I can't speak for the iPad, but whenever I see toddlers try and play with the iPhone, they seen to always gravitate to the home button, and never seem to get anywhere useful.
Audi/BMW do not prohibit you from using the car on roads though. Apple does not prohibit you from using jailbroken phones on the iTMS.
Sony does that with PSPs and Microsoft does that with XBoxes - but mostly for anti-cheat reasons. To put it in a car analogy, DOT prohibits illegal modifications from driving on public roads since they would hinder the safety of other drivers.
More like Audi/BMW putting a 250 km/h speed limiter on the car you just bought. Sure, you can go ahead and remove the limiter yourself, and why the hell not change the fuel mappings on the ECU while your at it? Audi/BMW will not support the modifications nor honor the warranty on your car, but there's nothing 'physically' stopping you from making the modifications. They are by no means obligated nor legally required to tell you how to circumvent their limitations and reverse engineer their software.
When an engine suddenly catches on fire doing 270 km/h+, or you suddenly loose control on the car, the last thing they want is for you to point the finger at them and say: "Well you technically allowed us to do this". They are just doing everything possible to cover their asses.
Look at Windows Mobile for a minute. Stock installs are actually quite decent. But when Joe Sixpack starts installing "Bubble Popper 2.0", and "FREE XXX PIX" on his phone, and the phone shits a brick, guess who takes the blame? Yeah, Microsoft and their "damn unreliable OS".
I know this might be flamebait, but.
Java SUCKS for gaming. I wish both Java and Flash would disappear from gaming completely. Neither Java or Flash (excl. Shockwave) were built for gaming. Someone needs to come up with a multi-platform gaming dev platform - and as much as I hate Microsoft, kudos for giving it a shot.
Unfortunately in today's world, 'cracker' just doesn't have the same ring as 'hacker' is. I work for a it security consulting firm - even in our marketing materials we knowingly use the term 'hacker' to describe the bad guys.
I think this is a little different than just giving out free clothes.
It's more like someone coming into your clothing factory, using your machines which YOU paid for and manufacturing and giving away free clothes. Which hurts your business.
Not saying their whining is right - I'm just saying I do get where they are coming from.
The Office Application you have to pay for. VoIP is actually available, but not a mainstream client. Bluetooth does not have A2DP nor does it have full profile support. You got me there (although you can get an A2DP adapter for less than 20 bucks)
Everything else you want you can get by jailbreaking your iPhone and installing via Cydia or Installer.
Have you ever used the AppStore?! I have an iPhone, and have a buddy who has a G1. He has never paid for an application, and I have only bought two the entire time I had an iPhone - and both were 99c. Everything you could ever want is avaliable for free.. aside from games that is. SSH Clients, VNC Clients, RDP clients, simple games, todo lists - name it!
If I recall correctly, the self-build versions of Android cannot connect to the app-store. Although still lacking in many areas, the app-store is one of the biggest selling points for Android. Without it, you arn't able to easily add your own applications - a major no-no if you want this to be mainstream. This will fix itself once we get Google-built and signed firmware images for different netbooks.
I'm all for hacking stuff for the whole 'because we can' mentality, but why reinvent the wheel? Why not use something like Ubuntu Netbook Remix - which already does everything Android can do + more. If you want to get Linux more in the mainstream market, let's try to refine what we already have, and leave the netbook version of Android to the professionals - aka Google.
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Seems like Honeywell hasn't heard about... *queue music* da dum dum dum dum, da dum dum... Barbra Streisand
That wasn't the question wasn't it? Keep your opinions to yourself, and help the poor dad out.
I can't speak for the iPad, but whenever I see toddlers try and play with the iPhone, they seen to always gravitate to the home button, and never seem to get anywhere useful.
Don't hate on him. Look at his signature :)
.....ducks and hides.
Audi/BMW do not prohibit you from using the car on roads though. Apple does not prohibit you from using jailbroken phones on the iTMS.
Sony does that with PSPs and Microsoft does that with XBoxes - but mostly for anti-cheat reasons. To put it in a car analogy, DOT prohibits illegal modifications from driving on public roads since they would hinder the safety of other drivers.
No.
More like Audi/BMW putting a 250 km/h speed limiter on the car you just bought. Sure, you can go ahead and remove the limiter yourself, and why the hell not change the fuel mappings on the ECU while your at it? Audi/BMW will not support the modifications nor honor the warranty on your car, but there's nothing 'physically' stopping you from making the modifications. They are by no means obligated nor legally required to tell you how to circumvent their limitations and reverse engineer their software.
When an engine suddenly catches on fire doing 270 km/h+, or you suddenly loose control on the car, the last thing they want is for you to point the finger at them and say: "Well you technically allowed us to do this". They are just doing everything possible to cover their asses.
Look at Windows Mobile for a minute. Stock installs are actually quite decent. But when Joe Sixpack starts installing "Bubble Popper 2.0", and "FREE XXX PIX" on his phone, and the phone shits a brick, guess who takes the blame? Yeah, Microsoft and their "damn unreliable OS".
It always baffles me that non-native English speakers on /. have better sentence structure/grammar/spelling than the supposed 'native' speakers.
Damnit - didn't want to post as AC.. stupid issues with Safari cookies.
Microsoft's TAKE on Java != Java.
I know this might be flamebait, but.
Java SUCKS for gaming. I wish both Java and Flash would disappear from gaming completely. Neither Java or Flash (excl. Shockwave) were built for gaming. Someone needs to come up with a multi-platform gaming dev platform - and as much as I hate Microsoft, kudos for giving it a shot.
Unfortunately in today's world, 'cracker' just doesn't have the same ring as 'hacker' is. I work for a it security consulting firm - even in our marketing materials we knowingly use the term 'hacker' to describe the bad guys.
I think this is a little different than just giving out free clothes. It's more like someone coming into your clothing factory, using your machines which YOU paid for and manufacturing and giving away free clothes. Which hurts your business. Not saying their whining is right - I'm just saying I do get where they are coming from.
Who RTFAs anyway? Who cares :)
Too early man, too early. That guy made my night everytime my earsdrums nearly broke everytime his commercial came on.
git checkout cameltoes?
orrr
git commit -a -m "study of cameltoes"?
HTC makes the G1 dude.....
... as the saying goes: "all publicity is good publicity"
Just look at paris hilton! What did the 'infamous' sex tape do to her? Shot her popularity through the roof!
I know you are joking, but actually there is an application that emulates cut/copy and paste on the iPhone :P It's called iCopy
The Office Application you have to pay for. VoIP is actually available, but not a mainstream client. Bluetooth does not have A2DP nor does it have full profile support. You got me there (although you can get an A2DP adapter for less than 20 bucks)
Everything else you want you can get by jailbreaking your iPhone and installing via Cydia or Installer.
Argh! I didn't want to post anon :(
Have you ever used the AppStore?! I have an iPhone, and have a buddy who has a G1. He has never paid for an application, and I have only bought two the entire time I had an iPhone - and both were 99c. Everything you could ever want is avaliable for free.. aside from games that is. SSH Clients, VNC Clients, RDP clients, simple games, todo lists - name it!
If I recall correctly, the self-build versions of Android cannot connect to the app-store. Although still lacking in many areas, the app-store is one of the biggest selling points for Android. Without it, you arn't able to easily add your own applications - a major no-no if you want this to be mainstream. This will fix itself once we get Google-built and signed firmware images for different netbooks.
I'm all for hacking stuff for the whole 'because we can' mentality, but why reinvent the wheel? Why not use something like Ubuntu Netbook Remix - which already does everything Android can do + more. If you want to get Linux more in the mainstream market, let's try to refine what we already have, and leave the netbook version of Android to the professionals - aka Google.
Alcohol. The cause AND solution of all of mankind's problems :)
Posting to fix wrong mod. Sorry :(
You racist bastard. Africanamerican-mail you insensitive clod!