They all use the camera, so they're not that great in low-light conditions, but there's a whole bunch of them in the store. But what would you use the barcode scanner for? That may affect the apps' usefulness.
The only solution I can see if MS means to seriously compete in this market is to make the hard decision to run at a loss...
Nice idea, but good luck with that. Unlike Apple and RIM, Microsoft doesn't make, and therefore price, the phones. All they can hope for is that there's a "race to the bottom" on pricing... and like with PCs, they may end up triggering that. (Say hello to cheap phones that break after a few months.)
The whole census fiasco was an custom-engineered crisis. Who knows what the hell Harper was trying to accomplish with it, but he likely succeeded. As a bonus for him, it's in the public mind now, so it's a can of worms that can't easily be closed. Even if a new government comes in and tries to undo it, the right wing rabble will still foul the census in protest.
Ah, the old "Macs are for babies" argument. The one that originated in the '80s, when the "superior" PC crowd was still convinced that the command line was the one, true way of computing.
I'd say that argument lost any remaining validity when Windows XP came out with its Fisher Price default GUI.
"Microsoft's pitch will be that these slates will be sanctioned by corporate IT departments, enabling customers to use them at work and at home."
Lovely.
I translate that as "We can't sell these things on their own merit, so we'll just convince / bribe / put pressure on our corporate partners to disallow anything else." Like a command from the Vatican.
Oh, a bonus result: Ten years from now the Windows 7 Tablet will be an IT albatross just like IE6.
DAB launched in Canada several years ago. Every radio station participating, which was virtually all of them in Toronto from what I remember, filled the airwaves with ads promoting how amazing it was. I was pretty excited about it.
There was one problem, however: You couldn't buy a damn receiver for it.
They had a couple of lousy ones at Radio Shack, and DAB car decks were virtually nonexistent. It was doomed to failure, and it indeed failed. I don't know a single person who ever even had a chance to listen to it. I'm not even certain if they're still broadcasting it. (Probably not.)
The lack of DAB hardware probably has to do with Canada's relation to the US electronics market. The US had no plans for DAB, since it uses their military frequencies, and since Canada, I guess, wasn't a big enough market on its own, the major electronics companies didn't figure it was worth going through the approval process and marketing DAB equipment just for Canada.
An individual comes into an unauthorized posession of a development prototype. Apple politely asks said invidividual to return their property. Individual responds dickishly. Apple involves the authorities.
Replace a few words, and there's plenty of story. What makes Nokia so different?
I recently picked-up a Nokia 5800 because it was a good price, I didn't need to get locked into a long contract (this is Canada), and I got an unusually cheap unlimited mobile data plan for it. (Money's tight.)
As a smart phone, yes, it's laughable how few apps are available for it, and I still have iPhone/Android envy... but it does the job well enough for me without breaking the bank.
The closest thing I can think of is Nintendo's Virtual Boy.
They distanced themselves from that real quick, and reassigned its creator (the same guy who created the wildly successful GameBoy) to a shamefully meaningless position from which he resigned.
My car is not a billboard. It's my property, and one could say an extension of myself. I refuse to even have those tacky dealership frames around my plates. Why in the world would I want to have an electronic sign on it?
Even if I were forced into it, do I get to choose the ads? If I hate Pepsi, I'd hate to have a Pepsi ad randomly show up on the back of my car.
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d) Nasty laptop keys vs. Model M... you decide.
Nasty laptop keys, thank you.
If my laptop had Model M keys, my girlfriend would never let me use it in the bedroom.
As a South African, I wholeheartedly support anything that annoys the opposition.
Just don't expect "the opposition" to bring their shows to your country anytime soon. No FIFA, no Olympics, no big international events of any type. They're all gonna watch at these broadcasts, listen to the worldwide complaints, and mark "don't broadcast events from here" with an arrow pointing to South Africa on their maps of the world.
They used to play the video for that on Much Music in Canada all the time, so I guess you could say it was basically main-stream up here.
You're forgetting one thing: Back then Much wasn't the rigidly-programmed corporate hellhole it is now. VJs were allowed all kinds of freedom, and the station was run by people who knew how to have fun. That's how Moses Znaimer wanted it. Remember: They let Weird Al completely take over the station on 3 occasions.
Then CHUM's influence grew, Moses was forced out, it got somewhat dull, and when CTV purchased Much it passed way beyond the realm of banal, essentially copy-pasting MTV's current playbook.
The post should be "Funny", not "Informative". Rogers has had 3G for a few years now. It's only Bell and Telus that have recently adopted it, and that's because they switched over their whole network away from CDMA. I regularly get "3.5G" in and around the city, as well.
Rogers had planned on covering Vancouver with 4G/LTE for the Olympics, but that appears not to have worked out.
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There's app for that.
They all use the camera, so they're not that great in low-light conditions, but there's a whole bunch of them in the store. But what would you use the barcode scanner for? That may affect the apps' usefulness.
Second billng: 5 megapixel camera
for the enterprise user who needs to capture those precious spontaneous moments?
Have you ever needed to take a photo of something on-site and send it to a client or someone back at the office? I have. It's a useful feature.
The only solution I can see if MS means to seriously compete in this market is to make the hard decision to run at a loss...
Nice idea, but good luck with that. Unlike Apple and RIM, Microsoft doesn't make, and therefore price, the phones. All they can hope for is that there's a "race to the bottom" on pricing... and like with PCs, they may end up triggering that. (Say hello to cheap phones that break after a few months.)
"When you have ideology who needs facts?"
Your opposition.
The whole census fiasco was an custom-engineered crisis. Who knows what the hell Harper was trying to accomplish with it, but he likely succeeded. As a bonus for him, it's in the public mind now, so it's a can of worms that can't easily be closed. Even if a new government comes in and tries to undo it, the right wing rabble will still foul the census in protest.
Did you try using more than one window? Or did you run everything maximized?
For those who don't know, the guide to school in America and England:
America - England
Math - Maths
Science - Sciences
Art - Arts
Gym - Gyms
Lunch - Lunches
Recess - Recesses
Detention - Detentions
Ah, the old "Macs are for babies" argument. The one that originated in the '80s, when the "superior" PC crowd was still convinced that the command line was the one, true way of computing.
I'd say that argument lost any remaining validity when Windows XP came out with its Fisher Price default GUI.
...just the size of Montreal.
Get a smartphone. Even the most budget models have e-mail access.
No, it just means space isn't actually fun anymore, it's all serious and "realistic" now.
"Jäger" is German for "Hunter".
Once again we're treading into the territory: Can you be sued for using a word?
If they know someone's on their case, they'll just get spooked and get rid of the evidence.
"Microsoft's pitch will be that these slates will be sanctioned by corporate IT departments, enabling customers to use them at work and at home."
Lovely.
I translate that as "We can't sell these things on their own merit, so we'll just convince / bribe / put pressure on our corporate partners to disallow anything else." Like a command from the Vatican.
Oh, a bonus result: Ten years from now the Windows 7 Tablet will be an IT albatross just like IE6.
DAB launched in Canada several years ago. Every radio station participating, which was virtually all of them in Toronto from what I remember, filled the airwaves with ads promoting how amazing it was. I was pretty excited about it.
There was one problem, however: You couldn't buy a damn receiver for it.
They had a couple of lousy ones at Radio Shack, and DAB car decks were virtually nonexistent. It was doomed to failure, and it indeed failed. I don't know a single person who ever even had a chance to listen to it. I'm not even certain if they're still broadcasting it. (Probably not.)
The lack of DAB hardware probably has to do with Canada's relation to the US electronics market. The US had no plans for DAB, since it uses their military frequencies, and since Canada, I guess, wasn't a big enough market on its own, the major electronics companies didn't figure it was worth going through the approval process and marketing DAB equipment just for Canada.
Oh well, S60 Internet Radio, in a version for v5, not proper/good enough?
If it's not available for my phone, which it isn't (I've checked several times), I don't think it qualifies as "proper" or "good enough".
An individual comes into an unauthorized posession of a development prototype.
Apple politely asks said invidividual to return their property.
Individual responds dickishly.
Apple involves the authorities.
Replace a few words, and there's plenty of story. What makes Nokia so different?
Specifically, a proper internet radio app. Even older Nokia phones have an internet radio tuner.
There's a few station-specific apps, but that's it.
I recently picked-up a Nokia 5800 because it was a good price, I didn't need to get locked into a long contract (this is Canada), and I got an unusually cheap unlimited mobile data plan for it. (Money's tight.)
As a smart phone, yes, it's laughable how few apps are available for it, and I still have iPhone/Android envy... but it does the job well enough for me without breaking the bank.
The closest thing I can think of is Nintendo's Virtual Boy.
They distanced themselves from that real quick, and reassigned its creator (the same guy who created the wildly successful GameBoy) to a shamefully meaningless position from which he resigned.
My car is not a billboard. It's my property, and one could say an extension of myself. I refuse to even have those tacky dealership frames around my plates. Why in the world would I want to have an electronic sign on it?
Even if I were forced into it, do I get to choose the ads? If I hate Pepsi, I'd hate to have a Pepsi ad randomly show up on the back of my car.
d) Nasty laptop keys vs. Model M ... you decide.
Nasty laptop keys, thank you.
If my laptop had Model M keys, my girlfriend would never let me use it in the bedroom.
As a South African, I wholeheartedly support anything that annoys the opposition.
Just don't expect "the opposition" to bring their shows to your country anytime soon. No FIFA, no Olympics, no big international events of any type. They're all gonna watch at these broadcasts, listen to the worldwide complaints, and mark "don't broadcast events from here" with an arrow pointing to South Africa on their maps of the world.
They used to play the video for that on Much Music in Canada all the time, so I guess you could say it was basically main-stream up here.
You're forgetting one thing: Back then Much wasn't the rigidly-programmed corporate hellhole it is now. VJs were allowed all kinds of freedom, and the station was run by people who knew how to have fun. That's how Moses Znaimer wanted it. Remember: They let Weird Al completely take over the station on 3 occasions.
Then CHUM's influence grew, Moses was forced out, it got somewhat dull, and when CTV purchased Much it passed way beyond the realm of banal, essentially copy-pasting MTV's current playbook.
The post should be "Funny", not "Informative". Rogers has had 3G for a few years now. It's only Bell and Telus that have recently adopted it, and that's because they switched over their whole network away from CDMA. I regularly get "3.5G" in and around the city, as well.
Rogers had planned on covering Vancouver with 4G/LTE for the Olympics, but that appears not to have worked out.