I've been working with Objective-C for some iOS and Mac stuff. Gotta say, the learning curve is much nicer compared to when I was first looking at C++. It just seems much more thought out as to why things are how they are. I can't quantify it but an analog for me would be like looking at a Linux distro vs. a BSD install: a more complete, refined system.
I don't know why you were modded as a troll. FTA itself:
Stroustrup: I'll just note that I consider the idea of one language, one programming tool, as the one and only best tool for everyone and for every problem infantile. If someone claims to have the perfect language he is either a fool or a salesman or both.
I've never come across an app that wont install for free on another iOS device (we have 4). What apps have done this? You should definitely report them to Apple is this is the case.
I'd say that they're getting very desperate. Like 'em or hate 'em, the iPhone and its ilk have become hugely popular for non business users -- arguably, a much larger market.
Even for business users.
I've heard of many places opening up their email/calendar/directory (or Exchange) servers to iPhones and the like. Many users don't want to carry around two devices which perform the same functions.
At our place we have a How To for iPhone users but don't support beyond that. Company-supplied Blackberries are still fully supported.
The stores set the prices based on demand and what they pay for the item. In this case, it sounds like Amazon is setting the price from the get-go with no developer input.
On Apple's AppStore you could submit a $999.99 Fart App. They would likely reject it but remember the "I Am Rich" app that did nothing for $1k?
I don't think it's fragmentation but this nugget:
one in which they, not the developers, will set the price and decide which apps to feature is a deal killer. No way would anyone I know work on an app and not be able to set the price. That's basically Amazon telling the developer what his/her time is worth.
it also leads to a massive incentive to get things to market before the competition, which causes a complete lack of QA in the release process.
In the iOS world any app can try to read the GPS but the user is presented with a dialog asking for permission to do so. If it's an annoyance you can turn apps' permissions on or off individually in the Location options.
From what I've read, Apple's review process runs apps through some pretty funky things looking for naughtiness.
The odd piece slips through, of course, but I doubt it's half the popular programs as it sounds like it is for Android.
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I've been working with Objective-C for some iOS and Mac stuff. Gotta say, the learning curve is much nicer compared to when I was first looking at C++. It just seems much more thought out as to why things are how they are. I can't quantify it but an analog for me would be like looking at a Linux distro vs. a BSD install: a more complete, refined system.
I don't know why you were modded as a troll. FTA itself:
Stroustrup: I'll just note that I consider the idea of one language, one programming tool, as the one and only best tool for everyone and for every problem infantile. If someone claims to have the perfect language he is either a fool or a salesman or both.
WiFi-only iPad location services should work decently with the IP geolocation. Heck, it works very well (to my house!) on our iPod Touch.
In Stalin's Soviet Russia...
They're going after somewhere between iPhone and Android, which is a sweet spot
WM7 will forever be known as "Windows Mobile Taint".
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i was even turning the power to the house off when i left for the daytime
Don't you have a refrigerator and/or freezer? They tend to keep food cooler when they have power.
Should ISPs Cut Off Bot-infected Users?
Yes. Some ISPs already cut off P2P users. By comparison botnets are a real threat.
they aren't at all bad.
That isn't exactly a glowing endorsement. I think that's the problem with all the Windows-based tablets thus far.
How would it be the Streisand Effect? She isn't trying to bury something that is spreading across the net against her wishes.
They could have cut the LOTR trilogy into 6 parts then I could skip parts 2, 4 and 6 where the Hobbits just ran through the woods.
Which came first, the Foundation or the Beard?
They have the Bodies show in my city right now.
We want to go to see the folks who made our iPad.
I've never come across an app that wont install for free on another iOS device (we have 4). What apps have done this? You should definitely report them to Apple is this is the case.
I think the Location permissions also block against wifi type geolocation as it also works on the iPod Touch which has no GPS.
Your X-Ray glasses can penetrate greasy beard?
All iOS apps that ask for location info generate a permissions dialog.
You can set a default per-app in the Location Services option screen.
Use FirewallIP off Cydia. It's a few bucks but works very well.
Yeah, just IDs the phone. Not email address, GPS location, contacts or anything.
Not much of a story although I do block call-homes with FirewallIP from the Cydia Store.
Those people sell to retailers for a price THEY set. The retailers then sell for whatever they want to make in profit.
Amazon's scheme is to have them set the price for both themselves and the app developer.
I'd say that they're getting very desperate. Like 'em or hate 'em, the iPhone and its ilk have become hugely popular for non business users -- arguably, a much larger market.
Even for business users.
I've heard of many places opening up their email/calendar/directory (or Exchange) servers to iPhones and the like. Many users don't want to carry around two devices which perform the same functions.
At our place we have a How To for iPhone users but don't support beyond that. Company-supplied Blackberries are still fully supported.
The stores set the prices based on demand and what they pay for the item. In this case, it sounds like Amazon is setting the price from the get-go with no developer input.
On Apple's AppStore you could submit a $999.99 Fart App. They would likely reject it but remember the "I Am Rich" app that did nothing for $1k?
Those are developed by huge gaming houses who pay their employees directly, not one-person shops making fart apps.
I don't think it's fragmentation but this nugget:
one in which they, not the developers, will set the price and decide which apps to feature
is a deal killer. No way would anyone I know work on an app and not be able to set the price. That's basically Amazon telling the developer what his/her time is worth.
it also leads to a massive incentive to get things to market before the competition, which causes a complete lack of QA in the release process.
In the iOS world any app can try to read the GPS but the user is presented with a dialog asking for permission to do so. If it's an annoyance you can turn apps' permissions on or off individually in the Location options.
From what I've read, Apple's review process runs apps through some pretty funky things looking for naughtiness.
The odd piece slips through, of course, but I doubt it's half the popular programs as it sounds like it is for Android.
I'll hold out for the inevitable 3D Extended Edition BluRay Director's Cut.
Rumour has it George Lucas is working on a version in which Michael Collins steps on the Moon first.