In MSFT's mind, it will be different because they let Apple and RIM and Google do all the innovating they can just produce a knock-off, heavily subsidize it, and push it on cheap phones on every carrier, hoping to grab a piece of the market.
Unfortunately, their main method of success in the past has been through EEE and vendor lock-in. They have no such advantages in the mobile space, and since they can't create a competitive product either, they really have no path to victory here.
I don't see this having a big impact. As previously pointed out, the apples or oranges comparisons in TFA are not applicable.
Where this could have an impact is allowing a private developer to compete with the big software houses, lining up a competing product to that which the big boys are selling in boxes in the Mac store currently. The little guy can reach the whole Mac user base now, not just people they can get to surf to their website.
I don't see this as being earth shattering though, because if you look at the top selling Mac software on Amazon, it's Turbotax, Photoshop, MS Office, Parallels, etc. I doubt we'll see homebrews that directly compete with Photoshop, and OpenOffice is already out there.
It wont change the landscape, but it could bring the prices down on some consumer software.
I'm rooting for devices like this, but the android 1.5 phone I had was in my opinion pretty poor for music. I didn't like the interface at all, there wasn't any slick way to manage the music like there is with iTunes... I hope they take ease of use into account and improve on the crappy music implementation I was dealing with.
It wasn't just that it was underpowered, it's that it was so underpowered that it was unfit for its intended use. Loading a news website in 55 seconds while on wifi is not reasonable.
I know a person who who was hurt by this. She is a wedding photographer and was unable to meet the increasingly demanding requests of a Bridezilla, who then posted an extremely negative review on ripoff report which contained numerous falsehoods. Even after Bridezilla recanted and wanted to take it down, the website won't remove the comments.
I personally do not see what free speech or the first amendment have to do with not letting anything be taken down, even if the author wants it taken down.
I don't see how BloatwareSecuritySuitExtreme 2011 would ever be necessary.
When I sync the phone, my contacts and apps, etc. - get backed up. Worst case scenario, I do a reset-to-factory, then retrieve the backup of my contacts and emails, the apps get downloaded and installed again.
(of course this assumes the user knows they have malware in the first place)
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In MSFT's mind, it will be different because they let Apple and RIM and Google do all the innovating they can just produce a knock-off, heavily subsidize it, and push it on cheap phones on every carrier, hoping to grab a piece of the market.
Unfortunately, their main method of success in the past has been through EEE and vendor lock-in. They have no such advantages in the mobile space, and since they can't create a competitive product either, they really have no path to victory here.
But they'll be working like mules!
I don't see this having a big impact. As previously pointed out, the apples or oranges comparisons in TFA are not applicable.
Where this could have an impact is allowing a private developer to compete with the big software houses, lining up a competing product to that which the big boys are selling in boxes in the Mac store currently. The little guy can reach the whole Mac user base now, not just people they can get to surf to their website.
I don't see this as being earth shattering though, because if you look at the top selling Mac software on Amazon, it's Turbotax, Photoshop, MS Office, Parallels, etc. I doubt we'll see homebrews that directly compete with Photoshop, and OpenOffice is already out there.
It wont change the landscape, but it could bring the prices down on some consumer software.
Much better!!
I'm rooting for devices like this, but the android 1.5 phone I had was in my opinion pretty poor for music. I didn't like the interface at all, there wasn't any slick way to manage the music like there is with iTunes... I hope they take ease of use into account and improve on the crappy music implementation I was dealing with.
his name is michael kristopeit!
his name is michael kristopeit!
Lighten up, Francis.
his name is michael kristopeit
his name is michael kristopeit
Lighten up, Francis
Certainly, the average doofus who bought "one of those smartphones" will be able to follow all those directions.
In Soviet China, Vonage watches YOU!
It wasn't just that it was underpowered, it's that it was so underpowered that it was unfit for its intended use. Loading a news website in 55 seconds while on wifi is not reasonable.
Well, according to the posts here you'll probably be safe, you have about a 70% chance of getting one that works.
Is it just me, or does anyone else have zero interest in video chatting by holding a phone out two feet in front of my face?
Or the ones who run one unit until it burns up, then buy a new one!
I know a person who who was hurt by this. She is a wedding photographer and was unable to meet the increasingly demanding requests of a Bridezilla, who then posted an extremely negative review on ripoff report which contained numerous falsehoods. Even after Bridezilla recanted and wanted to take it down, the website won't remove the comments.
I personally do not see what free speech or the first amendment have to do with not letting anything be taken down, even if the author wants it taken down.
So what exactly is /. intimating is in these logs that Wired and the shadowy conspiracy in which they are complicit wants withheld from the public?
It's been on MY tablet since 199x!
Who, other than bored housewives and tweens, use facebook apps anyway?
It infringes on no less than 235 Kodak patents!!
Thought slowdown and increased battery consumption were the cost of using non-market applications.
"He might have gotten away with it too, if "
If it weren't for you meddling kids?
My brief foray in android led me to believe those non-marketplace apps often had memory leaks and slowed my phone down considerably.
I don't see how BloatwareSecuritySuitExtreme 2011 would ever be necessary.
When I sync the phone, my contacts and apps, etc. - get backed up. Worst case scenario, I do a reset-to-factory, then retrieve the backup of my contacts and emails, the apps get downloaded and installed again.
(of course this assumes the user knows they have malware in the first place)
do you know how hard I worked on my Angry Birds scores?