The curved corners one was such bullshit. Isn't there supposed to be a ban on patenting "obvious" things? I know, lets make a phone with corners so sharp that they cut people!
The slide to unlock one is arguable, although I still think it's bullshit.
We've always understood your predicament. That's why Canadians cared so much about SOPA and DMCA, because as soon as it happens there, the same lobby will try up here.
You can do something where you continuously record and then throw away the recording after a few seconds if nothing was triggered. A lot of busses do that with video recordings so that they can have footage of a crash if it occurs.
When you give power to the local states, you're not making it smaller, you're just shifting the power to someone else who is just as corrupt and gets less media attention.
I don't disagree with you. Once they have the many different methods of development in place, it will be a very attractive platform from a development point of view. The two questions are whether they can get enough people to develop for it, and if the sdk will be flexible enough to do cool things natively.
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A lot of people who hate their BBs have old curves like the 8300. If you were using a 6 year old phone, you'd hate it too. It'd be like using a first gen iPhone.
Just because people didn't buy it in droves doesn't mean that it was a bad device. Like I said in my above post, they need to fix the SDK because it sucks right now. Hopefully they will have that done well for BB10.
The playbook CONCEPT is phenominal. The OS is outstanding and rock solid. The hardware really is sufficient, especially for a tablet that's over a year old. It was just as good as the ipad2 was in terms of specs.
RIM's problem is that their SDK doesn't allow enough control over things yet. The native SDK essentially allows you to use openGL, and that's about it. There isn't any form of background processes yet or interaction amongst apps, and that's what is killing them. It's not just that app developers don't want to write apps, but that many of the apps that one wants to write (or port) cannot be done currently without rooting.
I hope that they fix it for BB10, because the OS and interface actually is really nice. I don't need many apps, but I do need powerful apps, not just games or things that run in a card (i.e. a gtalk app would be nice).
If they can accomplish this then IMO they'll have a solid device and will start to attract developers and then customers.
BES still offers some unique control features, though. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I really dislike having to give complete control over my phone to my company. I'd much prefer if they could wipe portions that relate to work while still keeping my personal stuff separate. From my understanding you can do that with the BB but not an Android phone.
Android phones are also less secure, since their internet connection isn't going through a work-controlled server.
You'd be shocked at how many cookies come from facebook across multiple sites. I use an extension called Ghostery (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/) to block most of them.
From a business perspective of the US Government as a whole it would be cheaper and more profitable. For the TSA, however, it wouldn't be, since it makes them less important, and thus less funding.
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The curved corners one was such bullshit. Isn't there supposed to be a ban on patenting "obvious" things? I know, lets make a phone with corners so sharp that they cut people! The slide to unlock one is arguable, although I still think it's bullshit.
Yeah, me too, when I threw my iPhone at the wall for being a piece of shit ;)
Ford doesn't use special screws to prevent the removal of their parts.
If there is insufficient demand for labour, but workers are not accepting low pay, there is still a demand for labour.
We've always understood your predicament. That's why Canadians cared so much about SOPA and DMCA, because as soon as it happens there, the same lobby will try up here.
Normally it wouldn't matter, but since they're really the ONLY competition, I think it's a fair point.
You can do something where you continuously record and then throw away the recording after a few seconds if nothing was triggered. A lot of busses do that with video recordings so that they can have footage of a crash if it occurs.
IMO, the playbook has a better interface (although VERY similar) than WebOS.
When you give power to the local states, you're not making it smaller, you're just shifting the power to someone else who is just as corrupt and gets less media attention.
Warren Buffett comes to mind, but he's one of a few. Mainly philanthropists. Bill Gates, too.
That depends on the amount of interest you could make off of not paying the extra money up front. i.e. The opportunity cost.
Money now is always better than the same amount of money later.
You also have to have purchased Apple hardware to run it... Microsoft makes all of their money off of the SOFTWARE.
I don't disagree with you. Once they have the many different methods of development in place, it will be a very attractive platform from a development point of view. The two questions are whether they can get enough people to develop for it, and if the sdk will be flexible enough to do cool things natively.
A lot of people who hate their BBs have old curves like the 8300. If you were using a 6 year old phone, you'd hate it too. It'd be like using a first gen iPhone.
Just because people didn't buy it in droves doesn't mean that it was a bad device. Like I said in my above post, they need to fix the SDK because it sucks right now. Hopefully they will have that done well for BB10.
The playbook CONCEPT is phenominal. The OS is outstanding and rock solid. The hardware really is sufficient, especially for a tablet that's over a year old. It was just as good as the ipad2 was in terms of specs.
RIM's problem is that their SDK doesn't allow enough control over things yet. The native SDK essentially allows you to use openGL, and that's about it. There isn't any form of background processes yet or interaction amongst apps, and that's what is killing them. It's not just that app developers don't want to write apps, but that many of the apps that one wants to write (or port) cannot be done currently without rooting.
I hope that they fix it for BB10, because the OS and interface actually is really nice. I don't need many apps, but I do need powerful apps, not just games or things that run in a card (i.e. a gtalk app would be nice). If they can accomplish this then IMO they'll have a solid device and will start to attract developers and then customers.
BES still offers some unique control features, though. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I really dislike having to give complete control over my phone to my company. I'd much prefer if they could wipe portions that relate to work while still keeping my personal stuff separate. From my understanding you can do that with the BB but not an Android phone.
Android phones are also less secure, since their internet connection isn't going through a work-controlled server.
You captured everything perfectly.
Not sure why this is modded -1, it's pretty accurate.
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I've found "Ghostery" to be pretty damn good. Blocks them rather than allowing+ deleting them.
You'd be shocked at how many cookies come from facebook across multiple sites. I use an extension called Ghostery (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/) to block most of them.
From a business perspective of the US Government as a whole it would be cheaper and more profitable. For the TSA, however, it wouldn't be, since it makes them less important, and thus less funding.
And the alternative is? I like the idea of being able to switch networks and numbers without having to switch phones.
Gotta love "Ghostery" and NoScript.