I guess it depends on where you live. I see just as many Android phones as iPhones nowadays. Hell at a boardgame party Saturday night (I am that lame) we even whipped 'em all out to compare. 3 iPhones, 3 flavors of Android phones (including my G1) and 1 Palm Pre. The most amazing thing is that a lot of the Android phones that I see are being used by non-tech people and they seem to be as happy with the experience as the iPhone users.
I never noticed motorcyclists on the road until I started riding.
I wish you were correct but from my experience (and as always YMMV) the iPhone users that I know are far more willing to shell out the cash for apps than the more tech-savvy Android people. Increased marketshare doesn't necessarily mean increased revenue for application writers. I truly hope I'm wrong because if Apple's vertical lock-in model becomes standard practice and accepted by the public it will be a dark future for hobbyists and tinkerers.
I'm not entirely sure that Apple wants ubiquity in the marketplace. They sell a premium product. Could Porsche lower their prices so that more people could afford them? Of course they could, but they sell style along with a premium automobile. It's the same with Apple. Personally I choose functionality over style every time which is why I own a G1 and will upgrade to another Android phone soon.
I've been surprisingly happy with T-Mobile. I get 3G in even the more rural areas of Northern Nevada and don't have the number of dropped calls my iPhone friends have. I can roam on AT&T's network if need be since they're both GSM. The only issue I've ever had was the Highway 95 corridor from Vegas to Fallon where I had almost no coverage the entire way.
I don't really understand this FUD. Even if Microsoft does have a slightly different flavor of OXML it's not like it's impossible to convert them to something more neutral even if Microsoft took a play from Steve Job's playbook and completely went to the dark side. I understand fear of the old pre-2007 formats since they were impossible to read without Microsoft's software, but the modern formats can be unzipped and your content is available plain as day. I'm no Microsoft apologist, but in this case your fear is unfounded.
They give it away for free when you view it over the airwaves. If it's subsidized by commercials or even online ads I'd argue that $1 - $2 per episode is entirely reasonable. Am I an unprincipled thief because I download a copy of Mythbusters that I was unable to watch because I had a late night at work? What's the difference between downloading and saving a show to DVR? I pay my monthly cable extortion, I shall download what I please.
Flash is just another layer of middleware which is not necessary and ultimately just gets in the way. It gives quick results but the true headaches are borne by the users and also by developers down the road once you are locked-in to using Flash and want to do something that it doesn't yet support.
Then let the market decide. GP was right. It is all about locking the developers in, making them choose between creating software for Apple, or all of the other platforms. It's a despicable business practice and as a hobbyist developer I will not have my toolset dictated to me so long as the end result runs natively on the device.
The obvious solution is to elect Dennis Miller. He can provide a conservative counter-weight to Franken and with his rants I smell new records in filibustering.
As an agnostic I'm possibly offended that agnostics weren't specifically mentioned in that statement at all. Maybe offended. I mean, I have no real proof one way or the other.
It's a tricky situation. I'd love to agree with you in that gaining knowledge is extremely important. But ethically they should have at least asked for permission first. The problem now is that other tribes may be more reluctant to give samples for any reason lest they be abused.
I'm having trouble with this... This has nothing repeat NOTHING to do with running Flash on an iPhone/Pad. It has everything to do with Adobe building in the capability to compile an ActionScript project to an iWhatever binary. It is about restricting the tools that developers can use and basically locking them into the Apple ecosystem. If you could use one codeset to write an app for the iPhone/Android/WinMo/WebOS then how is the iPhone special? Now developers have to maintain multiple sets, and from an economic standpoint they'll code for the lowest hanging fruit, namely iPhone users who have already proven themselves to be a microtransaction loving force. It's about killing competition by making it harder to cross-develop.
Agree completely! I just moved to NV from TX. Why in the hell should I pay taxes on my car and motorcycle when I've already done it twice. Once when I purchased them in GA, and then again when I registered them in TX.
So by that twisted logic, if MS decided to arbitrarily tell you what you could and could not install on a Windows system would you be okay with that? I mean it is their platform. If you don't like it you can migrate somewhere else.
Well if I can't get porn at Walmart I can go elsewhere for it. For the appstore unless I've jailbroken my phone. As long as Apple doesn't allow 3rd party installs they will be open to this sort of criticism.
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I guess it depends on where you live. I see just as many Android phones as iPhones nowadays. Hell at a boardgame party Saturday night (I am that lame) we even whipped 'em all out to compare. 3 iPhones, 3 flavors of Android phones (including my G1) and 1 Palm Pre. The most amazing thing is that a lot of the Android phones that I see are being used by non-tech people and they seem to be as happy with the experience as the iPhone users.
I never noticed motorcyclists on the road until I started riding.
It's going to crash a lot and get a lot of viruses? /duck
Goose!
I wish you were correct but from my experience (and as always YMMV) the iPhone users that I know are far more willing to shell out the cash for apps than the more tech-savvy Android people. Increased marketshare doesn't necessarily mean increased revenue for application writers. I truly hope I'm wrong because if Apple's vertical lock-in model becomes standard practice and accepted by the public it will be a dark future for hobbyists and tinkerers.
I'm not entirely sure that Apple wants ubiquity in the marketplace. They sell a premium product. Could Porsche lower their prices so that more people could afford them? Of course they could, but they sell style along with a premium automobile. It's the same with Apple. Personally I choose functionality over style every time which is why I own a G1 and will upgrade to another Android phone soon.
I've been surprisingly happy with T-Mobile. I get 3G in even the more rural areas of Northern Nevada and don't have the number of dropped calls my iPhone friends have. I can roam on AT&T's network if need be since they're both GSM. The only issue I've ever had was the Highway 95 corridor from Vegas to Fallon where I had almost no coverage the entire way.
I don't really understand this FUD. Even if Microsoft does have a slightly different flavor of OXML it's not like it's impossible to convert them to something more neutral even if Microsoft took a play from Steve Job's playbook and completely went to the dark side. I understand fear of the old pre-2007 formats since they were impossible to read without Microsoft's software, but the modern formats can be unzipped and your content is available plain as day. I'm no Microsoft apologist, but in this case your fear is unfounded.
They give it away for free when you view it over the airwaves. If it's subsidized by commercials or even online ads I'd argue that $1 - $2 per episode is entirely reasonable. Am I an unprincipled thief because I download a copy of Mythbusters that I was unable to watch because I had a late night at work? What's the difference between downloading and saving a show to DVR? I pay my monthly cable extortion, I shall download what I please.
I think Celine Dion, William Shatner, Bryan Adams, and Nickelback would beg to differ!
Flash is just another layer of middleware which is not necessary and ultimately just gets in the way. It gives quick results but the true headaches are borne by the users and also by developers down the road once you are locked-in to using Flash and want to do something that it doesn't yet support.
Then let the market decide. GP was right. It is all about locking the developers in, making them choose between creating software for Apple, or all of the other platforms. It's a despicable business practice and as a hobbyist developer I will not have my toolset dictated to me so long as the end result runs natively on the device.
"What would you do if you had a million dollars?"
"I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two IPv4 addresses at the same time, man."
I'd mod you up if /. ever saw fit to give me points.
And most Playboy readers only buy them for the articles.
The obvious solution is to elect Dennis Miller. He can provide a conservative counter-weight to Franken and with his rants I smell new records in filibustering.
I travel an insane amount. Being caught without your passport in the Middle East isn't quite the same as being caught in a Western nation.
Or maybe stupid shit just happens. You don't need a conspiracy for everything. Let me guess, Ron Paul supporter?
Or is that he wants you to think?
As an agnostic I'm possibly offended that agnostics weren't specifically mentioned in that statement at all. Maybe offended. I mean, I have no real proof one way or the other.
So you're of the Heisenberg sect?
I dare you to go to any foreign country and walk around without your passport.
It's a tricky situation. I'd love to agree with you in that gaining knowledge is extremely important. But ethically they should have at least asked for permission first. The problem now is that other tribes may be more reluctant to give samples for any reason lest they be abused.
In my mind they will only be deserving of the kudos if they pass the savings on to their customers.
That explains why Mac Stores look like glassy temples from the not-to-distant future.
Prices will never go below a certain level. If the unwashed masses start using Apple products then the aura of smug superiority will vanish.
I'm having trouble with this... This has nothing repeat NOTHING to do with running Flash on an iPhone/Pad. It has everything to do with Adobe building in the capability to compile an ActionScript project to an iWhatever binary. It is about restricting the tools that developers can use and basically locking them into the Apple ecosystem. If you could use one codeset to write an app for the iPhone/Android/WinMo/WebOS then how is the iPhone special? Now developers have to maintain multiple sets, and from an economic standpoint they'll code for the lowest hanging fruit, namely iPhone users who have already proven themselves to be a microtransaction loving force. It's about killing competition by making it harder to cross-develop.
Agree completely! I just moved to NV from TX. Why in the hell should I pay taxes on my car and motorcycle when I've already done it twice. Once when I purchased them in GA, and then again when I registered them in TX.
So by that twisted logic, if MS decided to arbitrarily tell you what you could and could not install on a Windows system would you be okay with that? I mean it is their platform. If you don't like it you can migrate somewhere else.
Well if I can't get porn at Walmart I can go elsewhere for it. For the appstore unless I've jailbroken my phone. As long as Apple doesn't allow 3rd party installs they will be open to this sort of criticism.