I don't know... I kind of like the fact that the universe is still such a mystery to us. With the large hadron collider there was almost a sense of let down that nothing exotic or unexpected appeared. That everything went according to our models.
VNAND run at current 1X node levels should provide 32x the capacity for similar cost. Instead Samsung is using their tech to release 4X node level SSDs with similar capacity but double the cost of 1X node level 2D NAND. When the heck are we going to have some competitors come in with their own VNAND tech and bottom out the SSD market? They should even be able to achieve greater cost per byte effectiveness than HDDs.
It's not just that. Tesla achieves their current battery longevity by only allowing the battery to operate between 20 and 80% capacity. If this new battery can last 20 times longer, they could achieve the same longevity while operating at the full range of the battery, giving them a 40% capacity boost.
Uh... given that scientists are an insanely tiny minority of the population and contribute the vast majority of human advancement... I would rather fund them in excess.
Uh no, the government's total contribution is $27 billion peak debt, which will be paid off with revenue and profit. Moving Optus customers over also has no impact on who the NBN is supposed to reach. Most of Optus customers are in cities that were of course included in the fiber footprint from the start.
What the heck are you talking about? GPON is insanely easy to upgrade- you just replace the switches at the ends of the fiber lines, no fuss required. And it's passive so no electricity is required at the switches and maintenance costs are very low.
You don't know what you're talking about. Men are not so macho as in america, and wives often push the politicians into doing aggressive and shady things for status gains.
I'm curious what you think happens to the children of working career women? Sure not all children need a devoted and nurturing mother, but what happens to those that do?
Has anyone seen this in demonstration on video? It's so laggy it makes Android seem iOS-like. Even if it's "popular" with developers, it won't be with consumers and thus will be dead on arrival.
Actually they're not even just reskins. Apple has a private API call that they use with Safari to make it ultra smooth when browsing. Even though it wasn't documented, a lot of alternative browsers were using that API call to make their browsers as smooth as Safari. Around May of 2011 Apple threatened those competitors with delisting from the Apple store if they didn't stop using that API, so everyone disabled those calls in their browsers. Now nearly every non-Safari browser experiences hiccups and becomes increasingly choppy with graphically heavy pages.
Compare iCab 4.6 for example (the last version before Apple's threats), to the latest one. From silky smooth with virtually no hiccups to chopcity.
Because Android is a laggy, buggy piece of trash that has horrible standby battery drain. Android is antiquated, a pre-iOS junkheap that should have been thrown away the moment iOS was first revealed. MSFT threw away Windows Mobile to develop WP7/8, Palm threw away Palm OS for webOS, RIM the old BB OS for the new QNX OS, and Nokia originally was transitioning away from Symbian for MeeGo. Google is the only one who decided to just rip off Apple as fast as possible by slapping on a touchscreen layer onto their outdated OS, and flip-flopped on Network Neutrality to sign a deal with Verizon to push the Droid brand.
That's why Android lags, and it's also got horrible battery life.
Well the Intel tablets aren't going to be very powerful. ARM Cortex A9 is equivalent to Pentium 3, and A15 to Pentium 4. Medfield slots somewhere inbetween those two.
It's not even fair to Intel's competitors is it? Intel's so far ahead of everyone else at 22 nm, and will be moving their mobile chips to their latest and smallest process. It's rather unfortunate... I don't think anyone wants to see an Intel monopoly.
On the other hand in the short term we'll still need to see how good Medfield is. IIRC per core Linpack scores are lower than Cortex A15. And Intel's biggest issue is latency of sleep mode, which has historically been nowhere near as good as ARM hardware.
The only problem I have with the iPad is it doesn't have text reflow in the browser. My eyesight isn't that great, and if they'd just add that one feature it would be such a beautiful product.
Atom-based phone is coming out next week in India, and soon after in China. Not a "dream". Also the only way to ensure your Android phone will ever be upgraded.
So? That's how Symbian looked 5+ years ago. New smartphone activations in the US are trending towards iOS, and once a legitimate competitor comes out people will latch onto them instead of Android. The only thing preventing competition from swarming in is that Google dumps its OS for free, China-style.
Yeah and the Lumia has an even higher rating on Amazon. Yay for Nokia...?
Samsung especially put a lot of effort into tweaking the Android OS to make it smoother. But in the end it's still limited by its foundations, and comparing Android to any other modern OS (webOS, Maemo, QNX's OS, iOS, WP7) demonstrates a completely different level of fluidity and responsiveness, *especially* when run on a single-core CPU.
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It's not the politicians. It's the people who elected them. Just look at the number of idiots here screaming about "global cooling".
I don't know... I kind of like the fact that the universe is still such a mystery to us. With the large hadron collider there was almost a sense of let down that nothing exotic or unexpected appeared. That everything went according to our models.
VNAND run at current 1X node levels should provide 32x the capacity for similar cost. Instead Samsung is using their tech to release 4X node level SSDs with similar capacity but double the cost of 1X node level 2D NAND. When the heck are we going to have some competitors come in with their own VNAND tech and bottom out the SSD market? They should even be able to achieve greater cost per byte effectiveness than HDDs.
It's not just that. Tesla achieves their current battery longevity by only allowing the battery to operate between 20 and 80% capacity. If this new battery can last 20 times longer, they could achieve the same longevity while operating at the full range of the battery, giving them a 40% capacity boost.
Uh... given that scientists are an insanely tiny minority of the population and contribute the vast majority of human advancement... I would rather fund them in excess.
Stop lying through your teeth. Wireless can't replace wired, only complement.
Uh no, the government's total contribution is $27 billion peak debt, which will be paid off with revenue and profit. Moving Optus customers over also has no impact on who the NBN is supposed to reach. Most of Optus customers are in cities that were of course included in the fiber footprint from the start.
What the heck are you talking about? GPON is insanely easy to upgrade- you just replace the switches at the ends of the fiber lines, no fuss required. And it's passive so no electricity is required at the switches and maintenance costs are very low.
So in this evolved society who takes care of the children and family?
You don't know what you're talking about. Men are not so macho as in america, and wives often push the politicians into doing aggressive and shady things for status gains.
You think child rearing only requires 6 months of nurturing?
So who makes the home if both parents are working?
I'm curious what you think happens to the children of working career women? Sure not all children need a devoted and nurturing mother, but what happens to those that do?
Has anyone seen this in demonstration on video? It's so laggy it makes Android seem iOS-like. Even if it's "popular" with developers, it won't be with consumers and thus will be dead on arrival.
Actually they're not even just reskins. Apple has a private API call that they use with Safari to make it ultra smooth when browsing. Even though it wasn't documented, a lot of alternative browsers were using that API call to make their browsers as smooth as Safari. Around May of 2011 Apple threatened those competitors with delisting from the Apple store if they didn't stop using that API, so everyone disabled those calls in their browsers. Now nearly every non-Safari browser experiences hiccups and becomes increasingly choppy with graphically heavy pages.
Compare iCab 4.6 for example (the last version before Apple's threats), to the latest one. From silky smooth with virtually no hiccups to chopcity.
The BoM of an iPhone is $180. Apple's margins on the device are massive. That's true for all manufacturers that sell their phones at retail.
Because Android is a laggy, buggy piece of trash that has horrible standby battery drain. Android is antiquated, a pre-iOS junkheap that should have been thrown away the moment iOS was first revealed. MSFT threw away Windows Mobile to develop WP7/8, Palm threw away Palm OS for webOS, RIM the old BB OS for the new QNX OS, and Nokia originally was transitioning away from Symbian for MeeGo. Google is the only one who decided to just rip off Apple as fast as possible by slapping on a touchscreen layer onto their outdated OS, and flip-flopped on Network Neutrality to sign a deal with Verizon to push the Droid brand.
That's why Android lags, and it's also got horrible battery life.
Will they include a HAL in Windows RT that allows people/hackers to install it on virtually any ARM architecture? Like... say an HP Touchpad?
Well the Intel tablets aren't going to be very powerful. ARM Cortex A9 is equivalent to Pentium 3, and A15 to Pentium 4. Medfield slots somewhere inbetween those two.
It's not even fair to Intel's competitors is it? Intel's so far ahead of everyone else at 22 nm, and will be moving their mobile chips to their latest and smallest process. It's rather unfortunate... I don't think anyone wants to see an Intel monopoly.
On the other hand in the short term we'll still need to see how good Medfield is. IIRC per core Linpack scores are lower than Cortex A15. And Intel's biggest issue is latency of sleep mode, which has historically been nowhere near as good as ARM hardware.
The only problem I have with the iPad is it doesn't have text reflow in the browser. My eyesight isn't that great, and if they'd just add that one feature it would be such a beautiful product.
Do you even need to be a corrupt, Wall Street "financier" to realize a billion dollars for cruddy instagram was too much?
Atom-based phone is coming out next week in India, and soon after in China. Not a "dream". Also the only way to ensure your Android phone will ever be upgraded.
So? That's how Symbian looked 5+ years ago. New smartphone activations in the US are trending towards iOS, and once a legitimate competitor comes out people will latch onto them instead of Android. The only thing preventing competition from swarming in is that Google dumps its OS for free, China-style.
Yeah and the Lumia has an even higher rating on Amazon. Yay for Nokia...?
Samsung especially put a lot of effort into tweaking the Android OS to make it smoother. But in the end it's still limited by its foundations, and comparing Android to any other modern OS (webOS, Maemo, QNX's OS, iOS, WP7) demonstrates a completely different level of fluidity and responsiveness, *especially* when run on a single-core CPU.