I've had a G1 for about a week and I don't think your comments make much sense.
The trackball is very convenient, it gives you mouse-like control over the screen. On the G1 and the iPhone, the touchscreen is good but it's no replacement for a mouse. The iPhone would be better with a trackball. The moving screen is handy, because there are so many good apps for Android already, you'll run out of room. The titled bottom piece causes absolutely no issues whatsoever. The only complaint I'd give credit to is the audio jack thing. They should have included a regular 3.5mm jack.
I've used both the G1 and the iPhone and I like the G1 a lot more so far.
It has a nice smooth interface, in the same ballpark as the iPhone. It has an easy to use app store, which is nicer than Apple's because it already has apps that you'd have to jailbreak the iPhone for. It uses standard mechanisms for thinks like uploading music, etc. Instead of locking you into their stupid iTunes product. As a developer, you get to develop on any platform you want and the dev kit is free.
So, honestly, the iPhone is a decent product, but it's been bested by Android already IMO. It will be interesting to see just how awesome Android becomes on future products.
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Well, its been optimized quite a bit.
I wouldn't say good performance, but I'd say decent for an entirely interpreted platform.
Also, Dalvik isn't Java, so Java hardware execution technologies (Jazelle, etc), aren't compatible.
JIT is the only way to get good performance with Android and Dalvik.
I've had a G1 for about a week and I don't think your comments make much sense.
The trackball is very convenient, it gives you mouse-like control over the screen. On the G1 and the iPhone, the touchscreen is good but it's no replacement for a mouse. The iPhone would be better with a trackball. The moving screen is handy, because there are so many good apps for Android already, you'll run out of room. The titled bottom piece causes absolutely no issues whatsoever. The only complaint I'd give credit to is the audio jack thing. They should have included a regular 3.5mm jack.
I've used both the G1 and the iPhone and I like the G1 a lot more so far.
It has a nice smooth interface, in the same ballpark as the iPhone. It has an easy to use app store, which is nicer than Apple's because it already has apps that you'd have to jailbreak the iPhone for. It uses standard mechanisms for thinks like uploading music, etc. Instead of locking you into their stupid iTunes product. As a developer, you get to develop on any platform you want and the dev kit is free.
So, honestly, the iPhone is a decent product, but it's been bested by Android already IMO. It will be interesting to see just how awesome Android becomes on future products.
I'm not sure on your issue, but the network manager has had some serious work done:
http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha5#Network Manager 0.7
*********DOR!
Well at least that's all we got out of the Word files describing the beast.
Which he'll get, if he buys something like an Ubuntu computer from Dell:
http://www.dell.com/ubuntu
I bought an Ubuntu laptop from Dell and I'm very pleased.
You get support, a restore disk, "legal" DVD playback support and some very nice equipment.
Wow, I just tried it and not only did it get rid of my virus problem, but it made my computer run faster and more reliably.
Thanks again, anonymous coward!
Oh, I like this game!
Let's see what I get:
What are these So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, And yet are on 't?
Hmm, I really don't understand what that means exactly.
Yeah but you can customize the Linux kernel. If you don't want features, just don't compile them in.
It's easy, there's even a gui interface.
Good luck compiling a custom NT kernel. :)
I hope it brings back the fantastic Dancer class.
I can't wait to do me some dirty dancing, Wookie style!
BLARRRHHAHHDHDDDDDDDDD!
That's why serious IT people use Fedex.
Wow morgan, if you haven't "seen" them, they must not exist right?
Kind of like boobies.
Actually, Java doesn't load too much on startup. It's a couple megs, around 2-3 MB usually.
The performance hit is the bootstrapping that occurs when the JIT compiler kicks in.
Until it becomes convenient to pull the plug.
Honestly, I was being sarcastic.
But I know better, sarcasm doesn't work well on the internet.
I don't want Mono anyway, I'm not going to waste my time on *anything related to* that.
If current progress is any indicator, you'll be in business roughly 2015-16.
I can't wait!
Jesus, read my first sentence.
Way to comprehend, you fucking retard.
GNU/Linux is a kernel. GNU is the license its under.
I'd repeat my advice to you, but you are probably incapable.
Yep, Intel has like 60% market share.
And they have the worse performance.
Sounds like a perfect take over target for good old Microsoft, if I ever saw one.
Hunter is that you?
Why would a language/platform designed for writing networked applications be used to write device drivers?
That's like saying "I don't know about these batch files. They've been around for a few decades and I still can't write drivers in them."
And by "Microsoft, of all people, tried to create?," you mean "Cloned Java and started a massive advertising campaign."
I liked this game better when it was called Doom 3.
At least then the graphics were cutting edge, instead of 3-4 years out of date.
Not that graphics are the end all, be all of a game. But this game has the same plot as every doom (and doom clone) ever made.
Put the crack pipe down.
Perfect BALANCE made Starcraft the best RTS ever made.
Not how 1337 the unit building tools were.