Reminds me of the channel line up a few years ago. Suddenly all the popular channels (cartoon channel, Comedy Network, the movie channels, ect...) were made part of the more expensive tier ($10 a month more to re-gain the same channels). When I called to question why it was happening, I was told that those were being moved to a higher tier to save me money since nobody watched those channels except for a small part of the population and by doing this they could offer me better channels for the same price (channels no one watched). Canceled Shaw the same day. I guess this is their next answer since no doubt more people people canceled their Shaw accounts (many people had canceled when they shifted the channels, they said that it had been a PR nightmare. Why they also started to spam their commercials of "We don't make you sign a contract" ones. Too bad 6 months of Shaws non-contract was the same price as a years worth of Telus contract and Telus had a better channel selection). Shaw is killing itself with greed and they want to kill any alternative.
Communism is working great for China. They are becoming a major world power and if I remember right, they have great internet service (might be censored, but still a good speed at a decent for them price).
Your forgetting, in many places, there isn't a choice. Its either your with company A or with... company A. They are the only option so either you buy their internet or you have no internet.
Thats one device. Not the normal though. And you still have to pay for the 3g hardware which, without it could lower the price some more by a decent sum (why pay for extras that I won't use and are worth double digit plus price tags?)
How much does this have to do with things like Netflix now being in Canada? Not to mention other things like slowly more and more games being sold digitally for the XBox360, PS3, PC/Mac (Steam, Mac App Store), iTunes movies, ect.. These are all using more and more data and I think they are wanting to capitalise on the digital download bandwagon. They watched Rogers do this and hey, it didn't hurt Rogers so the others are just following suit thinking "If they can do it and make more money for nothing, why not us?" And what is the caps? Anyone can say that only a small percent of users hit these caps, but that could also be based on just a rough estimate of "users typically do basic web surfing and check email, meaning they should only need 5-10 gigs max a month". Helps make gov look the other way by making baseless claims like that.
Too bad, it does not come with 3G. That is a deal breaker for me.
I think of it not coming with 3g as a positive. I don't want to spend $30 a month to have access to very slow wireless, and the hardware to do 3g is typically an extra $100-$150 I would prefer to spare. If I need the internet that badly I'd tether it to my smartphone and not have to spend more money to use what I already have access to.
Because the Gaming Commission isn't really interested hear this information. Its like the Diebold voting machines during elections. They were known to be faulty, documented to be faulty and had been warned many times that they are faulty and should never be used because of all the issues and problems that had. And they were used multiple times in multiple voting situations. At the end of the day they are more concerned in who is paying their fee's and not how it effects the public.
Haptics allows for touch feedback, but doesn't allow you to feel the keys under your fingertips. It doesn't cause them to rise above the rest of the screen. For haptics to work, you need to press the button. I'm talking about things like aligning your fingers to things like the 'home row' on the keyboard. You shouldn't have to look at the keyboard every few minutes to make sure your fingers are in the home row, you should just be able to feel that they are (like I mentioned about the little notch on your F and J key).
Good luck to any parent who tries to use a touchscreen shared by their kids.
Was thinking that myself. Toddlers and young children are well know to want to bang on things. Imagine a child banging the mouse on the touchscreen. Shattered glass, while it is most likely to stay in the frame and not hurt the child, it's still a very broken keyboard then.
Part of the thing about a real keyboard is the feel of the keys. Not the feedback but the raised buttons themselves. Without them many people are left to hunt-n-peck typing since they can't feel the keys brush their fingertips (also think of the little notch on your F and J keys, used for the same thing). Remove the ability to feel the keys without looking and many people won't touch it and businesses won't use it because I gather WPM typing will go down and error typing will go up.
Ok, I personally feel that changing the words 'injun' and 'nigger' to the word 'slave' is a step for the worse. Its painting history differently then it was. Not every native or black person was a slave, some were free either normally or managed to purchase their freedom but with this you've completely changed it to make it look like you were either white or you were a slave. That will be great to teach little Timmy "Remember, these people weren't repressed minorities back then, people were either white or slaves. Now remember that because thats what it says in your books."
It doesn't say it's a phone. It says it "supports phone functionality (as speaker phone, via provided wired ear piece or Bluetooth earpieces.)" Thats like claiming my laptop is a phone as it can do that too as either a speaker phone-only function or buying the extra bits. A phone has typically been something you can hold to your ear, but the Galaxy Tab isn't designed for such a functional use.
But is there a market for small handheld computers without cell phone capability? Google doesn't seem to think so, or it'd have licensed the Android Market application to Archos.
Glad I use an iPhone. My first call will be to my wife to remotely wipe the phone and then call a lawyer.
Wow, that will look amazing when they take you to court.
"Our records show that the defendant first called his wife, and then 3 minutes later the phone was remotely erased by the account him and his wife share."
Suddenly not only are you in jail, but so is your wife for the now very real charge of destroying evidence.
AC, please read the post before replying. They said that the AC1 lagged due to it's DRM, not because it ways 'aways on'. And its not uncommon of DRM causing lag (the DRM does use up some resources to run on top of the game), in fact the game Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind had many sources (including at least one magazine) suggesting to use a no-cd crack to speed it up (gave you on average 5fps). Their friend was concerned that AC2 would have even more DRM (the internet connection plus other possible DRM) which could slow down their computer even more and thats why they didn't buy it.
I'm a bit curious as to what exactly would be in the MPAAs interest here. I'm having a hard time seeing any incentive for them to ask, which really implies that there's something fishy. Hollywood isn't exactly known for being Republican territory.
One word: ACTA. The only people that have been allowed input is some world governments (the US and EU being the most vocal/demanding of the 2), and then the International Intellectual Property Alliance (which includes the Business Software Alliance (BSA), Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA or MPA), and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The ACTA has been losing tracks and power since it went public and places like WikiLeaks really help shine the light on this. Needless to say groups like the MPAA aren't happy about this and will want to abuse any and all ACTA powers to make sure that when they try to shove ACTA 2 down peoples throats they won't have as much problems from sites like WikiLeaks
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China has only just been growing for a few years now. For the people to really feel the effects it takes more years after the growth happens. In fact Their people are in better shape, a lot better, in 20 years. Poverty was at around 84% in the mid 80's. In 2005 it was 16%. Chinas middle class has also been rising. While they might not be at the levels of the western world yet, they are getting big and better with much investment by their own countries infrastructure is only going to help them more.
Reminds me of the channel line up a few years ago. Suddenly all the popular channels (cartoon channel, Comedy Network, the movie channels, ect...) were made part of the more expensive tier ($10 a month more to re-gain the same channels). When I called to question why it was happening, I was told that those were being moved to a higher tier to save me money since nobody watched those channels except for a small part of the population and by doing this they could offer me better channels for the same price (channels no one watched). Canceled Shaw the same day. I guess this is their next answer since no doubt more people people canceled their Shaw accounts (many people had canceled when they shifted the channels, they said that it had been a PR nightmare. Why they also started to spam their commercials of "We don't make you sign a contract" ones. Too bad 6 months of Shaws non-contract was the same price as a years worth of Telus contract and Telus had a better channel selection). Shaw is killing itself with greed and they want to kill any alternative.
Actually it's China that has injected billions of dollars into the US. There Communism is what has been keeping the US's Capitalism alive. China is also a very fast growing economy, not a 'dead economy'.
Communism is working great for China. They are becoming a major world power and if I remember right, they have great internet service (might be censored, but still a good speed at a decent for them price).
Your forgetting, in many places, there isn't a choice. Its either your with company A or with... company A. They are the only option so either you buy their internet or you have no internet.
Thats one device. Not the normal though. And you still have to pay for the 3g hardware which, without it could lower the price some more by a decent sum (why pay for extras that I won't use and are worth double digit plus price tags?)
How much does this have to do with things like Netflix now being in Canada? Not to mention other things like slowly more and more games being sold digitally for the XBox360, PS3, PC/Mac (Steam, Mac App Store), iTunes movies, ect.. These are all using more and more data and I think they are wanting to capitalise on the digital download bandwagon. They watched Rogers do this and hey, it didn't hurt Rogers so the others are just following suit thinking "If they can do it and make more money for nothing, why not us?" And what is the caps? Anyone can say that only a small percent of users hit these caps, but that could also be based on just a rough estimate of "users typically do basic web surfing and check email, meaning they should only need 5-10 gigs max a month". Helps make gov look the other way by making baseless claims like that.
Too bad, it does not come with 3G. That is a deal breaker for me.
I think of it not coming with 3g as a positive. I don't want to spend $30 a month to have access to very slow wireless, and the hardware to do 3g is typically an extra $100-$150 I would prefer to spare. If I need the internet that badly I'd tether it to my smartphone and not have to spend more money to use what I already have access to.
People shouldn't be able to vote themselves benefits.
The rich do it with voting/lobbying for tax cuts. But help to those who really need it should be denied?
Well here is a report from 2007 stating that Diebold machines are not secure (with some of the study being published in 2006). And here is a report in 2008 (a year later) showing of not only warnings not to use the Diebold machines, but lists 2 different incidents (both in 2008) where Diebold machines caused problems with votes.
Because the Gaming Commission isn't really interested hear this information. Its like the Diebold voting machines during elections. They were known to be faulty, documented to be faulty and had been warned many times that they are faulty and should never be used because of all the issues and problems that had. And they were used multiple times in multiple voting situations. At the end of the day they are more concerned in who is paying their fee's and not how it effects the public.
Haptics allows for touch feedback, but doesn't allow you to feel the keys under your fingertips. It doesn't cause them to rise above the rest of the screen. For haptics to work, you need to press the button. I'm talking about things like aligning your fingers to things like the 'home row' on the keyboard. You shouldn't have to look at the keyboard every few minutes to make sure your fingers are in the home row, you should just be able to feel that they are (like I mentioned about the little notch on your F and J key).
Good luck to any parent who tries to use a touchscreen shared by their kids.
Was thinking that myself. Toddlers and young children are well know to want to bang on things. Imagine a child banging the mouse on the touchscreen. Shattered glass, while it is most likely to stay in the frame and not hurt the child, it's still a very broken keyboard then.
Part of the thing about a real keyboard is the feel of the keys. Not the feedback but the raised buttons themselves. Without them many people are left to hunt-n-peck typing since they can't feel the keys brush their fingertips (also think of the little notch on your F and J keys, used for the same thing). Remove the ability to feel the keys without looking and many people won't touch it and businesses won't use it because I gather WPM typing will go down and error typing will go up.
Ok, I personally feel that changing the words 'injun' and 'nigger' to the word 'slave' is a step for the worse. Its painting history differently then it was. Not every native or black person was a slave, some were free either normally or managed to purchase their freedom but with this you've completely changed it to make it look like you were either white or you were a slave. That will be great to teach little Timmy "Remember, these people weren't repressed minorities back then, people were either white or slaves. Now remember that because thats what it says in your books."
It doesn't say it's a phone. It says it "supports phone functionality (as speaker phone, via provided wired ear piece or Bluetooth earpieces.)" Thats like claiming my laptop is a phone as it can do that too as either a speaker phone-only function or buying the extra bits. A phone has typically been something you can hold to your ear, but the Galaxy Tab isn't designed for such a functional use.
Do I dare ask what they would think about xkcd's search history?
But is there a market for small handheld computers without cell phone capability? Google doesn't seem to think so, or it'd have licensed the Android Market application to Archos.
May I introduce you to the Samsung Galaxy Tab?
Glad I use an iPhone. My first call will be to my wife to remotely wipe the phone and then call a lawyer.
Wow, that will look amazing when they take you to court.
"Our records show that the defendant first called his wife, and then 3 minutes later the phone was remotely erased by the account him and his wife share."
Suddenly not only are you in jail, but so is your wife for the now very real charge of destroying evidence.
My Sony Xperia x10 is 2.1. Been officially been Android 2.1 since Sony released the update in Nov.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the RIAA did, with all the lawsuits they keep filing.
AC, please read the post before replying. They said that the AC1 lagged due to it's DRM, not because it ways 'aways on'. And its not uncommon of DRM causing lag (the DRM does use up some resources to run on top of the game), in fact the game Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind had many sources (including at least one magazine) suggesting to use a no-cd crack to speed it up (gave you on average 5fps). Their friend was concerned that AC2 would have even more DRM (the internet connection plus other possible DRM) which could slow down their computer even more and thats why they didn't buy it.
Either a lawn mower sound or a 747.
Ignoring your joke, but the Blender Institute is based in the Netherlands. The
I'm a bit curious as to what exactly would be in the MPAAs interest here. I'm having a hard time seeing any incentive for them to ask, which really implies that there's something fishy. Hollywood isn't exactly known for being Republican territory.
One word: ACTA. The only people that have been allowed input is some world governments (the US and EU being the most vocal/demanding of the 2), and then the International Intellectual Property Alliance (which includes the Business Software Alliance (BSA), Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA or MPA), and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The ACTA has been losing tracks and power since it went public and places like WikiLeaks really help shine the light on this. Needless to say groups like the MPAA aren't happy about this and will want to abuse any and all ACTA powers to make sure that when they try to shove ACTA 2 down peoples throats they won't have as much problems from sites like WikiLeaks