this is my point. Kids are not spending enough time running around outside climbing trees, riding their bike and playing ball. Today they spend most of their time sitting on their butt! Alll day in school, then at home in front of the TV or iPod. The future is doomed with this new generation.
Most intellectual gaps are the results of different culture and upbringing. ADHD and ADD is the result of kids playing video games 10 hours a day on their Nintendo DS.
If Verizon buys Netflix, it's all over with. Verizon will put all kinds of hidden fees and restrictions that it won't be worth having anymore. Good thing there are alternatives in the works like Amazon, EpixHD, HBO GO, Hulu, plug a few others. Why does someone have to ruin a good thing?
I think there is a lot of potential for developers to make money and make WebOS into something much better. You already have over a million people with Touchpads plus all those Webos Phones. There work in progress to run Android Apps inside WebOS, and if some can port Netflix and Hulu over then I'm sure it will be a winner.
I'm not refering to drawn out world wars that last for years. A conflict in Korea would result in the death of millions overnight. If the artillary don't blow you away, nukes from either side will.
What I meant was, Christmas had nothing to do with the roots of christianity. The roots of religion mention nothing about christmas, no place in the Bible or Koran or what ever religous book you read. It was made up to celibrate a religion, that's all.
Christmas never had anything to do with religion. It was made up from the very beginning, and some people wanted to associate this time to celbrate the birth of Jesus Christ (which no one knows if or when he was born). Christmas turned from a religous myth into a shopping holiday.
I was stationed near the DMZ when I was in the ARMY. It's a very dangerous and volatile place just waiting to explode! The North Koreans are crazy; you never know what they will do. If a war breaks out between North and South, it will be the bloodiest and worse catastrophe in human history!
The HP Touchpad for $99 is a hell of a deal compared to the Kindle Fire. I have Android installed on mine and I love it. I was lucky that I had hookups with CDW in my company so we ordered 6 of them.
I can almost bet that at 6PM CST the HP Ebay store or maybe even Ebay itself will come to a screeching halt! The site will be flooded with millions of requests, I seriously doubt they can handle this! Remeber when HP's site was down because of the first fire sale?
we had purchased new servers and switches. Had nothing to do with the equipment. BES just wasn't compatible with our exchange 2010 server and RIM couldn't solve the problem. BB is old technology and that's why so many people getting rid of these phones. We donated or trashed about 30 BB phones. You can buy them for pennies on ebay.
Our company use to have Blackberry phones with BES server. We had so many problems with the BES server, we were out a whole week without email or calendars - even RIM support couldn't help us. That's when we decided to Ditch BlackBerry and go with iPhones and Android, no one in the company has regretted that decision, in fact many have asked why we didn't switch earlier!
7" Android tablets are not worth more than $100. It's not going to replace your laptop or netbook. It's too small for word processing or doing any serious work, all it's good for is watch videos and playing a few games. When will these companies realize this?
Comparing an iPad or Galaxy 10.1 tablet to these cheap 7" Tablets is like comparing an i7 Laptop and a cheap netbook. Some people at first will buy cheap but when they realize it's limitations they'll opt for the better tablet. I purchased a cheap 10" Epad awhile back for $150 and was sorely disappointed with its performance, and lack of features. Most of these cheap tablets are slow and don't respond well to your touch, leading to misspelled words when you type and frustrating web browsing experiences.
First it was the Cable Box and Sat that would change the world - 55 Channels and nothing on!
Then came Tivo - watch TV on your schedule. That prompted all kinds of DVR and Media Players.
Now comes Netflix and Roku - Pay only for what you want and watch it when you want - anywhere!
TV is evolving to what consumers want, not what the Industry wants.
Cost was the major factor in my decision to cancel Cable and go with a Roku box. My family love the Roku much better, because now they can decide what they want and when to watch it. Also eliminates the need for hundreds of DVD's and VHS tapes, and its so simply to use, my 10 year old is a wiz at it. The future of TV is Smart TV, and watching your shows anywhere, in your living room or in bed with your Tablet.
I've watched a lot of Scifi films over the years and sometimes I like to go back to the older films because I find them more interesting. CGI might look nice at first but it just can't replace that interaction actors have with a model. In many cases, I'd rather watch an old budget scifi film done with a real model set, vs a new CGI movie like Avatar. When you rewatch these old films you discover new things you didn't notice before. Plus with CGI you miss out on all the bloopers that were fun to spot.
The Viewsonic G-Tablet or an HP Touchpad are the best tablets you can buy for the money. I still see HP Touchpad's on Ebay for under $250, far better deal than the Amazon Kindle I think.
A little lag can be a BIG deal when surfing the web. I'm betting that many people are not buying this for reading, but rather to surf the web, play games and watch movies, all of which this device doesn't do well!
The Kindle Fire is nothing more than another cheap E-pad made in China! Slow, unresponsive and is not compatible with many Android Apps. At least the E-Pad I can get fro around $100 vs. the $200 Kindle Fire. If you want quality you need to fork over more money, or wait for another deal like the HP Touchpad to come around.
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this is my point. Kids are not spending enough time running around outside climbing trees, riding their bike and playing ball. Today they spend most of their time sitting on their butt! Alll day in school, then at home in front of the TV or iPod. The future is doomed with this new generation.
Cmon now! You can trust the Government and Corporations, they are only looking out for your best interest! Don't be a wussy!
Most intellectual gaps are the results of different culture and upbringing. ADHD and ADD is the result of kids playing video games 10 hours a day on their Nintendo DS.
With a name like that, I'm sure Drill Sergeants would love having you!
If Verizon buys Netflix, it's all over with. Verizon will put all kinds of hidden fees and restrictions that it won't be worth having anymore. Good thing there are alternatives in the works like Amazon, EpixHD, HBO GO, Hulu, plug a few others. Why does someone have to ruin a good thing?
I think there is a lot of potential for developers to make money and make WebOS into something much better. You already have over a million people with Touchpads plus all those Webos Phones. There work in progress to run Android Apps inside WebOS, and if some can port Netflix and Hulu over then I'm sure it will be a winner.
I'm not refering to drawn out world wars that last for years. A conflict in Korea would result in the death of millions overnight. If the artillary don't blow you away, nukes from either side will.
What I meant was, Christmas had nothing to do with the roots of christianity. The roots of religion mention nothing about christmas, no place in the Bible or Koran or what ever religous book you read. It was made up to celibrate a religion, that's all.
Christmas never had anything to do with religion. It was made up from the very beginning, and some people wanted to associate this time to celbrate the birth of Jesus Christ (which no one knows if or when he was born). Christmas turned from a religous myth into a shopping holiday.
I was stationed near the DMZ when I was in the ARMY. It's a very dangerous and volatile place just waiting to explode! The North Koreans are crazy; you never know what they will do. If a war breaks out between North and South, it will be the bloodiest and worse catastrophe in human history!
This is about the smartest thing HP has done in awhile. About time somebody understands the power of Opensource.
The HP Touchpad for $99 is a hell of a deal compared to the Kindle Fire. I have Android installed on mine and I love it. I was lucky that I had hookups with CDW in my company so we ordered 6 of them.
I can almost bet that at 6PM CST the HP Ebay store or maybe even Ebay itself will come to a screeching halt! The site will be flooded with millions of requests, I seriously doubt they can handle this! Remeber when HP's site was down because of the first fire sale?
we had purchased new servers and switches. Had nothing to do with the equipment. BES just wasn't compatible with our exchange 2010 server and RIM couldn't solve the problem. BB is old technology and that's why so many people getting rid of these phones. We donated or trashed about 30 BB phones. You can buy them for pennies on ebay.
Our company use to have Blackberry phones with BES server. We had so many problems with the BES server, we were out a whole week without email or calendars - even RIM support couldn't help us. That's when we decided to Ditch BlackBerry and go with iPhones and Android, no one in the company has regretted that decision, in fact many have asked why we didn't switch earlier!
7" Android tablets are not worth more than $100. It's not going to replace your laptop or netbook. It's too small for word processing or doing any serious work, all it's good for is watch videos and playing a few games. When will these companies realize this?
Comparing an iPad or Galaxy 10.1 tablet to these cheap 7" Tablets is like comparing an i7 Laptop and a cheap netbook. Some people at first will buy cheap but when they realize it's limitations they'll opt for the better tablet. I purchased a cheap 10" Epad awhile back for $150 and was sorely disappointed with its performance, and lack of features. Most of these cheap tablets are slow and don't respond well to your touch, leading to misspelled words when you type and frustrating web browsing experiences.
First it was the Cable Box and Sat that would change the world - 55 Channels and nothing on! Then came Tivo - watch TV on your schedule. That prompted all kinds of DVR and Media Players. Now comes Netflix and Roku - Pay only for what you want and watch it when you want - anywhere! TV is evolving to what consumers want, not what the Industry wants.
Cost was the major factor in my decision to cancel Cable and go with a Roku box. My family love the Roku much better, because now they can decide what they want and when to watch it. Also eliminates the need for hundreds of DVD's and VHS tapes, and its so simply to use, my 10 year old is a wiz at it. The future of TV is Smart TV, and watching your shows anywhere, in your living room or in bed with your Tablet.
I've watched a lot of Scifi films over the years and sometimes I like to go back to the older films because I find them more interesting. CGI might look nice at first but it just can't replace that interaction actors have with a model. In many cases, I'd rather watch an old budget scifi film done with a real model set, vs a new CGI movie like Avatar. When you rewatch these old films you discover new things you didn't notice before. Plus with CGI you miss out on all the bloopers that were fun to spot.
That's what my PC needs right now! - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyx_FastLoad :)
I have CM7 (android 2.3) installed on mine, plus there is development of ics in the works for the hp touchpad. For $99 it was a steal!
The Viewsonic G-Tablet or an HP Touchpad are the best tablets you can buy for the money. I still see HP Touchpad's on Ebay for under $250, far better deal than the Amazon Kindle I think.
A little lag can be a BIG deal when surfing the web. I'm betting that many people are not buying this for reading, but rather to surf the web, play games and watch movies, all of which this device doesn't do well!
The Kindle Fire is nothing more than another cheap E-pad made in China! Slow, unresponsive and is not compatible with many Android Apps. At least the E-Pad I can get fro around $100 vs. the $200 Kindle Fire. If you want quality you need to fork over more money, or wait for another deal like the HP Touchpad to come around.