If that's all you see this thing as good for, you need to open your mind a bit. The fact is people are already using iphones for a lot more than this, and even if this is just a large iphone, that means a hell of a lot more than a "glorified ereader." I probably will wait for the price to come down but I'm interested in getting one of these for the various music production applications already present on the iphone. As a touchscreen MIDI controller even the most expensive iPad is about a third the price of the Jazzmutant Lemur, and the latter only performs that one function. I'm not saying you couldn't replicate this sort of functionality with a Windows tablet computer, but nobody has yet, and certainly not as elegantly.
The fact that they don't, and never have. We're not talking about the app store here - we're talking about web browsing. You can check out all the boobies you want at thehun.com and Steve Jobs won't give a shit.
Check out the "drum machine" this guy built using real African drums and a couple of Wii controllers -- he explains how it works here. The interesting thing is he's similarly letting the computers do the actual improvising through algorithms that he developed.
I have mod points but I can't find "-1, paranoid." The world economy is far too interdependent for any of the major players to consider a large scale attack like this. A cyber-attack on the US or Europe as described would be devastating enough to Russia and China that it's unlikely rational leaders would risk it - certainly not over something like Taiwan or Georgia. Argentina and Venezuela attacking the Falklands? yeah right. Hugo Chavez "is in dire need of a military victory against Europe and the US to bolster his credibility"?? That's the stupidest thing I've read all day. Venezuela is hardly a major military power and whatever "credibility" Chavez has rests on socialist rhetoric and cheap oil, not on military might.
Yeah mod that up. The liquid sensors don't protect the devices in any way, other than to let you know you got the thing wet at some point. Many warranties are basically written to rule out the common things that would break a phone. It's especially annoying when you're paying a monthly fee for the warranty that adds up to the price of the phone or more in a year anyway, the least they could do is replace the thing when you break it even if you did drop it in your gin and tonic. If they make you agree that's not covered, fine, but then their sensors better be rock solid reliable. False positives are unacceptable.
600RMB (~60 EUR) would get you a touchscreen phone from ChangHong with integrated stylus and character recognition (Chinese and Latin, but it's error prone), high resolution display (480*x?), two SIMs, music player, straight mini USB interface, driverless USB mass storage interface, 8GB integrated, up to 32gb via SDHC micro and a 2.5Mpixel camera. And the phone can be set to English (with some Engrish in the mix of course). Bluetooth yes, but no 3G, no WiFi.
Hmm, so it has less space than a Nomad, and no wireless...
The problem with NYT coverage during the leadup to the Iraq war wasn't the op-eds. It was the freakin "unbiased" stories from a journalist with a long-time axe to grind publishing story after story on page 1 screaming that Baghdad was minutes away from a full scale nuclear capability.
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I'm still waiting on my ARM laptop that is 'just around the corner'.
It'll be here any day now! Word is that it will be running HURD, and it will come with Duke Nukem Forever preinstalled.
If that's all you see this thing as good for, you need to open your mind a bit. The fact is people are already using iphones for a lot more than this, and even if this is just a large iphone, that means a hell of a lot more than a "glorified ereader." I probably will wait for the price to come down but I'm interested in getting one of these for the various music production applications already present on the iphone. As a touchscreen MIDI controller even the most expensive iPad is about a third the price of the Jazzmutant Lemur, and the latter only performs that one function. I'm not saying you couldn't replicate this sort of functionality with a Windows tablet computer, but nobody has yet, and certainly not as elegantly.
The fact that they don't, and never have. We're not talking about the app store here - we're talking about web browsing. You can check out all the boobies you want at thehun.com and Steve Jobs won't give a shit.
A program that can enjoy music ...
Allow me to introduce you to emacs....
Check out the "drum machine" this guy built using real African drums and a couple of Wii controllers -- he explains how it works here. The interesting thing is he's similarly letting the computers do the actual improvising through algorithms that he developed.
Maybe buy the developer a beer or send them a thank you note, or better yet, a bug report or patch?
an eye patch?
Boobies!
So you're saying we should build robots to sniff crotches and grope pregnant women?
I have mod points but I can't find "-1, paranoid." The world economy is far too interdependent for any of the major players to consider a large scale attack like this. A cyber-attack on the US or Europe as described would be devastating enough to Russia and China that it's unlikely rational leaders would risk it - certainly not over something like Taiwan or Georgia. Argentina and Venezuela attacking the Falklands? yeah right. Hugo Chavez "is in dire need of a military victory against Europe and the US to bolster his credibility"?? That's the stupidest thing I've read all day. Venezuela is hardly a major military power and whatever "credibility" Chavez has rests on socialist rhetoric and cheap oil, not on military might.
AltaVista!
What they left out is she was required to teach in a g-string.
Hint: Drugs do not come in big candy colored shapes.
I'm guessing you didn't attend a lot of Grateful Dead shows....
can you just give us the link to the boobies?
Maybe I am "hardened" by years of browsing and stumbling onto distrubing stuff.
Hey, whatever turns you on, man, but if it takes years, there's a good chance you're doing it wrong...
You're right; that's not real Photoshop at all. It's clearly photoshopped.
Could you please edit Wales' speech and add these important points? Thanks.
How do you spell "Whooooosh" with Latin characters?
Yeah mod that up. The liquid sensors don't protect the devices in any way, other than to let you know you got the thing wet at some point. Many warranties are basically written to rule out the common things that would break a phone. It's especially annoying when you're paying a monthly fee for the warranty that adds up to the price of the phone or more in a year anyway, the least they could do is replace the thing when you break it even if you did drop it in your gin and tonic. If they make you agree that's not covered, fine, but then their sensors better be rock solid reliable. False positives are unacceptable.
Move to California.
600RMB (~60 EUR) would get you a touchscreen phone from ChangHong with integrated stylus and character recognition (Chinese and Latin, but it's error prone), high resolution display (480*x?), two SIMs, music player, straight mini USB interface, driverless USB mass storage interface, 8GB integrated, up to 32gb via SDHC micro and a 2.5Mpixel camera. And the phone can be set to English (with some Engrish in the mix of course). Bluetooth yes, but no 3G, no WiFi.
Hmm, so it has less space than a Nomad, and no wireless...
touchscreen phone from ChangHong with integrated stylus and character recognition (Chinese and Latin, but it's error prone)
Who sends text messages in Latin these days? The Pope?
This thing is far more useful than an iPhone!
The problem with NYT coverage during the leadup to the Iraq war wasn't the op-eds. It was the freakin "unbiased" stories from a journalist with a long-time axe to grind publishing story after story on page 1 screaming that Baghdad was minutes away from a full scale nuclear capability.
This is a common mistake ... Google's slogan isn't actually "Don't Be Evil"; it's actually "Don't Be Apple."
It's 2 less years of being spied on by your high-school-provided laptop!