To prevent most thieves from getting access to your data? I'm not sure Apple has ever advertised this as high-grade protection. The only reference I can find on their site is to remote wiping. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place?
Because if Palm use Apple's driver, that means Apple has to consider support for Palm whenever it does anything to it's own drivers. Why should Apple have to bother with that when all Palm has to do it write a bit of extra software and do things properly? Blackberry can manage, so why can't Palm? Given their past support of syncing software, I think Palm are just lazy.
I find the quality so bad that I hardly ever browse for apps with iTunes. All the apps I have brought have been because I read about it in a blog or review. I'm not interested in collecting games, pseudo-productivity apps (apps that look like they will make you more productive but just give you an excuse to play with your toy), or collecting reference apps for every subject that interests me. I got over that when I had a Palm Vx since it was the first PDA that I actually found useful, and therefore, the novelty of having all sorts of neat apps wore off.
Of course, I still have some games that I couldn't resist -- Deep Green, Solebon, and Edge.
And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive. Sure, it may end up harder to get good images for some things such as celebrities, but there are still plenty of good quality images on Wikipedia and people who are willing to give.
Yeah, this is really a good case for copyright and IP, since it would allow less restriction on the files. Sure, it would still happen, just like it happens with movies and music files, but it wouldn't legitimize the practice and would therefore help curb the commercial use of blatant copies.
What they're trying to do is keep their standards and avoid support issues. The moment Apple stop Palm from developing their own sync app to work with iTunes, let me know. Why should Apple have to support hardware that isn't there's?
It's more than just marketing. Marketing is important, but you also need to make a good product (or have a monopoly). Sony spend a lot on marketing, but they haven't been successful with their iPod-competitors. Same goes for Microsoft and the Zune.
Apple does succeed because of design. Design does not just mean making something look pretty. The aesthetics of Apple's products is a reflection of their design effort -- It's a natural consequence of a good design process.
Bad websites can also be built by competent coders who don't use overuse JavaScript, too. If you think that the success of a website is based on code alone, then no wonder you have such strange views about design. BTW, if you look at Apple's website, they do actually use a lot of JavaScript for UI widgets.
You know what BS I'm sick of? People who think that design is purely aesthetical and that designers don't understand technical things. I spend a lot of time doing graphic art, but I've also just installed FreeBSD on a Mac mini. Now, perhaps that isn't the norm, but I'm far from the only person who understands both these areas.
Shiny and hyper animated? I take it you haven't used Leopard or know where the preferences are? Currently, OS X is more neutral and minimalistic that OS 9, IMHO. And the animation is more informative than flashy (perhaps we can exclude the dock). The only really shiny parts left are the buttons and the dock (once again). But even so, it's been toned down a lot since the candy and pin-stripe days of 10.0.
When I look at the exterior and interior of the Veyron, a lack of expertise and craftsmanship is not what comes to mind. The interior of the Veyron is my current favorite of any supercar. I'm not usually a fan of that style, but it's done so well in the Veyron.
Most aircraft aren't going to do too well on an alpine road. And most amateur cars that have gone close to the sound barrier aren't as comfortable and reliable as a high-end luxury car.
I agree, I've had this idea for a long time, just like many others. Having an idea is one thing, executing is another. I've always thought that a HUD with accelerometers and compass (like the iPhone has) would be neat, but HUDs aren't quite ready for mainstream usage and probably won't be until they look like normal glasses and are easy to use (including the software that you're using them with). This products looks neat, especially how it takes advantage of existing tech products. How successful it will be will depend upon many things, such as how reliable and open it is. Of course, a lack of those things won't necessarily stop it from being developed, unfortunately (imagine if AT&T bought a patent to this idea).
Lithium-Ion batteries are dangerous because of very low internal resistance.
Low compared to what? NiCads have a lower internal resistance, yet they are much more robust. In the RC model world, the problem with lithium batteries used to be that the internal resistance was too high compared to using NiCads in high-performance setup. LiPos have, and will continue to improve, but their higher internal resistance is still an issue when selecting cells for a setup. The resistance is what causes lithium cells to explode in many cases since resistance generates heat.
Aperture can be a bit of a disk hog (especially if it causes swapping). Photoshop also takes a while to load. I'm guessing iPhoto (for common folk) would also benefit. Browsing through the Finder using thumbnails previews and quicklook would also be snappier.
You could replace the battery yourself. It's not hot-glued into a hard to get at place or anything hard. You just undo a few screws, peel off a piece of warning tape and pull the connector.
Now, whether Apple are going to tolerate you replacing the battery yourself and still cover most of your warranty is a more pressing issue, IMHO.
Any input requiring the stylus on my Treo 600 was annoying, removing the stylus was just another step slowing me down for most of the stuff I did. But I did like the 5-way nav button. It's so much faster for some things compared to a touchscreen (stylus or finger). However, I'm happy enough with my iPhone since Apple have made the touchscreen-only UI work so well (guess that makes me a noob). It's a pity the Pre has no 5-way, since it is going after the button pushing market compared to the iPhone. Perhaps they were too busy rushing it to market, since getting the 5-way to work well across all apps does requires more time than just implementing the hardware -- it's a whole separate UI mechanism to work out.
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To prevent most thieves from getting access to your data? I'm not sure Apple has ever advertised this as high-grade protection. The only reference I can find on their site is to remote wiping. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place?
Because if Palm use Apple's driver, that means Apple has to consider support for Palm whenever it does anything to it's own drivers. Why should Apple have to bother with that when all Palm has to do it write a bit of extra software and do things properly? Blackberry can manage, so why can't Palm? Given their past support of syncing software, I think Palm are just lazy.
Blackberry.
I find the quality so bad that I hardly ever browse for apps with iTunes. All the apps I have brought have been because I read about it in a blog or review. I'm not interested in collecting games, pseudo-productivity apps (apps that look like they will make you more productive but just give you an excuse to play with your toy), or collecting reference apps for every subject that interests me. I got over that when I had a Palm Vx since it was the first PDA that I actually found useful, and therefore, the novelty of having all sorts of neat apps wore off.
Of course, I still have some games that I couldn't resist -- Deep Green, Solebon, and Edge.
And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive. Sure, it may end up harder to get good images for some things such as celebrities, but there are still plenty of good quality images on Wikipedia and people who are willing to give.
Yeah, this is really a good case for copyright and IP, since it would allow less restriction on the files. Sure, it would still happen, just like it happens with movies and music files, but it wouldn't legitimize the practice and would therefore help curb the commercial use of blatant copies.
What they're trying to do is keep their standards and avoid support issues. The moment Apple stop Palm from developing their own sync app to work with iTunes, let me know. Why should Apple have to support hardware that isn't there's?
Is this similar to the distortion field caused by techies who don't think software usability is important?
But most people have their webcams setup to face them, not the computer.
Since when has religion only been about mythical spirits? Where is your reasoning or scientific evidence that such beliefs area always dangerous?
It's more than just marketing. Marketing is important, but you also need to make a good product (or have a monopoly). Sony spend a lot on marketing, but they haven't been successful with their iPod-competitors. Same goes for Microsoft and the Zune.
Apple does succeed because of design. Design does not just mean making something look pretty. The aesthetics of Apple's products is a reflection of their design effort -- It's a natural consequence of a good design process.
Bad websites can also be built by competent coders who don't use overuse JavaScript, too. If you think that the success of a website is based on code alone, then no wonder you have such strange views about design. BTW, if you look at Apple's website, they do actually use a lot of JavaScript for UI widgets.
You know what BS I'm sick of? People who think that design is purely aesthetical and that designers don't understand technical things. I spend a lot of time doing graphic art, but I've also just installed FreeBSD on a Mac mini. Now, perhaps that isn't the norm, but I'm far from the only person who understands both these areas.
Shiny and hyper animated? I take it you haven't used Leopard or know where the preferences are? Currently, OS X is more neutral and minimalistic that OS 9, IMHO. And the animation is more informative than flashy (perhaps we can exclude the dock). The only really shiny parts left are the buttons and the dock (once again). But even so, it's been toned down a lot since the candy and pin-stripe days of 10.0.
When I look at the exterior and interior of the Veyron, a lack of expertise and craftsmanship is not what comes to mind. The interior of the Veyron is my current favorite of any supercar. I'm not usually a fan of that style, but it's done so well in the Veyron.
Most aircraft aren't going to do too well on an alpine road. And most amateur cars that have gone close to the sound barrier aren't as comfortable and reliable as a high-end luxury car.
Because maybe they seem to be the only people who can make a decent convergence device?
And what if you make a mistake but the computer doesn't? Let me guess, you never make mistakes?
I agree, I've had this idea for a long time, just like many others. Having an idea is one thing, executing is another. I've always thought that a HUD with accelerometers and compass (like the iPhone has) would be neat, but HUDs aren't quite ready for mainstream usage and probably won't be until they look like normal glasses and are easy to use (including the software that you're using them with). This products looks neat, especially how it takes advantage of existing tech products. How successful it will be will depend upon many things, such as how reliable and open it is. Of course, a lack of those things won't necessarily stop it from being developed, unfortunately (imagine if AT&T bought a patent to this idea).
Lithium-Ion batteries are dangerous because of very low internal resistance.
Low compared to what? NiCads have a lower internal resistance, yet they are much more robust. In the RC model world, the problem with lithium batteries used to be that the internal resistance was too high compared to using NiCads in high-performance setup. LiPos have, and will continue to improve, but their higher internal resistance is still an issue when selecting cells for a setup. The resistance is what causes lithium cells to explode in many cases since resistance generates heat.
Aperture can be a bit of a disk hog (especially if it causes swapping). Photoshop also takes a while to load. I'm guessing iPhoto (for common folk) would also benefit. Browsing through the Finder using thumbnails previews and quicklook would also be snappier.
On my desk, unless I'm out and about, obviously.
You could replace the battery yourself. It's not hot-glued into a hard to get at place or anything hard. You just undo a few screws, peel off a piece of warning tape and pull the connector.
Now, whether Apple are going to tolerate you replacing the battery yourself and still cover most of your warranty is a more pressing issue, IMHO.
Any input requiring the stylus on my Treo 600 was annoying, removing the stylus was just another step slowing me down for most of the stuff I did. But I did like the 5-way nav button. It's so much faster for some things compared to a touchscreen (stylus or finger). However, I'm happy enough with my iPhone since Apple have made the touchscreen-only UI work so well (guess that makes me a noob). It's a pity the Pre has no 5-way, since it is going after the button pushing market compared to the iPhone. Perhaps they were too busy rushing it to market, since getting the 5-way to work well across all apps does requires more time than just implementing the hardware -- it's a whole separate UI mechanism to work out.
But then why a triangle at all? Why not round buttons only large enough to encase the letter?
As someone who has an interest in graphic design, I have the icons turned off. It is Slashdot, after all.