There's actually several that already do this (feedspot and newsblur come to mind), though the price seems to be about $2 a month. Feedly is talking about a price for extra features, sort of like Evernote.
I've been using an app lately called DIVIDE which allows this. You don't lock your phone, & it only wipes the data within the App. Meeting notifications pop up. Free, too, somehow.
Now if they could add some blackberry-style filters (where the email doesn't go to the device, but stays in my Inbox), I'd be ecstatic.
What you're looking for is software virtualization/sandboxing. Install it using one of these, and when you need to use the app turn it "on", then off when done. Prevents cruft and all the other issues you're complaining about. Trust me, same issues here.
I just went looking, and there are several options these days - when Windows 7 came out, I lost the ability to use my favorite (Altiris). Fortunately, it appears to be fixed and working with 7.
Yes, clever, except that everyone knows the makers of Sriracha sauce sue anybody trying to use the name, even hot-sauce makers from the town of Si Racha. That's the very antithesis of open.
Not anymore. They discontinued it for new users in October(http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/19/t-mobile-drops-200mb-smartphone-data-plan/). Now, the minimum is $20. I'm buying a freedompop ($100, 500mb/month free) later today. Hopefully that'll work. Separate device, but hopefully still workable.
Given some of the other comments in the thread, I'd be worried about keyloggers, unless (maybe "even if") you've got two-factor authentication going for your VPN.
Honestly curious: how do you have multiple profiles ( I have one when on-call, one when I'm in the movies, one when off-call...and just using the 'silent' switch isn't enough), and device-level email filters? That's been the dealbreaker for me (plus the fact that the iphone mail tone wasn't enough to wake me), but if there's options, I'd love to know.
Or the fact that Top Gear has successfully won lawsuits because people expect it to be entertainment and not real. It was jimmied. No idea how, no idea if he knew, but if _I_ were Top Gear I would've done whatever to make it more entertaining.
Ditto. I climbed in a Prius V expecting to have to cram in - and came out astonished. My 50-pound daughter "fell" off the seat onto the floor - and had more than enough room to sit cross-legged and then stand up. It had more room in the back seat than most of the SUVs (and, it turns out the EU version actually seats 6 because it uses a different battery pack).
Didn't buy it (wife didn't like acceleration), but damn if it wasn't in the final 3 (out of 20+ tested).
Tell people where it counts - driving 20k miles a year (which we do - we live in a large state) would have cost me $100 a month less to drive the Prius than the SUVs getting 24.
My one major complaint about the 9900 is the battery life. Even with wifi turned on (which, if you're in range of wifi all the time, lengthens battery life), I'm lucky if mine lasts 24 hours. Granted I get a crapload of mail, but it was really nice to charge 2-3 times a week.
That being said, the 9900 is pretty nice. The keyboard is big enough, screen resolution is nice, touchscreen is pretty nice, my only other complaint was they got rid of the "Reader" function in the web browser (but I guess that's what Readability/Instapaper is for). For work, with the nice keyboard, profiles, filters and the ability to set different rings for different events or different subjects/people depending on the situation, it's a lifesaver. I wouldn't mind a work iPhone - but without profiles, it's not worth it.
If it becomes available in time. I own a bold, a 9900. Released in August, it took 3 additional months before AT&T (in my experience, a frequented-by-business carrier) had it. It doesn't sound like much, but there was pretty much no reason for it to be delayed. Free money left on the table; we had at least 3 people migrate to iPhones in that time.
People talking about their medical issues, people talking about The Game or The Fishing, people clipping their fingernails (WTF!). So I put on my Finnish Death Metal Polka (Finntroll, yes, better than it sounds) and go code.
Okay, so say you find one. Or your relative/friend/coworker gives you one. OR, you need to loan them yours for a few minutes (happens more and more often now that computers don't come with floppies). What then? Once you get it back, how do you wipe it such that you can reuse it, but it doesn't have anything on it? I'd rather not kiss a $3 drive goodbye everytime that happens. On Linux you'd have to mount it, so (IIRC) you'd be able to just format the partition before mounting.
But how about on Windows. Mac OS? Or if I have autostart (or whatever it's called) off, am I safe? (and yes, I'm pretty sure that last one isn't right).
So I've bought a regular old SSD drive. 80gb. My original intent was to point Steam at it... I'd seen texture loading (specifically here, Witcher 2) where it couldn't get it from the HDD to the GPU fast enough, and so you'd enter an area, see polygons, crappy textures, good textures, then awesome textures.
Am I better off doing that, or putting my OS on it? Dual-core 3ghz system w/4gb of RAM.
"When the iPad came out, everyone was thinking it was a $1000 failure and got their $700 competitors just about to hit the market. When it came out at $500, it basically took a year for them to come out with a viable competitor."
+1 for you if I had it. The market just consolidated into the $500 full-featured tablet, and the $200 smaller-cheaper-but-limited.
Slashdot Mirror
There's actually several that already do this (feedspot and newsblur come to mind), though the price seems to be about $2 a month. Feedly is talking about a price for extra features, sort of like Evernote.
No, actually... he's referring to the original slashdot review of the iPod.
"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."
And yes, while accurate on the tech specs, it fails to point out the true difference was the UI, how to load it up (iTunes), etc.
TL;DR - tech specs aren't everything. YOU care about them, but most people just want something that works well.
I've been using an app lately called DIVIDE which allows this. You don't lock your phone, & it only wipes the data within the App. Meeting notifications pop up. Free, too, somehow.
Now if they could add some blackberry-style filters (where the email doesn't go to the device, but stays in my Inbox), I'd be ecstatic.
What you're looking for is software virtualization/sandboxing. Install it using one of these, and when you need to use the app turn it "on", then off when done. Prevents cruft and all the other issues you're complaining about. Trust me, same issues here.
I just went looking, and there are several options these days - when Windows 7 came out, I lost the ability to use my favorite (Altiris). Fortunately, it appears to be fixed and working with 7.
http://www.symantec.com/workspace-virtualization (click Trialware then download - the "Symantec Workplace Virtualization" used to be Altiris. Home license is free)
http://www.cameyo.com/ (free)
http://www.sandboxie.com/ (cheap)
Yes, clever, except that everyone knows the makers of Sriracha sauce sue anybody trying to use the name, even hot-sauce makers from the town of Si Racha. That's the very antithesis of open.
Not anymore. They discontinued it for new users in October(http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/19/t-mobile-drops-200mb-smartphone-data-plan/). Now, the minimum is $20. I'm buying a freedompop ($100, 500mb/month free) later today. Hopefully that'll work. Separate device, but hopefully still workable.
Where's a good primer on what it is, where to buy a good $20 SDR (and which to buy), and what it can be used for?
I got what I wanted for Christmas, early - proof that we can still have a flamewar about News for Nerds!
HARDWARE keyloggers (someone mentioned replacement keyboards with them built in, too)
Given some of the other comments in the thread, I'd be worried about keyloggers, unless (maybe "even if") you've got two-factor authentication going for your VPN.
For some reason, on some machines the ATH.exe (wifi sync) will take up 100% of one CPU. Happened on the old iTunes, happens on the new iTunes. https://discussions.apple.com/message/20463456?ac_cid=tw123456#20463456
Honestly curious: how do you have multiple profiles ( I have one when on-call, one when I'm in the movies, one when off-call...and just using the 'silent' switch isn't enough), and device-level email filters? That's been the dealbreaker for me (plus the fact that the iphone mail tone wasn't enough to wake me), but if there's options, I'd love to know.
Yes to skip the trolling, but "multiple aspect ratios" only really came with ICS.
Or the fact that Top Gear has successfully won lawsuits because people expect it to be entertainment and not real. It was jimmied. No idea how, no idea if he knew, but if _I_ were Top Gear I would've done whatever to make it more entertaining.
Ditto. I climbed in a Prius V expecting to have to cram in - and came out astonished. My 50-pound daughter "fell" off the seat onto the floor - and had more than enough room to sit cross-legged and then stand up. It had more room in the back seat than most of the SUVs (and, it turns out the EU version actually seats 6 because it uses a different battery pack).
Didn't buy it (wife didn't like acceleration), but damn if it wasn't in the final 3 (out of 20+ tested).
Tell people where it counts - driving 20k miles a year (which we do - we live in a large state) would have cost me $100 a month less to drive the Prius than the SUVs getting 24.
My one major complaint about the 9900 is the battery life. Even with wifi turned on (which, if you're in range of wifi all the time, lengthens battery life), I'm lucky if mine lasts 24 hours. Granted I get a crapload of mail, but it was really nice to charge 2-3 times a week.
That being said, the 9900 is pretty nice. The keyboard is big enough, screen resolution is nice, touchscreen is pretty nice, my only other complaint was they got rid of the "Reader" function in the web browser (but I guess that's what Readability/Instapaper is for). For work, with the nice keyboard, profiles, filters and the ability to set different rings for different events or different subjects/people depending on the situation, it's a lifesaver. I wouldn't mind a work iPhone - but without profiles, it's not worth it.
You'll have to make one - this was a Woot shirt a couple years ago, and I haven't seen it resurface. Designed by Cory Doctorow!
However, if you search for it, I believe there's a high-res version of the image, you could probably get that made into a shirt online.
If it becomes available in time. I own a bold, a 9900. Released in August, it took 3 additional months before AT&T (in my experience, a frequented-by-business carrier) had it. It doesn't sound like much, but there was pretty much no reason for it to be delayed. Free money left on the table; we had at least 3 people migrate to iPhones in that time.
People talking about their medical issues, people talking about The Game or The Fishing, people clipping their fingernails (WTF!).
So I put on my Finnish Death Metal Polka (Finntroll, yes, better than it sounds) and go code.
So I guess his patent troll profits are being used for something...
Okay, so say you find one. Or your relative/friend/coworker gives you one. OR, you need to loan them yours for a few minutes (happens more and more often now that computers don't come with floppies). What then? Once you get it back, how do you wipe it such that you can reuse it, but it doesn't have anything on it? I'd rather not kiss a $3 drive goodbye everytime that happens. On Linux you'd have to mount it, so (IIRC) you'd be able to just format the partition before mounting.
But how about on Windows. Mac OS? Or if I have autostart (or whatever it's called) off, am I safe? (and yes, I'm pretty sure that last one isn't right).
Then you're not the target audience. I have a netbook, and an iPad, and use them for much different things.
So I've bought a regular old SSD drive. 80gb. My original intent was to point Steam at it... I'd seen texture loading (specifically here, Witcher 2) where it couldn't get it from the HDD to the GPU fast enough, and so you'd enter an area, see polygons, crappy textures, good textures, then awesome textures.
Am I better off doing that, or putting my OS on it? Dual-core 3ghz system w/4gb of RAM.
THANK YOU FOR THIS. That's a fantastic article. It covers SSDs, mobos, video cards, etc. Wish Newegg did this.
"When the iPad came out, everyone was thinking it was a $1000 failure and got their $700 competitors just about to hit the market. When it came out at $500, it basically took a year for them to come out with a viable competitor."
+1 for you if I had it. The market just consolidated into the $500 full-featured tablet, and the $200 smaller-cheaper-but-limited.