Problem is the software replacement requires a double-click on the (presumably longer lasting) home button a swipe to get to the area where you finally find the software button position lock button. Frustratingly cumbersome.
Then you have to toggle the soft-button and press the home button again to dismiss that idiotic task manager.
I still can't understand why they took that away and left the 'press & hold the volume key to go to 0%' in there...the orientation lock button was WAY more useful than the mute button, maybe not so much on an iphone but definitely on the ipad.
Back when Windows was trademarked, Microsoft's product was an application framework that let you create applications that ran in windows. Windows was as generic a term in computing then as it is in house construction now. It seemed absolutely ludicrous that Microsoft could trademark it.
Yeah because everyone referred to their operating systems as windows...not sure what history you're remembering.
No they didn't, there are MANY examples dating back to BBS days, but if you're convinced that apple coined the term then you're likely not familiar with events that far back though surely you'd be aware of Google Apps (back in 2006).
"App Store" is a brilliant but simple name... and it is not generic.
Oh yeah and Microsoft putting 'My' in front of everything because it signals ownership AND it's the first syllable of their company name (like app in apple) makes that brilliant too.
Before iPhone, the term 'app' was not really known or used by commonfolk. Now that it is a widely known term, I'd be willing to bet that a large portion of the population thinks it stands for 'Apple'.
Whether it was used by commonfolk doesn't matter, in terms of trademarks what matters is context - whether it's a common term to the majority of people in the world doesn't matter. And in this case the context is computing devices, so in looking at people familiar with computing devices the vast majority would confirm that 'App' is a shortening of 'Application'. Like back in the days of DOS when file/directory names were limited to 8 characters, Applications wouldn't fit so the logical choice was Apps.
Since neither of us are able to come up with figures I'll concede that perhaps people aren't 'embracing' 7 in droves in the same way they were with XP, but they absolutely are NOT rejecting it as the earlier poster stated, it has certainly been very successful even in light of the economic crisis and significantly slower growth (if any) of the PC market.
Not debating that (but if you research it, you will find the XP uptake was far better than Vista or 7
I seem to remember XP taking around 12-14months to achieve 20% marketshare with 7 taking around 18 months however if you factor in the significant decline in the PC market throughout 2009 at 7's release they seem about on par.
Regardless of that, people aren't "embracing" Windows 7 or Vista.
Perhaps not but I'd still say they are much closer to embracing it than rejecting it.
For what though? I could pay the same amount here too, but the plan i am talking about gets you unlimited sms, virtually unlimited calls, plenty of data and a free smartphone (or rather the plan cost subsidizes it). For all that i wouldn't consider it 'hideously expensive'. Sure I could go on a $10 or $15 per month plan with no data and it would be the same as you pay.
I don't know about what has happened abroad, but here in Sweden, prices for 3G data traffic has plummeted after the introduction of 4G.
4G rollout hasn't happened here yet, we've been on 3.5G for ages.
He could be referring to the fact (as already covered on Slashdot within the last week or two) that Windows Vista and Windows 7 combined still have less marketshare than Windows XP. That would be my guess. Doesn't sound like "embracing" anymore, does it?
Doesn't seem too different from the windows 95 or XP take-ups at the time.
I've had one since launch and used 500MB the first month and 450 the second. I have no doubt a few users are having problem (likely leaving the Feedback option checked and their email) but it's not a widespread problem by any means.
Same...though i haven't even burned through that much data per month and i have the feedback option switched on.
Really? Really?!? In what corrupt and twisted world do you live in where previous products and services from a company are irrelevant to evaluating whether or not to buy current products or services from that company?
What are they teaching the kids these days?
He didn't say anything about 'evaluating', read the post, read it's parent, then re-read them again to make sure you understand them, because in this case you clearly have not. The original post was akin to saying 'don't buy the ipad because the Newton was crap'. Of course you should consider a company's history, but it's idiotic to boycott a company's offerings just because at one point they had a bad product.
The general public rejects 7, if for no other reason, it is different.
But the public hasn't rejected 7. And the public won't reject something just because it is different, look at smartphones. People embrace change, that's how we have progress.
I can guarantee you that if, given the choice between two machines of identical specs the only difference being one is running XP and the other is running 7, the vast majority of the general public would choose the XP machine
No you can't guarantee it, you have no possible way of guaranteeing it. Not only that but your only reasoning for it is that people don't like things that are different, which is obviously bullshit.
In Australia we havent even got decent dataplans, its all between 20Mb to 500Mb. The 1Gb & 2GB plans are hideously expensive.
Really? You actually consider $49 per month to be 'hideously expensive'? That's not even just data, that's voice and sms too. For $59 you can go with Optus and get 2GB of Data, something in the order $500-$700 of calls and unlimited SMS...im not sure how you can consider this so far out of the range of affordable.
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Problem is the software replacement requires a double-click on the (presumably longer lasting) home button a swipe to get to the area where you finally find the software button position lock button. Frustratingly cumbersome.
Then you have to toggle the soft-button and press the home button again to dismiss that idiotic task manager.
...miss the days when ios meant Cisco?
Not really when it's in the 'Apple' category.
return of the hardware orientation lock for iPad
I still can't understand why they took that away and left the 'press & hold the volume key to go to 0%' in there...the orientation lock button was WAY more useful than the mute button, maybe not so much on an iphone but definitely on the ipad.
Back when Windows was trademarked, Microsoft's product was an application framework that let you create applications that ran in windows. Windows was as generic a term in computing then as it is in house construction now. It seemed absolutely ludicrous that Microsoft could trademark it.
Yeah because everyone referred to their operating systems as windows...not sure what history you're remembering.
Not quite as generic as "Windows" though, eh Microsoft?
Context is everything.
Does Google have an App Store? Yes, even Steve Jobs will tell you that.
In fact, a lot of geeks got tweaked by the cutesy shortening of the word "applications" into "apps", as popularized by Apple.
Rubbish, 8 character DOS file/directory name limits had plenty of people naming their applications directory apps nearly 30 years ago.
Apple actually coined a new word: "App"
No they didn't, there are MANY examples dating back to BBS days, but if you're convinced that apple coined the term then you're likely not familiar with events that far back though surely you'd be aware of Google Apps (back in 2006).
"App Store" is a brilliant but simple name... and it is not generic.
Oh yeah and Microsoft putting 'My' in front of everything because it signals ownership AND it's the first syllable of their company name (like app in apple) makes that brilliant too.
Before iPhone, the term 'app' was not really known or used by commonfolk. Now that it is a widely known term, I'd be willing to bet that a large portion of the population thinks it stands for 'Apple'.
Whether it was used by commonfolk doesn't matter, in terms of trademarks what matters is context - whether it's a common term to the majority of people in the world doesn't matter. And in this case the context is computing devices, so in looking at people familiar with computing devices the vast majority would confirm that 'App' is a shortening of 'Application'. Like back in the days of DOS when file/directory names were limited to 8 characters, Applications wouldn't fit so the logical choice was Apps.
Since neither of us are able to come up with figures I'll concede that perhaps people aren't 'embracing' 7 in droves in the same way they were with XP, but they absolutely are NOT rejecting it as the earlier poster stated, it has certainly been very successful even in light of the economic crisis and significantly slower growth (if any) of the PC market.
Not debating that (but if you research it, you will find the XP uptake was far better than Vista or 7
I seem to remember XP taking around 12-14months to achieve 20% marketshare with 7 taking around 18 months however if you factor in the significant decline in the PC market throughout 2009 at 7's release they seem about on par.
Regardless of that, people aren't "embracing" Windows 7 or Vista.
Perhaps not but I'd still say they are much closer to embracing it than rejecting it.
I pay the equivalent of ~$50 each *quarter*
For what though? I could pay the same amount here too, but the plan i am talking about gets you unlimited sms, virtually unlimited calls, plenty of data and a free smartphone (or rather the plan cost subsidizes it). For all that i wouldn't consider it 'hideously expensive'. Sure I could go on a $10 or $15 per month plan with no data and it would be the same as you pay.
I don't know about what has happened abroad, but here in Sweden, prices for 3G data traffic has plummeted after the introduction of 4G.
4G rollout hasn't happened here yet, we've been on 3.5G for ages.
He could be referring to the fact (as already covered on Slashdot within the last week or two) that Windows Vista and Windows 7 combined still have less marketshare than Windows XP. That would be my guess. Doesn't sound like "embracing" anymore, does it?
Doesn't seem too different from the windows 95 or XP take-ups at the time.
Windows Mobile? This is Windows Phone 7, a completely different operating system.
Seems to be pretty much US-only, just like the same issue that happened on the iphone with AT&T.
I would resign too, AMD is always the bridesmaid never the bride.
Their best run was with the Athlon64 vs Netburst, but even though they had the superior product they didn't have the OEM deals.
Perhaps it's an AT&T-specific issue, I certainly haven't seen the issue on australian carriers.
I've had one since launch and used 500MB the first month and 450 the second. I have no doubt a few users are having problem (likely leaving the Feedback option checked and their email) but it's not a widespread problem by any means.
Same...though i haven't even burned through that much data per month and i have the feedback option switched on.
Really? Really?!? In what corrupt and twisted world do you live in where previous products and services from a company are irrelevant to evaluating whether or not to buy current products or services from that company?
What are they teaching the kids these days?
He didn't say anything about 'evaluating', read the post, read it's parent, then re-read them again to make sure you understand them, because in this case you clearly have not. The original post was akin to saying 'don't buy the ipad because the Newton was crap'. Of course you should consider a company's history, but it's idiotic to boycott a company's offerings just because at one point they had a bad product.
The general public rejects 7, if for no other reason, it is different.
But the public hasn't rejected 7. And the public won't reject something just because it is different, look at smartphones. People embrace change, that's how we have progress.
I can guarantee you that if, given the choice between two machines of identical specs the only difference being one is running XP and the other is running 7, the vast majority of the general public would choose the XP machine
No you can't guarantee it, you have no possible way of guaranteeing it. Not only that but your only reasoning for it is that people don't like things that are different, which is obviously bullshit.
So most smart phones have a 1ghz chip (just a guess) and windows XP ran well on a1ghz chip, why invent a new crappy W OS like 7?
Captain Obvious says: Because no-one wants to run Windows XP on their phone.
In Australia we havent even got decent dataplans, its all between 20Mb to 500Mb. The 1Gb & 2GB plans are hideously expensive.
Really? You actually consider $49 per month to be 'hideously expensive'? That's not even just data, that's voice and sms too. For $59 you can go with Optus and get 2GB of Data, something in the order $500-$700 of calls and unlimited SMS...im not sure how you can consider this so far out of the range of affordable.
Those days are over with the general public rejecting both Vista and 7. (Rejecting 7 is harder since OEMs aren't allowed to sell XP any longer)
So how did the public 'reject 7'? It would seem many have embraced 7.
Why should Mobile 7 be any different?
Why should? You mean why is. But in answer to your question, it's the same reason the iphone/ipad aren't unusable POS like the Newton.
Seriously, does no one do field testing anymore?
Seems quite far from a platform-wide issue.
despite RMS saying it is about "free as in freedom" the only stuff I see popular on Linux is "free as in beer".
Likely because if it conforms to the 'Free Software' (free as in free speech) definition it is free (in terms of cost).