Of course not, Apple gets security risks right out of the box so you don't have to do it yourself. A weak security Flash player is built into every copy of OSX so you too can worry about security.
Because, of course, you can do all that stuff on an iPhone too. Rooting an iPhone is just jailbreaking, which is free, easy, and legal. Then you can install any app you want no matter where it comes from.
But those aren't available by default and not everyone will want to try jailbreaking since there is still a slim chance of bricking their phone. As I mentioned "Something the iPhone won't let you do by default". You can do that by default with an Android phone (mine isn't rooted and I can do that).
And you don't even have to jailbreak to change your ring tones - I'm not sure where that idea is coming from.
That came from my friend who has an iPhone. They sent a message around for where other people could get free iPhone ring tones (said it couldn't be done otherwise since I mentioned that it should be the same as my Blackberry. Haven't heard any comments about that since.)
Seriously, although I agree that Apple goes way to far with the control freakery, the practical effect of it is minimal. There's actually very little difference between iPhone and Android in terms of what you can do with the platform.
Sure, once you jailbreak the iPhone it can then be on par with an Android. But you have to jailbreak which most non-technical people won't do. Thats like saying my car can keep up with a Ferrari as long as I remove the car's governor, easy said but most won't go tampering with their engine for fear of breaking the engine/bricking it.
Is there any single phone model that is selling as well as the iPhone these days?
Last year the Motorola Droid was selling more then the iPhone 3GS... and now with the Droid X coming out it's quite possible that it can outsell the iPhone 4...
This is a lot like saying that computers that run Windows outsell computers that run Linux. Well, yes, they're both operating systems, but no one really sells computers that run Linux, they sell computers that run Windows...
Thats like saying that more people use Internet Explorer over Firefox since most use Windows that has it by default and aren't given Firefox. They are both web browsers, but no one really sells computers that have Firefox, they sell computers that run Windows Internet Explorer.
It's not just a phone. It is determining how portable device will be used by the mainstream. Locked down, or open? The ability to load your own music and ring tones, and app, or only loading what you are allowed..at a price, of course.
Uh what android devices are as free as you claim? Last I heard you have to wait for someone to "jailbreak"/root the android device to be able to do what you want with it. This "android is open and free" is a load of bull. Motorola phones are all locked up so are HTCs. I also heard many Android devices, just like iPhone, has apps you can't even remove by the user. Yes, that doesnt sound very open to me.
Sounds like you've never seen an Android either. Rooting an Android device is just unlocking the firmware. Software is still open as is much of the layout. You can install any program you want for the Android regardless if it came from the Market Place or the internet (and I've done that before). While some of the core applications that came on the phone are uninstallable by default, most of them never run unless you open them so its not as much of an issue as you seem to make it out to be. I can also change ringtones and other sound effects to what I want. Something the iPhone won't let you do by default.
I agree that the Q3 numbers will be interesting but Q3 also holds the release of the HTC Evo and The Motorola Droid X, which were both highly sought after Android platforms. So all this Q3 competition should be a sight to see. Now if only I liked popcorn...
Not to mention the return rates of the iPhone 4 due to people not being able to "hold it correctly" might add some fun to the numbers.
The article is dated for Aug, and it only mentions "the last 6 months" in the article's text which would make me think July was a part of that time frame. Didn't look closely at the graphs that showed they are using a Quarterly time scale.
The numbers for the iPhone are of course going to reflect that the apple crowd has been holding off and waited for the new generation iPhone 4. The numbers for Q3 will be more interesting.
And then again, who cares, it's just a phone.
The iPhone 4 was released on June 24th, so if the Apple crowd was holding off for it then June/July should have had one hell of a jump making Android outsell iPhone for 5 month's before being re-taken by the iPhone, but that hasn't happened. So its more likely not the case.
Turns out Linux doesn't suck and it is good for something mainstream after all. I still haven't seen the real "year of the Linux desktop" but Android has already given us a year of the Linux phone, and we barely even realized it.
I wouldn't say its the "Year of the Linux desktop" since Android is a highly modified version of Linux. Like how no one is waiting to call OSX's rise as the "Year of the Unix/BSD desktop".
He's the chief instructor for the Sony 3D Technology Center, so of course he'll tell you its not the tech's fault. Its his job to make sure people don't go against this technology. Its all about PR and the millions/billions of dollars invested and wanted to be made from this. Its like when a cellphone loses signal when you hold it in the wrong way, its not their products fault, it's the users fault because to admit "Hey, we screwed up" will cost much more money then to try to trivialize the problem and hope people will shift blame from the real issue (the tech itself).
Because everything is bad if there is the theoretical possibility that it could potentially be abused?
In this case, yes. And it doesn't always need Photoshop to cause havok. This kind of thing has been done before 12. The difference here is that the person is the one to make the photo from any angle instead of the single angle that the speed camera takes. You can make a faked violation and then send the photo to the website and they get the fines. And I can easily see people doing to people they don't like (others have done worse). In the end, if something can be potentially abused you have to take that into consideration and try to implement safeguards against it. Otherwise if you don't, someone will be more then happen to abuse it and others will join when they see just how easy and non-traceable it can be.
Not all tablets are either iOS or Windows though. There are Android tablets and have been since September of last year. They also have the same pros that you've listed for the iPad (being smaller then notebooks/Windows tablets, have long battery lives and come with a large (and expanding) ecosystem, just not vetted "ostensible wholesome" by a company). Some of the other (and in to many people better options) is that lack of needing to sync it up to a computer. When you need to sync a device to another computer, it loses some of it's portability since you will need a "home base" from time to time. With something like an Android tablet, this option is completely removed and grants more portability then the iPad. Like the iPad, you can use apps that are located on the market place and be happy. But your not limited to these choices. You can also do more things like download apps from the web. Run Flash (not every viral video site has an non-Flash version, nor does Farmville/FB game run without Flash yet that I know of). One of the things that really made my friend interested in the Android was watching that I could download compressed files and unpack those files, move them around the HD to sort them better. This isn't something you can do with iOS products (it was a.rar file, so not sure if a.zip can be opened with iOS). Now yes, not everyone wants to do this, but knowing that if you get some email with a compressed file and being able to actually open it up and view its contents now without needing another computer shows how portable a device it really is. It can and truly is a stand alone product, something that the iPad cannot truly claim. As for the walls and prisons, I don't feel anyone needs walls and prisons, they just need walkways and warnings to help guide them around on auto-pilot like in real life.
I'm not so sure if lucky would be the right word. Telus has download caps (like 60'ish gigs. Not much for one person, 3+ with video streaming/Steam and you'll notice it fast), and Shaw... I will never use them again. Total nightmare of a company. Internet would go down on a daily basis. Complained and they said it was something wrong with our router. Wasn't until a whole apartment was going to quit using them (3-4 months later) to make them send a tech to see that the box was badly damaged and needed repair/replacement. Happened in 2 different places (I didn't control the bill so it was free for me, but still too unreliable of a company). Thats why for quite some time, if not still, they would splatter their ads claiming that they "didn't have contracts" because that was the only thing that they had that was good and were in the middle of a PR nightmare (this started when they decided that every channel anyone watched was now going to be $10 a month more to get them).
Yes, but the physical book has more overhead to cover then the digital version. A physical version needs to be printed, shipped to the warehouse, stored until ready to be sold then shipped again to it's final destination (whether it's a bookstore or your mailbox). All of these overheads cost money, and most of these overheads are also a third party that will want their own piece of the pie. A digital book needs to be scanned, held on a server's HD, (in some cases) laced with DRM, then shipped to you by bandwidth charges. The overhead for the digital copy is much, much lower then the $1 saved though, not to mention that in most digital markets the scanner, server and bandwidth are all a part of the same company meaning less parts of the pie being eaten at, which is easily noticed and thats why its harder to justify the price being just a dollar lower.
Its meta-commented Apple because of the last part of the summery:
one Chromium developer responded to praise by stating '... thank Apple — they added it to WebKit, we just inherited it.' Firefox vs Chrome just got a bit more exciting.
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Yep, its a whoosh moment...
*whoosh*
Of course not, Apple gets security risks right out of the box so you don't have to do it yourself. A weak security Flash player is built into every copy of OSX so you too can worry about security.
Poor Decision, Forgettaboutit
Because, of course, you can do all that stuff on an iPhone too. Rooting an iPhone is just jailbreaking, which is free, easy, and legal. Then you can install any app you want no matter where it comes from.
But those aren't available by default and not everyone will want to try jailbreaking since there is still a slim chance of bricking their phone. As I mentioned "Something the iPhone won't let you do by default". You can do that by default with an Android phone (mine isn't rooted and I can do that).
And you don't even have to jailbreak to change your ring tones - I'm not sure where that idea is coming from.
That came from my friend who has an iPhone. They sent a message around for where other people could get free iPhone ring tones (said it couldn't be done otherwise since I mentioned that it should be the same as my Blackberry. Haven't heard any comments about that since.)
Seriously, although I agree that Apple goes way to far with the control freakery, the practical effect of it is minimal. There's actually very little difference between iPhone and Android in terms of what you can do with the platform.
Sure, once you jailbreak the iPhone it can then be on par with an Android. But you have to jailbreak which most non-technical people won't do. Thats like saying my car can keep up with a Ferrari as long as I remove the car's governor, easy said but most won't go tampering with their engine for fear of breaking the engine/bricking it.
Is there any single phone model that is selling as well as the iPhone these days?
Last year the Motorola Droid was selling more then the iPhone 3GS... and now with the Droid X coming out it's quite possible that it can outsell the iPhone 4...
This is a lot like saying that computers that run Windows outsell computers that run Linux. Well, yes, they're both operating systems, but no one really sells computers that run Linux, they sell computers that run Windows...
Thats like saying that more people use Internet Explorer over Firefox since most use Windows that has it by default and aren't given Firefox. They are both web browsers, but no one really sells computers that have Firefox, they sell computers that run Windows Internet Explorer.
It's not just a phone. It is determining how portable device will be used by the mainstream. Locked down, or open? The ability to load your own music and ring tones, and app, or only loading what you are allowed ..at a price, of course.
Uh what android devices are as free as you claim? Last I heard you have to wait for someone to "jailbreak"/root the android device to be able to do what you want with it. This "android is open and free" is a load of bull. Motorola phones are all locked up so are HTCs. I also heard many Android devices, just like iPhone, has apps you can't even remove by the user. Yes, that doesnt sound very open to me.
Sounds like you've never seen an Android either. Rooting an Android device is just unlocking the firmware. Software is still open as is much of the layout. You can install any program you want for the Android regardless if it came from the Market Place or the internet (and I've done that before). While some of the core applications that came on the phone are uninstallable by default, most of them never run unless you open them so its not as much of an issue as you seem to make it out to be. I can also change ringtones and other sound effects to what I want. Something the iPhone won't let you do by default.
I agree that the Q3 numbers will be interesting but Q3 also holds the release of the HTC Evo and The Motorola Droid X, which were both highly sought after Android platforms. So all this Q3 competition should be a sight to see. Now if only I liked popcorn...
Not to mention the return rates of the iPhone 4 due to people not being able to "hold it correctly" might add some fun to the numbers.
There will probably be an Android for every type of user, rather than just one version that everyone will be forced to adapt to.
Because people are forced to buy and use iPhones against their will? *rolls eyes*
You'd be amazed at how marketing will effect your thoughts and buying habits. Thats why companies will spend so much on it.
The article is dated for Aug, and it only mentions "the last 6 months" in the article's text which would make me think July was a part of that time frame. Didn't look closely at the graphs that showed they are using a Quarterly time scale.
The numbers for the iPhone are of course going to reflect that the apple crowd has been holding off and waited for the new generation iPhone 4. The numbers for Q3 will be more interesting.
And then again, who cares, it's just a phone.
The iPhone 4 was released on June 24th, so if the Apple crowd was holding off for it then June/July should have had one hell of a jump making Android outsell iPhone for 5 month's before being re-taken by the iPhone, but that hasn't happened. So its more likely not the case.
Turns out Linux doesn't suck and it is good for something mainstream after all. I still haven't seen the real "year of the Linux desktop" but Android has already given us a year of the Linux phone, and we barely even realized it.
I wouldn't say its the "Year of the Linux desktop" since Android is a highly modified version of Linux. Like how no one is waiting to call OSX's rise as the "Year of the Unix/BSD desktop".
He's the chief instructor for the Sony 3D Technology Center, so of course he'll tell you its not the tech's fault. Its his job to make sure people don't go against this technology. Its all about PR and the millions/billions of dollars invested and wanted to be made from this. Its like when a cellphone loses signal when you hold it in the wrong way, its not their products fault, it's the users fault because to admit "Hey, we screwed up" will cost much more money then to try to trivialize the problem and hope people will shift blame from the real issue (the tech itself).
Because everything is bad if there is the theoretical possibility that it could potentially be abused?
In this case, yes. And it doesn't always need Photoshop to cause havok. This kind of thing has been done before 1 2. The difference here is that the person is the one to make the photo from any angle instead of the single angle that the speed camera takes. You can make a faked violation and then send the photo to the website and they get the fines. And I can easily see people doing to people they don't like (others have done worse). In the end, if something can be potentially abused you have to take that into consideration and try to implement safeguards against it. Otherwise if you don't, someone will be more then happen to abuse it and others will join when they see just how easy and non-traceable it can be.
For those curious, here is the article about that. 2
Well, a quick internet search pulled up 20 different ISP's in China so it might not be as clean cut as A or B.
Not all tablets are either iOS or Windows though. There are Android tablets and have been since September of last year. They also have the same pros that you've listed for the iPad (being smaller then notebooks/Windows tablets, have long battery lives and come with a large (and expanding) ecosystem, just not vetted "ostensible wholesome" by a company). Some of the other (and in to many people better options) is that lack of needing to sync it up to a computer. When you need to sync a device to another computer, it loses some of it's portability since you will need a "home base" from time to time. With something like an Android tablet, this option is completely removed and grants more portability then the iPad. Like the iPad, you can use apps that are located on the market place and be happy. But your not limited to these choices. You can also do more things like download apps from the web. Run Flash (not every viral video site has an non-Flash version, nor does Farmville/FB game run without Flash yet that I know of). One of the things that really made my friend interested in the Android was watching that I could download compressed files and unpack those files, move them around the HD to sort them better. This isn't something you can do with iOS products (it was a .rar file, so not sure if a .zip can be opened with iOS). Now yes, not everyone wants to do this, but knowing that if you get some email with a compressed file and being able to actually open it up and view its contents now without needing another computer shows how portable a device it really is. It can and truly is a stand alone product, something that the iPad cannot truly claim. As for the walls and prisons, I don't feel anyone needs walls and prisons, they just need walkways and warnings to help guide them around on auto-pilot like in real life.
And i seem to recall most people absolutely loving drama and being controlled by irrational desires. This sounds stressful to me.
Sounds like you spent too much time in Barrens chat...
I'm not so sure if lucky would be the right word. Telus has download caps (like 60'ish gigs. Not much for one person, 3+ with video streaming/Steam and you'll notice it fast), and Shaw... I will never use them again. Total nightmare of a company. Internet would go down on a daily basis. Complained and they said it was something wrong with our router. Wasn't until a whole apartment was going to quit using them (3-4 months later) to make them send a tech to see that the box was badly damaged and needed repair/replacement. Happened in 2 different places (I didn't control the bill so it was free for me, but still too unreliable of a company). Thats why for quite some time, if not still, they would splatter their ads claiming that they "didn't have contracts" because that was the only thing that they had that was good and were in the middle of a PR nightmare (this started when they decided that every channel anyone watched was now going to be $10 a month more to get them).
Yes, but the physical book has more overhead to cover then the digital version. A physical version needs to be printed, shipped to the warehouse, stored until ready to be sold then shipped again to it's final destination (whether it's a bookstore or your mailbox). All of these overheads cost money, and most of these overheads are also a third party that will want their own piece of the pie. A digital book needs to be scanned, held on a server's HD, (in some cases) laced with DRM, then shipped to you by bandwidth charges. The overhead for the digital copy is much, much lower then the $1 saved though, not to mention that in most digital markets the scanner, server and bandwidth are all a part of the same company meaning less parts of the pie being eaten at, which is easily noticed and thats why its harder to justify the price being just a dollar lower.
Helps to see the whole picture.
Ah, I see you live in a country that actively feels that the most draconian laws against people in regards of IP are perfectly sane.
Grammar nazi: in pre-Web days they were called editors.
And I always thought that they were called Mods on those old BBS boards...
With a little more then 1.1 million users for the Chrome version alone, I'm doubting that virtually no one uses AdBlock.
Its meta-commented Apple because of the last part of the summery:
one Chromium developer responded to praise by stating '... thank Apple — they added it to WebKit, we just inherited it.' Firefox vs Chrome just got a bit more exciting.