Why is everybody dropping their phones? How does this happen? After years of smartphone use, and over a decade of cell phone use, I've only ever dropped one phone (an old Nokia, circa 2000; ended up with a loose battery connection that would occasionally cause dropped calls if it shifted mid-call).
Maybe rather than a case people should get the Nokia Lumia 920 and wear grippy gloves, since the 920's screen can be used with gloves on.
Looking at your ID I assume you are an old guy like me.:) The difference is 10 years ago we used our cell phones for phone calls. Aside from an outlier realtor or on-the-go professional that usage didn't add up to a lot of minutes during the day, and often for me there were many days between calls. Fast forward to today where "our" noses are buried in the phone most of the day. It's constantly in and out of our hands for social networking, music, news, texting, reading, pictures, whatever. And folks aren't stopping what they're doing to do all that. I see phones in use driving, walking, jogging, bike riding besides the normal multitasking during a meal or other more mundane activities (including the "dropped it in a toilet" horror stories). I'll also add the the current form factor (thin and wide) is more prone to an accidental ejection from a hand than the thicker candy-bar or slider styles. My lawn? Get off it.
There are more design elements in those drawings than a rectangle with rounded corners and they were considered as a whole. To say "rectange with rounded corners" would (I hope) be similar to saying Coke has a patent on round bottles, when in fact they have a patent on a round bottle with a specific design.
From the article: This picture above says the F700 was shown at CeBit 2006, and then released in 2007, making Apple and the iPhone the one that copied them. This is completely false. We here love Android, not Apple, but this is a interesting story and I just felt like sharing either way. Even if Apple is in the right. According to the picture the F700 was introduced in 2006, and Apple stole the design. I’m not going to get to deep on this, but the F700 was never seen until February of 2007 and our very own slashgear had it completely covered. This is AFTER Apple announced and showed the world the iPhone January 9th 2007 at MacWorld.
...though I'm sure the iPhone crowd will probably find they can't do without it.
Considering the iPhone doesn't have it and there are a growing number of "I can't live without it" posts from folks who already have it I agree with you. Nice try, but a miss on the Apple bashing.
Good idea, but some folks can't work from home no matter what they do. It's not good or bad, it just is. At our office we are required to take a "evaluation" (for lack of a better word) to gauge our suitability before working from home. I don't know if anyone's been denied, but it does give a good idea on how much you rely on the social aspect of working. Unfotunately, I believe your ultimate success is determined by your boss. Fortunately, more and more of them are being trained or becoming familiar with managing a remote workforce.
Yeah, it reminds me of my experiences trying to get help in forums. I didn't want to just put in a CD and watch it install and boot to a shell. I had the hardware I had and for fun wanted it to do interesting things. Instead of conversations and tips / tricks I received a lot of "you're stupid if you want to do that and you're even stupider if you can't figure it out. I (make it seem like I) know and I won't tell you."
Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that one. Yep, with your non-Apple laptop, if it's a few years old and the battery either dies or only lasts a short time, you can just go on Ebay and buy a new (aftermarket) one dirt-cheap that'll work just fine. With an Apple laptop, you either keep it plugged in all the time or you throw it in the trash.
Again, the same nonsense modded 5 insightful. A quick search on Amazon will show you many Apple laptop batteries. I just replaced my wife's 2008 MacBook battery for $40 (new and mfg. by Apple, not a third party).
Does it warn you that since the battery can't be removed then in 3 years the laptop will be tied to a power outlet in the future? I don't mind (much) that laptop parts can't be upgraded but is it really too much to expect parts that are definitely going to fail after a few years (battery, fan) to be replaceable?
For the love of god how did this get modded 5 Insightful??? Batteries are replaceable, just officially not by users. Apple will do it any time, batteries are covered by Applecare and other service plans, third party repair shops do it and some folks do it themselves for the thrill. Replacing a worn battery is not an upgrade.
It depends on whether you mean follow a script or just do it. My mother-in-law could follow the 10 screenshots but she could not independently come up with those steps. The fact that the person granted the permissions leads me to believe they may not have the technical expertise to undo their choices.
In a story about fraud on the Android platform someone points out that Android is open to fraud. Personally, I think it was a play on words and not a technical comment. Either way, I don't think the word troll means what you think it means. If you thought they were serious you could have explained why they were wrong and help keep this a useful technical forum. And I want a pony.
It's easy to look at the data today and form an opinion. But back when their reactors were exploding on TV and Japan and the US couldn't agree on how far to evacuate with no end to the disaster in sight other than a real possibility of all the fuel escaping containment a little panic was justified. Had TEPCO been forthcoming about conditions instead of hiding them the panic would have been worse. It's the unknown at the time that caused the most concern. And had there been a SSW wind for the first few days then it would be a much different story instead of most of the radiation going into the toilet that is the Pacific ocean so I don't buy the argument that "See, it's safe because it wasn't worse."
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"Los Angeles, we've have a problem." doesn't have he same ring to it.
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To be clearer, since what I just said makes no sense,
I don't know why, but this really cracks me up.
His claim is bias, nothing more. Here's a textbook example of ad hominem.
Why is everybody dropping their phones? How does this happen? After years of smartphone use, and over a decade of cell phone use, I've only ever dropped one phone (an old Nokia, circa 2000; ended up with a loose battery connection that would occasionally cause dropped calls if it shifted mid-call).
Maybe rather than a case people should get the Nokia Lumia 920 and wear grippy gloves, since the 920's screen can be used with gloves on.
Looking at your ID I assume you are an old guy like me. :) The difference is 10 years ago we used our cell phones for phone calls. Aside from an outlier realtor or on-the-go professional that usage didn't add up to a lot of minutes during the day, and often for me there were many days between calls. Fast forward to today where "our" noses are buried in the phone most of the day. It's constantly in and out of our hands for social networking, music, news, texting, reading, pictures, whatever. And folks aren't stopping what they're doing to do all that. I see phones in use driving, walking, jogging, bike riding besides the normal multitasking during a meal or other more mundane activities (including the "dropped it in a toilet" horror stories). I'll also add the the current form factor (thin and wide) is more prone to an accidental ejection from a hand than the thicker candy-bar or slider styles. My lawn? Get off it.
There are more design elements in those drawings than a rectangle with rounded corners and they were considered as a whole. To say "rectange with rounded corners" would (I hope) be similar to saying Coke has a patent on round bottles, when in fact they have a patent on a round bottle with a specific design.
And I'll add that I agree they are useful. Without the battery my iPhone's screen is too dark and I can't hear the audio.
Also, if anyone bothers to Google, the f700 was not "before" the iPhone. I honestly don't know why I come to this site any more.
http://androidcommunity.com/who-was-really-first-apple-vs-samsung-story-truly-debunked-20110420/
From the article:
This picture above says the F700 was shown at CeBit 2006, and then released in 2007, making Apple and the iPhone the one that copied them. This is completely false. We here love Android, not Apple, but this is a interesting story and I just felt like sharing either way. Even if Apple is in the right. According to the picture the F700 was introduced in 2006, and Apple stole the design. I’m not going to get to deep on this, but the F700 was never seen until February of 2007 and our very own slashgear had it completely covered. This is AFTER Apple announced and showed the world the iPhone January 9th 2007 at MacWorld.
If you think the patents were for a rectangle with rounded corners then you know very little about it.
Indeed. There is nothing 'green' about it, though I'm sure the iPhone crowd will probably find they can't do without it.
Let's see how the Nokia crowd get on with it first shall we...
Hopefully both of them will come in and post.
...though I'm sure the iPhone crowd will probably find they can't do without it.
Considering the iPhone doesn't have it and there are a growing number of "I can't live without it" posts from folks who already have it I agree with you. Nice try, but a miss on the Apple bashing.
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Good idea, but some folks can't work from home no matter what they do. It's not good or bad, it just is. At our office we are required to take a "evaluation" (for lack of a better word) to gauge our suitability before working from home. I don't know if anyone's been denied, but it does give a good idea on how much you rely on the social aspect of working. Unfotunately, I believe your ultimate success is determined by your boss. Fortunately, more and more of them are being trained or becoming familiar with managing a remote workforce.
I was thinking Judge Lance Ito.
It was salted and probably used on hash.
Correct. I don't need patches because I don't install Java.
I'm more worried about Comcast / AT&T than Microsoft.
I prefer all security settings default to enabled and I turn off what I don't need. Especially considering the wider Windows audience.
Yeah, it reminds me of my experiences trying to get help in forums. I didn't want to just put in a CD and watch it install and boot to a shell. I had the hardware I had and for fun wanted it to do interesting things. Instead of conversations and tips / tricks I received a lot of "you're stupid if you want to do that and you're even stupider if you can't figure it out. I (make it seem like I) know and I won't tell you."
Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that one. Yep, with your non-Apple laptop, if it's a few years old and the battery either dies or only lasts a short time, you can just go on Ebay and buy a new (aftermarket) one dirt-cheap that'll work just fine. With an Apple laptop, you either keep it plugged in all the time or you throw it in the trash.
Again, the same nonsense modded 5 insightful. A quick search on Amazon will show you many Apple laptop batteries. I just replaced my wife's 2008 MacBook battery for $40 (new and mfg. by Apple, not a third party).
Does it warn you that since the battery can't be removed then in 3 years the laptop will be tied to a power outlet in the future? I don't mind (much) that laptop parts can't be upgraded but is it really too much to expect parts that are definitely going to fail after a few years (battery, fan) to be replaceable?
For the love of god how did this get modded 5 Insightful??? Batteries are replaceable, just officially not by users. Apple will do it any time, batteries are covered by Applecare and other service plans, third party repair shops do it and some folks do it themselves for the thrill. Replacing a worn battery is not an upgrade.
It depends on whether you mean follow a script or just do it. My mother-in-law could follow the 10 screenshots but she could not independently come up with those steps. The fact that the person granted the permissions leads me to believe they may not have the technical expertise to undo their choices.
In a story about fraud on the Android platform someone points out that Android is open to fraud. Personally, I think it was a play on words and not a technical comment. Either way, I don't think the word troll means what you think it means. If you thought they were serious you could have explained why they were wrong and help keep this a useful technical forum. And I want a pony.
It's easy to look at the data today and form an opinion. But back when their reactors were exploding on TV and Japan and the US couldn't agree on how far to evacuate with no end to the disaster in sight other than a real possibility of all the fuel escaping containment a little panic was justified. Had TEPCO been forthcoming about conditions instead of hiding them the panic would have been worse. It's the unknown at the time that caused the most concern. And had there been a SSW wind for the first few days then it would be a much different story instead of most of the radiation going into the toilet that is the Pacific ocean so I don't buy the argument that "See, it's safe because it wasn't worse."
Third party clients also have exploits.
You comment doesn't make sense other than to display some type of bias.