On the plus side - the 3rd generation ap & management station are making our life much easier. We can actually see where clients are now, and the APs know about each other and manage their radio intelligently (and it seems to work!)
Cellular networks are fragile. Much more fragile than the larger internet. They tend toward monoculture and proprietary systems, and haven't had the shakedown that standard internet network hardware and protocols have had. So Jobs' quote about him 'not wanting third-party apps bringing Cingular's network down' actually makes some sense (some mobile phone applications have more-or-less done this in the past).
I have to disagree. I've been using and developing apps for Windows Mobile smartphones for almost two years now and the network has never been brought down with a third party app. All you need to develop an app for these devices is a copy of Visual Studio.NET. With those requirements, I'm sure every windows geek and his brother has written a PPC app.
Cingular sells Windows Mobile devices that people, which allow people to write and use 3rd party apps. Thier network seems to be working fine (in general). So it does work. I'd say that if 3rd party apps on the iPhone bring the network down, that (in general) it is a problem with the device itself and not the 3rd party app.
I think it is 100% the second item you mentioned. Apple just does not have what it takes to get an API available, but Jobs would rather spread fud than be honest.
Hi, just a friendly reply to your complaints. Yours are perfectly valid, but I would like to comment.
Dialing with the on-screen keypad is horrible, the stupid sidebar of function buttons force the keypad into an area so small I can't use my thumb with it (big thumbs are my fault...)
I have no trouble dialing with my thumb.
Certain applications crash the phone inexplicably: Minimo and Midlets most notably which isn't necessarily Microsoft's or HTC's fault.
The only browser that I've found that even works in a somewhat acceptable fashion is Pocket IE. Also, Google Moble will rewrite pages for you to look really nice in the browser. Also, I rarely (its probably been months now) have to soft reset the device.
When sliding the screen over to access the keyboard the change in on-screen orientation is slow and not always reliable. Sometimes I have to slide and close and then slide again to get the phone to figure out what I'm doing. Also, some applications still call up an on-screen keyboard when I have the keypad exposed, that's just dumb.
Orientation has always worked fine for me. Also, you can configure when the onscreen keyboard pops up (I turned it on but found I could work more efficiently with it on.
The built in storage capacity is a joke. Having to add a card for even a reasonable amount of storage is dumb. Would giving me 1-2GB have been so hard?
I just put everything on the SD card. That way I can back it up seperately from the device and move it from device to device quickly. Seems saner than leaving data on the device.
Also, you're on Cingular's GSM network. Switch to Sprint or Verizon and you'll see quite a boost in data speeds.
I understand your fustration and I have also made future purchase decisions on a single experience. But I would also like to say that I have a HTC Apache (branded via sprint as PPC 6700) and I absolutely LOVE the thing
In general I dont insure things like phones (or even laptops) but right now these things can keep thier value well enough to be worth insuring. If you had the insurance you would have gotten a new device immediately. Actually, after rereading your post I dont believe you werent able to get the device replaced/repaired. After three weeks you should have both a manufacturer and store warranty available to you.
Pocket IE, the contacts+google maps, ability to develop arbitrary custom applications with a copy of Visual Studio.NET, MythTV remote.
Also, the iPhone is going to be GSM is the United States, which is silly because Sprint and Verizon's CDMA data networks are exponentially faster. On my Qualcomm PPC 6700, I can run IRC (group chat), IM (individual chat),
browse the web, and SSH (secure shell), and terminal services all at the
same time. Or if I want, I can connect my phone to my laptop, and
instantiate arbitrary network traffic that way.
It has a WiFi client in it, but I hardly use it because the EVDO
network performs my network intensive tasks quite acceptably:-). You'd be hard pressed to perform all of these tasks simultaneously on a GSM network and find the performance acceptable. For this reason alone myself and many others will not be acquiring
an iPhone:
"The first customers of Apple's iPhone won't be traveling in the fast
broadband lane much of the time. Transmission speeds over Cingular
Wireless's Edge data network often drop down to dial-up speeds..."
I'm going to stick with Windows Mobile, and check out OpenMoko when it is available (although it is GSM based also, so I still cant imagine it completely replacing my Windows Mobile devices).
Typically patents cover the particular way something is accomplished. For instance, if you invent an airplane and patent it, you are not patenting flying in general (which might be said to be an obvious idea), but the specifics of how you accomplished it. Someone else, who uses a different approach to fly, will not infringe your patent.
Yes! This is a no-brainer and makes complete sense in terms of fairness.
But then why do patents like Amazon's 1-Click get patented? Actually, even this I understand. The source code that makes up the engine that handles the click should be able to be patented
But if someone engineers a one click software engine, the code of which would not even closely resemble Amazon's, how is it even conceivable that the person would be accused of infringement?
That is the issue we (I) have with software patents.
But Hilf acknowledged that it is an awkward situation having Microsoft's customers who use Novell's SUSE Linux covered by the covenant not to sue, while those Windows users running Red Hat Linux are not.
WTF? Maybe its just me, but I can't even read that. First time I read TFA in a month and this is what I get.
> As someone in a union, I can assure you people who don't do their jobs are removed.
I disagree. Perhaps you are referring to unions that organize skilled trades, but in my experience, a very low income middle class family, unions have given my friend's and thier parents the "right" to sleep on the job, brag about how they only work an hour a day, argue with managers who want them to work more than hour a day...
And then when thier plants close down because of the high costs of getting anything done, you see them on the news crying about how they don't know what they are going to do.
I like IT because you have to play to get paid. If you aren't any good, you won't have a job (at least not for long). For those reading that have gotten laid off and can't find a job, here is a cold hard fact: you aren't any good at IT.
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So what hardware are you using?
Thanks,
Todd W.
I have to disagree. I've been using and developing apps for Windows Mobile smartphones for almost two years now and the network has never been brought down with a third party app. All you need to develop an app for these devices is a copy of Visual Studio.NET. With those requirements, I'm sure every windows geek and his brother has written a PPC app.
Cingular sells Windows Mobile devices that people, which allow people to write and use 3rd party apps. Thier network seems to be working fine (in general). So it does work. I'd say that if 3rd party apps on the iPhone bring the network down, that (in general) it is a problem with the device itself and not the 3rd party app.
I think it is 100% the second item you mentioned. Apple just does not have what it takes to get an API available, but Jobs would rather spread fud than be honest.
Hi, just a friendly reply to your complaints. Yours are perfectly valid, but I would like to comment.
I have no trouble dialing with my thumb.
The only browser that I've found that even works in a somewhat acceptable fashion is Pocket IE. Also, Google Moble will rewrite pages for you to look really nice in the browser. Also, I rarely (its probably been months now) have to soft reset the device.
Orientation has always worked fine for me. Also, you can configure when the onscreen keyboard pops up (I turned it on but found I could work more efficiently with it on.
I just put everything on the SD card. That way I can back it up seperately from the device and move it from device to device quickly. Seems saner than leaving data on the device.
Also, you're on Cingular's GSM network. Switch to Sprint or Verizon and you'll see quite a boost in data speeds.
I understand your fustration and I have also made future purchase decisions on a single experience. But I would also like to say that I have a HTC Apache (branded via sprint as PPC 6700) and I absolutely LOVE the thing
In general I dont insure things like phones (or even laptops) but right now these things can keep thier value well enough to be worth insuring. If you had the insurance you would have gotten a new device immediately. Actually, after rereading your post I dont believe you werent able to get the device replaced/repaired. After three weeks you should have both a manufacturer and store warranty available to you.
Pocket IE, the contacts+google maps, ability to develop arbitrary custom applications with a copy of Visual Studio.NET, MythTV remote.
Also, the iPhone is going to be GSM is the United States, which is silly because Sprint and Verizon's CDMA data networks are exponentially faster. On my Qualcomm PPC 6700, I can run IRC (group chat), IM (individual chat), browse the web, and SSH (secure shell), and terminal services all at the same time. Or if I want, I can connect my phone to my laptop, and instantiate arbitrary network traffic that way.
It has a WiFi client in it, but I hardly use it because the EVDO network performs my network intensive tasks quite acceptably :-). You'd be hard pressed to perform all of these tasks simultaneously on a GSM network and find the performance acceptable. For this reason alone myself and many others will not be acquiring
an iPhone:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jh tml?articleID=196900200
I'm going to stick with Windows Mobile, and check out OpenMoko when it is available (although it is GSM based also, so I still cant imagine it completely replacing my Windows Mobile devices).
Judging by this and this, I would say its not even close.
Looks like it makes for good jokes.
Yes! This is a no-brainer and makes complete sense in terms of fairness.
But then why do patents like Amazon's 1-Click get patented? Actually, even this I understand. The source code that makes up the engine that handles the click should be able to be patented
But if someone engineers a one click software engine, the code of which would not even closely resemble Amazon's, how is it even conceivable that the person would be accused of infringement?
That is the issue we (I) have with software patents.
Tell that to me and thousands of other business professionals. I know my small business depends on it.
Yeah, people like this user know all about things like that.
From TFA:
WTF? Maybe its just me, but I can't even read that. First time I read TFA in a month and this is what I get.
perl -e "print join('. ', qw(The Internet Is Not The World Wide Web)) x 50_000_000"
So use ifreelance.com.
Its free and you and the programmer decide on your own payment method
I'd rather be free. I'll keep myself safe.
I'm the only one that does it anyway.
We have the programmers guild (http://programmersguild.org/).
They are doing some good things, but could really use more (all of our) support.
> As someone in a union, I can assure you people who don't do their jobs are removed.
I disagree. Perhaps you are referring to unions that organize skilled trades, but in my experience, a very low income middle class family, unions have given my friend's and thier parents the "right" to sleep on the job, brag about how they only work an hour a day, argue with managers who want them to work more than hour a day...
And then when thier plants close down because of the high costs of getting anything done, you see them on the news crying about how they don't know what they are going to do.
I like IT because you have to play to get paid. If you aren't any good, you won't have a job (at least not for long). For those reading that have gotten laid off and can't find a job, here is a cold hard fact: you aren't any good at IT.