The Z10 wont be available for sale in the USA until "sometime" in March. The CEO blamed this on the slow and methodical process US carriers use to verify new phones on their network, yet he failed to mention that the testing delay was actually because RIMM was so late in delivering production-final samples to the carriers.
The Z10 photo in the Gizmodo comparison just looks underexposed, so it's likely just a shortcoming in the software's exposure algorithm rather than a problem with the image sensor/camera. Should be easy to fix.
Kinda hard to get sales momentum going from today's rollout and upcoming Superbowl commercial when the phone wont be available to purchase for another month and a half.
They'll get some early and easy sales momentum from their installed base, which hasn't seen a new model in 18 months and hasn't seen innovation from RIMM in forever. Sustaining that momentum will require an incredible OS and lots of word of mouth. The timing is actually pretty good for them - iOS has lost its momentum, Android is doing well but also kind of staid, so people are looking for something new.
Ever wonder why some companies seem to constantly be involved in acquisitions and dispositions, esp. companies whose organic growth has slowed to zero? It's because acquisitions/dispositions are a great way to create cookie jar charge-offs to hide underperformance of a company's core business. Now you see it, now you don't.
The real purpose of the $100 fee to Zuckerberg is only to draw free press to Facebook's paid spam service, where they'll allow companies to send you unsolicited emails that bypass spam filters in exchange for a fee. Without the fee Facebook says those messages go into the the "other" folder; with the fee the messages will go directly to the inbox. It's reprehensible, and Facebook has the nerve to claim the purpose of the fee is to reduce spam. The real purpose is to eliminate free spam.
Kevin Systrom is just reiterating what the original ToS said but with evasive and redirected language. "We do not have plans..." Yeah, you don't have plans yet, you asshole.
They have some of the brightest software engineers/hackers in the world. They also have secret military forces that have popped up in other countries to selectively kill people they consider enemies to their state. Put two and two together...
If the disaster is big enough then there will likely be a police officers or paramedics on every block anyway, which is what you'd want the phones to be used for anyway. We don't need emergency payphones for non-critical use, including people calling home to tell their relatives that they're ok.
The experts at the NHC can't reliably forecast a given hurricane's strength 3 days in advance, even for the killer systems that undergo rapid intensification, a process which requires massive amounts of energy in a small and narrow zone of the atmosphere (read: should be easy to forecast from their spot atmospheric measurements but is not), yet armchair scientists can somehow surmise that a specific storm did what it did based on the sparse influences of a 100 year global warming weather pattern. It's beyond laughable.
And the reason why those avoidance strategies for the rich are "legal" is because some rich contingent paid off a lobbyist who in turn wrote some ridiculous exclusion into the tax code who then handed that pre-written "law" to a politician who was given a piece of the lobbyist's cut to attach that "law" as a ridiculous addendum to a an unrelated bill that got passed by other corrupt politicians who also sipped from the same money well. But sure, it's legal.
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They just might hack ./ in retaliation.
The Z10 wont be available for sale in the USA until "sometime" in March. The CEO blamed this on the slow and methodical process US carriers use to verify new phones on their network, yet he failed to mention that the testing delay was actually because RIMM was so late in delivering production-final samples to the carriers.
The Z10 photo in the Gizmodo comparison just looks underexposed, so it's likely just a shortcoming in the software's exposure algorithm rather than a problem with the image sensor/camera. Should be easy to fix.
Kinda hard to get sales momentum going from today's rollout and upcoming Superbowl commercial when the phone wont be available to purchase for another month and a half.
From the article: âoeWhen a bank can benefit financially from doing the wrong thing, it generally will,â
They'll get some early and easy sales momentum from their installed base, which hasn't seen a new model in 18 months and hasn't seen innovation from RIMM in forever. Sustaining that momentum will require an incredible OS and lots of word of mouth. The timing is actually pretty good for them - iOS has lost its momentum, Android is doing well but also kind of staid, so people are looking for something new.
I read previously that the charging system was already cleared, such as indicated in this article: http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2020230108_dreamlinerbattery28xml.html?prmid=4939
Ever wonder why some companies seem to constantly be involved in acquisitions and dispositions, esp. companies whose organic growth has slowed to zero? It's because acquisitions/dispositions are a great way to create cookie jar charge-offs to hide underperformance of a company's core business. Now you see it, now you don't.
This will make your day more horrible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq8wEpQXodw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissair_Flight_111
The real purpose of the $100 fee to Zuckerberg is only to draw free press to Facebook's paid spam service, where they'll allow companies to send you unsolicited emails that bypass spam filters in exchange for a fee. Without the fee Facebook says those messages go into the the "other" folder; with the fee the messages will go directly to the inbox. It's reprehensible, and Facebook has the nerve to claim the purpose of the fee is to reduce spam. The real purpose is to eliminate free spam.
Mauro's rationale for the change was valid even if the research behind it was lacking re: the backward compatibility issues it may create.
Upside though is that cars start without a battery as well :)
Kevin Systrom is just reiterating what the original ToS said but with evasive and redirected language. "We do not have plans..." Yeah, you don't have plans yet, you asshole.
The patent system is to supposed to protect ideas but what it does instead is protect monopolies and stifles creative destruction.
Was designed in Israel.
They have some of the brightest software engineers/hackers in the world. They also have secret military forces that have popped up in other countries to selectively kill people they consider enemies to their state. Put two and two together...
Does Google really think Apple would reject Google Maps, with all the negative publicity it would cause for Apple?
If the disaster is big enough then there will likely be a police officers or paramedics on every block anyway, which is what you'd want the phones to be used for anyway. We don't need emergency payphones for non-critical use, including people calling home to tell their relatives that they're ok.
The experts at the NHC can't reliably forecast a given hurricane's strength 3 days in advance, even for the killer systems that undergo rapid intensification, a process which requires massive amounts of energy in a small and narrow zone of the atmosphere (read: should be easy to forecast from their spot atmospheric measurements but is not), yet armchair scientists can somehow surmise that a specific storm did what it did based on the sparse influences of a 100 year global warming weather pattern. It's beyond laughable.
Along with higher resolution.
So long, it's been fun. Hope Google and Facebook aren't too far behind you.
And the reason why those avoidance strategies for the rich are "legal" is because some rich contingent paid off a lobbyist who in turn wrote some ridiculous exclusion into the tax code who then handed that pre-written "law" to a politician who was given a piece of the lobbyist's cut to attach that "law" as a ridiculous addendum to a an unrelated bill that got passed by other corrupt politicians who also sipped from the same money well. But sure, it's legal.
They should call it the Blackberry 12, since it'll be released one chapter after Chapter 11.