Nokia has already ported Apache to their S60 phones. It works quite well, although you need to use some redirecting proxy for incoming connections because of the way the mobile network works.
On the other hand they have captured a surprisingly large share of the revenue, but only because the iPhone is a high margin product and they don't compete in the high volume area.
All current Nokia S60 phones support offline usage of Nokia Maps application. Just download to the phone any of the regions you want beforehand and no network connection needed.
That still doesn't change the fact that this is a USian forum and comments are intended to be read by US audiences. General sums should be in US units and currency, decimals should be defined with a period, etc. It's no different than a US magazine like Vogue. Vogue is probably read by people all over the world, but it is written from the standpoint of USian authors directed toward USian readers, no qualification for the sake of international correctness will be present.
And I guess since you are running Slashdot you are the authoritative source for this knowledge.
We investigated one here in Finland when we built our house four years ago. They were starting to become very popular about that time since electricity prices just keep going up.
But in any event we were advised not to go that way since the investment would be too large for a house our size (total room area of 130 sq metres).
So we have a air exchange system that heats the incoming air using the outgoing air. It is mandatory in Finland that all new houses have a total air exchange approximately every two hours, so the HVAC system uses the waste heat to both heat the air and any excess heats water (for example extra heat from the bathrooms, sauna or fireplace). The system provides hot water for the underfloor heating as well. That should cut the total power consumption for heating by about 30%.
You do realize that MS actually does audit their code don't you?
Where did you think all the changes for XP SP2 came from and why Vista took so long. Most of the time was spent refactoring and auditing the code. Plus they wrote a whole bunch of tools to do static analysis and security testing.
Have you ever seen their commit procedures? They have the sort of procedures (including full code reviews) that most of us can only dream of. In fact their processes are so heavy many of the developers complain that it is too much work.
Sounds like the Foleo is FAR more capable than your powerbook for business travelers, you know people who already have treo's, blackberry's etc.
You mean for the tiny fraction of users in the US who already have a Treo. I hate to break it to you, but no-one else in the world uses them. The rest of the world uses Nokia S60 based smartphones. So Palm have just limited them to a small percent of a small market.
Have a look at the latest Nokia E90 Communicator and tell me again why I would possibly want this?
If people can't handle a S60 phone they should get a S40 based model instead. Its not like they are being forced to buy them. That makes about as much sense as saying that Apple forced you to buy that iPod.
I don't understand why there is always this whinging about phones on Slashdot. All companies make models ranging in capability from the plain old B&W screen ones to the full "multimedia devices". If you can't get the low end models from your operator then maybe you should switch to another one or buy the phone you want at full retail. Jeez, get over it already!
One important point that all you table users are missing is that NOT ALL PEOPLE ARE USING A PC!
Within the next few years most of the world's population will be getting their internet access through their mobile phone. Try reading your table layout on a device with QVGA resolution or less and see if you still like tables.
At least a well designed CSS site will degrade gracefully.
Why does everyone have to keep reinventing the wheel. Or is it just another case of NIH?
SyncML has been a standard syncronisation protocol now for several years, and it is even XML based. But MS has consistantly ignored it from what I can see.
I have had accounts at two different banks in Finland and in both cases I have had TFA (well three if you count the user ID).
To get at my bank account I have to enter my numerical user ID and PIN. That gets me access to view the account. But to actually do anything I have to enter a third number in response to a numerical challange.
The bank issues a small look-up table on a plastic card or piece of paper. You look up the given challenge number on the card and enter the value in the second column. So effectively you have a one time pad. Simple as hell and quite secure (unless you are a total moron and write your pin in the look-up card).
This was only an issue at the first generation of Bluetooth headsets when no third parties were producing them. Nokia made their phones to support the handsfree profile which had more features. Ericsson supported the headset profile. Hence their headsets wouldn't work with each others phones.
But nearly every headset produced now supports both headset and handsfree profiles and there are very vew problems. Although I guess the general advice now would be to get at least Bluetooth v1.2 products as these have better performance and audio quality.
Actually it is the same system in New Zealand and has been since the late 80's. I guess it just takes a while for the rest of the world to catch up:-).
But EFTPOS started as a debit card system (using ATM cards in the shops), I think that electronic use of credit cards didn't come till later.
And EFTPOS isn't so much a brand-name than an acrynom for "Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale".
But funnily enough, while in NZ we had been using our PIN numbers since the 80's, here in Europe (and Finland in particular) they still use signatures (everywhere except petrol stations for some reason).
I saw Attack of the Clones in digital and the difference between digital and normal 35mm project was astounding. The picture was rock solid and crystal clear, compared to a normal film that jumps around with all sorts of scratches and dust stuck to it.
If you look at the smart phone sales figures they are skyrocketing, only stand-alone PDA unit sales are dropping.
The Register has an article that counts both sales figures together and has a nice table of figures at the end. Nokia alone shipped 4,949,5590 units with PDA functionality in Q4 2004.
Damn, I wish I had my mod points today still:-(. So far you are the only one I have seen that gets the point of the whole EU case! Everyone else is still whinging about Media Player.
Forget about Media Player, it is all about the servers and encoders!
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Yeah, and it is a steaming pile of sh*t. Not enabling multitasking is just another stupid "Apple knows best" ploy. Don't buy the company line. Read this. Look, everyone, Multitasking does work after all! And has been doing so for a decade and a half!
Nokia has already ported Apache to their S60 phones. It works quite well, although you need to use some redirecting proxy for incoming connections because of the way the mobile network works.
Yes, but for very high values of those digits.
If you think 1% is high.
http://theappleblog.com/2009/01/30/apple-achieves-11-percent-market-share-what-next/
Apple is in absolutely no way the "third-largest mobile supplier in the world".
Not even close.
The top are: Nokia (40%), Samsung (14%), Motorola (14%), Sony Ericsson (9%) and LG (7%). Apple is well down in the single digits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone
On the other hand they have captured a surprisingly large share of the revenue, but only because the iPhone is a high margin product and they don't compete in the high volume area.
All current Nokia S60 phones support offline usage of Nokia Maps application. Just download to the phone any of the regions you want beforehand and no network connection needed.
Young Ones, Filthy Rich and Catflap, and Bottom.
Need I say more.
And what's even worse is it made me laugh.
Of course my little brothers nickname was Mr Humphries...
That still doesn't change the fact that this is a USian forum and comments are intended to be read by US audiences. General sums should be in US units and currency, decimals should be defined with a period, etc. It's no different than a US magazine like Vogue. Vogue is probably read by people all over the world, but it is written from the standpoint of USian authors directed toward USian readers, no qualification for the sake of international correctness will be present.
And I guess since you are running Slashdot you are the authoritative source for this knowledge.
I'm sure Cmdr Taco might say otherwise.
You must be new here...
I would guess that you have absolutely no idea how many non-US citizens are on Slashdot.
Of course, now that the US is nearly a third-world country, it is much easier for us Europeans to take over the world.
I don't know why everyone got excited when Apple went DRM-free, I've been buying DRM free MP3 singles from Amazon for over a year.
Everyone is missing an incredibly huge point with Amazon vs. iTunes.
Amazon is only in the US and maybe UK (if it is open there yet). iTunes is more or less global.
iTunes is the only DRM free solution available for most people world-wide.
We investigated one here in Finland when we built our house four years ago. They were starting to become very popular about that time since electricity prices just keep going up.
But in any event we were advised not to go that way since the investment would be too large for a house our size (total room area of 130 sq metres).
So we have a air exchange system that heats the incoming air using the outgoing air. It is mandatory in Finland that all new houses have a total air exchange approximately every two hours, so the HVAC system uses the waste heat to both heat the air and any excess heats water (for example extra heat from the bathrooms, sauna or fireplace). The system provides hot water for the underfloor heating as well. That should cut the total power consumption for heating by about 30%.
You do realize that MS actually does audit their code don't you?
Where did you think all the changes for XP SP2 came from and why Vista took so long. Most of the time was spent refactoring and auditing the code. Plus they wrote a whole bunch of tools to do static analysis and security testing.
Have you ever seen their commit procedures? They have the sort of procedures (including full code reviews) that most of us can only dream of. In fact their processes are so heavy many of the developers complain that it is too much work.
Try using the OpenC libraries instead. They provide a standard C and Posix layer for Symbian/S60. Or just use Python instead.
Maybe you should update your N95 firmware. Ever one I have seen with A-GPS gets a lock within 30 seconds.
You mean for the tiny fraction of users in the US who already have a Treo. I hate to break it to you, but no-one else in the world uses them. The rest of the world uses Nokia S60 based smartphones. So Palm have just limited them to a small percent of a small market.
Have a look at the latest Nokia E90 Communicator and tell me again why I would possibly want this?
Palm is dead, long live Palm...
If people can't handle a S60 phone they should get a S40 based model instead. Its not like they are being forced to buy them. That makes about as much sense as saying that Apple forced you to buy that iPod.
I don't understand why there is always this whinging about phones on Slashdot. All companies make models ranging in capability from the plain old B&W screen ones to the full "multimedia devices". If you can't get the low end models from your operator then maybe you should switch to another one or buy the phone you want at full retail. Jeez, get over it already!
One important point that all you table users are missing is that NOT ALL PEOPLE ARE USING A PC!
Within the next few years most of the world's population will be getting their internet access through their mobile phone. Try reading your table layout on a device with QVGA resolution or less and see if you still like tables.
At least a well designed CSS site will degrade gracefully.
Why does everyone have to keep reinventing the wheel. Or is it just another case of NIH?
/ syncml/syncmlindex.html
SyncML has been a standard syncronisation protocol now for several years, and it is even XML based. But MS has consistantly ignored it from what I can see.
http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/affiliates
I have had accounts at two different banks in Finland and in both cases I have had TFA (well three if you count the user ID).
To get at my bank account I have to enter my numerical user ID and PIN. That gets me access to view the account. But to actually do anything I have to enter a third number in response to a numerical challange.
The bank issues a small look-up table on a plastic card or piece of paper. You look up the given challenge number on the card and enter the value in the second column. So effectively you have a one time pad. Simple as hell and quite secure (unless you are a total moron and write your pin in the look-up card).
Close, but no cigar.
This was only an issue at the first generation of Bluetooth headsets when no third parties were producing them. Nokia made their phones to support the handsfree profile which had more features. Ericsson supported the headset profile. Hence their headsets wouldn't work with each others phones.
But nearly every headset produced now supports both headset and handsfree profiles and there are very vew problems. Although I guess the general advice now would be to get at least Bluetooth v1.2 products as these have better performance and audio quality.
Actually it is the same system in New Zealand and has been since the late 80's. I guess it just takes a while for the rest of the world to catch up :-).
But EFTPOS started as a debit card system (using ATM cards in the shops), I think that electronic use of credit cards didn't come till later.
And EFTPOS isn't so much a brand-name than an acrynom for "Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale".
But funnily enough, while in NZ we had been using our PIN numbers since the 80's, here in Europe (and Finland in particular) they still use signatures (everywhere except petrol stations for some reason).
Have you ever seen a digital projection?
I saw Attack of the Clones in digital and the difference between digital and normal 35mm project was astounding. The picture was rock solid and crystal clear, compared to a normal film that jumps around with all sorts of scratches and dust stuck to it.
It all depends where you are looking.
If you look at the smart phone sales figures they are skyrocketing, only stand-alone PDA unit sales are dropping.
The Register has an article that counts both sales figures together and has a nice table of figures at the end. Nokia alone shipped 4,949,5590 units with PDA functionality in Q4 2004.
Damn, I wish I had my mod points today still :-(. So far you are the only one I have seen that gets the point of the whole EU case! Everyone else is still whinging about Media Player.
Forget about Media Player, it is all about the servers and encoders!
Its always the exception that makes the rule :-).