Wrong, you could install applications just fine on Windows Mobile and Palm OS without any authorization from anyone, Telco or manufacturer. Maybe even Blackberry.
The first iPhone didn't even have the app store on launch. So you couldn't install any application at all. How was that a huge move forward?
iTunes sync is probably the worst possible way to transfer music. It only worked on a single device and required a proprietary software. On any alternative MP3 player you could make your directories as you wanted and add or delete music files just as easily, but without iTunes. And you could do it on any PC with a USB port.
Who's talking about rooting? You can still install any unapproved application on Android without rooting. On iOS you are stuck in a walled garden. It doesn't define everything about the device but it's the major differentiator between iPhoneOS/iOS and everything before. They didn't invent the touch screen, they didn't invent the feature phone (the first iPhone was clearly not a smart phone, because you couldn't install any application).
No, the product was 100% transformative. It was completely different from any that came before it
True, it's the only smartphone on which you can't install an application unless approved by the phone manufacturer. Nobody had that idea before.
and it was copied by everyone who came after
Who copied that? Android, despite Google's control and locked bootloaders on some phones, is nowhere near as locked-down as the iPhone. Not sure about Windows Phone and Blackberry but they failed anyways.
The iPod was pretty much the only MP3 player on which you couldn't just drop a bunch of MP3 over USB mass storage and listen to them instantly. This (and iTunes) is enough for declaring it the worst MP3 player of all times.
This. This is what people don't understand with all these "messaging" solutions. Being able to reply from a PC is important. Why would I reply on a shitty smartphone when I sit in front of a PC with a real keyboard for hours every day?
A republic can be either a dictatorship or a democracy. A republic only means you are not a monarchy. Again, a monarchy can be either a democracy or a dictatorship.
They do lobby to change laws in their favor and they do get results in many jurisdictions. Of course during the process they ignore the law.
They are a lobbying company because they receive money from investors and use it to change taxi laws all over the world and hope they can get a monopoly on taxi service down the road.
That is the point of a democracy... Good thing our government wasn't designed to be one of those.
Either you are a democracy or a dictatorship.
The electoral college was designed to prevent an overwhelming popular vote from a minority of states electing the president without getting input from the less populous states. Seems to be working...
Nope, it doesn't. Clinton could have won with just 1-2 more states (say Texas and Florida).
They just wouldn't be in business. Uber is not a tech or a transportation company. They are a lobbying company. Their business case is to make sure they can operate in conditions more favorable than their competitors.
Ideally the person should not have the opportunity to tamper with the paper ballot. Otherwise some people would deliberately cross a second choice on their paper ballot just to prove the electronic is wrong
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I wouldn't be surprised if Duo and Hangouts used the exact same encoder and had the same quality.
So why are you even using iTunes?
And you still need to sign the application. You can't just distribute an application to your friend and expect him to be able to install it.
So you are saying you can't sideload an application from your phone, you need to connect it to a computer? It still suck.
Wrong, you could install applications just fine on Windows Mobile and Palm OS without any authorization from anyone, Telco or manufacturer. Maybe even Blackberry.
The first iPhone didn't even have the app store on launch. So you couldn't install any application at all. How was that a huge move forward?
iTunes sync is probably the worst possible way to transfer music. It only worked on a single device and required a proprietary software.
On any alternative MP3 player you could make your directories as you wanted and add or delete music files just as easily, but without iTunes. And you could do it on any PC with a USB port.
Who's talking about rooting? You can still install any unapproved application on Android without rooting. On iOS you are stuck in a walled garden.
It doesn't define everything about the device but it's the major differentiator between iPhoneOS/iOS and everything before. They didn't invent the touch screen, they didn't invent the feature phone (the first iPhone was clearly not a smart phone, because you couldn't install any application).
the problem is that you purchased your music on iTunes.
the era of smartphones for the masses
By "masses" you mean those willing to waste $650+ for a phone?
No, the product was 100% transformative. It was completely different from any that came before it
True, it's the only smartphone on which you can't install an application unless approved by the phone manufacturer. Nobody had that idea before.
and it was copied by everyone who came after
Who copied that? Android, despite Google's control and locked bootloaders on some phones, is nowhere near as locked-down as the iPhone. Not sure about Windows Phone and Blackberry but they failed anyways.
The iPod was pretty much the only MP3 player on which you couldn't just drop a bunch of MP3 over USB mass storage and listen to them instantly. This (and iTunes) is enough for declaring it the worst MP3 player of all times.
This.
This is what people don't understand with all these "messaging" solutions. Being able to reply from a PC is important. Why would I reply on a shitty smartphone when I sit in front of a PC with a real keyboard for hours every day?
What feature of Duo are you missing in Hangouts? Hangouts seems superior in every way.
How many other people at the airport which got shot did have their macbook with them and didn't get the chance to use it as a shield?
Probably 0-1, given the number of casualties.
A republic can be either a dictatorship or a democracy.
A republic only means you are not a monarchy. Again, a monarchy can be either a democracy or a dictatorship.
the US is probably the worst democracy of the first world
Let me start with a few:
-regulated prices
-zones
-licenses
-permits
-taxes
-wheelchair/accessibility
Of course they do. The difference is they comply with the current law while doing so.
They do lobby to change laws in their favor and they do get results in many jurisdictions. Of course during the process they ignore the law.
They are a lobbying company because they receive money from investors and use it to change taxi laws all over the world and hope they can get a monopoly on taxi service down the road.
That is the point of a democracy... Good thing our government wasn't designed to be one of those.
Either you are a democracy or a dictatorship.
The electoral college was designed to prevent an overwhelming popular vote from a minority of states electing the president without getting input from the less populous states. Seems to be working...
Nope, it doesn't. Clinton could have won with just 1-2 more states (say Texas and Florida).
I think that's actually the Electoral College working as designed and intended.
Would it really be fair if the population of New York City alone got to boss around the 10 lowest population states?
Why not, if they have more population? We call this democracy.
They just wouldn't be in business. Uber is not a tech or a transportation company. They are a lobbying company. Their business case is to make sure they can operate in conditions more favorable than their competitors.
These were cheaper than cheap. No well known brand such as Samsung or even cheaper brands such as Huawei, ZTE and Xiaomi.
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I don't think you can retire on $500k
How old? $500k is enough to retire at 75 but not at 30.
Ideally the person should not have the opportunity to tamper with the paper ballot. Otherwise some people would deliberately cross a second choice on their paper ballot just to prove the electronic is wrong