I'm calling BS. The only ones I've seen that can do that aren't installed with intel boards and cost in the ballpark of $400-500.
Hell, there aren't even netbooks out there that are "half the price of the cheapest iPad" because the market ballooned to the over $300 range with most netbooks costing $350-400. Anything at the low end is clearance for the next model.
Exactly, I don't know why they thought it succeeded at being better at any of those things.
Really though, we'll need the app writers to prove why the iPad is useful. That's the problem, they showed us a bunch of fun toys and didn't show us why we needed it over any of the less expensive devices.
Please do not compare this to a netbook, this doesn't do half as much as my netbook can and has nothing in it that makes it more attractive than the iPhone I already have.
I like that Jobs took a shot at Netbooks, but then failed to deliver a product that is better.
It's a product entry, just like the original iPhone was. Now we just need tons of applications and iPad 4G and it will be a golden device.
Why would anyone get excited over 3G in this? I'd still rather pay $60 over $30 a month and get a MiFi that I can use my iPhone, iPad, netbook, Xbox, PSP and home computers with.
Why doesn't this have wireless syncing? Don't tell me they can't do it, the AppleTV does it easily. Why does this still use that crappy dock connector, which also requires me to display the device in portrait mode on a dock? Why doesn't it instead use the magnetic charger like the Macbook Air? Can it use Airtunes speakers? Where are the speakers located? What is the screen resolution?
How is it Apple spent an hour and a half and told us nothing important about the product?
It gets them press. The tighter they keep it, the more everyone buzzes over the next product. Every tech site on the web could burst out with their "predictions" but until Apple announces it, it isn't golden. And the end result is weeks and weeks of people talking and spreading the word.
I went to visit my wife's family two states away this weekend and they all couldn't wait to talk to me about the coming apple tablet this week because they hadn't seen me since Christmas and know I love Apple. I'd say Apple's plan is working.
We've already established Apple doesn't feel it needs to crush opponents to win. It just needs to exist to win.
Why does anyone think that Apple needs to get into bed with Microsoft over Google? Here's a tip, all three are competitors with each other in the mobile market. As far as device makers go, neither google nor M$ actually make their phones, the Nexus One is STILL AN HTC DEVICE.
Please stop spewing this CRAP and sensationalistic reporting to keep people visiting the site. This is about as bad as suggesting Apple dump their hardware sales and license to Dell.
Fallout 3 is better. The pipboy basically makes it so you can wait out the time to trigger your attacks, almost like a turn based approach. Once it is triggered, all of the attacks that you select from it are set off one at a time. This allows you to run around, dodge and block attacks while waiting for it to recharge and launch your next calculated attack, or... you can go the FPS approach and swing on your own.
How can you quit a game you weren't playing to begin with. And I'm sorry but Bot players are the lowest life forms in the game. It's cheating and they need to get over themselves if they think it's anything but that.
A perfect example is the difference between Mirror's Edge on the Xbox and PC. There is a lot more trash floating about, there are a lot more physics involved with glass being shot out and blinds being affected by gunfire and wind in the PC version. Trust me when I say that graphics advantages are still on the PC side, and my 5770 can't handle Mirror's Edge (a game from over a year ago) at 1080p on my home theatre. Now it's by no means a top end card, but it is relatively new. So yes, there is still plenty of room to move forward in processing, even at an equal level of resolution to the console brethren for detail and developers have already taken advantage of downplaying.
So I don't get what you're saying. It seems to me like what you are saying already is happening and it isn't doing squat for "rescuing" PC gaming.
I don't know the format specifically, but I do know that the current version of handbrake rips my DVDs well for playback on the Xbox and my iPhone. I love it.
It should also be noted, it took PCauthority 2 months on the latest release to come to this realization? Authority they are not, clearly.
I'm also pretty sure that multitouch is not a technology that is necessary in the mobile phone market. I've seen plenty of new phones with keypads and no touch screens lately for a large market of users that don't need an all-in-one device. And as Apple has shown, multitouch devices are expansive beyond the cell phone/telephone marketplace.
If Nokia is infringing, it is violation of Apple's patents, end of story. If Nokia is holding back Apple (and any other entry) due to tower communication technology licensing, that is a very monopolistic tactic, Nokia is not in their right, end of story.
Let them fight it out in court. Hopefully someone with sense will preside over it and see what is going on (and maybe take a slight jab at Apple as well).
Pretty sure that you could buy games from Xbox Live long before Wii had arrived, and motion control on the Xbox live level is more akin to an improved Playstation 2 EyeTV.
Besides, the Wii-mote isn't all that unique either, it's just an update to the Power Glove after removing the stupid glove part.
I remember getting a madden (I think 98) for Playstation and they crammed a THICK manual into a CD jewel case along with a poster with all of the plays. That used to be standard. Now it's a pathetic controller diagram (if that) and that's it.
However, I do have to disagree that the reason manuals (across the board on most games) have become thinner is that in game training is taking it's place. With it being easier to produce interactive training, why bother making print media. With the first madden that came out for Wii I remember being very thankful for the in game trainer because it would show you things that would be otherwise complicated to describe or show in print.
I'll claim rights on a second story and write the one that has the pilot still sitting in the cockpit with his chest blown out. And several miles below the ice surface there's a temple that's a home to aliens that another alien race comes in to exterminate after the expedition team frees them.
Actually... Steam is worse. There are a large number of games that in addition to the DRM of requiring Steam to play the game you bought, SecureROM titles are showing up and include activation limits.... what BULLSHIT.
Take a look at GTA 4 or Crysis on Steam. Fortunately, Valve is openly stating on the product page that it includes SecureROM, they're not hiding it (yet).
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Oh, and lets not forget that this thing costs less than an unlocked iPhone.
If I could buy a replacement iPhone for $500 I wouldn't fear every day about dropping accidentally or having it sprout legs.
I'm calling BS. The only ones I've seen that can do that aren't installed with intel boards and cost in the ballpark of $400-500.
Hell, there aren't even netbooks out there that are "half the price of the cheapest iPad" because the market ballooned to the over $300 range with most netbooks costing $350-400. Anything at the low end is clearance for the next model.
Exactly, I don't know why they thought it succeeded at being better at any of those things.
Really though, we'll need the app writers to prove why the iPad is useful. That's the problem, they showed us a bunch of fun toys and didn't show us why we needed it over any of the less expensive devices.
Uh, I think you misread, I think the GP is saying you can tether to your phone with a data plan over bluetooth.
AppleTV is a better convergence device in my opinion.
I don't even know why apple bothered. 250MB is laughable. With the way providers calculate data, you'll use that just turning the device on.
Please do not compare this to a netbook, this doesn't do half as much as my netbook can and has nothing in it that makes it more attractive than the iPhone I already have.
I like that Jobs took a shot at Netbooks, but then failed to deliver a product that is better.
It's a product entry, just like the original iPhone was. Now we just need tons of applications and iPad 4G and it will be a golden device.
Why would anyone get excited over 3G in this? I'd still rather pay $60 over $30 a month and get a MiFi that I can use my iPhone, iPad, netbook, Xbox, PSP and home computers with.
Why doesn't this have wireless syncing? Don't tell me they can't do it, the AppleTV does it easily. Why does this still use that crappy dock connector, which also requires me to display the device in portrait mode on a dock? Why doesn't it instead use the magnetic charger like the Macbook Air? Can it use Airtunes speakers? Where are the speakers located? What is the screen resolution?
How is it Apple spent an hour and a half and told us nothing important about the product?
Actually it's worse, because there are movies that I know are new videos and are in h.264 format and are NOT being served to the iPhone.
I'm surprised more coverage hasn't been brought to bear on this.
It gets them press. The tighter they keep it, the more everyone buzzes over the next product. Every tech site on the web could burst out with their "predictions" but until Apple announces it, it isn't golden. And the end result is weeks and weeks of people talking and spreading the word.
I went to visit my wife's family two states away this weekend and they all couldn't wait to talk to me about the coming apple tablet this week because they hadn't seen me since Christmas and know I love Apple. I'd say Apple's plan is working.
It further legitimizes the use of microsoft formats and standards, it does not punish microsoft.
We've already established Apple doesn't feel it needs to crush opponents to win. It just needs to exist to win.
Why does anyone think that Apple needs to get into bed with Microsoft over Google? Here's a tip, all three are competitors with each other in the mobile market. As far as device makers go, neither google nor M$ actually make their phones, the Nexus One is STILL AN HTC DEVICE.
Please stop spewing this CRAP and sensationalistic reporting to keep people visiting the site. This is about as bad as suggesting Apple dump their hardware sales and license to Dell.
Fallout 3 is better. The pipboy basically makes it so you can wait out the time to trigger your attacks, almost like a turn based approach. Once it is triggered, all of the attacks that you select from it are set off one at a time. This allows you to run around, dodge and block attacks while waiting for it to recharge and launch your next calculated attack, or... you can go the FPS approach and swing on your own.
Someone please mod the above AC up for me.
How can you quit a game you weren't playing to begin with. And I'm sorry but Bot players are the lowest life forms in the game. It's cheating and they need to get over themselves if they think it's anything but that.
I'd hardly consider graphics stagnant.
A perfect example is the difference between Mirror's Edge on the Xbox and PC. There is a lot more trash floating about, there are a lot more physics involved with glass being shot out and blinds being affected by gunfire and wind in the PC version. Trust me when I say that graphics advantages are still on the PC side, and my 5770 can't handle Mirror's Edge (a game from over a year ago) at 1080p on my home theatre. Now it's by no means a top end card, but it is relatively new. So yes, there is still plenty of room to move forward in processing, even at an equal level of resolution to the console brethren for detail and developers have already taken advantage of downplaying.
So I don't get what you're saying. It seems to me like what you are saying already is happening and it isn't doing squat for "rescuing" PC gaming.
I don't know the format specifically, but I do know that the current version of handbrake rips my DVDs well for playback on the Xbox and my iPhone. I love it.
It should also be noted, it took PCauthority 2 months on the latest release to come to this realization? Authority they are not, clearly.
I'm also pretty sure that multitouch is not a technology that is necessary in the mobile phone market. I've seen plenty of new phones with keypads and no touch screens lately for a large market of users that don't need an all-in-one device. And as Apple has shown, multitouch devices are expansive beyond the cell phone/telephone marketplace.
If Nokia is infringing, it is violation of Apple's patents, end of story.
If Nokia is holding back Apple (and any other entry) due to tower communication technology licensing, that is a very monopolistic tactic, Nokia is not in their right, end of story.
Let them fight it out in court. Hopefully someone with sense will preside over it and see what is going on (and maybe take a slight jab at Apple as well).
Well where I work, we did in fact throw a number of resumes out the window specifically because of hotmail and AOL email addresses.
But then again, I work in IT, those people SHOULD know better.
Ummmmmm....
Pretty sure that you could buy games from Xbox Live long before Wii had arrived, and motion control on the Xbox live level is more akin to an improved Playstation 2 EyeTV.
Besides, the Wii-mote isn't all that unique either, it's just an update to the Power Glove after removing the stupid glove part.
Also, lots of memory used =/= efficient programming.
I remember getting a madden (I think 98) for Playstation and they crammed a THICK manual into a CD jewel case along with a poster with all of the plays. That used to be standard. Now it's a pathetic controller diagram (if that) and that's it.
However, I do have to disagree that the reason manuals (across the board on most games) have become thinner is that in game training is taking it's place. With it being easier to produce interactive training, why bother making print media. With the first madden that came out for Wii I remember being very thankful for the in game trainer because it would show you things that would be otherwise complicated to describe or show in print.
Or... you know they could let players run their own.
This is the major complaint with Modern Warfare 2. Many people shrug that off too, maybe now they'll see why player run servers are a necessity.
He means now...
I'll claim rights on a second story and write the one that has the pilot still sitting in the cockpit with his chest blown out. And several miles below the ice surface there's a temple that's a home to aliens that another alien race comes in to exterminate after the expedition team frees them.
Actually... Steam is worse. There are a large number of games that in addition to the DRM of requiring Steam to play the game you bought, SecureROM titles are showing up and include activation limits.... what BULLSHIT.
Take a look at GTA 4 or Crysis on Steam. Fortunately, Valve is openly stating on the product page that it includes SecureROM, they're not hiding it (yet).