on iOS the rules of getting accepted to the app store include a rule that goes something like this "if you're app advertises something and does something else it will get rejected." this practically covers things like fart apps that send text messages, or gets access to your private info.
IIRC Apple were either rejecting or frowning upon apps that just use your location for advertising.
how effective is that? I don't know, but I haven't read of any apps in the App store that do any of that stuff, and if there are a few that manage to slip threw and news gets out about them, they will get pulled and their developer will likely get banned from the App store.
well the previous iPhones had a camera and the iPod Touch didn't, the new iPhone 4 has a better screen and better camera, also it's built differently using different more expensive techniques. Also I am not sure of the numbers but maybe the iPod Touch benefits more from economies of scale?
It also might be licenses they have to pay for the chips and technology?
those are most likely subsidised prices with a mandatory 18-24 month contract depending on your carrier.
a factory unlocked available in many countries but not the US iPhone with no contract costs around $500-$700 depending on which model you want. almost every other smart phone will cost around that much with no contract.
this is a conversation I had with someone owning an HTC Magic:
HTC Magic Owner: Hey when well I able to get this new OS on my phone? him talking about froyo
Me: wait till HTC releases it, let me check if it's available. Nope sorry HTC won't support it on your phone but it's available from third parties.
HTC Magic Owner: WHAT?! I BOUGHT THIS PHONE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AND THEY WON'T SUPPORT IT!
Me: It's ok you can get it from third parties, I can install it for you.
HTC Magic Owner: THE PHONE IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD!
Now with the iPhone and Apple it's much simpler to the average Joe, I assume the phone is guaranteed to be supported for the duration of the contract, the iPhone 3g was released in july 2008 and I assume there are still many which are still under contract, true iOS4 runs like crap and many features are not available some are claimed to be due to hardware, and some reports of speed improvements with iOS4.1.
it's easier for most consumers, they will sacrifice some features that they deem unnecessary for ease of use.
I don't think many even understand what rooting is and many more don't want to go through the trouble. I think Android has this as a weak point, many vendors releasing different hardware with different OS versions, it's also makes it harder for developers.
everyone choses what's best for them at the end I guess.
yeah in my 3rd world country 21Mbps is labeled as 3.5G, the gov regulators stopped one carrier from advertising those speeds because they are not widely available in all areas, but 7Mbps is still advertised.
True 4G is just starting to be tested and was shown off in some expos last year, but won't wide see deployment till 2H11.
I think carriers in North America should get some sort of government regulation, it's not good for the consumer to buy a phone and travel across the continent and find that their device is not compatible with the carrier in that area, which is something I experienced when I traveled there last summer and I only travelled to two neighbouring states.
I think iOS 4.1 undresses those problems, a quick search shows that the beta has improved the performance, if I'm not mistaken it was mentioned in the keynote today too.
I had the same problems at school, I was a shy nerdy kid not good in sports, and I hated going to school, I got stomach aches and nausea when ever I went there at around 5th grade, I was technically home schooled for a semester, the problem was that the doctors kept doing the wrong tests, it was all psychological and it was just stress and a bit of depression.
The other problem was that my parents wouldn't listen to the real problems, not that I blame them they just didn't know better, it all started when I was in third grade and when I was switched to a different class from my old friends, it just went down hill from there... I started grinding my teeth, got TMJ and migraines it wasn't nice, when I told my parents that my jaw seems a bit misaligned they wouldn't listen, no one listened.
It's hard being a parent, but I think parents should stop blaming everyone and everything else for their kids' problems and start taking some responsibility.
it's amazing how humans take the actions of a few and generalise them then label the majority, we do it with everything from religion to computers!
I'm not immune to this, but I find it's a little sad, it spreads hate and ignorance, by not trying to better understand the other side and stereotyping them.
I don't see anything wrong with company X buying company Y and calling their innovations and IP theirs, because legally it is.
A lot of businesses are started with the intent of having them bought off by bigger companies. consumers may never have heard of company Y and their product if it wasn't for X buying them off. or they may not have the resources and expertise to market, build and ship it cheap enough for it to be available to everyone and investors don't want to pump money in Y company because it's too risky, and BTW that's also selling the company or at least part of it, the investor will still call any products from Y theirs.
Just as an example how many people ever heard of fingerworks? by people I am excluding geeks.
A lot of people don't know Opera exists! they know IE very well, they probably know Chrome form all the adverts they get when they visit google and might have downloaded it by mistake, and their geeky relative might have installed FireFox for them.
You'd be surprised how many people don't use tabs! it's amazing, at least to me.
I don't know, some people think the internet is google too, a lot of people don't know what a browser is and like you said they will use whats installed, even educated users are not that computer literate, and let's not forget people for different countries and backgrounds.
I think cars are different than software, BMW doesn't change the model number every year, but everyone suspects that a 2010 BMW should be better than a 2009 BMW even though they might be wrong.
With software it's the version number and for a lot of users version numbers count, even if they don't know what features it has, they just use the version number as a metric.
Are there are any stats out on what users of win7 in europe are downloading for their browsers? if I'm not mistaken didn't the EU force MS to put a ballot or something?
A lot of people are not as computer literate as slashdotters, many will think exactly that.
Have you ever seen the video google made a while back asking people which browser they used? I pretty sure it was just before they released their own browser, many said they used google, they didn't even know what a browser is.
He did sell out a 20 something day concert in London at the O2 arena a few years ago. so he is performing.
listen to his work I find it better than the generic crap on MTV even his latest works... then again I don't like any of the new crapy so called artist! I think he is one of the few musicians/artist left, he writes his own songs plays his own instruments and sings too! Like all artists some have a few screws loss.
again everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
If I am not mistaken the cool solution in Japan is actually from the British subways particularly London, which has the oldest system in the world and that's why you find a lot of stairs. They are upgrading them though! I tend to help a lot of people when I visit there too.
I think the system of keeping people to one side of the escalator is very good and efficient should be implemented everywhere specially airports.
Didn't Apple and Intel designed a special chip for the first gen Macbook Air?
Wasn't Apple also part of the AIM alliance? which also included IBM and Motorola.
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on iOS the rules of getting accepted to the app store include a rule that goes something like this "if you're app advertises something and does something else it will get rejected." this practically covers things like fart apps that send text messages, or gets access to your private info.
IIRC Apple were either rejecting or frowning upon apps that just use your location for advertising.
how effective is that? I don't know, but I haven't read of any apps in the App store that do any of that stuff, and if there are a few that manage to slip threw and news gets out about them, they will get pulled and their developer will likely get banned from the App store.
Is it really legal to download music for free in Canada? there are no legal repercussions? What if you travel and take the music with you?
well the previous iPhones had a camera and the iPod Touch didn't, the new iPhone 4 has a better screen and better camera, also it's built differently using different more expensive techniques. Also I am not sure of the numbers but maybe the iPod Touch benefits more from economies of scale?
It also might be licenses they have to pay for the chips and technology?
those are most likely subsidised prices with a mandatory 18-24 month contract depending on your carrier.
a factory unlocked available in many countries but not the US iPhone with no contract costs around $500-$700 depending on which model you want. almost every other smart phone will cost around that much with no contract.
this is a conversation I had with someone owning an HTC Magic:
HTC Magic Owner: Hey when well I able to get this new OS on my phone? him talking about froyo
Me: wait till HTC releases it, let me check if it's available. Nope sorry HTC won't support it on your phone but it's available from third parties.
HTC Magic Owner: WHAT?! I BOUGHT THIS PHONE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AND THEY WON'T SUPPORT IT!
Me: It's ok you can get it from third parties, I can install it for you.
HTC Magic Owner: THE PHONE IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD!
Now with the iPhone and Apple it's much simpler to the average Joe, I assume the phone is guaranteed to be supported for the duration of the contract, the iPhone 3g was released in july 2008 and I assume there are still many which are still under contract, true iOS4 runs like crap and many features are not available some are claimed to be due to hardware, and some reports of speed improvements with iOS4.1.
it's easier for most consumers, they will sacrifice some features that they deem unnecessary for ease of use.
I don't think many even understand what rooting is and many more don't want to go through the trouble. I think Android has this as a weak point, many vendors releasing different hardware with different OS versions, it's also makes it harder for developers.
everyone choses what's best for them at the end I guess.
yeah in my 3rd world country 21Mbps is labeled as 3.5G, the gov regulators stopped one carrier from advertising those speeds because they are not widely available in all areas, but 7Mbps is still advertised.
True 4G is just starting to be tested and was shown off in some expos last year, but won't wide see deployment till 2H11.
I think carriers in North America should get some sort of government regulation, it's not good for the consumer to buy a phone and travel across the continent and find that their device is not compatible with the carrier in that area, which is something I experienced when I traveled there last summer and I only travelled to two neighbouring states.
sorry for going off topic.
is it just me or does it really look like a huge white iPhone?
I think iOS 4.1 undresses those problems, a quick search shows that the beta has improved the performance, if I'm not mistaken it was mentioned in the keynote today too.
I believe they sacrificed camera quality for two reasons:
1- to differentiate it from the iPhone.
2- To make the iPod Touch thinner.
don't forget the fine and jail time for masturbating in public!
I had the same problems at school, I was a shy nerdy kid not good in sports, and I hated going to school, I got stomach aches and nausea when ever I went there at around 5th grade, I was technically home schooled for a semester, the problem was that the doctors kept doing the wrong tests, it was all psychological and it was just stress and a bit of depression. The other problem was that my parents wouldn't listen to the real problems, not that I blame them they just didn't know better, it all started when I was in third grade and when I was switched to a different class from my old friends, it just went down hill from there... I started grinding my teeth, got TMJ and migraines it wasn't nice, when I told my parents that my jaw seems a bit misaligned they wouldn't listen, no one listened. It's hard being a parent, but I think parents should stop blaming everyone and everything else for their kids' problems and start taking some responsibility.
it's amazing how humans take the actions of a few and generalise them then label the majority, we do it with everything from religion to computers! I'm not immune to this, but I find it's a little sad, it spreads hate and ignorance, by not trying to better understand the other side and stereotyping them.
exactly what i thought
I don't see anything wrong with company X buying company Y and calling their innovations and IP theirs, because legally it is. A lot of businesses are started with the intent of having them bought off by bigger companies. consumers may never have heard of company Y and their product if it wasn't for X buying them off. or they may not have the resources and expertise to market, build and ship it cheap enough for it to be available to everyone and investors don't want to pump money in Y company because it's too risky, and BTW that's also selling the company or at least part of it, the investor will still call any products from Y theirs. Just as an example how many people ever heard of fingerworks? by people I am excluding geeks.
A lot of people don't know Opera exists! they know IE very well, they probably know Chrome form all the adverts they get when they visit google and might have downloaded it by mistake, and their geeky relative might have installed FireFox for them. You'd be surprised how many people don't use tabs! it's amazing, at least to me.
I don't know, some people think the internet is google too, a lot of people don't know what a browser is and like you said they will use whats installed, even educated users are not that computer literate, and let's not forget people for different countries and backgrounds. I think cars are different than software, BMW doesn't change the model number every year, but everyone suspects that a 2010 BMW should be better than a 2009 BMW even though they might be wrong. With software it's the version number and for a lot of users version numbers count, even if they don't know what features it has, they just use the version number as a metric. Are there are any stats out on what users of win7 in europe are downloading for their browsers? if I'm not mistaken didn't the EU force MS to put a ballot or something?
insightful?
A lot of people are not as computer literate as slashdotters, many will think exactly that. Have you ever seen the video google made a while back asking people which browser they used? I pretty sure it was just before they released their own browser, many said they used google, they didn't even know what a browser is.
the average joe might think the IE 8 is better than Chrome 5 or FF 4... Just a thought
He did sell out a 20 something day concert in London at the O2 arena a few years ago. so he is performing. listen to his work I find it better than the generic crap on MTV even his latest works... then again I don't like any of the new crapy so called artist! I think he is one of the few musicians/artist left, he writes his own songs plays his own instruments and sings too! Like all artists some have a few screws loss. again everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
If I am not mistaken the cool solution in Japan is actually from the British subways particularly London, which has the oldest system in the world and that's why you find a lot of stairs. They are upgrading them though! I tend to help a lot of people when I visit there too. I think the system of keeping people to one side of the escalator is very good and efficient should be implemented everywhere specially airports.
Didn't Apple and Intel designed a special chip for the first gen Macbook Air? Wasn't Apple also part of the AIM alliance? which also included IBM and Motorola.