like an absolute tard having accepted anonymous unsubstantiated second-hand comments regarding return rates as fact.

But of course once again your idiocy knows no bounds and you'll believe the first thing you read regardless of context, so how about we have a look at why you're such a moron this time shall we?

“From an industry perspective we had a high expectation, but from a consumer point of view the visibility is less than we expected”
From here.
Now of course you believe the first thing you read, so you only read the headline and took that as fact rather than what was actually said.

Looking a little more deeply we also see:
"LG has been closely collaborating with Microsoft from the beginning. What we feel is that it is absolutely perfect for a huge segment out there." From here.
Now if they are saying that it is likely they aren't experiencing a high rate of returns, or at the very least you can't use LG's comments as a basis for estimating the rate of return.

The poor sales were verified by one of Microsoft's WP7 partners - LG Electronics.

Yes yes, of course now you'll change the subject to sales ever so quickly to detract from the fact that you publicly look like an absolute tard having accepted anonymous unsubstantiated second-hand comments regarding return rates as fact.

But of course once again your idiocy knows no bounds and you'll believe the first thing you read regardless of context, so how about we have a look at why you're such a moron this time shall we?

“From an industry perspective we had a high expectation, but from a consumer point of view the visibility is less than we expected”
From here.
Now of course you believe the first thing you read, so you only read the headline and took that as fact rather than what was actually said.

Looking a little more deeply we also see:
"LG has been closely collaborating with Microsoft from the beginning. What we feel is that it is absolutely perfect for a huge segment out there." From here.
Now if they are saying that it is likely they aren't experiencing a high rate of returns, or at the very least you can't use LG's comments as a basis for estimating the rate of return.

A lot of libraries "loan" eBooks.... I know plenty of Nook users who borrow eBooks from libraries all the time ...

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/26619/how-to-loan-an-ebook

But it isnt 0 people as well, right? Right? What are you trying to insinuate exactly?

The AC who replied to me noted that Win7 was also the largest pre-order in history.

In August, 2009OS/X hit the #1 spot for a Software pre-release on Amazon.

In October, 2009 Win7 hit the #1 spot for any pre-release of any kind on Amazon.

From the pre-order article Millions of computer users will be getting their first taste of Microsoft's latest operating system tomorrow, when Windows 7 goes on sale worldwide.

Windows has retained an extremely large retail sales majority

You have your head in the sand if you think Win7 retail sales dont completely dwarf all forms of (Snow)Leopard sales. Its laughable, and I dont mean laughing at the idea; I mean laughing at the person with the idea. A person with that idea it obviously under the spell of some form a zealotry.

Its OK to hate Microsoft (or love Apple) while also remaining RATIONAL about it. You should give it a try.

I did see a unique solution for the Galaxy S battery life, it's a 'pack' that fits onto the back of the cell. It adds to the weight, but it really extends the life. http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/35215/ebb-u10-battery-pack-samsung-galaxy-s

With an adapter, allegedly.

And the connector is being imposed on manufacturers, not carriers.

BlackBerry and Nokia phones are already coming with MicroUSB charging capability. I've tried both with a MicroUSB to USB-A cable and an Apple USB charger. The BlackBerry charges but the Nokia doesn't.

The Nokia (E72) implementation is a bit weird actually. I seems to need a connection to whatever it's connected to over USB before it will start charging. Switching from off-but-charging to on-and-charging briefly stops the charge cycle, and in very low battery situations this is enough to drain the battery again.

So the whole thing is a bit mixed. I'm not convinced that we'll be in a situation where one charger works for all phones for a long time. On the other hand, it pretty much guarantees that you can charge your phone by plugging it in to your computer - that's been true of pretty much all phones for a long time though, with the exception of Nokia.

Now I have to be suspicious when my bread pops up that maybe my toaster is trying to trick me into eating a slightly under-done breakfast!

Kill the fracking toasters!

http://www.pocket-lint.com/images/d2Zw/battlestar-gallactica-toaster-launches-sci-fi-0.jpg

That makes sense then. I wasn't aware that by streaming you meant that the Media Center PC was doing all of the video decoding and sending raw video ala PC Anywhere. I was thinking "Youtube streaming video".

Still, you might look into something based on Nvidia's Tegra. From what I've seen, it's really good with video decoding (h.264 at least) and even has good battery life while doing that. Maybe something like this or this.

How does that work? The only thing I can imagine worse than not supporting multitasking is supporting it, and then randomly killing background tasks when you run out of resources. I'm sure it doesn't work quite like that, but I can't find more info about exactly how android supports multitasking.

It's something like a task is sent a "you're being backgrounded" message when you switch away from it, and it's up to the app to do whatever makes sense for it to do in that case (usually save all its data ready incase the phone is rebooted or it gets killed while backgrounded). Then the app can be sent a "please stop" or just get killed. Obviously, like any system, resources are finite and it is possible for a running background process to be killed, but that's not normal.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html

You can listen to music at the same time as doing other stuff on the iPhone/iPad

Yes but the only reason is because Apple's own software has special privileges to do so. A 3rd party music playing app cannot, eg Spotify.
So it's obviously possible and desirable in some circumstances, just not permitted by the Apple overlords. Which means that no, Apple have not thought how to "do this properly".

Sony Ericsson "Nexus" Android UX launched, 18th Nov 2009: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/29661/sony-ericsson-nexus-more-devices

Sony Ericsson abandons "Nexus" name, 7th Jan 2010: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/30635/sony-ericsson-abandons-nexus-name#

Although likely not for legal reasons as much as marketable.

Sony Ericsson "Nexus" Android UX launched, 18th Nov 2009: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/29661/sony-ericsson-nexus-more-devices

Sony Ericsson abandons "Nexus" name, 7th Jan 2010: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/30635/sony-ericsson-abandons-nexus-name#

Although likely not for legal reasons as much as marketable.

However by far they seem to be happy.

Spotify makes more cash for Universal than iTunes

Universal Music Sweden has admitted that Spotify makes it more money than iTunes does. "In five months from the launch, Spotify became our largest digital source of income and so passed by iTunes", said Per Sundin, managing director of Universal Music.

"It's a fantastic development, explained by the fact that Spotify really has exploded", he added. The admission brings with it a whole host of questions - none of which we have many answers to. How much is Spotify paying the labels? Could this be why the iPhone app still hasn't been approved? Does this validate ad-funded music as a business model?

The interesting thing will be how it works on US market however. They can potentially get a lot more from advertising in USA than in Sweden, but is USA itself got so used to iTunes and such that it will hurt the sales and labels? However, Spotify is a perfect way to turn those pirating and "sending mp3's to friends in msn" to customers you can get income from, even if its in form of ads revenue.

You'd be lucky to get that amount of detail out of the film; grain size is going to be an issue, but the optics of the scanner as well.

Ce depend, er that depends. Different films have different grain sizes even discounting film speed or ISO. Fuji Velvia for instance has bigger grain than some film but finer than others. As for my scanner, as I said it can optically scan 6400 dpi, interpolated resolution is 12,800. Still scanning at 4800 dpi still generates a good sized file, especially at 32 never mind 48 bit colour depths. And yes Photoshop can work with those depths, unlike GIMP which only works at 8 bit depths.

But then we're back to the "do you really need to store an image at that size?". See the quality concerns up above and in my previous post. Assume you would, some day, actually print this..

And I dealt with both of these in previous posts. If you want as high a quality as possible you want large files and for print it matters.

Note that this is typically a combined value. E.g. 16bits for red, green, and blue (16+16+16 = 48). 16bits isn't bad, by the way.. 16bits is good.. 16 bits is great! 32bits is even better but not even the film (movie) industry deals with 32bit very often.

I don't know what colour depths movie studios use a lot but CinePaint is used by studios a lot and it works with 32 bit colour depths. Of course the problem that neither of us has mentioned yet is that software and storage isn't the limiting factor when talking about high bit colour channels, the limiting factor are monitors and graphics cards that drive them. A monitor I was thinking I'd like to get, when I could afford it, was the HP DreamColor LP2480zx, however some comments aren't good.

Well that's the thing though, isn't it... if you're going to be using it in the very near future, then you'd have to find a way to get a bigger drive to begin with..

Oh, that's my plan. I want to start working as a photographer and as finances allow I'll upgrade my hardware. And maybe software, but I want to try FOSS programs first. Because buying Photoshop CS3 never mind CS4 would put a strain on my finances, I'm on disability and unemployed, I've been thinking about installing Ubuntu Studio which includes the afore mentioned CinePaint to edit photos. That's what I like about microstock websites, I can start with what I have now then if, with as many others using them a big if, and when I start to make money I can roll the income into better equipment.

if your tool of choice is Photoshop, then setting the quality to highest/100 will do. If you use The GIMP, there's several options there you can use to specify the exact JPEG encoding to have as little loss as possible.

If Film GIMP, CinePaint, doesn't do what I'll want then I'll try to get Photoshop.

Shooting (near-)IR with an 87 filter can be fun, yes, and it's certainly a lot easier and cheaper to do with a point-and-shoot.

I shot 35mm IR film before, but that was a long tyme ago. Having a digicam that has the ability would be easier. The "Make" article I said I read mentioned some cameras that were good for IR photography. I wonder what the photos would look like shooting astrophotography, one of the areas I want to shoot, in IR. I have, though haven't tried it yet, the Meade ETX80 telescope and camera mount for my camera.

Good luck with the developing - E6 shouldn't be an issue but I'd certainly pay attention to people there who have done it before as it -can- be finnicky.. and requires way more patience than I was ever will

I think you're missing the point. I'm not extolling OSS virtues and I have no delusions that somehow oss software is a panacea to the world's problems. I fully understand how important consistency is and I have actually done customer support.

Obviously you haven't thought this through otherwise you would notice that having a consistent interface and a standard set of packages with expected functionality is exactly what Asus have done (for example).

If you are suggesting that just because it is not the same interface as what people may have used in the past then that is somehow wrong, or prone to problems or hard to learn is self defeating. You will never get anywhere with an attitude like that.

As a company having your own interface and complete control over what runs, how the interface looks, behaves and how the user interacts with it is a huge boon, not a disadvantage.

I'm very sorry you think of anything different as scary but obviously the rest of the world does not agree with you and Asus has the sales to prove it.

If people are intimidated by it and it is so hard to learn then how on earth did it get rave reviews and millions of sales?
It's quite easy, as I'm sure you are well aware, to spread fear of "bad scary monsters" but the actual _evidence_ suggests otherwise.

And just in case you are too lazy to go google the thing for yourself, here you go:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/18560/asus-boss-reveals-eee-sales.phtml

http://blog.laptopmag.com/asus-ceo-reveals-eee-pc-sales-numbers-plans-for-touch-eee-pcs-and-more-eee-family-products

Next time how bout doing some research hmm? Also note the some million units sold in the first quarter were mostly Linux based versions..