To be fair, they stay behind and backport security fixes for compatibility reasons - mainly enterprise apps that want to ensure they are not going to introduce any breaking changes while staying secure. Their customer isn't the day to day user that wants the latest and greatest.
While I don't like the decision to remove the app from the store, and hope google clarifies the reasoning (at least to the publisher) it's not the end of the world for most Android devices since they can install the app manually. Neither iOS or Windows 7 Mobile allow for this as far as I know.
And yes, some android devices don't either (mostly at&t phones) but, for now, they are the exception to the rule.
I love my Droid and haven't found a phone that I would upgrade to yet. However, if the next generation of android phones have locked bootloaders and terrible custom-ui's I see no difference between iOS and Android, even if the source is released. Source means nothing if you can't actually use it.
Google has some options to alleviate this though. For one, they could force the vendors to allow users to disable these 3rd party interfaces and leave the bootloader relatively unlocked. These companies shouldn't have to deal with us overclocking and burning out our CPU's and expecting warranty support, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to do it if we choose to.
It's a very similar argument to 'owning' your software vs licensing it.
The only problem is, many vendors are making it increasingly hard to replace the ROM on your phone. Motorola has their locked bootloader, the G2 has the auto-unroot 'protection.' If google doesn't release a new dev. device our homebrew options for android will gradually fade away, I fear.
For the most part he is wrong. However, multiple markets for android will make things messy.
Unfortunately, Google needs to clean up the existing market a lot. Google has a good thing going for it, I just hope they don't let the vendors steamroll them into making android a wildlife preserve.
I had a friend come to me last week with their brand new fascinate and beg me to remove Bing from it. Took me about an hour and lots of messy hacks, but it was done and google was added.
I know it's really hard to click a link, so I'll provide the relevant part for you:
Parents can pay for the computers upfront or lease them from the district, with the option to buy after three years. The payments should work out to about $20 to $25 per month, Hayes said. The cost also includes free tech support.
"We realize for some families that will be a stretch," he said. In those cases, the district will provide financial assistance.
Students who don't participate will be able to borrow a school-provided laptop during the day, but they won't be able to take it home, Hayes said.
I would assume that the reason you are so underprivileged is because you failed to learn how to read in school. The article clearly states that the children will be provided with laptops during the school day if they can't buy one. They just can't bring it home since it is school property.
His point was actually clarified in a comment under the original post: Australians cannot sell paid apps on the marketplace yet which makes his current business model rather unsustainable on the android platform.
Actually, he clarifies this in his comments on the blog post: Australians can't sell paid apps on the android marketplace yet. This obviously makes it hard to make money and pay rent.
The article says that these planes won't be available until 2035. While the better fuel economy is great, getting these things to market in a more timely manner would be good too.
I agree that it was wrong; however, not having the experience of being in a combat situation I don't feel qualified to second guess their judgment. It is possible they were using SOP for that. I disagree with what they did wholeheartedly and think they should fix things; but I think the cover-up is 100x worse.
In wartime there are bound to be accidents by those on the ground. That is no excuse, however, to cover things like this up. Huge mistakes like this should be used to make sure that they don't happen again. Top brass lying and changing the story around just makes the US look dishonest and 'evil' and prevents any good work that is being done from getting the credit it deserves.
I spoke with a Verizon rep and they verified the block on 3 different devices before giving up and admitting they were blocking it. They tried with the Eris, Droid, and some blackberry device.
I don't access 4chan but I am on the phone with their tech support voicing my displeasure with their filtering of my internet. Verizon offers parental access controls that should be more than enough. Unfortunately, their rank and file support guys knows nothing about this and you end up running in circles getting a straight answer.
I thought that prison was supposed to rehabilitate prisoners ideally? If that's so, why wouldn't you want them having regular social interaction that helps them work with other people in a group and use critical thinking skills?
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To be fair, they stay behind and backport security fixes for compatibility reasons - mainly enterprise apps that want to ensure they are not going to introduce any breaking changes while staying secure. Their customer isn't the day to day user that wants the latest and greatest.
Many people plug in their tv because it has apps (netflix, amazon, youtube, weather, etc). Pretty simple really.
While I don't like the decision to remove the app from the store, and hope google clarifies the reasoning (at least to the publisher) it's not the end of the world for most Android devices since they can install the app manually. Neither iOS or Windows 7 Mobile allow for this as far as I know. And yes, some android devices don't either (mostly at&t phones) but, for now, they are the exception to the rule.
I thought it was funny without making fun of the protesters or anyone involved. It's clear they weren't being serious....why so uptight planet earth?
World record for speed texting was done using an android device with swype, I believe.
It depends on where you work. Smaller shops tend to be pretty lax on what you do with your personal time. Bigger companies are iffier.
Most people I know that work in IT smoke egregious amounts of pot.
I love my Droid and haven't found a phone that I would upgrade to yet. However, if the next generation of android phones have locked bootloaders and terrible custom-ui's I see no difference between iOS and Android, even if the source is released. Source means nothing if you can't actually use it.
Google has some options to alleviate this though. For one, they could force the vendors to allow users to disable these 3rd party interfaces and leave the bootloader relatively unlocked. These companies shouldn't have to deal with us overclocking and burning out our CPU's and expecting warranty support, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to do it if we choose to. It's a very similar argument to 'owning' your software vs licensing it.
Yea, people fail to recognize that they're both great systems.
The only problem is, many vendors are making it increasingly hard to replace the ROM on your phone. Motorola has their locked bootloader, the G2 has the auto-unroot 'protection.' If google doesn't release a new dev. device our homebrew options for android will gradually fade away, I fear.
For the most part he is wrong. However, multiple markets for android will make things messy. Unfortunately, Google needs to clean up the existing market a lot. Google has a good thing going for it, I just hope they don't let the vendors steamroll them into making android a wildlife preserve. I had a friend come to me last week with their brand new fascinate and beg me to remove Bing from it. Took me about an hour and lots of messy hacks, but it was done and google was added.
Damn, you caught my subtle ruse. I'll have to be careful around you.
I thought 2011 was going to be the year of Linux on the desktop?
I know it's really hard to click a link, so I'll provide the relevant part for you:
Parents can pay for the computers upfront or lease them from the district, with the option to buy after three years. The payments should work out to about $20 to $25 per month, Hayes said. The cost also includes free tech support. "We realize for some families that will be a stretch," he said. In those cases, the district will provide financial assistance. Students who don't participate will be able to borrow a school-provided laptop during the day, but they won't be able to take it home, Hayes said.
I would assume that the reason you are so underprivileged is because you failed to learn how to read in school. The article clearly states that the children will be provided with laptops during the school day if they can't buy one. They just can't bring it home since it is school property.
His point was actually clarified in a comment under the original post: Australians cannot sell paid apps on the marketplace yet which makes his current business model rather unsustainable on the android platform.
His point was that Australians can't sell apps on the marketplace yet, which he clarified in his comments.
Actually, he clarifies this in his comments on the blog post: Australians can't sell paid apps on the android marketplace yet. This obviously makes it hard to make money and pay rent.
The article says that these planes won't be available until 2035. While the better fuel economy is great, getting these things to market in a more timely manner would be good too.
I agree that it was wrong; however, not having the experience of being in a combat situation I don't feel qualified to second guess their judgment. It is possible they were using SOP for that. I disagree with what they did wholeheartedly and think they should fix things; but I think the cover-up is 100x worse.
In wartime there are bound to be accidents by those on the ground. That is no excuse, however, to cover things like this up. Huge mistakes like this should be used to make sure that they don't happen again. Top brass lying and changing the story around just makes the US look dishonest and 'evil' and prevents any good work that is being done from getting the credit it deserves.
I spoke with a Verizon rep and they verified the block on 3 different devices before giving up and admitting they were blocking it. They tried with the Eris, Droid, and some blackberry device.
I don't access 4chan but I am on the phone with their tech support voicing my displeasure with their filtering of my internet. Verizon offers parental access controls that should be more than enough. Unfortunately, their rank and file support guys knows nothing about this and you end up running in circles getting a straight answer.
I thought that prison was supposed to rehabilitate prisoners ideally? If that's so, why wouldn't you want them having regular social interaction that helps them work with other people in a group and use critical thinking skills?