I got my 32GB one today, at just £115 ($190) it was a steal.
If you want to see what sort of price the market has set, go onto eBay. The 16GB version is selling.. and I mean with real bidders.. at about £200 ($325), with the 32GB version coming in at around £230 ($370). So this is perhaps the sort of price point they should have been selling at.
When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth by Cory Doctorow is rather tongue-in-cheek but Google features prominently in this particular end of the world scenario..
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I'm still on 2.0! Works for me (most of the time). Perhaps the more conservative approach of the Seamonkey project will make it more attractive for corporates?
However, it lacks a historical WHOIS tool.. and using a historical WHOS tool I can see that the domain had an invalid WHOIS record until they anonymised it yesterday...
It's been obvious for a while that RIM were heading to a dead end.. I wrote an article about it in 2009 and really it is all coming true.
QNX offered them a way out of the dead end they found themselves in.. but the Playbook isn't really finished (like the original BlackBerry Storm) and it needs more work.
On a personal note, I have a BlackBerry Pearl 3G for corporate use. It's a bag of crap. My Android phone is much more usable and flexible.. the ONLY advantage that BlackBerry still have is for corporate users who install BES servers to support the things. For SoHo users, BlackBerries are completely pointless.
The Brennan kit is pretty good, and the ASA ruling is stupid.. especially when they let worse things past.
But, the ASA isn't a statutory body and it actually has f--k all powers apart from passing the complaint on. It's basically just regulator by advertisers for advertisers, not much more than a jumped-up (and pretty worthless) trade association IMO.
It's true.. with the monocle, you can watch a 2D movie while travelling forward in time. Given that time is regarded by some as a dimension, then it is indeed three dimensional. I'll get me coat.
First IBM seemed invincible with their mainframes.
Then DEC seemed invincible with their minicomputers.
Then Apple and Commodore seemed invincible with their microcomputers.
The IBM seemed invincible with THEIR microcomputer.
Then Microsoft seemed invincible with their operating system and applications.
Then Yahoo seemed invincible with their web portal.
Then Google seemed invincible with their search engine.
Then Myspace seemed invincible with their social networking site.
Then Apple seemed invincible with their smartphone.
Then Facebook seemed invincible with THEIR social networking site.
If one thing is certain, empires like this rise and fall. Sic transit gloria mundi.
I think it's very common that Sharepoint is set up by corporations and then largely ignored by actual users who see it as difficult to use and clunky. To be fair, other products have the same issue.. even "sexier" ones like Google Wave which sank without trace..
I've been saying for a couple of years that RIM are in serious trouble, but that the problems have been masked by continuing strong sales figures.. it looks healthy on the surface, but underneath there has been very little real innovation until the introduction of QNX with the Playbook. Even basic things like introducing 3G take forever with RIM devices (e.g. the first BlackBerry Pearl with 3G was introduced last year.. I have one. It's crap).
Now, clearly the biggest driver with WP7 is going to be whether Nokia can make a success of the new platform. Remember that Nokia's future depends on this, so they have no option but to pull their collective fingers out and show that market what they can do.
Ironically* the 770 was an "Internet Tablet" years before anybody else had a tablet. It's one of many cases (such as the Nokia 7710) where Nokia were way, way ahead of the game but the technology wasn't quite up to it. There's also the Nokia Communicator series which was really far ahead of the curve too.. big screens and QWERTY keyboards are all the rage these days..
There's a big, big gap between the spec of a base-level WP7 smartphone and the highest-spec Series 40 "dumbphone". Symbian is nicely filling a gap in the midrange market that Nokia don't have a replacement for. Will Nokia simply walk away from this market segment?
I'm not convinced at all that Nokia have worked out how to deal with the midrange. Yeah, we all know that WP7 is going to be the OS for high-end smartphones, and Nokia are "looking to the next billion sales" for cheaper stuff. However, the message for everything else has been confusing and inconsistent.
Stores are a great place to start.. but I then tend to buy the model online, especially if I can custom build it. So, simply go to the store and have a look at what appeals to you..
I think right now, the choice is between a low/medium spec Windows 7 32 bit laptop and a high-spec Windows 7 64 bit laptop. I bought a new one recently and opted for 64 bit and as much RAM as I could get.. it really is fast! But, I still prefer to do my real work on my Windows XP workstation..
And another thing.. Moto only bet the barn on Android on the back of some shockingly bad management decisions. For years they just kept recycling the RAZR.. about two dozen times.. until almost all their customer base had vanished. For most of 2009 they didn't announce any new products of not AT ALL until they kicked off with their Android line. By the time they got to making the CLIQ / DEXT, they were drinking in the last chance saloon.
As a result of this, Moto's presence outside the US is very weak. Probably the most significant partnership they have is with Verizon Wireless, and the new CDMA iPhone is surely going to be hurting sales. Carriers and distributors outside of the US are non enthusiastic when they're already carrying HTC and Samsung Android phones.
IMO, Moto's Android phones (and I use one everyday) are just as good as the competition. But unfortunately, they're not really BETTER than the competition..
There's a difference between ditching something and building an alternative. Motorola are a bit unusual in that they are almost 100% committed to Android on smartphones (there are some Enterprise devices that still run Windows 6.5 though). HTC, Samsung, LG and even Nokia have a multi-platform smartphone approach.
Yes, there are vendors working on their own OSes. BlackBerry has its QNX based OS. HP bought webOS when it acquired Palm. Samsung has Bada. Out of these, Bada has been around the longest and it isn't exactly a roaring success.. I don't think anyone ever has woken up in the morning and decided that they'd go and buy a Bada device because of the platform. QNX and webOS still have the opportunity to fail very hard indeed..
Still, you don't get anywhere in that business by not making an effort to try new approaches. And at the moment, Moto has pretty much bet the barn on Android which must sometimes be a bit worrying for them.
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Yes, but not at the same rates as you or I.
Rinse and repeat. Until dead.
If you want to see what sort of price the market has set, go onto eBay. The 16GB version is selling.. and I mean with real bidders.. at about £200 ($325), with the 32GB version coming in at around £230 ($370). So this is perhaps the sort of price point they should have been selling at.
You created something that has given a lot of people a lot of pleasure. Thanks! And always remember... OMG Ponies!
When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth by Cory Doctorow is rather tongue-in-cheek but Google features prominently in this particular end of the world scenario..
Simon Singh has another opinion.
Whoever wrote that article might know a lot about drives. But they don't know a lot about how to write an interesting and readable article.
Seriously folks, if you really don't need it, uninstall it.
I'm still on 2.0! Works for me (most of the time). Perhaps the more conservative approach of the Seamonkey project will make it more attractive for corporates?
However, it lacks a historical WHOIS tool.. and using a historical WHOS tool I can see that the domain had an invalid WHOIS record until they anonymised it yesterday...
Kind of like mail over UUCP then. (Yes, I am showing my age)
QNX offered them a way out of the dead end they found themselves in.. but the Playbook isn't really finished (like the original BlackBerry Storm) and it needs more work.
On a personal note, I have a BlackBerry Pearl 3G for corporate use. It's a bag of crap. My Android phone is much more usable and flexible.. the ONLY advantage that BlackBerry still have is for corporate users who install BES servers to support the things. For SoHo users, BlackBerries are completely pointless.
I for one welcome our new Open Source overlords.
But, the ASA isn't a statutory body and it actually has f--k all powers apart from passing the complaint on. It's basically just regulator by advertisers for advertisers, not much more than a jumped-up (and pretty worthless) trade association IMO.
Damn right. I think there's actually a market, you could carry 'em alongside your TV-B-Gone.
It's true.. with the monocle, you can watch a 2D movie while travelling forward in time. Given that time is regarded by some as a dimension, then it is indeed three dimensional. I'll get me coat.
Then DEC seemed invincible with their minicomputers.
Then Apple and Commodore seemed invincible with their microcomputers.
The IBM seemed invincible with THEIR microcomputer.
Then Microsoft seemed invincible with their operating system and applications.
Then Yahoo seemed invincible with their web portal.
Then Google seemed invincible with their search engine.
Then Myspace seemed invincible with their social networking site.
Then Apple seemed invincible with their smartphone.
Then Facebook seemed invincible with THEIR social networking site.
If one thing is certain, empires like this rise and fall. Sic transit gloria mundi.
I think it's very common that Sharepoint is set up by corporations and then largely ignored by actual users who see it as difficult to use and clunky. To be fair, other products have the same issue.. even "sexier" ones like Google Wave which sank without trace..
Now, clearly the biggest driver with WP7 is going to be whether Nokia can make a success of the new platform. Remember that Nokia's future depends on this, so they have no option but to pull their collective fingers out and show that market what they can do.
* Like rain on your wedding day
I'm not convinced at all that Nokia have worked out how to deal with the midrange. Yeah, we all know that WP7 is going to be the OS for high-end smartphones, and Nokia are "looking to the next billion sales" for cheaper stuff. However, the message for everything else has been confusing and inconsistent.
Here's one way of looking at it - Nokia: Mind the Gap.
I think right now, the choice is between a low/medium spec Windows 7 32 bit laptop and a high-spec Windows 7 64 bit laptop. I bought a new one recently and opted for 64 bit and as much RAM as I could get.. it really is fast! But, I still prefer to do my real work on my Windows XP workstation..
As a result of this, Moto's presence outside the US is very weak. Probably the most significant partnership they have is with Verizon Wireless, and the new CDMA iPhone is surely going to be hurting sales. Carriers and distributors outside of the US are non enthusiastic when they're already carrying HTC and Samsung Android phones.
IMO, Moto's Android phones (and I use one everyday) are just as good as the competition. But unfortunately, they're not really BETTER than the competition..
Yes, there are vendors working on their own OSes. BlackBerry has its QNX based OS. HP bought webOS when it acquired Palm. Samsung has Bada. Out of these, Bada has been around the longest and it isn't exactly a roaring success.. I don't think anyone ever has woken up in the morning and decided that they'd go and buy a Bada device because of the platform. QNX and webOS still have the opportunity to fail very hard indeed..
Still, you don't get anywhere in that business by not making an effort to try new approaches. And at the moment, Moto has pretty much bet the barn on Android which must sometimes be a bit worrying for them.
The "Acorn Risc Machine" is of course now the ARM core.. the most popular microprocessor in the world.