You qualify your first sentence by specifying the 3GS, but even so, can you cite sources for this data? We all know Android is outselling iOS, but I've seen no numbers on how many Android purchases are from iOS users switching camps. I'm sure there is a percentage, if for nothing else than to switch to a provider with better cell service, but you make it sound like everyone is dumping iOS the first chance they get, which is not the case.
Android being better is an opinion, and not everyone shares your opinion. For some, dealing with mal- and crap-ware is certainly not "better".
True, but if they can incorporate third party software (TiVo, Time-Warner Interactive, 3DO, etc.), then I would think they would be receptive to someone like Google offering a Google-designed guide.
Story submitter really doesn't have a good idea how the cable industry works. Not that I do, but I at least know that Google would not be selling the boxes directly to the end consumers. They sell the boxes to the cable companies, who then turn around and sell/lease them to subscribers. Google is in a much better position to write improved software for the boxes.
I will be curious to see if ANY of these apps are ever deleted.
If in fact it is a law that DUI checkpoints are publicized beforehad, then it may be that this is Apple's way of being able to show the senators they are cooperating with them to such an extent that the DUI apps are not providing any more information than is publicly available elsewhere.
Technically, they are cooperating with the senators, but in reality nothing will change. Heh, nice to see the shoe on the other foot for once.
I remember when it was customary during the day to turn on your lights when passing a speed trap. Nowadays, that doesn't really work with all the newer cars sporting always-on lights.
More often I see truckers not flashing their brights, but flicking their headlights off, then on again. Not sure if that would have meant anything different for her.
To be fair, the article's purpose was to focus on the development of GUI. Multimedia and preemptive-multitasking don't really fall under that category. But you are right in that the article doesn't cover other important GUI advancements, such as Amiga's contributions or even application-level improvements such as the ability to select a block of text and drag it to another location of the document, dynamically shifting the text as the block is moved.
The article does get points for even mentioning GEM, but in reality, it's a big ad for Windows 8. Waste of my time.
I remember reading a much more extensive article a few years back that did a phenomenal job covering this topic. I wish I could remember where I found it.
If you want to make the Daleks scary again, then you need to allow them to win once in a while. Whenever the Daleks show up, something terrible must happen, something permanent. If the Doctor wins, make it "won the battle, not necessarily the war" situations. Turn them into such a villain so whenever they show up, you're not thinking "Okay, how's the Doctor going to defeat them this time", but "Oh, crap!"
It's not an issue of notebooks ever becoming more powerful than desktops, or phones becoming more powerful than consoles. What matters is when they become 'powerful enough'. When you can have a gaming experience on a phone (assuming things like somehow being able to transmit the picture to an external monitor or tv) that will satisfy 80% of the population, that's when the change will occur.
Notice that's what happened with the turn to notebooks. They never became more powerful than desktops, they became powerful enough for most users to have a satisfactory experience using them. They could do just about anything on the laptop they could on their desktop without loss of apparent processing power, speed and functionality. There comes a point where you have more than enough processor for web, word processing, spreadsheets, basic photo manipulation on a notebook and the extra you get on a desktop is just gravy.
Flipside to Compuserve back then was GEnie. That, coupled with Prodigy which allowed me to dial into GEnie from my mostly-rural location allowed me and my wife to meet and chat with authors such as Mercedes Lackey and Tad Williams who were frequent posters on the SF/F Roundtable there. My wife even had lunch with Tad in Chicago and Holly Lisle wrote her into one of her books, then promptly killed her character off. Great fun.
I was sad to see it go. GEnie was a great, close-knit community which felt more like family than the massive groups on Facebook which tend to include your friend's friends, co-workers, acquaintances, mail carrier, dog groomer, etc.
Artwork was the one thing I did not like when I tried iBooks last year. I was sad when I discovered you couldn't view a high-res, or at least screensize image of the cover.
I saw an article a couple weeks ago on this subject, and it brought up something I hadn't thought of. It said to keep records of any moving violation tickets and payments of fines. Apparently it's not uncommon for the courts to come back years later claiming you have unpaid fines and it's good to have documentation of the fact that you did.
Overall, the article said you should hold onto those and your yearly tax returns forever.
I hear people constantly bringing this up, but I fail to see why it's such a big deal. Be honest, AT&T iPhone owners: how often do you really use this feature? I'm sure there are certain folks (mostly those who use the iPhone for business purposes) where that's a big deal...but come on, for the average person, they will rarely if ever even notice.
Why can't you realize that some people may have smartphone needs that don't match your own? What? Are these posts about the lack of simultaneous voice and internet usage made up? Is everyone who doesn't like this lack of functionality liars? Were the *multiple* questions following the news presentation regarding the lack of this capability just so the reporters could hear themselves talk?
People are different. Needs are different. It's great fodder for debate, but some people need to realize not everyone is exactly like them, and that's not a bad thing.
There's another app in the App Store that I think is far better than the Goggles version. It allows you to grab any printed Sudoku puzzle. The app then converts it and allows you to work on the puzzle on your iPhone. Great for those times you have a newspaper that isn't yours, or you are needing to leave for work and won't be taking the paper with you.
I really don't see the point of the Goggles version. I rarely (if ever) want to be given a complete finished grid. At most all I ever want are hints that lead me to solving it myself.
Or maybe a double feature, "Abbott and Hardy" and "Laurel and Costello"... might be interesting. Can there be classic comedy teams where both are either tall and skinny or short and portly?
I guess I was thinking from a government point of view, not a corporate one. Sure, companies can lawyer up and force actions on sites, but the government would have a harder time with the whole "freedom of speech" right.
What grounds would someone have if that same site also provided non copyrighted text, even a single document? Could blocking that site then be seen as abridging our freedom of speech?
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You qualify your first sentence by specifying the 3GS, but even so, can you cite sources for this data? We all know Android is outselling iOS, but I've seen no numbers on how many Android purchases are from iOS users switching camps. I'm sure there is a percentage, if for nothing else than to switch to a provider with better cell service, but you make it sound like everyone is dumping iOS the first chance they get, which is not the case.
Android being better is an opinion, and not everyone shares your opinion. For some, dealing with mal- and crap-ware is certainly not "better".
This makes me very happy.
True, but if they can incorporate third party software (TiVo, Time-Warner Interactive, 3DO, etc.), then I would think they would be receptive to someone like Google offering a Google-designed guide.
Story submitter really doesn't have a good idea how the cable industry works. Not that I do, but I at least know that Google would not be selling the boxes directly to the end consumers. They sell the boxes to the cable companies, who then turn around and sell/lease them to subscribers. Google is in a much better position to write improved software for the boxes.
It's a good indication that society has dropped off the deep end if we start referring to Orwellian societies as "utopian".
Have you seen the screens for "Lion"? Maximizing the window to create full-screen applications will be the "Apple Way" soon enough.
There are some stretches in Nebraska on I-80 where the speed limit is 80. Maybe even 85. I can't remember exactly. It was six months ago.
I will be curious to see if ANY of these apps are ever deleted.
If in fact it is a law that DUI checkpoints are publicized beforehad, then it may be that this is Apple's way of being able to show the senators they are cooperating with them to such an extent that the DUI apps are not providing any more information than is publicly available elsewhere.
Technically, they are cooperating with the senators, but in reality nothing will change. Heh, nice to see the shoe on the other foot for once.
I remember when it was customary during the day to turn on your lights when passing a speed trap. Nowadays, that doesn't really work with all the newer cars sporting always-on lights.
More often I see truckers not flashing their brights, but flicking their headlights off, then on again. Not sure if that would have meant anything different for her.
To be fair, the article's purpose was to focus on the development of GUI. Multimedia and preemptive-multitasking don't really fall under that category. But you are right in that the article doesn't cover other important GUI advancements, such as Amiga's contributions or even application-level improvements such as the ability to select a block of text and drag it to another location of the document, dynamically shifting the text as the block is moved.
The article does get points for even mentioning GEM, but in reality, it's a big ad for Windows 8. Waste of my time.
I remember reading a much more extensive article a few years back that did a phenomenal job covering this topic. I wish I could remember where I found it.
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2005/05/gui.ars/ - This arstech article comes close, and it's far more informative than TFA.
If you want to make the Daleks scary again, then you need to allow them to win once in a while. Whenever the Daleks show up, something terrible must happen, something permanent. If the Doctor wins, make it "won the battle, not necessarily the war" situations. Turn them into such a villain so whenever they show up, you're not thinking "Okay, how's the Doctor going to defeat them this time", but "Oh, crap!"
In this case, however, it's "In Soviet Russia YOU watch TV!"
It's not an issue of notebooks ever becoming more powerful than desktops, or phones becoming more powerful than consoles. What matters is when they become 'powerful enough'. When you can have a gaming experience on a phone (assuming things like somehow being able to transmit the picture to an external monitor or tv) that will satisfy 80% of the population, that's when the change will occur.
Notice that's what happened with the turn to notebooks. They never became more powerful than desktops, they became powerful enough for most users to have a satisfactory experience using them. They could do just about anything on the laptop they could on their desktop without loss of apparent processing power, speed and functionality. There comes a point where you have more than enough processor for web, word processing, spreadsheets, basic photo manipulation on a notebook and the extra you get on a desktop is just gravy.
Flipside to Compuserve back then was GEnie. That, coupled with Prodigy which allowed me to dial into GEnie from my mostly-rural location allowed me and my wife to meet and chat with authors such as Mercedes Lackey and Tad Williams who were frequent posters on the SF/F Roundtable there. My wife even had lunch with Tad in Chicago and Holly Lisle wrote her into one of her books, then promptly killed her character off. Great fun.
I was sad to see it go. GEnie was a great, close-knit community which felt more like family than the massive groups on Facebook which tend to include your friend's friends, co-workers, acquaintances, mail carrier, dog groomer, etc.
Count me as one of those coffee-haters. I can't stand any coffee. I love the smell, but never got used to the taste.
Tea snob here. Gives me all the caffeine I need.
Artwork was the one thing I did not like when I tried iBooks last year. I was sad when I discovered you couldn't view a high-res, or at least screensize image of the cover.
I saw an article a couple weeks ago on this subject, and it brought up something I hadn't thought of. It said to keep records of any moving violation tickets and payments of fines. Apparently it's not uncommon for the courts to come back years later claiming you have unpaid fines and it's good to have documentation of the fact that you did.
Overall, the article said you should hold onto those and your yearly tax returns forever.
I hear people constantly bringing this up, but I fail to see why it's such a big deal. Be honest, AT&T iPhone owners: how often do you really use this feature? I'm sure there are certain folks (mostly those who use the iPhone for business purposes) where that's a big deal...but come on, for the average person, they will rarely if ever even notice.
Why can't you realize that some people may have smartphone needs that don't match your own? What? Are these posts about the lack of simultaneous voice and internet usage made up? Is everyone who doesn't like this lack of functionality liars? Were the *multiple* questions following the news presentation regarding the lack of this capability just so the reporters could hear themselves talk?
People are different. Needs are different. It's great fodder for debate, but some people need to realize not everyone is exactly like them, and that's not a bad thing.
True.
There's another app in the App Store that I think is far better than the Goggles version. It allows you to grab any printed Sudoku puzzle. The app then converts it and allows you to work on the puzzle on your iPhone. Great for those times you have a newspaper that isn't yours, or you are needing to leave for work and won't be taking the paper with you.
I really don't see the point of the Goggles version. I rarely (if ever) want to be given a complete finished grid. At most all I ever want are hints that lead me to solving it myself.
You are assuming they are in the Northern Hemisphere.
Or maybe a double feature, "Abbott and Hardy" and "Laurel and Costello"... might be interesting. Can there be classic comedy teams where both are either tall and skinny or short and portly?
Then we can hear those immortal words...
"I'm dead, Jim"
I guess I was thinking from a government point of view, not a corporate one. Sure, companies can lawyer up and force actions on sites, but the government would have a harder time with the whole "freedom of speech" right.
What grounds would someone have if that same site also provided non copyrighted text, even a single document? Could blocking that site then be seen as abridging our freedom of speech?