...and now that's not a "secret" anymore, tries to patent it.
Google could run for the patent too. At the end, they're basically the same, and I think Google actually collects more data than Facebook (much more people doing Google searches than those having a Facebook account).
Soon to be followed by the following patent applications:
- Capturing the souls of Internet Users
- Converting Internet Users into lemmings
- Tracking users movements while their computers are actually turned off
- Tracking tooth decay in users.
- Tracking users after they have died
- Tracking the worms (after the worms crawled in, the worms crawled out and the worms played pinochle on your snout.)
They made best handsets. the voice quality, both incoming and outgoing, are still spectacular. not found in any other device. sad that stuff peripheral to actual phone call quality is determining the fate of a handset maker.
Quality of hardware and user experience mattered to Apple, that's why they aren't bankrupt 10 years ago and a subject of pub trivia. A lot of companies that tried that didn't pull it off. Nokia appear to be trusting Microsoft to manage their fortunes... considering how many of Microsoft's killer products are only very obscure trivia now, I think this is a very risky move - Microsoft will go on making money from Office, Windows n+1 and SQL Server, but when Nokia's strategy fails they'll have nothing - not even making el-cheapo pre-paids.
Windows Phone just isn't it and isn't going to be. Android is a developer's dream. What does Microsoft have to offer the developer, to lure him/her away from a large and potentially lucrative iPad/iPhone/Android market?
I get the manufacturing and support layoffs. Microsoft's core business is marketing. Switching over to Windows Phone means Nokia seeks to switch from manufacturing phones to marketing non-existing ones. Much cheaper per unsold phone. And stopping the production of actual phones makes Nokia the most environment friendly phone company on the planet. Does wonders for the brand name. No phones also don't require support.
Not sure about the location and commerce though. Maybe that's part of the secret plan.
The affected employees work in manufacturing, location and commerce, and supporting functions, Nokia said on Thursday.
Unfortunately, it seems like the typical cut for a company in troubled straits.
I really hope they make an awesome comeback on Windows Mobile. I loved their phones and would love to go back. Still wish they went Android, though.
Damning words:
Nokia‘s new superphones will offer a superior user interface and a better, cloud-enabled experience than its chief competitors, the company’s top U.S executive told VentureBeat.
The reliance by Apple and Android phones on the “app” as the central metaphor is “outdated,” he said.
I love my N900, but the writing has been on the wall for Nokia for a long time now. They don't seem able to compete with the likes of Apple and Google, and the world is transitioning to smartphones. Their former market is disappearing, and they haven't managed to break into the smartphone space. They had a VERY promising platform in Maemo, but they really dropped the ball there.
Sad to watch such mismanagement. It isn't the engineers that are the problem, it's mismanagement.
It's either malaise from being on top for so long or their decision makers are severely lacking in vision and vastly overpaid. They can perhaps wave to Kodak as they worth through Chapter 11.
They should have just hopped on the Android bandwagon and thrown in completely with Google.
I think that people in rural areas are less stressed in general, and handle this better. I could be wrong, but road rage seems to be a phenomenon linked to big cities or overly regulated traffic.
It's linked more directly to anywhere someone believes they can get away with their rotten attitude to "sharing the road." I've known rural drivers who've tried to make a game of passing on the shoulder, tailgating, rolling through stops while another car, with the right of way, is already moving through it and seeing if they can prevent you merging onto a highway with a speed-up and slow-down manoeuver. There's jerks everywhere, just more common in certain areas.
Apple is selling to a loyal audience, who buy apple products pushed with great marketing if they dont suck enough to discard. The other companies have to sell to the general masses, who prioritize a lot of other things than brand loyalty or hip factor first. That makes it hard to sell them stuff they wont seriously use.
A few weeks ago we had a hard discussion on/. under an article, in which an apple fan went as far to define "showing presentations while walking, looking at recipes in the kitchen" as 'mobile computing' to support his proposition, and in a serious manner, as if these could qualify as a good percentage of what computing can you do as mobile to justify the usability of the device.
The thing about a tablet platform is it opens up a usability paradigm - you wouldn't have thought of taking your desktop into the kitchen to back cookies. A laptop, maybe, if it isn't too big or clunky. But a tablet, ah, now we get closer to 'certainly' Imagine a chef working out new recipes in a **** restaurant, this makes a pretty strong argument for redefining mobile - use anywhere, for anything is the goal, now.
They only mentioned the previous weaker gen of the archos tablets. The new Archos 70 and 101 are completely different animals. Much better products. I love mine and have had it for quite a while now.
We were given the weaker predecessors at work, lamentable and they batteries died (wouldn't hold charge) within a month or two. Got something else to replace them which isn't much better. Paper weights, basically.
I think disabling all traffic lights and turning off stop signs every Sunday would help a lot. People would have to re-learn the traffic rules they have forgotten, like yield to right and do not block intersection on pain of nightstick.
No, I am NOT kidding.
I don't think most people have forgotten the laws, they choose to ignore them. Common courtesy on the road is a near dead thing in some areas.
I recently visited Seattle and was quite amazed how courteous most drivers were, compared to California maniacs.
City governments cant keep the basics running smoothly. How the hell are they going to maintain a giant sensor network like that?
there are 4 streetlights in my neighborhood that never work right. if they cant get that working, they will never get a complex system working. City governments do not run like a business. Preventative maintenance is not an option.
City OS will be, like its present analog, infected with the the Politics Worm. Says it all, really.
Since the 90s, record companies have been mastering albums are loudly as possible. Typically, music is compressed dynamically, then normalized to the loudness limit of a cd, sometimes causing clipping. What are your feelings on the Loudness War?
Good point. I've found this to happen on DVD sound as well. Why? I've got a 400 watt THX amp, I don't need the stinking over driven and clipped sound. Whatever happened to craftsmanship?
Need Anti-Grammy and Anti-Oscars to point these horrible feats out.
The magnetic field patterns are on the surface of the platters. Sand the surface off(recommendation: do not breathe result.) and there is nothing to recover.
Unless you have pretty cool secrets, though, nearly anything that prevents them from Just Working when plugged in is probably enough.
As many are glass, just remove the screws, open and hit with a hammer. Don't forget your safety glasses!
Anything significantly different from what people are used to will have this effect because things that are novel tend to capture people's attention.
In twenty years, when everybody has a 3D TV set, I doubt it will have nearly the same effect.
I don't think the first few times I sat in a computer lab the presence of computers helped me in the study of the subject - I was too distracted, trying to figure out what made them tick and how I could make my own applications and stuff.
Anecdotal, but I still feel your theory isn't more than than a theory.
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I didn't even know Napster was still around ... or relevant for that matter.
Well, as long as there continues to be competition for iTunes, I guess it's a good thing.
...and now that's not a "secret" anymore, tries to patent it.
Google could run for the patent too. At the end, they're basically the same, and I think Google actually collects more data than Facebook (much more people doing Google searches than those having a Facebook account).
Soon to be followed by the following patent applications:
- Capturing the souls of Internet Users
- Converting Internet Users into lemmings
- Tracking users movements while their computers are actually turned off
- Tracking tooth decay in users.
- Tracking users after they have died
- Tracking the worms (after the worms crawled in, the worms crawled out and the worms played pinochle on your snout.)
So much for Darth Sidious/Palpatine being evil. This is evil concentrate.
They made best handsets. the voice quality, both incoming and outgoing, are still spectacular. not found in any other device. sad that stuff peripheral to actual phone call quality is determining the fate of a handset maker.
Quality of hardware and user experience mattered to Apple, that's why they aren't bankrupt 10 years ago and a subject of pub trivia. A lot of companies that tried that didn't pull it off. Nokia appear to be trusting Microsoft to manage their fortunes ... considering how many of Microsoft's killer products are only very obscure trivia now, I think this is a very risky move - Microsoft will go on making money from Office, Windows n+1 and SQL Server, but when Nokia's strategy fails they'll have nothing - not even making el-cheapo pre-paids.
Windows Phone just isn't it and isn't going to be. Android is a developer's dream. What does Microsoft have to offer the developer, to lure him/her away from a large and potentially lucrative iPad/iPhone/Android market?
I get the manufacturing and support layoffs. Microsoft's core business is marketing. Switching over to Windows Phone means Nokia seeks to switch from manufacturing phones to marketing non-existing ones. Much cheaper per unsold phone. And stopping the production of actual phones makes Nokia the most environment friendly phone company on the planet. Does wonders for the brand name. No phones also don't require support.
Not sure about the location and commerce though. Maybe that's part of the secret plan.
Psst! It's in the CLOUDs. Codename: Snow
From the article:
The affected employees work in manufacturing, location and commerce, and supporting functions, Nokia said on Thursday.
Unfortunately, it seems like the typical cut for a company in troubled straits.
I really hope they make an awesome comeback on Windows Mobile. I loved their phones and would love to go back. Still wish they went Android, though.
Damning words:
Nokia‘s new superphones will offer a superior user interface and a better, cloud-enabled experience than its chief competitors, the company’s top U.S executive told VentureBeat.
The reliance by Apple and Android phones on the “app” as the central metaphor is “outdated,” he said.
The rest of what he said
He doesn't get it. The board should sack him now and save time.
I love my N900, but the writing has been on the wall for Nokia for a long time now. They don't seem able to compete with the likes of Apple and Google, and the world is transitioning to smartphones. Their former market is disappearing, and they haven't managed to break into the smartphone space. They had a VERY promising platform in Maemo, but they really dropped the ball there.
Sad to watch such mismanagement. It isn't the engineers that are the problem, it's mismanagement.
It's either malaise from being on top for so long or their decision makers are severely lacking in vision and vastly overpaid. They can perhaps wave to Kodak as they worth through Chapter 11.
They should have just hopped on the Android bandwagon and thrown in completely with Google.
after announcing its decision to focus on Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system.
In other words, they're throwing themselves off a cliff with an anvil around their neck.
I think that people in rural areas are less stressed in general, and handle this better. I could be wrong, but road rage seems to be a phenomenon linked to big cities or overly regulated traffic.
It's linked more directly to anywhere someone believes they can get away with their rotten attitude to "sharing the road." I've known rural drivers who've tried to make a game of passing on the shoulder, tailgating, rolling through stops while another car, with the right of way, is already moving through it and seeing if they can prevent you merging onto a highway with a speed-up and slow-down manoeuver. There's jerks everywhere, just more common in certain areas.
Apple is selling to a loyal audience, who buy apple products pushed with great marketing if they dont suck enough to discard. The other companies have to sell to the general masses, who prioritize a lot of other things than brand loyalty or hip factor first. That makes it hard to sell them stuff they wont seriously use.
A few weeks ago we had a hard discussion on /. under an article, in which an apple fan went as far to define "showing presentations while walking, looking at recipes in the kitchen" as 'mobile computing' to support his proposition, and in a serious manner, as if these could qualify as a good percentage of what computing can you do as mobile to justify the usability of the device.
The thing about a tablet platform is it opens up a usability paradigm - you wouldn't have thought of taking your desktop into the kitchen to back cookies. A laptop, maybe, if it isn't too big or clunky. But a tablet, ah, now we get closer to 'certainly' Imagine a chef working out new recipes in a **** restaurant, this makes a pretty strong argument for redefining mobile - use anywhere, for anything is the goal, now.
They only mentioned the previous weaker gen of the archos tablets. The new Archos 70 and 101 are completely different animals. Much better products. I love mine and have had it for quite a while now.
We were given the weaker predecessors at work, lamentable and they batteries died (wouldn't hold charge) within a month or two. Got something else to replace them which isn't much better. Paper weights, basically.
What happened to my $5 offer?
"Oh, Woops! How did that happen?! So sorry about that Google. Totally a mistake. Totally. Our bad, really."
Meanwhile some clueless user just switched back to IE.
Ah, reminds me of the MSN - Opera debacle years ago. Bork Bork Bork.
I think disabling all traffic lights and turning off stop signs every Sunday would help a lot. People would have to re-learn the traffic rules they have forgotten, like yield to right and do not block intersection on pain of nightstick.
No, I am NOT kidding.
I don't think most people have forgotten the laws, they choose to ignore them. Common courtesy on the road is a near dead thing in some areas.
I recently visited Seattle and was quite amazed how courteous most drivers were, compared to California maniacs.
Perhaps you should get the lyrics right. Just sayin...
Perhaps you may enjoy the reviews of this lovely product - I have the perfect gift now for my TMBG fan friends who have 3 kids.
OPEC assassins will strike and this will be nothing more than a small pile of mysterious rubble and ash in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
City governments cant keep the basics running smoothly. How the hell are they going to maintain a giant sensor network like that?
there are 4 streetlights in my neighborhood that never work right. if they cant get that working, they will never get a complex system working. City governments do not run like a business. Preventative maintenance is not an option.
City OS will be, like its present analog, infected with the the Politics Worm. Says it all, really.
Since the 90s, record companies have been mastering albums are loudly as possible. Typically, music is compressed dynamically, then normalized to the loudness limit of a cd, sometimes causing clipping. What are your feelings on the Loudness War?
Good point. I've found this to happen on DVD sound as well. Why? I've got a 400 watt THX amp, I don't need the stinking over driven and clipped sound. Whatever happened to craftsmanship?
Need Anti-Grammy and Anti-Oscars to point these horrible feats out.
Are you my only friend?
Are you not my only friend?
But are you a little glowing friend?
But are you really not actually my friend?
Um, the rapid release schedule is what gives Firefox its stability and confidence.
We'll know for sure, when they release 9.0 Beta next week.
when you get an anonymous email telling you you have a booger hanging on the end of a long nose hair
The magnetic field patterns are on the surface of the platters. Sand the surface off(recommendation: do not breathe result.) and there is nothing to recover.
Unless you have pretty cool secrets, though, nearly anything that prevents them from Just Working when plugged in is probably enough.
As many are glass, just remove the screws, open and hit with a hammer. Don't forget your safety glasses!
Just drop them off the roof from work. Very cheap
Slam them hard on a concrete surface a few times. Should do the trick.
The country which ceases to laugh at it's own foibles ceases to be great.
The same can be said for sciences.
Cheers for a little levity in an often very dry field.
Anything significantly different from what people are used to will have this effect because things that are novel tend to capture people's attention.
In twenty years, when everybody has a 3D TV set, I doubt it will have nearly the same effect.
I don't think the first few times I sat in a computer lab the presence of computers helped me in the study of the subject - I was too distracted, trying to figure out what made them tick and how I could make my own applications and stuff.
Anecdotal, but I still feel your theory isn't more than than a theory.