As anyone aware of the "security and accreditation" program of the DoD can tell you, this will just spawn another army of government contractors doing audits on the basics. Just like SoX was supposed to prevent large corporate breakdowns (didn't help the latest round of collapses like Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch), this will not help. It will merely feed the pockets of the big government contractors and not "secure" anything.
Sane here. I never shy away from voting for people who are not from the major parties. If everyone voted that way, we might have more independents and less power for the Democrats and Republicans in office. Too many think it is "throwing their vote away". Problem is, when everyone thinks like that, no third choice has a chance.
So I see HTC and all the vendors are pushing hidef video and more features. However, I see the battery life is suffering on these phones. At what point are they going to push for better battery technology and longer life? Unless your phone does nothing but make a few calls and the occasional email sync, it seems tough to get a smartphone these days to last a day without charging.
I am still not sure why those chose the 800 Mhz processor. You're right, clock speed may not matter. But the Droid Incredible, EVO 4G, and Nexus One all use the 1Ghz Snapdragon. We will have to wait and see for the full hardware specs, but their press release does not sure anything compelling about this phone when compared to all the options out there. However, it is fair to say the other phones I pointed out are not on TMobile. This may be the best phone TMobile will have as I am not familiar with their handsets for sale.
True. In all fairness, the Galaxy S line has a 5 row keyboard, and some of the Verizon Droid line has physical keyboards as well. I guess I am just failing to see anything new and exciting in this phone when all the features it touts already exist in other smartphones that have been out for some time.
Notable for the HTC G2 is that it has a modified hinge that opens up to a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The phone also includes Swype text entry software for its touch screen, an 800MHz Snapdragon processor, support for a 32-GB microSD card, and Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth capability. It also has a 3.7-inch display, a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and autofocus, and can shoot video in 720p HD resolution.
So...the features are all less than what the newest smartphones are already capable of. I believe the newest line (EVO, Galaxy, Droid, iPhone 4) all have at least 1Ghz processors and some have much better than 5 Megapixel cameras.
This is a common problem of Samsung's. Their update process is VERY slow. Ask Moment owners (like myself) how long it took them to release 2.1 to those of us running 1.6. Not sure why it takes them so long to update...but it does. Regardless, why switch to iPhones when you can switch to HTC (EVO) or Motorola (Droid)?
People can just install Advance Task Killer or some such thing and kill the processes. That always worked for me. You can even kill the ATK process. I know the point is not to have any of this bloat in the first place, but this seems like a fairly easy fix.
I thought I read B&N uses Adobe Content Server for their DRM. You are right, I was thinking format, not DRM. Amazon has that Topaz format which is not used by anything else and I have yet to see any good ways of converting it to something other ereaders can use.
The format war is really Amazon vs everyone else. Seems all the ereaders went with epub which is open, while Kindle when with Amazon's proprietary format.
The Nook and I think the Sony ereader allow this. Even with the DRM, it allows you to transfer a book to a friend for a specified amount of time.
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Here are a few of the terrorist attacks and attempts since 9/11 targetting Americans: Shooting at LAX of airline employees Times Square bomber Shoe bomber Ft Hood Kenya embassy bombings
Or the shoe bomber, or the Times Square bomber, the list goes on. I don't find huge competing bureaucracies very good at being effective as intelligence organizations. I wish they would spend more money on root causes for terrorism (ideologies, diplomacy, poverty, etc.) than on big government intelligence agencies.
There are more options. Have you seen the Samsung Galaxy S? Also, what is crippled about Sprint's network? My coworkers all use iPhones (except one other Android user), and I have an Android phone. I find Android to be snappier, have more functionality (real multitasking, ability to download non-marketplace apps), and doesn't lock me down to ATT.
I bought a C7280 for cheap a while back. A set of all 6 #02 cartridges and a pack of photo paper bundled costs 35.99. It's from HP, so I have yet to understand why some cartridges cost more than others. It's a great photo printer, I can print about 30 8x10 sheets before any of the cartridges need to be replaced (although the black is larger and needs less replacement). So yes, the most important thing is check the cartridge price before you buy the printer.
He will no longer be a senator shortly. Didn't make it into the primaries this year and will be unseated in November. That leaves only one Senator backing this bill. I suspect it may not make in the final version if anyone pushes back.
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...that they see it as a complementary technology to their proprietary Oracle database.
They forgot to add..
As anyone aware of the "security and accreditation" program of the DoD can tell you, this will just spawn another army of government contractors doing audits on the basics. Just like SoX was supposed to prevent large corporate breakdowns (didn't help the latest round of collapses like Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch), this will not help. It will merely feed the pockets of the big government contractors and not "secure" anything.
Sane here. I never shy away from voting for people who are not from the major parties. If everyone voted that way, we might have more independents and less power for the Democrats and Republicans in office. Too many think it is "throwing their vote away". Problem is, when everyone thinks like that, no third choice has a chance.
Oddly enough, when I pulled up this article, Google Ads served up a Netflix ad right next to it. Go figure.
It appears you are in luck then...they have made color e-ink displays.
So I see HTC and all the vendors are pushing hidef video and more features. However, I see the battery life is suffering on these phones. At what point are they going to push for better battery technology and longer life? Unless your phone does nothing but make a few calls and the occasional email sync, it seems tough to get a smartphone these days to last a day without charging.
I am still not sure why those chose the 800 Mhz processor. You're right, clock speed may not matter. But the Droid Incredible, EVO 4G, and Nexus One all use the 1Ghz Snapdragon. We will have to wait and see for the full hardware specs, but their press release does not sure anything compelling about this phone when compared to all the options out there. However, it is fair to say the other phones I pointed out are not on TMobile. This may be the best phone TMobile will have as I am not familiar with their handsets for sale.
True. In all fairness, the Galaxy S line has a 5 row keyboard, and some of the Verizon Droid line has physical keyboards as well. I guess I am just failing to see anything new and exciting in this phone when all the features it touts already exist in other smartphones that have been out for some time.
Notable for the HTC G2 is that it has a modified hinge that opens up to a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The phone also includes Swype text entry software for its touch screen, an 800MHz Snapdragon processor, support for a 32-GB microSD card, and Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth capability. It also has a 3.7-inch display, a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and autofocus, and can shoot video in 720p HD resolution.
So...the features are all less than what the newest smartphones are already capable of. I believe the newest line (EVO, Galaxy, Droid, iPhone 4) all have at least 1Ghz processors and some have much better than 5 Megapixel cameras.
This is a common problem of Samsung's. Their update process is VERY slow. Ask Moment owners (like myself) how long it took them to release 2.1 to those of us running 1.6. Not sure why it takes them so long to update...but it does. Regardless, why switch to iPhones when you can switch to HTC (EVO) or Motorola (Droid)?
which include the first Android device from Samsung, the Galaxy S.
My Samsung Moment and the Intercept would beg to differ. The writer didn't do much research on Samsung's product offerings.
People can just install Advance Task Killer or some such thing and kill the processes. That always worked for me. You can even kill the ATK process. I know the point is not to have any of this bloat in the first place, but this seems like a fairly easy fix.
I thought I read B&N uses Adobe Content Server for their DRM. You are right, I was thinking format, not DRM. Amazon has that Topaz format which is not used by anything else and I have yet to see any good ways of converting it to something other ereaders can use.
The format war is really Amazon vs everyone else. Seems all the ereaders went with epub which is open, while Kindle when with Amazon's proprietary format.
The Nook and I think the Sony ereader allow this. Even with the DRM, it allows you to transfer a book to a friend for a specified amount of time.
Here are a few of the terrorist attacks and attempts since 9/11 targetting Americans:
Shooting at LAX of airline employees
Times Square bomber
Shoe bomber
Ft Hood
Kenya embassy bombings
More around the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents#1970.E2.80.93present
Or the shoe bomber, or the Times Square bomber, the list goes on. I don't find huge competing bureaucracies very good at being effective as intelligence organizations. I wish they would spend more money on root causes for terrorism (ideologies, diplomacy, poverty, etc.) than on big government intelligence agencies.
Good points. Although, in Samsung's psuedo-defense...it isn't so much that they don't release updates, as they don't release timely updates.
There are more options. Have you seen the Samsung Galaxy S? Also, what is crippled about Sprint's network? My coworkers all use iPhones (except one other Android user), and I have an Android phone. I find Android to be snappier, have more functionality (real multitasking, ability to download non-marketplace apps), and doesn't lock me down to ATT.
I bought a C7280 for cheap a while back. A set of all 6 #02 cartridges and a pack of photo paper bundled costs 35.99. It's from HP, so I have yet to understand why some cartridges cost more than others. It's a great photo printer, I can print about 30 8x10 sheets before any of the cartridges need to be replaced (although the black is larger and needs less replacement). So yes, the most important thing is check the cartridge price before you buy the printer.
He will no longer be a senator shortly. Didn't make it into the primaries this year and will be unseated in November. That leaves only one Senator backing this bill. I suspect it may not make in the final version if anyone pushes back.
He adds, 'Maybe Nintendo should just release a phone?'"
Great...as if we don't have enough Super Mario ringtones...
Perhaps his first name is Cosmo...
to try and contaminate our precious bodily fluids.
We do that well enough ourselves already...no need for Martians to bother.