Keyboards and mice are very different beasts when it comes to battery life. A keyboard is basically a passive device emitting only when you press a key. A mouse is a constantly on device that needs to detect movement. In general, Mice consume 2 to 4 times more battery than a keyboard.
The problem is, it doesn't help. Compute your peak power, and your grid HAS to provide that power. If the grid provides 80% of that and you build a wind farm to provide the remaining 20%, when the wind stops, so does your electricity. You may have an "emergency grid" to power schools and hospitals, but aside from that, you're just in the dark.
It was well after they had started their suing spree. The way I see it is this: If you want to be competitive and survive you have to play by the rules. The rules state that you can't use some stuff that is patented without explicit permission and/or licensing fees which are not guaranteed to be granted or even fair unless your patent if a FRAND one. If ${BigCorp} wants to be competitive they have to enforce those rules on their patent, to counteract the fact that they're paying everyone up on theirs and thus bleeding money to the competition with no counterpart.
Apple's stance is not to license, but to restrict which is their perfect right. Some people don't like it.
The fact that they play by today's rules is a necessity. It doesn't imply at all that they like the rules.
I'm not so sure. Apple has publicly claimed at several occasions that they dislike the patent system and find it hurtful. And in the long run, the suing spree that Apple is currently leading could do a lot of good. Already some judges have made public statements that the patent system is just out of control.
All in all, Apple is raising awareness on the silliness of the patent system, and I think that's good. And I can't imagine that nobody at Apple is aware of that fact.
Methinks we're going to see who the real villains are in this story. Apple may be evil and all, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Note that Apple being villain and all is all due to the fact that they make their patent dispute public, unlike the rest of the field which hides it under a thick veil of secrecy. I'd be very interested to know exactly who gets paid what over there.
You must be joking... Steve Jobs spent more than half a decade to design an OS from the ground up (UI wise) to make it useable on a tablet, and you think, citing Jobs, it would be a good idea to bring Jobs's other OS to a tablet?
I honestly cannot think of anything more ridiculous. That's basically what Microsoft tried before the iPad which failed so miserably that everyone forgot tablets existed before the iPad.
You're looking for a job? Try applying to the CEO position of Miscrosoft. You seem to be as smart as he is.
If Microsoft's tablet has round corners, then we know they will be in serious legal trouble.
The MS tablet will be brown and it'll "squirt". Remember the Zune? Wasn't very ipod like.
It will also have frequent core dumps.
Please refrain from using Unix terminology. Windows 8 will be equipped with Dr Watson Sr. That's what you should call the equivalent of a core dump now.
>>>Do you mean to compare a subsidized HTC Evo 4G to an unsubsidized iPhone 4S without even talking about the rest of the cost? It looks to me as if the EVO 4G is $599.99 instead of your $300..... Geez, and they say Apple users are fanbois...
Fuck you to fucking hell you damn Limey britsih ciock. RIGHT HERE: VirginMobile UNSUBSIDIZED PHOEN. http://www.virginmobileusa.com/shop/cell-phones/htc-evo-phone/features/ You stupid twit. Now wonder you lost your empire you painsy-assed git . Go run past the Oympics rifle range and get yourself shot
You're putting the discussion in your fucking country without even saying what country it is! How is that for sheer stupidity! How do you expect anyone to make anything out of your post?
As some other poster said, there is a heck of a lot more to the patent than what you claim. The fact is that those patents are public and Samsung had full access to them BEFORE designing their products.
If they don't fucking care one bit to even take a trainee to look this over - don't forget they're a big company making a product that competes directly with Apple's who's been very straightforward they'd sue anyone infringing - then let them fight their fight. I mean, if anything, they've been at least as stupid as Apple.
all the tablets look like thinner versions of the tablet bill gates presented in 2002. of course it used x86 because everything else was too slow at the time
i like apple, but they took OS X, stripped a lot of unneeded parts out, changed code to run it on ARM CPU's and called it the iphone/ipad
And they sold a fucking shitload of them. You forgot that last part.
So yes, they had the idea before everyone else to do it. Isn't that something?
Or maybe you're just looking at a turned-off tablet from the front from 3 meters away. And even then, one of the two lawyers in question supplied the correct answer.
Anyone can be lucky, especially when you've got a 50% chance of being correct.
Do you mean to compare a subsidized HTC Evo 4G to an unsubsidized iPhone 4S without even talking about the rest of the cost?
It looks to me as if the EVO 4G is $599.99 instead of your $300 which makes it a heck of a lot closer to the Apple 4 that is only only 519€ unlocked in France (couldn't find a price unlocked in the US).
Don't forget most reviews did give the upper hand to the iPhone 4 vs the EVO 4G so comparing it with an iPhone 4S is probably a bit of a stretch.
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Keyboards and mice are very different beasts when it comes to battery life. A keyboard is basically a passive device emitting only when you press a key. A mouse is a constantly on device that needs to detect movement. In general, Mice consume 2 to 4 times more battery than a keyboard.
The problem is, it doesn't help. Compute your peak power, and your grid HAS to provide that power. If the grid provides 80% of that and you build a wind farm to provide the remaining 20%, when the wind stops, so does your electricity. You may have an "emergency grid" to power schools and hospitals, but aside from that, you're just in the dark.
Here it is for the link. There are plenty of other reports if you want.
Here is another link to another response that illustrate that what Apple is doing it not necessarily what Apple would like to be doing.
It was well after they had started their suing spree. The way I see it is this: If you want to be competitive and survive you have to play by the rules. The rules state that you can't use some stuff that is patented without explicit permission and/or licensing fees which are not guaranteed to be granted or even fair unless your patent if a FRAND one. If ${BigCorp} wants to be competitive they have to enforce those rules on their patent, to counteract the fact that they're paying everyone up on theirs and thus bleeding money to the competition with no counterpart.
Apple's stance is not to license, but to restrict which is their perfect right. Some people don't like it.
The fact that they play by today's rules is a necessity. It doesn't imply at all that they like the rules.
Watch out! There is evil all around you, and there has been for years!
You are surrounded, resistance is futile.
I'm not so sure. Apple has publicly claimed at several occasions that they dislike the patent system and find it hurtful. And in the long run, the suing spree that Apple is currently leading could do a lot of good. Already some judges have made public statements that the patent system is just out of control.
All in all, Apple is raising awareness on the silliness of the patent system, and I think that's good. And I can't imagine that nobody at Apple is aware of that fact.
Methinks we're going to see who the real villains are in this story. Apple may be evil and all, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Note that Apple being villain and all is all due to the fact that they make their patent dispute public, unlike the rest of the field which hides it under a thick veil of secrecy. I'd be very interested to know exactly who gets paid what over there.
Were there goatse links in Summaries? I wasn't aware of that ;-)
Does it provide unlimited orgasms to those that submit to it?
You must be joking... Steve Jobs spent more than half a decade to design an OS from the ground up (UI wise) to make it useable on a tablet, and you think, citing Jobs, it would be a good idea to bring Jobs's other OS to a tablet?
I honestly cannot think of anything more ridiculous. That's basically what Microsoft tried before the iPad which failed so miserably that everyone forgot tablets existed before the iPad.
You're looking for a job? Try applying to the CEO position of Miscrosoft. You seem to be as smart as he is.
Ok. Your point? OSX is not for the poor?
Wasn't that much worse? The window manager was fucking horrible compared to the Macs and Amigas that I was used to..
It still is to a large enough extent.
If Microsoft's tablet has round corners, then we know they will be in serious legal trouble.
The MS tablet will be brown and it'll "squirt". Remember the Zune? Wasn't very ipod like.
It will also have frequent core dumps.
Please refrain from using Unix terminology. Windows 8 will be equipped with Dr Watson Sr. That's what you should call the equivalent of a core dump now.
ANY website????
Any website. Yes. Why?
>>>Do you mean to compare a subsidized HTC Evo 4G to an unsubsidized iPhone 4S without even talking about the rest of the cost? It looks to me as if the EVO 4G is $599.99 instead of your $300..... Geez, and they say Apple users are fanbois...
Fuck you to fucking hell you damn Limey britsih ciock. RIGHT HERE: VirginMobile UNSUBSIDIZED PHOEN. http://www.virginmobileusa.com/shop/cell-phones/htc-evo-phone/features/ You stupid twit. Now wonder you lost your empire you painsy-assed git . Go run past the Oympics rifle range and get yourself shot
Thank you. Have a nice day.
You're putting the discussion in your fucking country without even saying what country it is! How is that for sheer stupidity! How do you expect anyone to make anything out of your post?
I'm not American so I don't know the good places to buy stuff there. I stand corrected.
That said, the iPhone 4 is 549 CAD which is about 549 USD these days.
At least, I provided links. You provided nothing but blank assertions that you're right. I'm convinced now.
clearly grandparent is insinuating that there aren't many ways to design a touch screen phone. Which there aren't.
Well, so far, only Apple has made a smartphone with only one button aside the touchscreen. So there must be more options than you claim there are.
As some other poster said, there is a heck of a lot more to the patent than what you claim. The fact is that those patents are public and Samsung had full access to them BEFORE designing their products.
If they don't fucking care one bit to even take a trainee to look this over - don't forget they're a big company making a product that competes directly with Apple's who's been very straightforward they'd sue anyone infringing - then let them fight their fight. I mean, if anything, they've been at least as stupid as Apple.
all the tablets look like thinner versions of the tablet bill gates presented in 2002. of course it used x86 because everything else was too slow at the time
i like apple, but they took OS X, stripped a lot of unneeded parts out, changed code to run it on ARM CPU's and called it the iphone/ipad
And they sold a fucking shitload of them. You forgot that last part.
So yes, they had the idea before everyone else to do it. Isn't that something?
Then you're a Samsung lawyer?
Or maybe you're just looking at a turned-off tablet from the front from 3 meters away. And even then, one of the two lawyers in question supplied the correct answer.
Anyone can be lucky, especially when you've got a 50% chance of being correct.
Well I tried to find a "normal" sized Mac, but those cost over $2000!
Are you trying to say that you prefer big computers for the only sake of them being big? Are you a pervert or something?
Do you mean to compare a subsidized HTC Evo 4G to an unsubsidized iPhone 4S without even talking about the rest of the cost?
It looks to me as if the EVO 4G is $599.99 instead of your $300 which makes it a heck of a lot closer to the Apple 4 that is only only 519€ unlocked in France (couldn't find a price unlocked in the US).
Don't forget most reviews did give the upper hand to the iPhone 4 vs the EVO 4G so comparing it with an iPhone 4S is probably a bit of a stretch.
Geez, and they say Apple users are fanbois...
The guy spent ten years on the company. He probably didn't have a smartphone back then.