iOS is 3 years old, Blackberry has been around even longer than that. Not at all "new and recent", especially in a space like smartphones where the tech moves fast
I'm looking forward to the day these devices can plug into my television, home theatre, and use my wireless keyboard by bluetooth - replacing a computer, gaming console, cable box, etc.
This is something that is common to touchscreen phones - no tactile response- and there is a lot of typing going on with those devices these days.
The primary limitation as I see it is the issue of poor keypress detection. iOS I know attempts to mitigate this by auto-correcting your spelling, but the spelling correction isn't perfect either.
The true solution is to increase the size of the area you're working in. If the projected keyboard is big enough and the keypress detection works, great. But then you run into limits that increasing the work area brings, and you get the user further from the screen which makes things harder to see.
If it were, say, a private company producing this product, wouldn't they have subjected it to the normal quality control processes in software companies, thrown dedicated testing resources at it, thrown their in-house security specialists at it, or perhaps hired outside security specialists? Both did I observe during my time at a software company.
I'm not blasting the model, just asking the questions.
A private enterprise with its product and profit to think about would have had to get it up to a minimum level before showing or releasing even a beta version. (Of course, they could also have just delayed launch until it was right, which is not necessarily better)
"infringer" - Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner as provided by sections 106 through 122 or of the author as provided in section 106A(a), or who imports copies or phonorecords into the United States in violation of section 602, is an infringer of the copyright or right of the author
Why do you say the law was designed against corporations, when the law is specifically written to include individuals?
17 U.S.C. Ch 5 § 504 (c) (2)
"...for which any one infringer is liable individually, or for which any two or more infringers are liable jointly and severally, in a sum of not less than $750..."
Doctors are starting to use them as well. With Citrix extensions available now for the iPad and iPhone and wireless available all over hospitals, it's possible for them to do almost everything they'd need a cart in the room for, or to go out to a kiosk or back to their office. One I saw even had a special lab coat made with a pocket sized just right for the iPad.
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iOS is 3 years old, Blackberry has been around even longer than that. Not at all "new and recent", especially in a space like smartphones where the tech moves fast
Getting away from Google to Microsoft doesn't help us. Especially if it's locked down so you can't change it.
AT&T did the same thing with some of their Android offerings. They locked the search down to Yahoo, and you couldn't change it even if you wanted to.
It's targeted to make most users upgrade to the bigger plan, while still giving them less.
Only... your and idiot.
We all know about the debate between Apple and the rest of the world about Flash and HTML5.
What is adobe's plan to live in a world after HTML5 takes over? What will happen to Flash?
It doesn't matter to 99% of consumers if the platform is open source or not. Nearly zero consumers even know what that means.
What could have an impact would be marketing a clean, bloatware free phone as a clean, bloatware free phone.
Blackberry, Android, and iOS are going to be the only players in the future. Nokia needs to get on one of those trains.
1. Be the "open" android platform, allowing users clean installs without root or sideloading.
2. ???
3. Profit
I'm looking forward to the day these devices can plug into my television, home theatre, and use my wireless keyboard by bluetooth - replacing a computer, gaming console, cable box, etc.
This is something that is common to touchscreen phones - no tactile response- and there is a lot of typing going on with those devices these days.
The primary limitation as I see it is the issue of poor keypress detection. iOS I know attempts to mitigate this by auto-correcting your spelling, but the spelling correction isn't perfect either.
The true solution is to increase the size of the area you're working in. If the projected keyboard is big enough and the keypress detection works, great. But then you run into limits that increasing the work area brings, and you get the user further from the screen which makes things harder to see.
Reminds me of the old email forward about the Canadian tax form:
A. How much did you make? _______
B. Send it to us.
If it were, say, a private company producing this product, wouldn't they have subjected it to the normal quality control processes in software companies, thrown dedicated testing resources at it, thrown their in-house security specialists at it, or perhaps hired outside security specialists? Both did I observe during my time at a software company.
I'm not blasting the model, just asking the questions.
A private enterprise with its product and profit to think about would have had to get it up to a minimum level before showing or releasing even a beta version. (Of course, they could also have just delayed launch until it was right, which is not necessarily better)
I am curious to see if the OSS model will be able to bring something up to speed quickly that was unacceptable when unveiled.
I have to say I expected a better review of the first product given the "more eyeballs" theory.
Not every human would be contaminated to a problematic degree. The human race would certainly survive.
"infringer" - Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner as provided by sections 106 through 122 or of the author as provided in section 106A(a), or who imports copies or phonorecords into the United States in violation of section 602, is an infringer of the copyright or right of the author
(source: Sec. 501 (a))
Why do you say the law was designed against corporations, when the law is specifically written to include individuals?
17 U.S.C. Ch 5 § 504 (c) (2)
"...for which any one infringer is liable individually, or for which any two or more infringers are liable jointly and severally, in a sum of not less than $750..."
Corporations don't buy $10k an hour lawyers to work their legal issues. They retain a firm for millions a year.
Tort reform as a movement (in part) wants to address the approach of the legal system to punitive damages.
This however is not a punitive damage award, but a statutory damage. "a sum of not less than $750 or more than $30,000 as the court considers just."
So the judge did give her the minimum penalty per offense.
I think it's intended to be punitive.
Remember, the company making this statement is the same one that hitched their wagon to HD-DVD thinking it was the future.
How are you going to make tablet that's cheaper than a paperback book?
Doctors are starting to use them as well. With Citrix extensions available now for the iPad and iPhone and wireless available all over hospitals, it's possible for them to do almost everything they'd need a cart in the room for, or to go out to a kiosk or back to their office. One I saw even had a special lab coat made with a pocket sized just right for the iPad.
What a flippin' nightmare that would be. ::attempts to wake himself::
I'm confused by your sports analogy. Can I get a car analogy?
I use a Flash blocking tool that allows me to selectively block.
No, not all Flash on the web needs to be blocked, but I would say I am not interested in seeing 9 out of 10 uses of it.