The great depression changed the people that lived through it for the rest of their lives. I knew a couple, and their saving and spending habits amazed me. For example that last scoop of potato's left over from dinner were put away for tomorrow, how dare they throw them away. As this depression was not as bad, what percentage of people will keep their thrifty ways, or perhaps what percentage of thriftiness will the population as a whole retain?
Not familiar with this specific case, but usually airports are built out of town and developers build houses around them. New people move in to the houses and try to close the airport. Many airports try noise abatement approaches, such as higher flight patterns resulting in steep descents, or altering the landing pattern around problem areas where possible. Unfortunately we have lost a lot of good airports this way. Business owners often choose where to build or work by the quality of the local airport, resulting in a catch 22 for politicians. Many towns are now trying to proactively defeat this problem by zoning around airports as industrial only zones.
The theory of carbon trading is good, align real cost with real pollution, or make it cost more real dollars to use an often cheaper method of operation that pollutes the environment. The problem lies in the huge overhead of people, buildings, computers etc. to actually set up the market and complete the trades. This is a huge cost to the country in taxes usually and lost productivity making them less competitive on the global market. The market itself adds a lot of pollution to the environment. Similar to selling my car and walking everywhere, I'd love to, but for most of us the gains do not outweigh the cost. There are better options to arrive at the same ending.
What if we built a single rail that mimics the interstate system, but made to hurdle small cars that meet a standard specification for size, weight, and aerodynamic profile. Perhaps the track is a single electromagnetic pipe cars hung from? You could then purchase a car with a built in connector to operate on this track, and a dash panel to choose destination and cost. You can drive local, and hop on the rail to travel longer distances. The rail control computer could slow and speed individual cars to group them for aerodynamic efficiency.
Frankly, I think RIM has ceded the market to Android and iOS.
I think they were just so far ahead in market share, their management was overconfident. They did purchase QNX, so perhaps the giant has finally awoke?
This is the exact road ballmer has tried to go for years. It does not sell. Making a specific version for small screens was the smartest thing MS has done for years. Intel can make it, but only a few real geeks will buy it.
"Tomorrow, the iOS developers move in and the traditional Mac developers better stick their heads between their legs and kiss those price points goodbye."
One of the primary market forces is the sheer number of developers. Even if many developers jump over there will still be far fewer developers for the mac than the iPod. In my opinion there still are not enough Mac developers.
Another big market force is number of possible sales. There simply is not the number of Macs in use as there are iPod/pad/phones. To make the same profit you will have to charge more.
It might have a small effect on prices with competition in certain categories, but there are still far fewer choices for the Mac compared to Windows for example. I really don't see a problem here.
The one item nobody has been able to build is an iPod competitor, and it is long overdue. The only options have required phone company subsidies to hide some of the costs to compete. It is really odd living in a world where the competitors can not catch apple on price due to volumes. Using phones to get scale might just get it done. I would probably buy one.
They have a lot to add to this new OS to catch the competition, but they know that, they simply had to ship. Overall it is a very well laid out OS with some great ideas. In the big picture the smartphone market is still very young. Microsoft has a lot of talented people, and backed into a corner Balmer might just let them perform. It is way too early to start pointing fingers and snickering.
Amazed at how many parents play RS. I have talked to several that started playing just checking into what their kids were doing and got hooked. I made a character helping my wife one day, and still play a few hours a month. Casual enough it does not feel hard core (I would never play WOW for instance), yet deep enough to hold your interest. Jagex mentioned they were even surprised when they studied their demographics, but I have never seen them published anywhere.
A simple phone is needed, there simply is not a good dumb phone on the market. This is an interesting start, but this may actually be too dumb. Paper based address book? No screen?
An iPhone Nano (or android whatever), small screen 1/3 the size of current smart phones. Only application is an address book. No buttons, simply change the screen from buttons to call status to address book. No texting. No apps. No crapware (sorry verizon). Simple, yet still sexy.
I would love to have one for my teenage daughter, and possibly wife.
Look at the movie industry. Rated R movies make getting in for minors much harder. What do the directors do? Make PG-13 movies, and push the limit all they can. There is not a shortage of people wanting to make movies.
After years on my laptop, I struggle to type on a "normal" keyboard. I switched to the laptop style HP Elite, $50 well spent.
Before that I used a palm rest in front of a normal keyboard to elevate my wrists. I know that is bad technique, but many of us will never be touch typists.
This is not the PC market, and therefore likely no single device will dominate the way Windows did. Cost was a major factor driving Windows, as well as people needed interoperability to exchange files.
There is simply not the same forces in place that will drive one player to almost total control of the phone market. We will likely end up with several major players, from Windows 7, Android, iOS, Meego, and HP Palm having varying percentages.
There is also several things working against Android that have not become clear to consumers yet, but will. Android relegates phone makers to almost no margins on hardware unless they can differentiate on the software side. This is driving fragmentation of the Android OS. Verizon is already running commercials for Android phones with no mention that it is Android, setting up their own closed ecosystem with their own branding.
Windows phone 7 reviews are clear that while they are behind on some key features, the OS is cleaner and easier to use than any Android implementation. We have only began to see a billion dollar marketing campaign to push it.
Palm's OS that HP purchased was very good, perhaps one of the best on the market. They did not have the resources to push it, and the hardware was terrible. HP could fix that if they wish. While they have fallen off the radar, I would not count Palm OS out if HP ever feels like getting in the phone game in a big way.
iOS will continue to thrive, but will probably never dominate, as Apple's goal is usability and profit (high end), not market share. They also have such economies of scale now from a very clean product roadmap, to the largest purchaser of flash ram in the world, they they can make more profit selling at similar or reduced price points.
Nokia, the biggest phone maker in the world, will probably never go to Android, as they do not want to become the equivalent of a beige pc box builder. For this reason they will push Meego hard, and they have so many fans worldwide that they will likely succeed, even if late to the party.
Android will do well... But will not likely ever totally control the market the way Windows did. This market is different.
Why is my 24" screen stuck at "Full HD"? My 17" laptop screen from 5 years ago was higher resolution than that, and makes all these new panels look blurry. I can't wait for the higher dpi screens to move into sizes usable for monitors.
While android may own the market, the companies with their own OS are making the majority of the profit. Shipping android is the equivalent of yet another beige box computer maker, it is a race to the bottom profit wise.
Our ninth grade computer class was programming. We even had competitions with other schools. Those same classes have been replaced with learning Microsoft Office, and the inter-school competitions are naturally gone as well.
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The great depression changed the people that lived through it for the rest of their lives. I knew a couple, and their saving and spending habits amazed me. For example that last scoop of potato's left over from dinner were put away for tomorrow, how dare they throw them away. As this depression was not as bad, what percentage of people will keep their thrifty ways, or perhaps what percentage of thriftiness will the population as a whole retain?
This time Balmer got something right. Can we get some chairs thrown around for good luck?
Not familiar with this specific case, but usually airports are built out of town and developers build houses around them. New people move in to the houses and try to close the airport. Many airports try noise abatement approaches, such as higher flight patterns resulting in steep descents, or altering the landing pattern around problem areas where possible. Unfortunately we have lost a lot of good airports this way. Business owners often choose where to build or work by the quality of the local airport, resulting in a catch 22 for politicians. Many towns are now trying to proactively defeat this problem by zoning around airports as industrial only zones.
The theory of carbon trading is good, align real cost with real pollution, or make it cost more real dollars to use an often cheaper method of operation that pollutes the environment. The problem lies in the huge overhead of people, buildings, computers etc. to actually set up the market and complete the trades. This is a huge cost to the country in taxes usually and lost productivity making them less competitive on the global market. The market itself adds a lot of pollution to the environment. Similar to selling my car and walking everywhere, I'd love to, but for most of us the gains do not outweigh the cost. There are better options to arrive at the same ending.
In 2011's patent landscape that is impossible... even if you try. There is simply too many patents covering to broad of areas.
What if we built a single rail that mimics the interstate system, but made to hurdle small cars that meet a standard specification for size, weight, and aerodynamic profile. Perhaps the track is a single electromagnetic pipe cars hung from? You could then purchase a car with a built in connector to operate on this track, and a dash panel to choose destination and cost. You can drive local, and hop on the rail to travel longer distances. The rail control computer could slow and speed individual cars to group them for aerodynamic efficiency.
Yahoo mail app being reported other places. Figures
Frankly, I think RIM has ceded the market to Android and iOS.
I think they were just so far ahead in market share, their management was overconfident. They did purchase QNX, so perhaps the giant has finally awoke?
At next Sony meeting: "When can we release the PS4, with a new key or better anti-piracy measures?"
This is the exact road ballmer has tried to go for years. It does not sell. Making a specific version for small screens was the smartest thing MS has done for years. Intel can make it, but only a few real geeks will buy it.
"Tomorrow, the iOS developers move in and the traditional Mac developers better stick their heads between their legs and kiss those price points goodbye."
One of the primary market forces is the sheer number of developers. Even if many developers jump over there will still be far fewer developers for the mac than the iPod. In my opinion there still are not enough Mac developers.
Another big market force is number of possible sales. There simply is not the number of Macs in use as there are iPod/pad/phones. To make the same profit you will have to charge more.
It might have a small effect on prices with competition in certain categories, but there are still far fewer choices for the Mac compared to Windows for example. I really don't see a problem here.
The one item nobody has been able to build is an iPod competitor, and it is long overdue. The only options have required phone company subsidies to hide some of the costs to compete. It is really odd living in a world where the competitors can not catch apple on price due to volumes. Using phones to get scale might just get it done. I would probably buy one.
Ars summed it up nicely, their launch numbers are not as bad as some are making it sound, certainly not horrible Windows phone 7 launch numbers explained.
They have a lot to add to this new OS to catch the competition, but they know that, they simply had to ship. Overall it is a very well laid out OS with some great ideas. In the big picture the smartphone market is still very young. Microsoft has a lot of talented people, and backed into a corner Balmer might just let them perform. It is way too early to start pointing fingers and snickering.
Amazed at how many parents play RS. I have talked to several that started playing just checking into what their kids were doing and got hooked. I made a character helping my wife one day, and still play a few hours a month. Casual enough it does not feel hard core (I would never play WOW for instance), yet deep enough to hold your interest. Jagex mentioned they were even surprised when they studied their demographics, but I have never seen them published anywhere.
A simple phone is needed, there simply is not a good dumb phone on the market. This is an interesting start, but this may actually be too dumb. Paper based address book? No screen?
An iPhone Nano (or android whatever), small screen 1/3 the size of current smart phones. Only application is an address book. No buttons, simply change the screen from buttons to call status to address book. No texting. No apps. No crapware (sorry verizon). Simple, yet still sexy.
I would love to have one for my teenage daughter, and possibly wife.
Look at the movie industry. Rated R movies make getting in for minors much harder. What do the directors do? Make PG-13 movies, and push the limit all they can. There is not a shortage of people wanting to make movies.
After years on my laptop, I struggle to type on a "normal" keyboard. I switched to the laptop style HP Elite, $50 well spent.
Before that I used a palm rest in front of a normal keyboard to elevate my wrists. I know that is bad technique, but many of us will never be touch typists.
This is not the PC market, and therefore likely no single device will dominate the way Windows did. Cost was a major factor driving Windows, as well as people needed interoperability to exchange files.
There is simply not the same forces in place that will drive one player to almost total control of the phone market. We will likely end up with several major players, from Windows 7, Android, iOS, Meego, and HP Palm having varying percentages.
There is also several things working against Android that have not become clear to consumers yet, but will. Android relegates phone makers to almost no margins on hardware unless they can differentiate on the software side. This is driving fragmentation of the Android OS. Verizon is already running commercials for Android phones with no mention that it is Android, setting up their own closed ecosystem with their own branding.
Windows phone 7 reviews are clear that while they are behind on some key features, the OS is cleaner and easier to use than any Android implementation. We have only began to see a billion dollar marketing campaign to push it.
Palm's OS that HP purchased was very good, perhaps one of the best on the market. They did not have the resources to push it, and the hardware was terrible. HP could fix that if they wish. While they have fallen off the radar, I would not count Palm OS out if HP ever feels like getting in the phone game in a big way.
iOS will continue to thrive, but will probably never dominate, as Apple's goal is usability and profit (high end), not market share. They also have such economies of scale now from a very clean product roadmap, to the largest purchaser of flash ram in the world, they they can make more profit selling at similar or reduced price points.
Nokia, the biggest phone maker in the world, will probably never go to Android, as they do not want to become the equivalent of a beige pc box builder. For this reason they will push Meego hard, and they have so many fans worldwide that they will likely succeed, even if late to the party.
Android will do well... But will not likely ever totally control the market the way Windows did. This market is different.
How did About Two Years become "October 2012"?
Why is my 24" screen stuck at "Full HD"? My 17" laptop screen from 5 years ago was higher resolution than that, and makes all these new panels look blurry. I can't wait for the higher dpi screens to move into sizes usable for monitors.
While android may own the market, the companies with their own OS are making the majority of the profit. Shipping android is the equivalent of yet another beige box computer maker, it is a race to the bottom profit wise.
Asymco Profit Analysis
You get what you pay for.
Asbestos is still used in many industrial applications that supposedly do not release the substance into the air, such as gas pipeline gaskets.
"we can look forward to bloated, insecure flash". Bloody hell, it's here today!
P.S. - Thank you developers of Flash Block
Our ninth grade computer class was programming. We even had competitions with other schools. Those same classes have been replaced with learning Microsoft Office, and the inter-school competitions are naturally gone as well.