The idea of shared data/voice/cellular usage is a good one for consumers, but probably not so much for cell companies who want to maximize the incoming money. And how much do the various governments get taxwise on a per device basis? I'm sure they wouldn't like to lose that. Good idea though, and isn't that some of the thinking behind moving sim cards from device to device?
There is some noise that Apple's datacenters are to provide exactly the kind of music service you suggest. Who knows if it is true or not.
Interesting idea about using more obscure examples of a genre. Problem is, suppose I know Clapton, but not Peter Green? How would I make that jump starting with Peter Green?
BTW, Clapton without coke is like Miles Davis sans heroin.
Imagine if they teamed up with Apple and you could get Pandora on your Ipod - then if you come across a song you really dig you can buy it instantly from within the Ipod interface, for example.
Just opened the Pandora app on my iPhone... Click button, and song page opens in iTMS for purchase (while the song continues playing in background, haters). So, yeah, already doing this with no teaming beyond submitting an app to the store.
Some of your other ideas (international use) are interesting.
Biggest problem with replacing car stereo is the onerous cost of cellular data plans from most US carriers.
Dear God those are shitty photos. This long in business and Engadget doesn't know how to use a flash?
But you are right in that anyone can use a PDMI connector. Maybe by pushing it on this device, we get the chicken/egg question answered? And won't the micro-USB have to stick around, at least on the phone, given the EU's choice of that as a standard plug?
I hope you learn your lesson: never, ever recommends hardware that you did not use. Especially to someone of the opposite sex.
I might recommend a Hitachi Wonderwand, but no way in hell am I using one. Given my biology, I'm not even sure how I would... (And no, I don't need a link to a Rule 34 explanation of how a guy would use one.)
If you didn't already know, ICANN is under contract to the United States government. So Obama's policy would effectively globalize the approval of new TLDs, in effect giving the US less power.
Oh my God! New world order! The Caliphate! International Jewry!
Clever way of calling iPhone users idiots who couldn't possibly find utility in a particular device. Kudos on the subtle troll. Much better than comparing Jobs to the Pope. Or to Job.
So get a USB or BT keyboard and ssh into some place with an install of emacs. With the time you no longer spend bitching on the internet, you should be able to cure cancer and bring peace to the middle east.
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"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good"
That's not a clod, it's an iRoadApple.
I'm a loner Dottie, a Rebel.
And a pervert, but who's keeping track?
Except, you know, if you read the summary, it's not your phone; it is your employer's phone.
The idea of shared data/voice/cellular usage is a good one for consumers, but probably not so much for cell companies who want to maximize the incoming money. And how much do the various governments get taxwise on a per device basis? I'm sure they wouldn't like to lose that. Good idea though, and isn't that some of the thinking behind moving sim cards from device to device?
There is some noise that Apple's datacenters are to provide exactly the kind of music service you suggest. Who knows if it is true or not.
Because it's all a damned joke. The only options are to laugh or to cry. The former is easier.
This is a horrible idea. Why would anybody outside of RIM bother to write apps for Blackberry if this happens?
Steve somebody or other made a very similar observation regarding some bit of tech a while back...
And Joni wrote "Woodstock".
Interesting idea about using more obscure examples of a genre. Problem is, suppose I know Clapton, but not Peter Green? How would I make that jump starting with Peter Green?
BTW, Clapton without coke is like Miles Davis sans heroin.
I'm curious, if you have these kinds of issues with small companies that go public, why are you here?
Because Taco was a jackass even before he sold out, so... big whoop.
Imagine if they teamed up with Apple and you could get Pandora on your Ipod - then if you come across a song you really dig you can buy it instantly from within the Ipod interface, for example.
Just opened the Pandora app on my iPhone... Click button, and song page opens in iTMS for purchase (while the song continues playing in background, haters). So, yeah, already doing this with no teaming beyond submitting an app to the store.
Some of your other ideas (international use) are interesting.
Biggest problem with replacing car stereo is the onerous cost of cellular data plans from most US carriers.
Seriously, HP tends to get a lot of crap, but this is pretty awesome. I hope they can keep this up.
I know my opinion of HP just went up.
After the reign of Fiorina, was there anywhere else for it to go?
Of everyone who posted their fancy choice of directory structure *nobody* told us where they keep their ~/.pr0n
Well, obviously that is the name of the root directory under which these other structures appear. Weird bit of obfuscation, but, whatever.
The PDMI issue brings to mind the old saw: the best thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.
Dear God those are shitty photos. This long in business and Engadget doesn't know how to use a flash?
But you are right in that anyone can use a PDMI connector. Maybe by pushing it on this device, we get the chicken/egg question answered? And won't the micro-USB have to stick around, at least on the phone, given the EU's choice of that as a standard plug?
I hope you learn your lesson: never, ever recommends hardware that you did not use. Especially to someone of the opposite sex.
I might recommend a Hitachi Wonderwand, but no way in hell am I using one. Given my biology, I'm not even sure how I would... (And no, I don't need a link to a Rule 34 explanation of how a guy would use one.)
Is it Ttuesday already?
If you didn't already know, ICANN is under contract to the United States government. So Obama's policy would effectively globalize the approval of new TLDs, in effect giving the US less power.
Oh my God! New world order! The Caliphate! International Jewry!
Pyschos always have a response.
Clever way of calling iPhone users idiots who couldn't possibly find utility in a particular device. Kudos on the subtle troll. Much better than comparing Jobs to the Pope. Or to Job.
Any guesses on how long before we see an Church of Satan app. I look forward to confessing the sins of the Slashdot editors.
It's for iPhones. To listern to the detractors, the OS itself is a Church of Satan app.
Somebody mod this troll insightful!
Why stop now? They've been doing it for more than a decade.
So get a USB or BT keyboard and ssh into some place with an install of emacs. With the time you no longer spend bitching on the internet, you should be able to cure cancer and bring peace to the middle east.
Yes, because people always act exactly according to their national stereotypes.
Moron.
It's called playing the odds.
Moron.
Bravo! +1
I myself couldn't agree more, here's one for the misogynists!
Spoken by someone most likely never subjected to the tender mercies of the divorce industry.
Women say and do stupid things when not kept in check by a cock...
Roissy, is that you?