Apple licensed 1-click in 2000 so they could launch iTunes unfettered. Judging that they turned that into the #3 music retailer online or offline (and with less overhead than their offline counterparts), I'd say their licensing of the Amazon patent turned out to be a smart idea. Hindsight 20-20 and all.
Two weeks ago Apple turned a $60m Burst.com lawsuit jackpot into chump change, and they get access to Burst's patent portfolio for what amounts to $5m. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, I'm just sayin'.
You can read the patents in question here. It's an interesting suit -- I can't tell if Klausner has legitimate patents or not, but just because Vonage and AOL rolled over, it doesn't mean that Apple will (disclaimer: my blog link), especially not at those prices.
That high of damages makes me think they want Apple to settle. But that high of damages also makes me think Apple would rather invalidate their patents than settle.
Yeah, it's not like it's a big project or anything, you just have to rewrite everything in assembly. x86 emulators are all the rage for portable devices nowadays anyway, it gives battery life a big jolt.
You're totally right -- PalmOS will be replaced by a Linux OS made directly by Palm. That's not the one that was made by the Access Linux Project, which appears to be dead in the water (for the North American continent anyway). If Palm's new Linux OS is as good as Trolltech's QTopia, things will be very, very good for Palm.
Syncing conduits, to be fair, suck on all platforms. I generally think of Palm conduits as the worst, but Apple's Sync Services and Microsoft's ActiveSync aren't exactly winners either -- they just look newer than Palm Desktop. I have had suspiciously similar problems with all of them. My hope is that Palm Desktop dies first.
WRT the iPhone sucking: it probably will suck a lot less than dumbphones, and it will probably raise the bar for smartphone interfaces in general too, which is why there's so much hype about it -- smartphone software interfaces currently suck, and quite a bit. It will be a market success even if only fanbois get it.
They have improved dramatically since last you checked. I had fluorescent bulbs in my room in high-school, they took 10 seconds to light up. The CFL bulbs light up in under half a second. There indeed are dimmable units as well.
Most of the lights in my house are CFLs now. My furnace is much more efficient at heating the house than light bulbs, and I certainly don't miss all the heat in summer.
The weird thing is, for all of the house guests we've had, I don't think that anyone has ever noticed or said anything.
does anyone else just stop reading whenever there is a comment about how iTunes/etc sucks, and they hit the word "ogg"?
I should but I always end up reading it through, in case they say something about FLAC too. Part of me wonders what makes ogg worth the trouble -- I've never used it.
Good luck dragging the guild away from Warcraft. It's not going to happen without a Mac port. Too bad, your game sounds fun and my group is a big fan of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying -- I could stand to kill some more Slaanesh.
not going to happen. That basically puts apple in the unfortunate position of competing with Dell on even terms, which Apple is not going to do -- software is one of their cash cows, along with iTunes. They would stand to lose that revenue stream if they do what you think they do.
Also, Microsoft has free reign to copy since the 90s lawsuit, and vice versa.
How can you predict continued growth when the market changed in the past month with the conclusion of the lawsuit?
Well, Palm diversified their smartphone market. Before January, they were just selling Palm OS PDAs that were phones. Now, they're also selling Windows Mobile 5 PDAs that are phones as well. So you can buy from Palm regardless of which OS you wanted to run. With the ACCESS Linux platform, I imagine you'll have an additional option in the next year or so.
Also, you can't install any applications on a blackberry. There is always that...
The 700 is doing quite well -- Palm stepped in to a new market with it; it's not really much of a comptetitor to the other Palm OS 5 based Treos. Worse screen, better bluetooth, better camera, faster internet. There were a lot of folks with iPaqs and the like, and a lot of them are moving to the 700w. Rest assured, the traction is quite good for the device.
T-Mobile used to carry the Treo 600, I think they switched to just Blackberries so as not to confuse their customers. I use T-Mobile quite happily, but T-Mobile's selection of phones is... lackluster. Just because T-Mobile doesn't carry a phone, it doesn't mean it's a ginormous stumbling block for the company. For example, T-Mobile (in the U.S., anyway) doesn't offer Sony Ericsson phones anymore, either.
Also, since T-Mobile is a GSM company, you can use pretty much any GSM phone you want, just make sure you get it unlocked.
Interestingly, the last time I called T-Mobile and asked if they'd be carrying the Treo, the rep started talking desperately to get a blackberry or one of the newer smartphones they had coming out. My prediction is that T-Mobile will start carrying the Treo again; all of their U.S. competitors do, after all.
you could always skip the stories and read the posts just to confirm that he's still wrong 90% of the time. Don't get mad, I'm just being real. After all, this is slashdot. I'm frankly surprised no one has written code to make all of the hyperlinks on a story submission disappear.
just to get you thinking, they could always make an unlocked gsm version of it. I'm guessing it would sell like hotcakes everywhere in the world, except areas where CDMA networks are number 1. Like, say, the U.S., unless you're on T-Mobile or Cingular.
BSD is UNIX. Just because they don't pony up for the licensing fee to call it UNIX, it doesn't mean it isn't UNIX. Darwin, the base of OSX, is open source, and it's been running on Intel since they released it. That's also UNIX, though Apple hasn't paid the fees to call it UNIX.
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It wasn't invented at canonical from what i can tell from TFA.
my guess is that he meant windows mobile.
Apple licensed 1-click in 2000 so they could launch iTunes unfettered. Judging that they turned that into the #3 music retailer online or offline (and with less overhead than their offline counterparts), I'd say their licensing of the Amazon patent turned out to be a smart idea. Hindsight 20-20 and all.
Two weeks ago Apple turned a $60m Burst.com lawsuit jackpot into chump change, and they get access to Burst's patent portfolio for what amounts to $5m. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, I'm just sayin'.
doh, read the patents in question here.
You can read the patents in question here. It's an interesting suit -- I can't tell if Klausner has legitimate patents or not, but just because Vonage and AOL rolled over, it doesn't mean that Apple will (disclaimer: my blog link), especially not at those prices.
That high of damages makes me think they want Apple to settle. But that high of damages also makes me think Apple would rather invalidate their patents than settle.
Yeah, it's not like it's a big project or anything, you just have to rewrite everything in assembly. x86 emulators are all the rage for portable devices nowadays anyway, it gives battery life a big jolt.
No, it's not bias. It's not tagged such because the suckiness of Leopard's firewall is in dispute.
Heyo!
I want something exactly like this but with wi-fi that I can use as a simple home router and lightweight home/web server. Any ideas?
You're totally right -- PalmOS will be replaced by a Linux OS made directly by Palm. That's not the one that was made by the Access Linux Project, which appears to be dead in the water (for the North American continent anyway). If Palm's new Linux OS is as good as Trolltech's QTopia, things will be very, very good for Palm.
Syncing conduits, to be fair, suck on all platforms. I generally think of Palm conduits as the worst, but Apple's Sync Services and Microsoft's ActiveSync aren't exactly winners either -- they just look newer than Palm Desktop. I have had suspiciously similar problems with all of them. My hope is that Palm Desktop dies first.
WRT the iPhone sucking: it probably will suck a lot less than dumbphones, and it will probably raise the bar for smartphone interfaces in general too, which is why there's so much hype about it -- smartphone software interfaces currently suck, and quite a bit. It will be a market success even if only fanbois get it.
They have improved dramatically since last you checked. I had fluorescent bulbs in my room in high-school, they took 10 seconds to light up. The CFL bulbs light up in under half a second. There indeed are dimmable units as well.
Most of the lights in my house are CFLs now. My furnace is much more efficient at heating the house than light bulbs, and I certainly don't miss all the heat in summer.
The weird thing is, for all of the house guests we've had, I don't think that anyone has ever noticed or said anything.
Good luck dragging the guild away from Warcraft. It's not going to happen without a Mac port. Too bad, your game sounds fun and my group is a big fan of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying -- I could stand to kill some more Slaanesh.
Don't worry, you probably haven't installed any viruses, trojans, or other assorted malware yet. /joke
not going to happen. That basically puts apple in the unfortunate position of competing with Dell on even terms, which Apple is not going to do -- software is one of their cash cows, along with iTunes. They would stand to lose that revenue stream if they do what you think they do.
Also, Microsoft has free reign to copy since the 90s lawsuit, and vice versa.
you can find it here:
digg.com.
There was talk of the good Doctor in the study answering questions in the comments.
How can you predict continued growth when the market changed in the past month with the conclusion of the lawsuit?
Well, Palm diversified their smartphone market. Before January, they were just selling Palm OS PDAs that were phones. Now, they're also selling Windows Mobile 5 PDAs that are phones as well. So you can buy from Palm regardless of which OS you wanted to run. With the ACCESS Linux platform, I imagine you'll have an additional option in the next year or so. Also, you can't install any applications on a blackberry. There is always that...
Yes, PalmOS was bought by a company called ACCESS; they've announced the new Linux-based OS version.
You can read about it here: Access Linux Platform.
The 700 is doing quite well -- Palm stepped in to a new market with it; it's not really much of a comptetitor to the other Palm OS 5 based Treos. Worse screen, better bluetooth, better camera, faster internet. There were a lot of folks with iPaqs and the like, and a lot of them are moving to the 700w. Rest assured, the traction is quite good for the device.
T-Mobile used to carry the Treo 600, I think they switched to just Blackberries so as not to confuse their customers. I use T-Mobile quite happily, but T-Mobile's selection of phones is... lackluster. Just because T-Mobile doesn't carry a phone, it doesn't mean it's a ginormous stumbling block for the company. For example, T-Mobile (in the U.S., anyway) doesn't offer Sony Ericsson phones anymore, either.
Also, since T-Mobile is a GSM company, you can use pretty much any GSM phone you want, just make sure you get it unlocked.
Interestingly, the last time I called T-Mobile and asked if they'd be carrying the Treo, the rep started talking desperately to get a blackberry or one of the newer smartphones they had coming out. My prediction is that T-Mobile will start carrying the Treo again; all of their U.S. competitors do, after all.
"Too many notes" is the line you're thinking of.
you could always skip the stories and read the posts just to confirm that he's still wrong 90% of the time. Don't get mad, I'm just being real. After all, this is slashdot. I'm frankly surprised no one has written code to make all of the hyperlinks on a story submission disappear.
if he spent 1400 hours chasing chicks, odds are decent that he'd be pretty good at it and would have caught one somewhere.
It worked for me, anyway, and it usually takes way less than 1400 hours.
just to get you thinking, they could always make an unlocked gsm version of it. I'm guessing it would sell like hotcakes everywhere in the world, except areas where CDMA networks are number 1. Like, say, the U.S., unless you're on T-Mobile or Cingular.
BSD is UNIX. Just because they don't pony up for the licensing fee to call it UNIX, it doesn't mean it isn't UNIX. Darwin, the base of OSX, is open source, and it's been running on Intel since they released it. That's also UNIX, though Apple hasn't paid the fees to call it UNIX.
it is also better than free insultory food and drinks. unless it's Frylock and Shake from Aqua Teen.