I got mine as a SprintPCS phone from circuit city...at the time it was $150, but circuit city was offering a $50 rebate with activation, and sprint was also offering a $50 rebate with activation. Hence the $50 (minus the $35 activation fee of course). I don't think either of the rebates are still going on, and I think it might have been one of those "new customers only" deals.
I have a Kyocera QCP-6035 "smartphone" (basically a PalmIII+cellphone) and based on my experience with it, i'd defintely buy another Kyocera "hybrid" device. The integration is incredible..when i'm using it as a phone, I forget it's a PDA. when i'm using it as a PDA, I forget it's a phone. Except for those occasions when it's *useful* that it's both (ie jotting down notes while on the phone). None of this "touch screen" buttons for dialing crap, my phone has a real keypad, etc.
The new 7135 looks like it continues this pattern.... that said, I got my Kyocera for $50 after rebates. I wouldn't be inclined to be an early adopter on a device like this (6035s started around $500-800)
How do you figure? Is PGP see-thru/fragile because everyone uses it? (would it become less secure it more people used it?)
Granted the industry is liable to standardize on something stupid like they did with CSS, but the fact is, if it's not compatible, it's not useful.. and there's no reason it can't be compatible AND secure.
If the encryption varies with the email client, well that's certainly not very useful.
[What needs to happen before email encryption becomes a "standard" thing that everyone uses all the time?]
just one thing: email encryption needs to become a standard, and then it will become a standard.
I'm not just being flippant here... I don't use it because no one else does and I don't want to guide my parents through decrypting the email I send them.
Maybe once all common email programs include a common encryption utility that's cross compatible with all the other email clients, i'll do it.
As it is, encrypting email is worse than sending HTML email.. and that already causes me tremendous irritation.
nevermind, didn't realize he was referring to two separate incidents (one in which he pretended to be his boss, others in which he pretended to be a lady).
[My boss often gives me his credit card to make purchases. The only time I've ever been asked was when I was trying to write his name on the slip. I usually just sign my own name and they hand the card right back. I've even used several ladies cards and never been asked. And I know I don't look like a Kimberly!!]
Is your boss a woman? or are you? (HIS credit card..but his/her name is Kimberly?)
[I've been getting my MP3s for free since I started downloading them on my 'BRAND NEW 14.4!' ]
Actually he did say MP3s.... I agree with the previous poster... a new 14.4k when mp3s were coming out? not likely. I had bought a new computer with a 33.6k modem about 6 months prior.
It's a good thing we never had to upgrade beyond linux kernel 1.0... and undoubtably we'll all be using Mozilla 1.0 in 10 years, once it comes out..because Open Source developers always write the code correctly the first time..unlike those pesky Microsoft losers....
Wasn't it also the case that the people who died weren't wearing seatbelts? I'm not 100% sure of that, but I recall hearing it, and that's the part that pisses me off the most about the whole situation... if you can't be bothered to wear a seatbelt, you've given up your right to sue in my mind.
actually roadrunner allows up to 4 computers per IP that you purchase...(my roommate and I are sharing the service, paying for the second IP (not static, just let's us pull two IPs from the DHCP server), so technically we can have 8 computers online at any given time. Two of them are "exposed" and then the other 6 would be NAT'd/gateway'd whatever....
Granted this doesn't help Comcast people, but if you're on roadrunner, I think you're ok for now.
When some script kiddie gets a wireless connection
in NYC and proxies through some volunteer's ISP
to run amok, who's responsible? The person
providing the access point, of course.
you certainly won't catch me running one of these free access points.
44.1khz is the sampling RATE, not the sampling RANGE. two completely different things... an audio file recorded at 22khz sampling can still contain 20hz-20khz frequencies, but the sampling of the signal occurs less frequently (and so is less accurate).
so you get a hotmail or yahoo account until you
get something more stable... no problem at all.
in fact, that's exactly what i did when i graduated a year ago and got one of these free forwarding accounts.
Taco was right on when he said "Framework", because that's what this needs to be. A bunch of devices with a common interface. A central cpu which delegates tasks. "oops, time to record tenchi...better notify the Tivo". I don't want to spend $2000 on a box that does it all. Because now i'm going to have to decide if i want the one from Company A with really good audio output, or the one from company B with really good video output. I want to pick my Tivo-unit from one company, my Audio unit from another, and have them work together with my main CPU from Company C that makes a really great interface.
I want to be able to replace my Tivo with the next great version without spending another $2000 to replace my entire Borg-unit.
This has to be componentized, it just needs a better framework/communication backend.
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Someone on K5 got one of these and reviewed it in their journal.
The dead are rising and posting on internet forums!
(with apologies to the simpsons, of course)
These sound like cellular service provider issues, not phone designer/researcher issues... blame sprint/cingular/whoever, not Kyocera for that stuff.
I got mine as a SprintPCS phone from circuit city...at the time it was $150, but circuit city was offering a $50 rebate with activation, and sprint was also offering a $50 rebate with activation. Hence the $50 (minus the $35 activation fee of course). I don't think either of the rebates are still going on, and I think it might have been one of those "new customers only" deals.
I have a Kyocera QCP-6035 "smartphone" (basically a PalmIII+cellphone) and based on my experience with it, i'd defintely buy another Kyocera "hybrid" device. The integration is incredible..when i'm using it as a phone, I forget it's a PDA. when i'm using it as a PDA, I forget it's a phone. Except for those occasions when it's *useful* that it's both (ie jotting down notes while on the phone). None of this "touch screen" buttons for dialing crap, my phone has a real keypad, etc.
The new 7135 looks like it continues this pattern.... that said, I got my Kyocera for $50 after rebates. I wouldn't be inclined to be an early adopter on a device like this (6035s started around $500-800)
read your comment. read your signature. enjoy the irony :)
How do you figure? Is PGP see-thru/fragile because everyone uses it? (would it become less secure it more people used it?)
Granted the industry is liable to standardize on something stupid like they did with CSS, but the fact is, if it's not compatible, it's not useful.. and there's no reason it can't be compatible AND secure.
If the encryption varies with the email client, well that's certainly not very useful.
[What needs to happen before email encryption becomes a "standard" thing that everyone uses all the time?]
just one thing: email encryption needs to become a standard, and then it will become a standard.
I'm not just being flippant here... I don't use it because no one else does and I don't want to guide my parents through decrypting the email I send them.
Maybe once all common email programs include a common encryption utility that's cross compatible with all the other email clients, i'll do it.
As it is, encrypting email is worse than sending HTML email.. and that already causes me tremendous irritation.
nevermind, didn't realize he was referring to two separate incidents (one in which he pretended to be his boss, others in which he pretended to be a lady).
"my boss gives me HIS credit card"
thus implying his BOSS is a male. (until later indicating his boss' name is kimberly)
[My boss often gives me his credit card to make purchases. The only time I've ever been asked was when I was trying to write his name on the slip. I usually just sign my own name and they hand the card right back. I've even used several ladies cards and never been asked. And I know I don't look like a Kimberly!!]
Is your boss a woman? or are you? (HIS credit card..but his/her name is Kimberly?)
For me, I'll stay home that particularly night and get 300k downloads for the first time ever!
[I've been getting my MP3s for free since I started downloading them on my 'BRAND NEW 14.4!' ]
Actually he did say MP3s.... I agree with the previous poster... a new 14.4k when mp3s were coming out? not likely. I had bought a new computer with a 33.6k modem about 6 months prior.
I thought it was already available to everyone...source and all? oh....nevermind.
It's a good thing we never had to upgrade beyond linux kernel 1.0... and undoubtably we'll all be using Mozilla 1.0 in 10 years, once it comes out..because Open Source developers always write the code correctly the first time..unlike those pesky Microsoft losers....
Wasn't it also the case that the people who died weren't wearing seatbelts? I'm not 100% sure of that, but I recall hearing it, and that's the part that pisses me off the most about the whole situation... if you can't be bothered to wear a seatbelt, you've given up your right to sue in my mind.
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
let's just make sure it doesn't come anywhere near any of our normal water!
www.qcp6035.com has served me well..i'd check it out. I never had a cell phone or a PDA before this thing, but i'm glad I got it now.
actually roadrunner allows up to 4 computers per IP that you purchase...(my roommate and I are sharing the service, paying for the second IP (not static, just let's us pull two IPs from the DHCP server), so technically we can have 8 computers online at any given time. Two of them are "exposed" and then the other 6 would be NAT'd/gateway'd whatever....
Granted this doesn't help Comcast people, but if you're on roadrunner, I think you're ok for now.
When some script kiddie gets a wireless connection
in NYC and proxies through some volunteer's ISP
to run amok, who's responsible? The person
providing the access point, of course.
you certainly won't catch me running one of these free access points.
44.1khz is the sampling RATE, not the sampling RANGE. two completely different things... an audio file recorded at 22khz sampling can still contain 20hz-20khz frequencies, but the sampling of the signal occurs less frequently (and so is less accurate).
THANK YOU! you're the first person i've ever come across (besides my 10th grade english teacher and any of my fellow students) who gets this poem!
so you get a hotmail or yahoo account until you get something more stable... no problem at all. in fact, that's exactly what i did when i graduated a year ago and got one of these free forwarding accounts.
Taco was right on when he said "Framework", because that's what this needs to be. A bunch of devices with a common interface. A central cpu which delegates tasks. "oops, time to record tenchi...better notify the Tivo". I don't want to spend $2000 on a box that does it all. Because now i'm going to have to decide if i want the one from Company A with really good audio output, or the one from company B with really good video output. I want to pick my Tivo-unit from one company, my Audio unit from another, and have them work together with my main CPU from Company C that makes a really great interface. I want to be able to replace my Tivo with the next great version without spending another $2000 to replace my entire Borg-unit. This has to be componentized, it just needs a better framework/communication backend.