Actually it's more anti-Asian than anything else. You are forcing Asian students to work far harder than any of their peers to achieve the same results.
Nokia is STILL selling more Symbian devices that WinMo devices, so this isn't something we have to play guessing games about. People don't want WinMo, but lots of former Symbian users didn't purchase newer Symbian devices because Elop told them the platform had no future.
Have you ever used Belle? If you haven't, then from what position of knowledge are you speaking?
I bought an E6. I like it. It works, the battery lasts, the keyboard is nice and accurate. Nokia Belle is finally ready for prime time, which is ironic in the extreme.
Fire Elop. Immediately. Find the deepest trench in the ocean and throw him in, and then throw in the WinMo phones on top of him just to be sure.
Then take all of the lovely WinMo devices that Nokia developed, and put the OS from the N9 on some and Belle FP1 on others. Sort out Skype so video chat finally works. Finally, clean out all of the trash from the Nokia Store and get, by paying them directly if necessary, developers to build out the basics (e.g., a proper chat client integrated into the messaging app, GMail sync as a default setup option).
What a content-free mess of an article that was. First, there's very little that iPhone or Android users can do that BB users can't do. What major functions are missing? "Social networking apps"? Like what? Which ones?
Second, if your main reason for wanting to switch phones is because people make fun of you, then it's highly likely that NONE of you actually know how to use your damned devices. My 6 year old Nokia can do most of the things that an iPhone can do.
As far as I can tell, the subtitles that Netflix uses for all of its Korean dramas, and for some of its anime, are also community-sourced. The twitter hashtags and IRC channel names subbed over the closing credits are kind of a give-away. I don't think this is stealing, I think it's awesome - I couldn't watch that stuff without the subtitles, and neither Netflix nor the original producers of most of that content have the time, money, or ability to do the job.
MBAs are so bad, as a lot, that we attorneys make fun of them. That can't be a good sign. And considering what they're supposedly trained to do, I've seen an MBA member of a negotiating team single-handedly destroy the entire negotiation through dogged use of the meaningless jargon that was apparently his main curriculum.
From what I can tell, the worst thing about MBA training is that it teaches you to bravely march into any situation, including technical fields and cultural contexts about which you know nothing, and try to take charge. To administrate, if you will. That's a disaster.
I still have a 5mx. It's sitting on my desk, right here. It still powers on, the backlight still works, even the SIR port and the serial ports still work. It runs for weeks on a lousy pair of AA alkaline batteries. The reason I still keep it is because there is no other device of that size with a touch-typable QWERTY keyboard that one can use to produce large volumes of text comfortably. Nothing. I've owned a selection of Zauruses, a Fujitsu u810, and flirted with a Sony Vaio P, a Nokia Communicator E90, and a variety of other devices. For typing - just taking notes - they suck compared to my ancient Psion 5mx.
That said, trying to get online with this device, something that was once quite easy (when every decent GSM handset had an IrDA port) is now almost impossible. I still have an old Nokia kicking around with IrDA, but trying to load web pages in 2012 with Opera 3.14 is an exercise in insanity.
What I would like to see is someone stuff the guts of a tiny ARM SBC into an old 5mx case. I don't even care if they stick with the old 16 greyscale screen - just some more processing power in this machine and (maybe) a USB port and I'd be all set. Surely there's something better than the ARM 710T at 33Mhz that could be hacked in?
This is a bug, not a feature. Unless the phones are simply defective, I don't want some salesman at a shop deciding for me what phones I can and cannot buy. This is the missing piece that no one can do anything about - phone salesmen will refuse to even suggest phones they don't personally like. Look at your example - is that an answer to your question about why the salesman thinks the phone is "crap"? No, it's nothing of the sort, it's a garbage answer from someone who doesn't know what his job is. It's some buffoon with a high school diploma (times 10,000) perverting the wireless market in favor of existing big players.
Bingo. I bought my own Nokia E6-00 for $350. I pay Simple $40 a month for the same unlimited everything that I'd have to pay AT&T... well, forget it, because AT&T doesn't offer any such plan. But for something roughly similar I'd be paying AT&T $150 per month. That means my phone pays for itself in three months. In two more months I paid back AT&T for its early termination fee when I walked away from my contract. The one thing - the only thing - I don't have from Simple is international roaming, but again, for the savings I get I can buy all of the SIM cards abroad I want.
In 2005, when I bought a Nokia N75, a Symbian S60 phone with a number keypad, AT&T said it was a featurephone. In 2008, when I bought a Nokie E71 that had basically the same OS (and exactly the same capacity for installing applications), AT&T said that I owned a smartphone and cancelled my unlimited featurephone plan. I've been told that AT&T labeled some J2ME phones as "smart" phones, even though by most definitions they aren't because they cannot run native apps. The distinction seems to be arbitrary, and always to the benefit of the carrier over the subscriber.
Sorry, the notion that the Civic is a "tiny" car is ridiculous. The Fit, the Mazda 2, the Fiat 500 - those are tiny cars. The Civic is a reasonable size for anyone who doesn't have a family of more than 4.
My good friend bought a CNG Civic. She lives in a hilly part of northern California, and hasn't had any problems. She's also saved a boat-load of money and only needs an oil change once every some ridiculously high number of miles (because burning CNG produces virtually no particulates).
Did you read any of the linked documents? The criticism against CarrierIQ is not necessarily about what they're making, but that they are trying to shut this man up for telling the truth about their products under the guise of copyright claims. That deserves criticism, and lots of it.
I bought a Veer, which I like but which also has some pretty blindingly obvious bugs and deficits. HP announced the WebOS hit 3 days after I bought this device. Pretty simple; if HP really abandons my brand-new phone them I'm not buying another HP product again, ever. They did the same thing to my OfficeJet 5500, fine, but only after I'd had it for five years. Not 3 bloody days.
A contract by its very nature is a set of terms by which two parties agree to exchange things of value. If one of those parties can change any provision of the contract at will, with no possibility for negotiation and no additional value provided in exchange for being able to change the contract terms, then it's not really a contract at all.
The problem here is that AT&T has all of the cards. It can force me to abide by the terms of the contract no matter how onerous, can prevent me from accessing the courts when I have a grievance, and then has the power to change that very same contract that you and I have to abide by no matter what, on a whim. If that seems fair to you, then you must be an AT&T shareholder.
Sorry, this idea makes no damned sense. And even assuming that it DID make sense, Whitman is not the person to do it. She does not know how to make things. She's a professional manager, which makes her an upper-class twit who will continue to get paid millions to run companies into the ground. Apotheker collected $25 million severance in return for destroying HP. Whitman is not smart or capable enough to do any better than he did.
If you don't know about Sweden, then why are you talking about it? The Åklagarmyndigheten is an independent authority, not attached to any ministry or branch of government. Unlike the USA, where the US attorneys are part of the Department of Justice and subject to direct political interference, the Åklagarmyndigheten is not a part of the Ministry of Justice.
This isn't a Massachusetts court. This is a federal court that actually knows what the 1st Amendment is, and more importantly thinks that it matters. The Supreme Judicial Court, which is the Massachusetts high court, has had its chance to look at this law more than once, and has come to the wrong conclusion every time. It took a federal court to realize what any moron should know - that prohibiting citizens from recording public officials doing their jobs on a public street is an invitation to abuse.
The only thing wrong with it on phones, as far as I can see, are that the bluetooth stack sucks butt and that the bundled PDF reader is kind of rubbish. The cut-and-paste facility is also kind of lackluster. But for most everything I do, the experience has been good. I enjoy using the UI, it's not especially laggy.
Yeah, that's something I'm super-eager to do. I think I'll follow it up by emailing my social security number and credit card data to random.ru domains immediately after.
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I find your willingness to speculate about the motivations of a complete stranger based on no information adorable.
Actually it's more anti-Asian than anything else. You are forcing Asian students to work far harder than any of their peers to achieve the same results.
Is that a comment you can explain, or does your mommy not know you're using her ./ account again?
Nokia is STILL selling more Symbian devices that WinMo devices, so this isn't something we have to play guessing games about. People don't want WinMo, but lots of former Symbian users didn't purchase newer Symbian devices because Elop told them the platform had no future.
Have you ever used Belle? If you haven't, then from what position of knowledge are you speaking?
I bought an E6. I like it. It works, the battery lasts, the keyboard is nice and accurate. Nokia Belle is finally ready for prime time, which is ironic in the extreme.
Fire Elop. Immediately. Find the deepest trench in the ocean and throw him in, and then throw in the WinMo phones on top of him just to be sure.
Then take all of the lovely WinMo devices that Nokia developed, and put the OS from the N9 on some and Belle FP1 on others. Sort out Skype so video chat finally works. Finally, clean out all of the trash from the Nokia Store and get, by paying them directly if necessary, developers to build out the basics (e.g., a proper chat client integrated into the messaging app, GMail sync as a default setup option).
when Windows Vista was shiny and new and still a good OS.
So it was never written then? That doesn't make much sense.
What a content-free mess of an article that was. First, there's very little that iPhone or Android users can do that BB users can't do. What major functions are missing? "Social networking apps"? Like what? Which ones?
Second, if your main reason for wanting to switch phones is because people make fun of you, then it's highly likely that NONE of you actually know how to use your damned devices. My 6 year old Nokia can do most of the things that an iPhone can do.
As far as I can tell, the subtitles that Netflix uses for all of its Korean dramas, and for some of its anime, are also community-sourced. The twitter hashtags and IRC channel names subbed over the closing credits are kind of a give-away. I don't think this is stealing, I think it's awesome - I couldn't watch that stuff without the subtitles, and neither Netflix nor the original producers of most of that content have the time, money, or ability to do the job.
MBAs are so bad, as a lot, that we attorneys make fun of them. That can't be a good sign. And considering what they're supposedly trained to do, I've seen an MBA member of a negotiating team single-handedly destroy the entire negotiation through dogged use of the meaningless jargon that was apparently his main curriculum.
From what I can tell, the worst thing about MBA training is that it teaches you to bravely march into any situation, including technical fields and cultural contexts about which you know nothing, and try to take charge. To administrate, if you will. That's a disaster.
Gay marriage? You mean that gay marriage that's illegal in almost every state in the USA?
If extending more human rights to more people makes you uncomfortable, then I for one am happy that you fucked off and went home.
I still have a 5mx. It's sitting on my desk, right here. It still powers on, the backlight still works, even the SIR port and the serial ports still work. It runs for weeks on a lousy pair of AA alkaline batteries. The reason I still keep it is because there is no other device of that size with a touch-typable QWERTY keyboard that one can use to produce large volumes of text comfortably. Nothing. I've owned a selection of Zauruses, a Fujitsu u810, and flirted with a Sony Vaio P, a Nokia Communicator E90, and a variety of other devices. For typing - just taking notes - they suck compared to my ancient Psion 5mx.
That said, trying to get online with this device, something that was once quite easy (when every decent GSM handset had an IrDA port) is now almost impossible. I still have an old Nokia kicking around with IrDA, but trying to load web pages in 2012 with Opera 3.14 is an exercise in insanity.
What I would like to see is someone stuff the guts of a tiny ARM SBC into an old 5mx case. I don't even care if they stick with the old 16 greyscale screen - just some more processing power in this machine and (maybe) a USB port and I'd be all set. Surely there's something better than the ARM 710T at 33Mhz that could be hacked in?
This is a bug, not a feature. Unless the phones are simply defective, I don't want some salesman at a shop deciding for me what phones I can and cannot buy. This is the missing piece that no one can do anything about - phone salesmen will refuse to even suggest phones they don't personally like. Look at your example - is that an answer to your question about why the salesman thinks the phone is "crap"? No, it's nothing of the sort, it's a garbage answer from someone who doesn't know what his job is. It's some buffoon with a high school diploma (times 10,000) perverting the wireless market in favor of existing big players.
Bingo. I bought my own Nokia E6-00 for $350. I pay Simple $40 a month for the same unlimited everything that I'd have to pay AT&T ... well, forget it, because AT&T doesn't offer any such plan. But for something roughly similar I'd be paying AT&T $150 per month. That means my phone pays for itself in three months. In two more months I paid back AT&T for its early termination fee when I walked away from my contract. The one thing - the only thing - I don't have from Simple is international roaming, but again, for the savings I get I can buy all of the SIM cards abroad I want.
In 2005, when I bought a Nokia N75, a Symbian S60 phone with a number keypad, AT&T said it was a featurephone. In 2008, when I bought a Nokie E71 that had basically the same OS (and exactly the same capacity for installing applications), AT&T said that I owned a smartphone and cancelled my unlimited featurephone plan. I've been told that AT&T labeled some J2ME phones as "smart" phones, even though by most definitions they aren't because they cannot run native apps. The distinction seems to be arbitrary, and always to the benefit of the carrier over the subscriber.
Sorry, the notion that the Civic is a "tiny" car is ridiculous. The Fit, the Mazda 2, the Fiat 500 - those are tiny cars. The Civic is a reasonable size for anyone who doesn't have a family of more than 4.
My good friend bought a CNG Civic. She lives in a hilly part of northern California, and hasn't had any problems. She's also saved a boat-load of money and only needs an oil change once every some ridiculously high number of miles (because burning CNG produces virtually no particulates).
Did you read any of the linked documents? The criticism against CarrierIQ is not necessarily about what they're making, but that they are trying to shut this man up for telling the truth about their products under the guise of copyright claims. That deserves criticism, and lots of it.
I bought a Veer, which I like but which also has some pretty blindingly obvious bugs and deficits. HP announced the WebOS hit 3 days after I bought this device. Pretty simple; if HP really abandons my brand-new phone them I'm not buying another HP product again, ever. They did the same thing to my OfficeJet 5500, fine, but only after I'd had it for five years. Not 3 bloody days.
A contract by its very nature is a set of terms by which two parties agree to exchange things of value. If one of those parties can change any provision of the contract at will, with no possibility for negotiation and no additional value provided in exchange for being able to change the contract terms, then it's not really a contract at all.
The problem here is that AT&T has all of the cards. It can force me to abide by the terms of the contract no matter how onerous, can prevent me from accessing the courts when I have a grievance, and then has the power to change that very same contract that you and I have to abide by no matter what, on a whim. If that seems fair to you, then you must be an AT&T shareholder.
Sorry, this idea makes no damned sense. And even assuming that it DID make sense, Whitman is not the person to do it. She does not know how to make things. She's a professional manager, which makes her an upper-class twit who will continue to get paid millions to run companies into the ground. Apotheker collected $25 million severance in return for destroying HP. Whitman is not smart or capable enough to do any better than he did.
If you don't know about Sweden, then why are you talking about it? The Åklagarmyndigheten is an independent authority, not attached to any ministry or branch of government. Unlike the USA, where the US attorneys are part of the Department of Justice and subject to direct political interference, the Åklagarmyndigheten is not a part of the Ministry of Justice.
This isn't a Massachusetts court. This is a federal court that actually knows what the 1st Amendment is, and more importantly thinks that it matters. The Supreme Judicial Court, which is the Massachusetts high court, has had its chance to look at this law more than once, and has come to the wrong conclusion every time. It took a federal court to realize what any moron should know - that prohibiting citizens from recording public officials doing their jobs on a public street is an invitation to abuse.
You're either a liar or a fool. Which do you prefer?
The only thing wrong with it on phones, as far as I can see, are that the bluetooth stack sucks butt and that the bundled PDF reader is kind of rubbish. The cut-and-paste facility is also kind of lackluster. But for most everything I do, the experience has been good. I enjoy using the UI, it's not especially laggy.
You absolute bastard.
Yeah, that's something I'm super-eager to do. I think I'll follow it up by emailing my social security number and credit card data to random .ru domains immediately after.