The Vertu doesn't look behind the times to me. It has everything I was looking for in a phone and looks great.
Still, not spending 12k on it, and the concierge benefits say a lot about who the target market is (those that don't know how to type on an internet connected device).
I'll get the leather on my Moto X for a 20th the price...
I wear a watch not as nice as yours, but it was cheap and gets compliments (just a random square guess watch with a simple silver face and date, 24 hr, and day of week wheels).
I definitely plan on buying a smart watch though, probably next generation (I want that lifespan, with the face on), or maybe a pebble steel if the color one brings the price down on the old ones.
If I can get a Zenwatch or a Moto 360 for $250, just a little smaller, and a little more life, I will.
I went without a watch for a while, thinking phone is watch, but since I started wearing one again, I miss it when I forget it.
For me the killer feature though is the customizable face, I want a Qlocktwo, for a fraction of the price. I am obsessed with time in words for some reason, I'm told it's crazy.
There's no market overlap for me I suppose, because I was a long way off from spending much on a watch, but I can see myself getting value from a couple notifications, and a watch face I like. I think they (smart watches in general, not the Apple ones, they have the battery I would need, but $350 is too much, and that's the frumpy one) will destroy the $150-$500 watch market. I'd be very worried if I were Fossil, or some other company in that range.
I think there's a decent chance they'll make watches over-all more appealing though, in which case the Swiss could win in the end.
I guess the real question though is about the batteries, if they are not replaceable, and only good for a year or two of charging, that's a real problem. I assume the CPU won't ever need to do much more with most of the processing coming from the phone, and the screens are already there from what I can tell.
yammer yammer, I'm tired.
Summary, I think the $100-$500 watch market will be destroyed, as people who want a watch choose those that can do a little extra. A smart watch with a good screen will be a logical choice for many people.
If I plan on losing my job, bankruptcy and a debt wash will have little cost to me.
I think it makes more sense to take the extra money and buy a non-gold precious metal (more stable, gold is likely to collapse, it has in the past, and it's quite high considering how low inflation has actually been) to hedge against inflation, and then use that money for other things, or debt on the chance of job loss.
I actually didn't think OSX hid them, simply that they were optional.
Contrary to what the article states though, every application I've used after Quark 6 made it difficult to not have an extension, some even making it impossible.
I was reading the reasoning that OP proposed for U2s popularity is the relative quality.
I say that's poor reasoning because it would imply TS is number two, and U2 is the absolute all time greatest, and the only hand popular enough to overwhelm current pop. That seems quite unlikely to me.
Not at all. This is about 1st vs 2nd place. If the ranking was that quality dependant, she would be the second greatest, or thegreatest current, and U2 the greatest ever, with age not fading that.
Well, if we use "everywhere" is limited to only the US, marriage is 16, not 18. If everywhere means the world, there is no global ban. Though there is a treaty that uses "puberty" as a minimum standard.
I can't find any credible source for a global ban existing for young women in the context you use. Please enlighten me.
I tend to agree, the people I know that use blue ray don't have Internet. There's plenty of cheap boot legs next to the red box in the shadier parts, but the people buying them don t have Internet. For the rest of the people I know, a few dollar rental online here and there covers the gap of Netflix.
One of the issues discussed doesn't seem to match the others. Primarily, I know best in this area, make me all powerful is exactly the type I would expect to with a minority be pro systems and pro marrying children (because you know who is best for them).
Back before thinkpads were Lenovo (or at least in the XP era), I could get and then boot into recovery mode to do a fresh install. I had a helpful wizard that allowed me to uncheck all of the bloatware when re installing. I miss that feature.
You are right, I thought it was in the 1-3 million a month range, but the closest I can find is the.75 million / month from ten months ago.
Butsis agree, popular stuff can suck, but the guy kicks out content fast, consistently, and is WAY more popular than honey boo boo. Honey boo boo peaked at 3 mil night of. This guy gets more than that (note, using week old numbers, so maybe off).
I'm not a fan of either, but pewdiepue is sneaky relevant, while honey boo boo was something talked about, but irrelevant ( relatively). He's the most subscribed yo YouTube channel, that's way more relevant than the most popular show on a second (maybe) tier basic cable network.
PewDiePie has over 30 million followers, and is about as popular as a popular TV show (4 million people watch a typical video in a week, and 8 million in a month)
I don't get it, and don't watch or subscribe, but being completely dismissive isn't the right response. The guy makes Millions a month just on YouTube advertising, that thing that big business seems to think is impossible (making money on internet advertising).
Roosevelt Blvd needs them in north east Philly (may have them now).
There are decent amounts of people that blatantly run the redlights at night, making it a dangerous rd to cross (it's already dangerous being approximately a million lanes wide, but there are cross walks). It's not the people that barely miss that are the problem there though.
Perhaps all the people running with zero regard for the light have unregistered cars though, I would guess there's at least a strong correlation.
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The Vertu doesn't look behind the times to me. It has everything I was looking for in a phone and looks great.
Still, not spending 12k on it, and the concierge benefits say a lot about who the target market is (those that don't know how to type on an internet connected device).
I'll get the leather on my Moto X for a 20th the price...
I didn't wear one from about '08-'12, I got a new one then, and I miss it when I forget to put it on.
It's nice to check the time on the wrist.
I wear a watch not as nice as yours, but it was cheap and gets compliments (just a random square guess watch with a simple silver face and date, 24 hr, and day of week wheels).
I definitely plan on buying a smart watch though, probably next generation (I want that lifespan, with the face on), or maybe a pebble steel if the color one brings the price down on the old ones.
If I can get a Zenwatch or a Moto 360 for $250, just a little smaller, and a little more life, I will.
I went without a watch for a while, thinking phone is watch, but since I started wearing one again, I miss it when I forget it.
For me the killer feature though is the customizable face, I want a Qlocktwo, for a fraction of the price. I am obsessed with time in words for some reason, I'm told it's crazy.
There's no market overlap for me I suppose, because I was a long way off from spending much on a watch, but I can see myself getting value from a couple notifications, and a watch face I like. I think they (smart watches in general, not the Apple ones, they have the battery I would need, but $350 is too much, and that's the frumpy one) will destroy the $150-$500 watch market. I'd be very worried if I were Fossil, or some other company in that range.
I think there's a decent chance they'll make watches over-all more appealing though, in which case the Swiss could win in the end.
I guess the real question though is about the batteries, if they are not replaceable, and only good for a year or two of charging, that's a real problem. I assume the CPU won't ever need to do much more with most of the processing coming from the phone, and the screens are already there from what I can tell.
yammer yammer, I'm tired.
Summary, I think the $100-$500 watch market will be destroyed, as people who want a watch choose those that can do a little extra. A smart watch with a good screen will be a logical choice for many people.
I think you misunderstood me, and then I replied to myself because mobile is a pita.
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If I plan on losing my job, bankruptcy and a debt wash will have little cost to me.
I think it makes more sense to take the extra money and buy a non-gold precious metal (more stable, gold is likely to collapse, it has in the past, and it's quite high considering how low inflation has actually been) to hedge against inflation, and then use that money for other things, or debt on the chance of job loss.
I like my thumbnails though.
But this means a file I haven't seen I can't use the icon to tell what is going to open it, or of it will be run on it's own.
I actually didn't think OSX hid them, simply that they were optional.
Contrary to what the article states though, every application I've used after Quark 6 made it difficult to not have an extension, some even making it impossible.
Why would I pay down my debt if there's going to be a collapse? The debt will lose value, as the one owing, that's an improvement, not a negative.
I was reading the reasoning that OP proposed for U2s popularity is the relative quality.
I say that's poor reasoning because it would imply TS is number two, and U2 is the absolute all time greatest, and the only hand popular enough to overwhelm current pop. That seems quite unlikely to me.
Not at all. This is about 1st vs 2nd place. If the ranking was that quality dependant, she would be the second greatest, or thegreatest current, and U2 the greatest ever, with age not fading that.
Well, if we use "everywhere" is limited to only the US, marriage is 16, not 18. If everywhere means the world, there is no global ban. Though there is a treaty that uses "puberty" as a minimum standard.
I can't find any credible source for a global ban existing for young women in the context you use. Please enlighten me.
Because Google does a very good job of pointing towards the most relevant site if it's a bit local thing, and if it's local, I'll search on the map.
The .dec thing really reads to me like they use it internally, and don't want to use it.
I can think of no other reason for getting a very generic tld, and saying only we can use it, only for our stuff.
I tend to agree, the people I know that use blue ray don't have Internet. There's plenty of cheap boot legs next to the red box in the shadier parts, but the people buying them don t have Internet. For the rest of the people I know, a few dollar rental online here and there covers the gap of Netflix.
I can't tell of this is serious, or satire.
One of the issues discussed doesn't seem to match the others. Primarily, I know best in this area, make me all powerful is exactly the type I would expect to with a minority be pro systems and pro marrying children (because you know who is best for them).
Most excellent Poe style post!
Back before thinkpads were Lenovo (or at least in the XP era), I could get and then boot into recovery mode to do a fresh install. I had a helpful wizard that allowed me to uncheck all of the bloatware when re installing. I miss that feature.
I use flash block, mostly for cpu reasons.
It's easy enough to click and activate a specific applet.
You are right, I thought it was in the 1-3 million a month range, but the closest I can find is the .75 million / month from ten months ago.
Butsis agree, popular stuff can suck, but the guy kicks out content fast, consistently, and is WAY more popular than honey boo boo. Honey boo boo peaked at 3 mil night of. This guy gets more than that (note, using week old numbers, so maybe off).
I'm not a fan of either, but pewdiepue is sneaky relevant, while honey boo boo was something talked about, but irrelevant ( relatively). He's the most subscribed yo YouTube channel, that's way more relevant than the most popular show on a second (maybe) tier basic cable network.
PewDiePie has over 30 million followers, and is about as popular as a popular TV show (4 million people watch a typical video in a week, and 8 million in a month)
I don't get it, and don't watch or subscribe, but being completely dismissive isn't the right response. The guy makes Millions a month just on YouTube advertising, that thing that big business seems to think is impossible (making money on internet advertising).
Also the brain is inconsistent , and often gives completely false results with certainty.
You think having to change the tape mid movie is the superior format for video cassettes?
Seems to me like it was designed without the actual usage considered, and failed as it deserved.
Roosevelt Blvd needs them in north east Philly (may have them now).
There are decent amounts of people that blatantly run the redlights at night, making it a dangerous rd to cross (it's already dangerous being approximately a million lanes wide, but there are cross walks). It's not the people that barely miss that are the problem there though.
Perhaps all the people running with zero regard for the light have unregistered cars though, I would guess there's at least a strong correlation.
I've found that the apps often preform netter caching, but often miss features.
Actually, if...
Actually? Said term is decided integrel to the core of the contract, the rest of a crontract stands, even if a provisions is struck down.