seriously, i was checking the Android Central forums and there is a whole thread there how it's a known issue with HTC phones going back at least a year and affects all carriers
even if there was no exclusive MS deal than it would take some months to code the functionality into the existing firmware, test it, etc. there is also a storage limitation for the firmware and PS3 along with the Wii keep adding new features, channels, etc. Could it be that the Netflix software needs more space than what is currently available so that a disc is the only practical solution?
when the consoles were released there was some forward thinking to add features, but it seems feature creep is outpacing the hardware yet again
i'm a DBA and i love it when i see queries that make your head hurt. i see it from our devs and online where people write some elegant and complex code to show off. the same thing can be done by an intern writing simpler code to execute something in a few steps rather than in 1 step. and it's a lot easier to debug more smaller steps than a stored procedure that calls 10 other stored procedures and each one of those calls a few more down the line
i'll take that over 1989 - 1992 when i went to high school. we were told the US was screwed, the japaneese were taking over, and we would never be able to find a job. for all the good memories of the 1990's, i don't think it was as good as people remember. high interest rates, higher average unemployment than this decade, crappy RE market made it hard to sell property.
almost every hotel room i've been in has a limit of people who can stay before they charge you extra. reason is they budgeted a portion of the money you pay for utilities like water and electricity. if you bring potential customers than they are losing money
AVN holds the porn convention at the same time in vegas. do they have the same rules about not working in your rooms? maybe the demo was a rogue AVN guest and not CES?
i peaked at 250 some DVDs before selling off my collection almost 10 years ago. got to the point where i would watch a lot of the movies only once or twice a year at most.
today with my 10 mbps cable internet ( i run speed tests and my cheapo time warner cable ranges 8 - 15 mbps depending on the time and day) and my 32GB iphone and laptops with 320GB hard drives i want to watch it anywhere and don't want to carry anything around and don't want to pay for things to own i may only watch or listen to once a year. i'd rather pay $20 a month and watch and listen to whatever i want when i want and where i want
what is the point of your own domain name? i've seen plenty of good IT people who almost technologically illiterate in some areas. most of our devs don't know a single thing about administration of systems
unless you're using SBS, most organizations will only run Exchange or SQL or one major app on a server. on our servers we're running the HP software and SQL on our database servers. we even put all the third party database drivers on a separate server so as not to cause any potential issues.
and google probably has an email system where everything is stored in Gmail in the cloud. for the rest of us, we have exchange and people store a lot of data on phones
by the time you add more storage to the N1 it's more expensive. and it pretty much locked down to T-Mo since it can't use AT&T's 3G frequencies. and T-Mo sucks. and with all the corporate/work related apps in the app store Google's limit on the number of apps is dumb.
did you really think all those dumb unboxing youtube videos of the Pre and other cell phones where they don't show anything weren't official marketing? if it really was someone who stole a copy then they would show off every feature on the internet so all the internet peoplez would think they are cool
Google wants $530 for their phone, you can't play with it in a store to see how it is and the website in typical Google fashion has a bare minimum of information. i can see the fanboys buying these, but the general public wants to see what they are buying first.
i have a 32GB iphone and i range from 2GB to 4GB worth of applications. the GPS apps are 1.5GB since they download all data. google like RIM and Danger are into this cloud thing where you're not allowed to have any data on your device. some of the games are hundreds of MB. on android you can code to store app data on the SD card, but then that means more dev time.
people laugh at the iphone but in the 125,000 apps there are literally thousands of apps for professionals on the go including VMWare management and access to expensive commercial databases to look up data wherever you are. For now Android is a toy while the iphone is well ahead as a tool to get work done
while visiting the in-laws i actually thought about buying some cartoons on iTunes since they don't have a DVR and my son needed his Dora, Oso and Little Einsteins. This is more like an open encryption standard for online purchases than increasing DRM. of course Apple won't support it so anything you buy from itunes will only play on apple hardware/software. for everything else you will just buy a commodity box like a Roku and buy the content from anywhere on the internet and take it with you
a "computer" where you can run only applications personally approved by Him. if you jailbreak this baby then he sends the Apple stormtroopers to shoot you. the iphone dev team will be
i can see this for medical and some other professions, but who is going to pay all this money to read magazines and newspapers if you believe the rumors of content deals being done? only reason people paid for physical news media is that it was cheap. the ads sustained the business model. the elite print media gave up the advertising market to Google, AdMob and others and are now thinking people will pay to read their digital rags. idiots should have bought out some of the ad companies. even now the online versions of print magazines use other ad networks for ads.
the kindle is a success because i can read the news for free online, not books.
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seriously, i was checking the Android Central forums and there is a whole thread there how it's a known issue with HTC phones going back at least a year and affects all carriers
even if there was no exclusive MS deal than it would take some months to code the functionality into the existing firmware, test it, etc. there is also a storage limitation for the firmware and PS3 along with the Wii keep adding new features, channels, etc. Could it be that the Netflix software needs more space than what is currently available so that a disc is the only practical solution?
when the consoles were released there was some forward thinking to add features, but it seems feature creep is outpacing the hardware yet again
i'm a DBA and i love it when i see queries that make your head hurt. i see it from our devs and online where people write some elegant and complex code to show off. the same thing can be done by an intern writing simpler code to execute something in a few steps rather than in 1 step. and it's a lot easier to debug more smaller steps than a stored procedure that calls 10 other stored procedures and each one of those calls a few more down the line
i'll take that over 1989 - 1992 when i went to high school. we were told the US was screwed, the japaneese were taking over, and we would never be able to find a job. for all the good memories of the 1990's, i don't think it was as good as people remember. high interest rates, higher average unemployment than this decade, crappy RE market made it hard to sell property.
almost every hotel room i've been in has a limit of people who can stay before they charge you extra. reason is they budgeted a portion of the money you pay for utilities like water and electricity. if you bring potential customers than they are losing money
AVN holds the porn convention at the same time in vegas. do they have the same rules about not working in your rooms? maybe the demo was a rogue AVN guest and not CES?
this should be a YRO article
i peaked at 250 some DVDs before selling off my collection almost 10 years ago. got to the point where i would watch a lot of the movies only once or twice a year at most.
today with my 10 mbps cable internet ( i run speed tests and my cheapo time warner cable ranges 8 - 15 mbps depending on the time and day) and my 32GB iphone and laptops with 320GB hard drives i want to watch it anywhere and don't want to carry anything around and don't want to pay for things to own i may only watch or listen to once a year. i'd rather pay $20 a month and watch and listen to whatever i want when i want and where i want
i thought i read something this weekend on engadget that Disney is joining DECE and calling it Keychest or something like that
Apple, everyone knows they live in their own world
more like MS completely destroyed the #1 internet brand of the 1990's
what is the point of your own domain name? i've seen plenty of good IT people who almost technologically illiterate in some areas. most of our devs don't know a single thing about administration of systems
iphone only became usable with the 3G and 3GS added business features
the original iphone only had a real browser while packing less features than cheaper cell phones
among geeks and film buffs. normal people don't have an interest in a 30 year old sci-fi movie
unless you're using SBS, most organizations will only run Exchange or SQL or one major app on a server. on our servers we're running the HP software and SQL on our database servers. we even put all the third party database drivers on a separate server so as not to cause any potential issues.
and what exactly is the point of having RAM go unused?
the 3GS can handle encryption and if you have exchange 2007 SP1 you can force the phone to encrypt the data which means any pre-3GS devices won't work
and google probably has an email system where everything is stored in Gmail in the cloud. for the rest of us, we have exchange and people store a lot of data on phones
4GB vs 16GB or 32GB storage
by the time you add more storage to the N1 it's more expensive. and it pretty much locked down to T-Mo since it can't use AT&T's 3G frequencies. and T-Mo sucks. and with all the corporate/work related apps in the app store Google's limit on the number of apps is dumb.
did you really think all those dumb unboxing youtube videos of the Pre and other cell phones where they don't show anything weren't official marketing? if it really was someone who stole a copy then they would show off every feature on the internet so all the internet peoplez would think they are cool
but i want a $200 phone and the cheaper plan price
Google wants $530 for their phone, you can't play with it in a store to see how it is and the website in typical Google fashion has a bare minimum of information. i can see the fanboys buying these, but the general public wants to see what they are buying first.
i have a 32GB iphone and i range from 2GB to 4GB worth of applications. the GPS apps are 1.5GB since they download all data. google like RIM and Danger are into this cloud thing where you're not allowed to have any data on your device. some of the games are hundreds of MB. on android you can code to store app data on the SD card, but then that means more dev time.
people laugh at the iphone but in the 125,000 apps there are literally thousands of apps for professionals on the go including VMWare management and access to expensive commercial databases to look up data wherever you are. For now Android is a toy while the iphone is well ahead as a tool to get work done
while visiting the in-laws i actually thought about buying some cartoons on iTunes since they don't have a DVR and my son needed his Dora, Oso and Little Einsteins. This is more like an open encryption standard for online purchases than increasing DRM. of course Apple won't support it so anything you buy from itunes will only play on apple hardware/software. for everything else you will just buy a commodity box like a Roku and buy the content from anywhere on the internet and take it with you
a "computer" where you can run only applications personally approved by Him. if you jailbreak this baby then he sends the Apple stormtroopers to shoot you. the iphone dev team will be
i can see this for medical and some other professions, but who is going to pay all this money to read magazines and newspapers if you believe the rumors of content deals being done? only reason people paid for physical news media is that it was cheap. the ads sustained the business model. the elite print media gave up the advertising market to Google, AdMob and others and are now thinking people will pay to read their digital rags. idiots should have bought out some of the ad companies. even now the online versions of print magazines use other ad networks for ads.
the kindle is a success because i can read the news for free online, not books.
they probably have a special deal with Netflix where they get dev support. it's like YouTube only allows API access if you pay them a lot of money