I believe it was a cost cutting feature. The PS3 didn't really have issues with piracy until geohot crack it wide open. A lot of people claim to be upset now that the feature is removed but the fact is hardly anyone used it. Sony didn't want to waste time and money ensuring the functionality worked for a handful of people every time they upgraded the firmware.
They should have provided it as is and if it broke in a firmware upgrade just say tough shit or fix it after the fact. It didn't really bring on piracy and homebrew games were hardly a threat to them.
I don't think that's the case. I do think they removed it due to the cost of maintaining working functionality that hardly anyone used. Of course now that it has been removed everyone on the internet is in an uproar over it. It enabled homebrew gaming which is no threat to Sony.
3D, like anything else, isn't suited for every task but I don't need someone to tell me that 3D is not a new or exciting experience because quite frankly it is for some things. That doesn't mean I want to see citizen kane or star wars in 3D but it definitely has its place in entertainment and, for example, I definitely love my Nintendo 3DS and yes it adds value to some games.
They're not beat. The ipod touch is as important to them as the iphone. Apple is a hardware company and selling an ipod touch is just as good as an iphone and in regards to selling apps they both play the same apps. iOS devices are still in the lead. As long as Android's hardware is so varied and complicated for developers then Apple has nothing to fear. That's why Google needs to tighten the reigns on Android and up the quality and consistency of the hardware.
I really like my Android phone but I also dislike the constant changing metrics used to make it out as if Android now the leader. If you to compare Android, which is an OS, against iOS, which is also an OS then there are more iOS devices out there still.
If you want to compare models (ie Droid vs iphone 4) then the iPhone is winning.
Android devices are growing but uncontrollably and there is a ton of variety between the devices. I think it is a bit unfair to count them as one. The reason being is because if consumers are lead to believe there is just Android then they'll no problem in buying any Android phone or tablet and expect the same experience as you'd get on an iOS device. That's not the case and that is going to harm Android's image.
I hope Google does tighten the reigns on what hardware Android can be put onto and be considered an Android phone because quite frankly the thing I hate the most about Android is the quality of the apps. I don't think it's any surprise people rather put more effort into iOS apps. I want to have the openness of the Android OS and the quality apps that are on iOS. Considering an Android phone may or may not have a keyboard or even a touch screen then how can you expect a developer to cover all that variety and put out quality especially when the Android market is pretty shit at filtering things out that your device shouldn't see and if it's a case that someone isn't packaging their software right then Google at least needs to stop that.
I don't want Android to be the Windows of mobile phones.
The cloud is just that a buzzword. There technologies and idea behind the cloud are much older. It's prone to mistakes just like anything else. If anything this Amazon outage shows that people aren't using 'the cloud' properly and distributing their data across multiple data centres.
They could easily achieve and beat xbox 360 and PS3 graphics with PPC. In fact the 360 uses PPC and the cell processor probably has a lot in common with PPC seeing how IBM was involved in the development of the processor.
I assume by 970 you mean the Intel Core i7-970 which I'm not sure why you think that's in the PS3 or Xbox 360. IBM had involvement in the development of all 3 console's CPUs. The Wii uses PPC, the xbox 360 uses PPC and the Sony Cell CPU was developed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM.
Was anyone really dumb enough to think that a device that relies on constantly knowing where it is in relation to cell towers wouldn't keep track of your location?
I'm sure profits do matter but there is a lot of truth in the comment regarding NIMBYs. Hell people are dumb enough to start thinking wifi is causing them and their children harm. My grandparents didn't make any friends by selling a plot of their land for a cell tower. Never mind the fact anyone with half a brain would do the same. You get a pretty sweet deal from the company and it isn't going to cause problems but people think they'll get cancer now. They need to come with a way to stop NIMBYs from not being allow to use the services they don't want in their back yard.
Europe has contracts too but the biggest difference I generally see is, aside from the iphone, the phone is free unlike the US where you still pay something for the phone and get locked into a contract. But the phone is yours so when the contract is over you can take it anywhere where as in the US that doesn't seem to be the case or they make it exceptionally hard for you to actually do it and even if you do it there are network incompatibilities.
The incompatibility amongst networks is purely anti-consumer freedom. They don't care about the quality of voice calls. In fact when it comes to landlines Verizon's policy always seems to have been as long as you can tell there here something then it's good enough and no improvements are necessary to the line.
My concern with Google is they have a pretty good record at fucking up things that aren't search and then dropping them. So if I were going for a cloud based music solution it would have to be Amazon or Apple. Imo, Google has the most to prove.
PDAs were awesome though it was only a matter of time until everyone caught on and naturally the addition of phone functionality helped. I still have my old Palm Pilot 3 and the mostly useless 56k modem. That thing was the greatest thing on earth when I got it and syncing up with my PC to download my selected websites to read while out of the house just seemed so awesome.
The price difference is huge in countries other than the US where carriers don't butt hurt customers on phones so the iphone is about the only phone you pay for on a contract and certainly the only one you may pay up to £300 on top of a contract.
But making phone calls is quite a small aspect to smart phones. I and most people I know don't buy these phones to make phone calls. Phone calls are expensive so why buy an expensive phone and expensive contract for that? If calling is what you're interested in then get a dirt cheap phone that will take a beating, get a cheap contract and get some sort of Palm Pilot equivalent for computing if such a thing exists now because let's face it smart phone is the new term for PDA or at least a PDA that happens to make calls too.
If you could just phones then of course. There are what 4 models of the iphone (two variants of 3g and 2 variants of 4) and there are tons of Android phones with all sorts of variation. I think this is why the iphone continues to be relevant. I would also guess that no one model of Android phone sells more than any one model iphone.
The quality of iphone apps is much much higher because you have less hardware variations. People will recognise the higher quality apps and be happier to pay out for the phone.
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I believe it was a cost cutting feature. The PS3 didn't really have issues with piracy until geohot crack it wide open. A lot of people claim to be upset now that the feature is removed but the fact is hardly anyone used it. Sony didn't want to waste time and money ensuring the functionality worked for a handful of people every time they upgraded the firmware.
They should have provided it as is and if it broke in a firmware upgrade just say tough shit or fix it after the fact. It didn't really bring on piracy and homebrew games were hardly a threat to them.
I don't think that's the case. I do think they removed it due to the cost of maintaining working functionality that hardly anyone used. Of course now that it has been removed everyone on the internet is in an uproar over it. It enabled homebrew gaming which is no threat to Sony.
3D, like anything else, isn't suited for every task but I don't need someone to tell me that 3D is not a new or exciting experience because quite frankly it is for some things. That doesn't mean I want to see citizen kane or star wars in 3D but it definitely has its place in entertainment and, for example, I definitely love my Nintendo 3DS and yes it adds value to some games.
They're not beat. The ipod touch is as important to them as the iphone. Apple is a hardware company and selling an ipod touch is just as good as an iphone and in regards to selling apps they both play the same apps. iOS devices are still in the lead. As long as Android's hardware is so varied and complicated for developers then Apple has nothing to fear. That's why Google needs to tighten the reigns on Android and up the quality and consistency of the hardware.
I really like my Android phone but I also dislike the constant changing metrics used to make it out as if Android now the leader. If you to compare Android, which is an OS, against iOS, which is also an OS then there are more iOS devices out there still.
If you want to compare models (ie Droid vs iphone 4) then the iPhone is winning.
Android devices are growing but uncontrollably and there is a ton of variety between the devices. I think it is a bit unfair to count them as one. The reason being is because if consumers are lead to believe there is just Android then they'll no problem in buying any Android phone or tablet and expect the same experience as you'd get on an iOS device. That's not the case and that is going to harm Android's image.
I hope Google does tighten the reigns on what hardware Android can be put onto and be considered an Android phone because quite frankly the thing I hate the most about Android is the quality of the apps. I don't think it's any surprise people rather put more effort into iOS apps. I want to have the openness of the Android OS and the quality apps that are on iOS. Considering an Android phone may or may not have a keyboard or even a touch screen then how can you expect a developer to cover all that variety and put out quality especially when the Android market is pretty shit at filtering things out that your device shouldn't see and if it's a case that someone isn't packaging their software right then Google at least needs to stop that.
I don't want Android to be the Windows of mobile phones.
Of course. The botnet authors have a vested interest in keeping your system up.
The cloud is just that a buzzword. There technologies and idea behind the cloud are much older. It's prone to mistakes just like anything else. If anything this Amazon outage shows that people aren't using 'the cloud' properly and distributing their data across multiple data centres.
Seeing how the internet is the cloud where else do you expect internet sites to go?
THe main processor is PPC and the arm chip is part of the GPU.
They could easily achieve and beat xbox 360 and PS3 graphics with PPC. In fact the 360 uses PPC and the cell processor probably has a lot in common with PPC seeing how IBM was involved in the development of the processor.
I assume by 970 you mean the Intel Core i7-970 which I'm not sure why you think that's in the PS3 or Xbox 360. IBM had involvement in the development of all 3 console's CPUs. The Wii uses PPC, the xbox 360 uses PPC and the Sony Cell CPU was developed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_hardware
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor)
Quite frankly I don't see where Intel has a leg to stand in the console business. IBM is dominating this market.
Chrome updates itself and I doubt most people go through the effort of trying to disable it.
Was anyone really dumb enough to think that a device that relies on constantly knowing where it is in relation to cell towers wouldn't keep track of your location?
I'm sure profits do matter but there is a lot of truth in the comment regarding NIMBYs. Hell people are dumb enough to start thinking wifi is causing them and their children harm. My grandparents didn't make any friends by selling a plot of their land for a cell tower. Never mind the fact anyone with half a brain would do the same. You get a pretty sweet deal from the company and it isn't going to cause problems but people think they'll get cancer now. They need to come with a way to stop NIMBYs from not being allow to use the services they don't want in their back yard.
Europe has contracts too but the biggest difference I generally see is, aside from the iphone, the phone is free unlike the US where you still pay something for the phone and get locked into a contract. But the phone is yours so when the contract is over you can take it anywhere where as in the US that doesn't seem to be the case or they make it exceptionally hard for you to actually do it and even if you do it there are network incompatibilities.
The incompatibility amongst networks is purely anti-consumer freedom. They don't care about the quality of voice calls. In fact when it comes to landlines Verizon's policy always seems to have been as long as you can tell there here something then it's good enough and no improvements are necessary to the line.
Digg has two visitors. Assuming they're both in the team that's hardly something that can take down Amazon.
My concern with Google is they have a pretty good record at fucking up things that aren't search and then dropping them. So if I were going for a cloud based music solution it would have to be Amazon or Apple. Imo, Google has the most to prove.
They can shut down their servers and help make the internet a bit greener.
Yes, I use a PC to watch streaming video from the net or DVDs and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
PDAs were awesome though it was only a matter of time until everyone caught on and naturally the addition of phone functionality helped. I still have my old Palm Pilot 3 and the mostly useless 56k modem. That thing was the greatest thing on earth when I got it and syncing up with my PC to download my selected websites to read while out of the house just seemed so awesome.
The price difference is huge in countries other than the US where carriers don't butt hurt customers on phones so the iphone is about the only phone you pay for on a contract and certainly the only one you may pay up to £300 on top of a contract.
But making phone calls is quite a small aspect to smart phones. I and most people I know don't buy these phones to make phone calls. Phone calls are expensive so why buy an expensive phone and expensive contract for that? If calling is what you're interested in then get a dirt cheap phone that will take a beating, get a cheap contract and get some sort of Palm Pilot equivalent for computing if such a thing exists now because let's face it smart phone is the new term for PDA or at least a PDA that happens to make calls too.
If you could just phones then of course. There are what 4 models of the iphone (two variants of 3g and 2 variants of 4) and there are tons of Android phones with all sorts of variation. I think this is why the iphone continues to be relevant. I would also guess that no one model of Android phone sells more than any one model iphone.
The quality of iphone apps is much much higher because you have less hardware variations. People will recognise the higher quality apps and be happier to pay out for the phone.
Just the iphone and probably accessories. Apps fall under itunes sales.
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