Just got a Samsung Galaxy S... kind of regretting it already.
This is my first smartphone, however I have used a ipod touch for many years.
A part from hardware problems**, I found things like the settings to be kind of disorganised, there is sometimes a startup lag of sorts when doing things, and the browser's double tap behaviour is fairly annoying - when you zoom in to a piece of text then double tap another, instead of just zooming to the new block of text it zooms out.
And my god, selecting text is an utter PITA - by extension cut-copy-pasting.
Maybe it's my previous ipod experience screwing things up, but I really wish I waited and maybe get the iphone 4 when it comes out where I live.
PS: I too wish for the ideal situation where companies stick to an open standard and compete on quality of implementation. But recently I have come to believe it's nothing more then a pipe dream, like the socialist utopia that is ST:TNG's society, we human beings being what we are.
**The thing came with a broken charger resulting in me having to run back to the store for a swap. Today I discovered a pixel has died. -_- It's back to the operator's store today, let hope they will at the very least swap me a new one, would be nice if they let me swap to another phone or give me credit of some kind so I can get an iphone when it comes out this week.
I'm not sure what exactly is Operational Transformation.
But if it's the multiple people editing a document at the same time in real-time feature, it has been back ported to Google Doc.:P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_hJ3R8jEZM#t=0m47s
I don't know how to use it, and it's not from a lack of trying I can assure you. I read all the tutorials and watched all the videos.
Some things in Wave are just weird/annoying,
For instance, threading. Why are the replies on the same level as the post being replied to? EXCEPT when you reply to a post in the middle of a chain of replies, then suddenly it indents. This is totally different from every forum on the internet. Then there are in-post replies. Why aren't these collapsed by default? They break up a block of text into unreadable fragments upon load, and you have to explicitly use a command to collapse them all make the post readable.
What aren't there "write controls" to prevent people from editing something. I know there is a playback feature. But honestly I don't see the harm in letting a moderator control what is a "public area" and what is not.
Maybe I'm not getting it - this whole new paradigm. But I doubt I'm the only one.
It would be nice if Google provide a detailed step-by-step video as to how to use it. And by that I mean details like, when to use the reply "button" at the bottom of a chain, and when to use the reply button on the toolbar at the top, should be included. They will literally have to explain the whole paradigm or most of us won't get it.
3. A forced 30% cut of all software sales for the iDevices. 4. And now a 40% cut of ad sales in Apps(while conveniently banning Admob).
So Apple reduces developer's profit, but they still continue to support them, helping along their growth in to a monopoly.*** And if they do becoming a monopoly, they will have the power to cut of a developer's "oxygen supply" but banning them from their app store.
***Lets face it, iDevices are on the verge of being the "standard" platform for mobile applications.
PS: I figured since my karma is already shot from criticising Apple in a previous story might as well let it going all the way down.
Err, why would "more complex and more expensive hardware" scary consumers away?
Most people just view it as a black box, and don't give a crap what is inside. The increase in complexity inside doesn't affect the operation of the console at all - apart from giving the interface designers more memory and CPU power to work with allowing more "friendly" interfaces.
As for development cost, I would agree it's getting out of hand. And I believe there is a bit of a backlash from recent games that have been coming out with incredible graphics but shit for gameplay.
The fact that the PS1 used cheap and fast to produced CDs helped a ton.
Should a game prove popular, they can stamp more and have the CDs delivered in a week, compare to carts which took several weeks to make.
It also make the games cheaper to buy and own which encourage people to keep them instead of reselling - if I'm right game carts at that time have a "reselling" price built in, because game publishers know people will resell them after they are done with the game.
We have the second coming of Windows, and this one will be even worst, thanks to the psycho-egoistic-dictator who is at the helm of the company responsible.
Looks like the way to get ahead in this world is to take advantage of the ignorance of others to screw them over.
If Apples dominance continues to grow, and the iphone/ipad becomes the "Stantard" platform for mobile apps (like Windows is for the desktop) it will be.
And don't tell me to look at market share, RIM and Nokia are both running on inertia, it's only a matter of time before they fall. The iphone platform is becoming the "standard" for mobile apps, much like Windows is on the desktop.
I for one do not want a repeat of Windows, especially not with Apple. Those bastards are worse than Microsoft when it come to choice.
Living under the dictatorship of Steve Jobs, where you can't have something unless the Führer approves, would suck balls.
Fortunately things like the HTC phones and the new Samsung Galaxy S gives me a tad bit of hope. Still they need to step it up a notch.
Muslims spend so much effort protecting his image from being draw (kind of silly since he has never been drawn for such a long time, who is to say an image drawn is representative of him), to some extend it has already kind of spiralled into a sort of worship of him already ironically.
And can you imagine a world where you are not suppose to offend anyone at all, everyone will end up not being able to do anything, because some where out there someone might find it offensive (a subjective issue I might add).
If this continue there can only be bloodshed, sooner of later, it going to turn into all out war and genocide. Which is the way differences in view between people were solved in the old days, kill all who have a difference PoV from you.
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I feel the same way.
Just got a Samsung Galaxy S ... kind of regretting it already.
This is my first smartphone, however I have used a ipod touch for many years.
A part from hardware problems**, I found things like the settings to be kind of disorganised, there is sometimes a startup lag of sorts when doing things, and the browser's double tap behaviour is fairly annoying - when you zoom in to a piece of text then double tap another, instead of just zooming to the new block of text it zooms out.
And my god, selecting text is an utter PITA - by extension cut-copy-pasting.
Maybe it's my previous ipod experience screwing things up, but I really wish I waited and maybe get the iphone 4 when it comes out where I live.
PS: I too wish for the ideal situation where companies stick to an open standard and compete on quality of implementation. But recently I have come to believe it's nothing more then a pipe dream, like the socialist utopia that is ST:TNG's society, we human beings being what we are.
**The thing came with a broken charger resulting in me having to run back to the store for a swap.
Today I discovered a pixel has died. -_-
It's back to the operator's store today, let hope they will at the very least swap me a new one, would be nice if they let me swap to another phone or give me credit of some kind so I can get an iphone when it comes out this week.
Don't think so.
MS is still making a hell load of money, it just that they aren't growing.
No reason to tear apart the company.
Changing out the currently water treading CEO for one who might be able to move the company forward on the other hand.
The problem with the guy is he has practically no vision.
Most of what MS has been doing, ever since he took over, is playing catch up with Google and Apple.
For their investors, it's not enough that they try new stuff, the new stuff has to "work".
And even if you are not the leader, you learn a bit about working in groups to get stuff done.
A pity that if you have an addictive personality, the cost of playing outweighs the benefits.
Actually they fixed it a bit already.
http://code.google.com/p/adblockforchrome/
Some things will still slip through, but they are working on it.
I think they should prevent the app from running too, as a safe guard from further damage, until the user responds to the notification.
The locked bootloader is Motorola's idea.
If you don't like it, I suggest avoiding their phones.
They will get the message sooner or later, maybe.
Yupe, and this will be healthy for the software industry. /s
There won't be a choice if iOS ends up a dominating as Windows.
I'm not sure what exactly is Operational Transformation.
But if it's the multiple people editing a document at the same time in real-time feature, it has been back ported to Google Doc. :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_hJ3R8jEZM#t=0m47s
I don't know how to use it, and it's not from a lack of trying I can assure you.
I read all the tutorials and watched all the videos.
Some things in Wave are just weird/annoying,
For instance, threading.
Why are the replies on the same level as the post being replied to? EXCEPT when you reply to a post in the middle of a chain of replies, then suddenly it indents.
This is totally different from every forum on the internet.
Then there are in-post replies. Why aren't these collapsed by default? They break up a block of text into unreadable fragments upon load, and you have to explicitly use a command to collapse them all make the post readable.
What aren't there "write controls" to prevent people from editing something. I know there is a playback feature.
But honestly I don't see the harm in letting a moderator control what is a "public area" and what is not.
Maybe I'm not getting it - this whole new paradigm. But I doubt I'm the only one.
It would be nice if Google provide a detailed step-by-step video as to how to use it.
And by that I mean details like, when to use the reply "button" at the bottom of a chain, and when to use the reply button on the toolbar at the top, should be included.
They will literally have to explain the whole paradigm or most of us won't get it.
Don't know if media companies will want a company like Apple to be the one in control of the said platform.
They already have a taste of it via itunes.
3. A forced 30% cut of all software sales for the iDevices.
4. And now a 40% cut of ad sales in Apps(while conveniently banning Admob).
So Apple reduces developer's profit, but they still continue to support them, helping along their growth in to a monopoly.***
And if they do becoming a monopoly, they will have the power to cut of a developer's "oxygen supply" but banning them from their app store.
***Lets face it, iDevices are on the verge of being the "standard" platform for mobile applications.
PS: I figured since my karma is already shot from criticising Apple in a previous story might as well let it going all the way down.
I think they are more interested in just making money, if Sony gets affected it's a side effect.
Err, why would "more complex and more expensive hardware" scary consumers away?
Most people just view it as a black box, and don't give a crap what is inside.
The increase in complexity inside doesn't affect the operation of the console at all - apart from giving the interface designers more memory and CPU power to work with allowing more "friendly" interfaces.
As for development cost, I would agree it's getting out of hand.
And I believe there is a bit of a backlash from recent games that have been coming out with incredible graphics but shit for gameplay.
The fact that the PS1 used cheap and fast to produced CDs helped a ton.
Should a game prove popular, they can stamp more and have the CDs delivered in a week, compare to carts which took several weeks to make.
It also make the games cheaper to buy and own which encourage people to keep them instead of reselling - if I'm right game carts at that time have a "reselling" price built in, because game publishers know people will resell them after they are done with the game.
I don't know, but to me at least it looks like a repeat of what happened to OSs on the desktop.
You are of course free to disagree.
The free market isn't perfect, and I suppose those who can exploit it's "loopholes" will becoming fairly rich.
Most consumers don't think every far ahead, things like lock-in don't cross most people's mind.
We will see.
If this is true ... yay.
We have the second coming of Windows, and this one will be even worst, thanks to the psycho-egoistic-dictator who is at the helm of the company responsible.
Looks like the way to get ahead in this world is to take advantage of the ignorance of others to screw them over.
Well, shit.
When is the FTC going to investigate Google for having a near monopoly on internet search advertising?
Why? What has Google done to deserve an investigation?
Are they abusing their position? If so in what way.
I bet Apple wins this case - they will only have a monopoly on app-based advertising within their own product platform.
I don't mind really, but the iphone is reaching Windows level in ubiquity, and guess what, that spell "monopoly abuse".
This news is nothing more then a warning shot to Apple.
From the way things are going now, their iphone platform will be a "near monopoly".
It will be a repeat of MS Windows.
And don't use market share to argue it won't be.
Nokia and RIM are both just running on inertia now, it only a matter of time both they croak.
The best we can hope is Google's gambit that is Android will beat back the tide.
You can view this news as a pre-emptive warning from the FTC.
It wouldn't be all the much of a problem if Apple's app store isn't the ONLY way you can install apps.
Hence Apple is restricting what you can install on your phone via the app store.
If Apples dominance continues to grow, and the iphone/ipad becomes the "Stantard" platform for mobile apps (like Windows is for the desktop) it will be.
The iphone is dangerous near monopoly status.
And don't tell me to look at market share, RIM and Nokia are both running on inertia, it's only a matter of time before they fall.
The iphone platform is becoming the "standard" for mobile apps, much like Windows is on the desktop.
I for one do not want a repeat of Windows, especially not with Apple.
Those bastards are worse than Microsoft when it come to choice.
Living under the dictatorship of Steve Jobs, where you can't have something unless the Führer approves, would suck balls.
Fortunately things like the HTC phones and the new Samsung Galaxy S gives me a tad bit of hope.
Still they need to step it up a notch.
Muslims spend so much effort protecting his image from being draw (kind of silly since he has never been drawn for such a long time, who is to say an image drawn is representative of him), to some extend it has already kind of spiralled into a sort of worship of him already ironically.
And can you imagine a world where you are not suppose to offend anyone at all, everyone will end up not being able to do anything, because some where out there someone might find it offensive (a subjective issue I might add).
If this continue there can only be bloodshed, sooner of later, it going to turn into all out war and genocide.
Which is the way differences in view between people were solved in the old days, kill all who have a difference PoV from you.
I must say, it has improved usability wise quite a bit since I tried it a few months ago.
At least now it's clearer how to go about doing things.