Not just ATT. When I upgraded to the iPhone 3G I was still using a sim from a couple of years ago. Many problems ensued, partly because of the SIM and partly because of T-Mobiles innabillity to set up my account properly.
Since my SIM upgrade, almost all of the issues have been resolved. Except for the crappy coverage that is. But that's been a problem with T-Mobile Austria for ages...
Okay, so you live to far away from work. That just proves that your world was built in such a way that it helps add to the problems that lead to obesity.
I too am an American living in Europe, and there really are MANY differences that become obvious quite quickly. Europe tends to have a much higher urban density, with fewer people living far from their places of work. Another big difference is the culture around eating.
TO begin with, in the states most social activities tend to be centered on it. When I go back home, family and friends usually have get togethers at each others houses where everyone brings food, or they get together to go out to eat. In Austria, I have never seen a spread like we have back home.
And on the odd occasion that people get together to go out to eat rather than simply meeting up for a coffee or drinks, the portions are much smaller and the prices a bit higher.
We also have fewer prepackaged or industrialized food products. We have them, but the selection and variety is much smaller. They also don't have anywhere near the media presence that they do in the states. Food marketing here is waaaay behind.
People here also have more time to cook. I don't know anyone with more than one full time job, and a full time work week is much shorter than it is in the states, which makes it easier to actually cook at least one meal a day. There are also more families that manage to have at least one person who can either stay at home or only work a part time job.
Things are changing though. We are seeing more and more US fast food chains coming in, and the number of food products is steadily increasing, with more and more american brands making their way into the local market.
I'm in my thirties, and most of the people my age did not grow up with fastfood or junk food. Their kids are though, and I am always amazed when I see a family with two skinny parents and obese kids.
Europe is behind right now, but they are doing their best to catch up...
Is it so hard to believe that there might be liberals who don't like what Bill Clinton did, don't trust what his wife would do and still manage to find most everything the Bush administration has done to be seriously screwed?
Really? which ones? I have been using smartphones and pda's for years. I have used palm, most flavors of symbian, every single version of windows CE, and every single mobile browser available. I have surfed the net from walkman phones using Opera Mini, including the most recent version, and NONE of them have come close to the basic usability of the iPhone.
My last phone was a HTC TyTN. That phone had to be hacked to get even the most basic advertised functionality to work somewhat acceptably. The biggest problem with that phone was the crappy bluetooth stack, but its stability and usability was miserable. I did like the today screen once HTC developed their today screen plugins, but most of the software I need to make it really useable ended up having a negative impact on stability. Of course the biggest problem was the fact that I had to install an unofficial firmware in order to even begin to tap the possibilities provided by the hardware.
The earlier version were even worse, my XDAII would simply crash, usually just the radio stack so that the phone would appear to be working but I was actually unreachable for hours. Pocket Internet Explorer was basically useless for any current sites, and of course, the only way to make it a bit more useable meant installing hacks that, you guessed it, affected stability . None of the windows mobile devices were useful with only one hand.
The iPhone might not offer the same range of features, but the ones they do offer work way better than any offered by the competition. I don't want just a phone, and I don't want a pocket computer, I want a device that will work for my communication needs. The iPhone does that, with a browser that kicks ass all over any current mobile browser, an email client that does what it is supposed to do, an interface that doesnt get in the way and is useable with just one hand and it's lighter, more responsive, and has better media capabilities than any of the other phones I have used.
Features are irrelevant if poorly implemented or non functioning. Even if I hadn't hacked the phone to add most of the missing features, it would have been better than my previous phones and pda's. Since I had to hack every other phone I have owned, the fact that I had to hack the iPhone plays no role in my opinion of it's usefulness.
Finally! After reading commen ts on copy right issues for years, you are the first one I have read that mentions this. Can I assume you have read "History of the Book" as well?
I switched from an 8525 to an iphone. The unlocked price was between 700 and 800 euros, with subsidised versions being sold in Austria for around 380. That's roughly $517 U.S. Calling pocket internet explorer fully functional is really stretching things. The calendar works, but most people I know have still upgraded it with a third party app.
Music? The built in player had problems remembering the music on my memory card. Yes, it' functional, but the interface on most of the players is complete crap, and not designed for non-stylus or one handed use.
Videos? Well, you must be one of the lucky ones. I have had nothing but trouble trying to get the damn thing working the way it should, thanks, not in part, to crappy video device drivers. Speaking of drivers, one of the main reasons I wanted the phone, other than to use it as an HSDPA modem, was for its support of stereo bluetooth. Guess what? It doesn't work. Or should I say, it didn't work out of the box, and after numerous hacks, the best I get get was playback with regular drop-outs.
The phone itself (the radio software) would crash, without any indication that what I was using was nothing more than a chunky PDA. The only way around most of the problems was to flash unofficial system upgrades to the phone, since MS provides no decent method of updating drivers. Support is usually shoved off on the phone companies, who than shove you back to MS. The phone producer (HTC) only provides support for unbranded phones bought through them.
Despite the fact the the 8525 should have been faster than my previous "smartphone" an XDA II, also produced by HTC, it was frequently more sluggish, and would frequently freeze up on switching applications.
Of all the smart phones I have had (and that includes 4 nokias, 3 windows mobile devices and a palm) the iPhone has delivered the most satisfactory experience. The interface works one handed, it has yet to freeze up on me (safari has crashed, but it does so gracefully) the battery life blows the WM devices out of the water, and the screen kicks ass over all of them.
It isn't perfect, but it has brought the ideal of mobile connectivity much closer to reality than any of the others. ALthoug I don't think it completely lives up to the hype, and am anxiously awaiting one with copy and paste, 3g (but only with the same battery life) and third party apps, I actually am happy that Apple has manged to generate the publicity they have. It has made the masses aware of the possibilities of mobile internet, and might just push some other companies to clean up their act and finally deliver something that might really qualify as an iPhone killer. It has made the idea of a smartphone much more attractive to mainstream consumers, which can only result in even more devices coming to market, hopefully at prices and features better than what apple is offering.
right now though, it's the best thing I have ever used.
Forget the TyTn. It's my fourth "smart"phone, the second one running windows mobile, and the closest thing to star trek that I have yet owned, but you really don't want one.
To begin with, it is shipped with WM5. That's bad. Even worse are the BT drivers. Like the idea of stereo bluetooth? I do. But I couldn't do it with the software straight out of the box. Well, that's not really true. I could pair with a device, and evn get some audio, but it sounded like crap and suffered from massive dropouts. Using the TyTn as an ipod replacement with bluetooth headphones isn't going to happen with WM5.
Of course, you could upgrade to WM6. Something I would actually advise you to do if you want to get some use out of the hardware you paid for. The trouble is, that no one officially supports WM6 on TyTn. You will have to jump through some hoops and void your warranty in order to get it running. Microsoft puts the responsibility of releasing software upgrades on the networks, and the networks stop paying attention to your phone as soon as the next great thing is out. If you get a TyTn, you will need to join two sites to get some decent (if unofficial) support. XDA-Developers and 4winmobile.
So assuming you buy the hardware, void your warranty, risk bricking your device, and finally have a phone that almost does what was promised, you will find out that it's still only really stable as long as you don't add too many third-party apps. And your battery life will suck. And the interface will still look like win98 in a fancy dress. Unless you install third party software. But that might make things shaky again.
In other words, yes, you could buy another phone that does most (or more) of what the iPhone can do. But you can't buy one that will do it well. I don't know if the iPhone can do it well either, but if it has longer battery life, the radio stack doesn't crash and safari can load a webpage with more then ten elements, then it will have beaten any current windows mobile device.
I love the idea of my TyTn. I just really hate the reality.
I'm on my third. Currently running an HTC Tytn/Hermes. The price (especially for one that's unlocked) is not really any better. But the price isn't the issue. The things don't work.
Between the hardware development cycle and windows mobile updates, every device is basically beta. To make it worse, they aren't easily upgradeable, so if MS decides to fix some of the issues you are having it's not easy to get them on your phone. Now that MS has gone after xda-developers things have only gotten worse. They are basically saying you need to rely on your CELL provider to get updates, trouble is, many providers just can't be bothered.
Can you imagine the joy of having an $800 phone with a radio stack that freezes? The phone isn't crashed, just the radio. Of course, that's when the rest of the phone isn't crashing for some reason. Then there are the bluetooth issues, poor quality third party apps, sync issues, crappy cameras, and a nasty interface that is not made for one handed use (unless you do some heavy modification with third party solutions). Oh yeah, profiles are also a weak spot
.
All Apple has to do is deliver a product that works.
Actually, that's all anyone has to do.
THe trouble is that this move doesnt seem to be about opening up the online music market. It'a about the hardware market. Remember, the iPod isn't popular because of ITMS, ITMS is popular because of the iPod.
Unless the track has been removed from their catalog, or you were one of the european users and the song you wanted (and bought when there was only one emusic) isnt available for european licensing.
Dont get me wrong, I like emusic and have been a member since the early days of unlimited downloads, but as they become more successful, the service gets worse and worse.
Regional licensing, loss of catalog and increased prices are just the start. I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually get pushed into the DRM camp as well.
Well, IAAP, and you are almost spot on. THe way it works at our house (with my 5 year) is taht we start the game together, and I unlock the first couple of cars while he is developiong his skills. As the game progresses, my age advantage (more experience) gives way to his (more time with the game) and he ends up unlocking stuff for me. Of course, sometimes there are spots where I can still be of help, and he calls me in to get him through a tough spot.
Having kids was the best thing that ever happened to my gaming.
Not to mention the fact that they are usually getting paid from the $.11 that the artist makes. I have had 2 cd's on a major label, and despite having an international small time hit, I have never seen a single cent from the record company. Everything we got on the advance ended up going to paying the production costs, and since we went over budget on the second CD, every cent from sails went back into paying the money the labe had fronted us for the production.
In my case, the two band members who were also given credit as producers (and actually did work in that capacity on the recordings) are the ones who cleaned up, eventually creating a semi-independant label to release their follow-up project. That label is now being distributed by the major our old band had been signed to.
The only reason the labels get the artists to agree to the kind of conditions that they do is that until now, they have had complete control of the two most important aspects of the business. Distribution and marketing. The web has changed this a bit, and the RIAA members are trying desperately to find a way to keep their influence.
Danger Mouses recent mix of the Gnarls Barkley track "Crazy" was the first song ever to make it into the charts based purely on digital distributio. That has most likely freaked the Majors out even more. Until now, the net has mostly threatened their stranglehold on distribution. Now their hold on the publicity side is being threatened. It used to take years of touring for a band to make a name for itself outside of the Majors. Thanks to the web, an even greater level of exposure is possible in a much shorter timespan. Good for the artists, bad for the Industry.
I'm curious as to what the labels are going to do to fight that...
Well, if you want to do it the hard way, drag and rop from the finder. If you want to use some of the nifty themes in Keynote, click on the media button (it's on the top toolbar), choose from iphoto or imovie, and then double click on whatever it is you want to use.
In other words, yes you were clueless, you could have easily put your videos and graphics into your presentation WITHOUT RTFM.
Maybe we need something new like LATFTB (look at the fucking toolbar).
To be fair though, kudos for even being able to start keynote while stoned.
Damn! The first time in Years I run across something worth moderating, and I have no points.
Well, all I can say is you,Sir, have a clue. Congratulations.
No, It's not bullshit.
And the digidave shouldn't be modded as a troll.
I had a record contract. We got an advance which had to be paid back by the small percentage we got from sales. Recording costs were partially taken out of our advance, and the rest were meant to be paid back from our same small percentage of sales. Same would have happened with video production. That was around seven years ago.
The companies have also started taking money out of the artists share of sales price for various marketing things, graphic design, producers, and so on and so forth. I have never actually seen ANY money from the record contract. It all went into paying for the recording. Since sales were minimal, proceeds went entirely to paying back the advance.
The only money I ever made was from live shows. From what I understand, that's how it goes for most artists on major labels.
Don't believe me? Maybe you'll believe Steve Albini. He probably knows what he's talking about: The Problem With Music
And just so you know, you can produce a recording for WELL under $50,000.
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I dont know. I thought the summary was the funniest thing about the ad.
not in advertising.
Not just ATT. When I upgraded to the iPhone 3G I was still using a sim from a couple of years ago. Many problems ensued, partly because of the SIM and partly because of T-Mobiles innabillity to set up my account properly. Since my SIM upgrade, almost all of the issues have been resolved. Except for the crappy coverage that is. But that's been a problem with T-Mobile Austria for ages...
Installing a custom firmware from XDA is about the same as hacking the iphone. Hacking the iPhone makes it possible to tether it.
Actually, having switched from a hacked TyTn to a hacked iPhone I would say your dad should be hiding his phone.
That's not Europe then, that's what's left of the British Empire.
that's okay Since none of them play baseball or football, they will most likely miss.
Soccer does fuck all for throwing skills.
Okay, so you live to far away from work. That just proves that your world was built in such a way that it helps add to the problems that lead to obesity.
I too am an American living in Europe, and there really are MANY differences that become obvious quite quickly. Europe tends to have a much higher urban density, with fewer people living far from their places of work. Another big difference is the culture around eating.
TO begin with, in the states most social activities tend to be centered on it. When I go back home, family and friends usually have get togethers at each others houses where everyone brings food, or they get together to go out to eat. In Austria, I have never seen a spread like we have back home.
And on the odd occasion that people get together to go out to eat rather than simply meeting up for a coffee or drinks, the portions are much smaller and the prices a bit higher.
We also have fewer prepackaged or industrialized food products. We have them, but the selection and variety is much smaller. They also don't have anywhere near the media presence that they do in the states. Food marketing here is waaaay behind.
People here also have more time to cook. I don't know anyone with more than one full time job, and a full time work week is much shorter than it is in the states, which makes it easier to actually cook at least one meal a day. There are also more families that manage to have at least one person who can either stay at home or only work a part time job.
Things are changing though. We are seeing more and more US fast food chains coming in, and the number of food products is steadily increasing, with more and more american brands making their way into the local market.
I'm in my thirties, and most of the people my age did not grow up with fastfood or junk food. Their kids are though, and I am always amazed when I see a family with two skinny parents and obese kids.
Europe is behind right now, but they are doing their best to catch up...
Is it so hard to believe that there might be liberals who don't like what Bill Clinton did, don't trust what his wife would do and still manage to find most everything the Bush administration has done to be seriously screwed?
I know of at least one...
Really? which ones? I have been using smartphones and pda's for years. I have used palm, most flavors of symbian, every single version of windows CE, and every single mobile browser available. I have surfed the net from walkman phones using Opera Mini, including the most recent version, and NONE of them have come close to the basic usability of the iPhone.
My last phone was a HTC TyTN. That phone had to be hacked to get even the most basic advertised functionality to work somewhat acceptably. The biggest problem with that phone was the crappy bluetooth stack, but its stability and usability was miserable. I did like the today screen once HTC developed their today screen plugins, but most of the software I need to make it really useable ended up having a negative impact on stability. Of course the biggest problem was the fact that I had to install an unofficial firmware in order to even begin to tap the possibilities provided by the hardware.
The earlier version were even worse, my XDAII would simply crash, usually just the radio stack so that the phone would appear to be working but I was actually unreachable for hours. Pocket Internet Explorer was basically useless for any current sites, and of course, the only way to make it a bit more useable meant installing hacks that, you guessed it, affected stability . None of the windows mobile devices were useful with only one hand.
The iPhone might not offer the same range of features, but the ones they do offer work way better than any offered by the competition. I don't want just a phone, and I don't want a pocket computer, I want a device that will work for my communication needs. The iPhone does that, with a browser that kicks ass all over any current mobile browser, an email client that does what it is supposed to do, an interface that doesnt get in the way and is useable with just one hand and it's lighter, more responsive, and has better media capabilities than any of the other phones I have used.
Features are irrelevant if poorly implemented or non functioning. Even if I hadn't hacked the phone to add most of the missing features, it would have been better than my previous phones and pda's. Since I had to hack every other phone I have owned, the fact that I had to hack the iPhone plays no role in my opinion of it's usefulness.
Someone wake me up when windows mobile devices actually deliver the functionality they promise.
Finally! After reading commen ts on copy right issues for years, you are the first one I have read that mentions this. Can I assume you have read "History of the Book" as well?
I switched from an 8525 to an iphone. The unlocked price was between 700 and 800 euros, with subsidised versions being sold in Austria for around 380. That's roughly $517 U.S. Calling pocket internet explorer fully functional is really stretching things. The calendar works, but most people I know have still upgraded it with a third party app.
Music? The built in player had problems remembering the music on my memory card. Yes, it' functional, but the interface on most of the players is complete crap, and not designed for non-stylus or one handed use.
Videos? Well, you must be one of the lucky ones. I have had nothing but trouble trying to get the damn thing working the way it should, thanks, not in part, to crappy video device drivers. Speaking of drivers, one of the main reasons I wanted the phone, other than to use it as an HSDPA modem, was for its support of stereo bluetooth. Guess what? It doesn't work. Or should I say, it didn't work out of the box, and after numerous hacks, the best I get get was playback with regular drop-outs.
The phone itself (the radio software) would crash, without any indication that what I was using was nothing more than a chunky PDA. The only way around most of the problems was to flash unofficial system upgrades to the phone, since MS provides no decent method of updating drivers. Support is usually shoved off on the phone companies, who than shove you back to MS. The phone producer (HTC) only provides support for unbranded phones bought through them.
Despite the fact the the 8525 should have been faster than my previous "smartphone" an XDA II, also produced by HTC, it was frequently more sluggish, and would frequently freeze up on switching applications.
Of all the smart phones I have had (and that includes 4 nokias, 3 windows mobile devices and a palm) the iPhone has delivered the most satisfactory experience. The interface works one handed, it has yet to freeze up on me (safari has crashed, but it does so gracefully) the battery life blows the WM devices out of the water, and the screen kicks ass over all of them.
It isn't perfect, but it has brought the ideal of mobile connectivity much closer to reality than any of the others. ALthoug I don't think it completely lives up to the hype, and am anxiously awaiting one with copy and paste, 3g (but only with the same battery life) and third party apps, I actually am happy that Apple has manged to generate the publicity they have. It has made the masses aware of the possibilities of mobile internet, and might just push some other companies to clean up their act and finally deliver something that might really qualify as an iPhone killer. It has made the idea of a smartphone much more attractive to mainstream consumers, which can only result in even more devices coming to market, hopefully at prices and features better than what apple is offering.
right now though, it's the best thing I have ever used.
Forget the TyTn. It's my fourth "smart"phone, the second one running windows mobile, and the closest thing to star trek that I have yet owned, but you really don't want one.
To begin with, it is shipped with WM5. That's bad. Even worse are the BT drivers. Like the idea of stereo bluetooth? I do. But I couldn't do it with the software straight out of the box. Well, that's not really true. I could pair with a device, and evn get some audio, but it sounded like crap and suffered from massive dropouts. Using the TyTn as an ipod replacement with bluetooth headphones isn't going to happen with WM5.
Of course, you could upgrade to WM6. Something I would actually advise you to do if you want to get some use out of the hardware you paid for. The trouble is, that no one officially supports WM6 on TyTn. You will have to jump through some hoops and void your warranty in order to get it running. Microsoft puts the responsibility of releasing software upgrades on the networks, and the networks stop paying attention to your phone as soon as the next great thing is out. If you get a TyTn, you will need to join two sites to get some decent (if unofficial) support. XDA-Developers and 4winmobile.
So assuming you buy the hardware, void your warranty, risk bricking your device, and finally have a phone that almost does what was promised, you will find out that it's still only really stable as long as you don't add too many third-party apps. And your battery life will suck. And the interface will still look like win98 in a fancy dress. Unless you install third party software. But that might make things shaky again.
In other words, yes, you could buy another phone that does most (or more) of what the iPhone can do. But you can't buy one that will do it well. I don't know if the iPhone can do it well either, but if it has longer battery life, the radio stack doesn't crash and safari can load a webpage with more then ten elements, then it will have beaten any current windows mobile device.
I love the idea of my TyTn. I just really hate the reality.
I'm on my third. Currently running an HTC Tytn/Hermes. The price (especially for one that's unlocked) is not really any better. But the price isn't the issue. The things don't work.
Between the hardware development cycle and windows mobile updates, every device is basically beta. To make it worse, they aren't easily upgradeable, so if MS decides to fix some of the issues you are having it's not easy to get them on your phone. Now that MS has gone after xda-developers things have only gotten worse. They are basically saying you need to rely on your CELL provider to get updates, trouble is, many providers just can't be bothered.
Can you imagine the joy of having an $800 phone with a radio stack that freezes? The phone isn't crashed, just the radio. Of course, that's when the rest of the phone isn't crashing for some reason. Then there are the bluetooth issues, poor quality third party apps, sync issues, crappy cameras, and a nasty interface that is not made for one handed use (unless you do some heavy modification with third party solutions). Oh yeah, profiles are also a weak spot
. All Apple has to do is deliver a product that works. Actually, that's all anyone has to do.THe trouble is that this move doesnt seem to be about opening up the online music market. It'a about the hardware market. Remember, the iPod isn't popular because of ITMS, ITMS is popular because of the iPod.
Unless the track has been removed from their catalog, or you were one of the european users and the song you wanted (and bought when there was only one emusic) isnt available for european licensing.
Dont get me wrong, I like emusic and have been a member since the early days of unlimited downloads, but as they become more successful, the service gets worse and worse.
Regional licensing, loss of catalog and increased prices are just the start. I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually get pushed into the DRM camp as well.
yes.
It's just a matter of time...
Well, IAAP, and you are almost spot on. THe way it works at our house (with my 5 year) is taht we start the game together, and I unlock the first couple of cars while he is developiong his skills. As the game progresses, my age advantage (more experience) gives way to his (more time with the game) and he ends up unlocking stuff for me. Of course, sometimes there are spots where I can still be of help, and he calls me in to get him through a tough spot. Having kids was the best thing that ever happened to my gaming.
Not to mention the fact that they are usually getting paid from the $.11 that the artist makes. I have had 2 cd's on a major label, and despite having an international small time hit, I have never seen a single cent from the record company. Everything we got on the advance ended up going to paying the production costs, and since we went over budget on the second CD, every cent from sails went back into paying the money the labe had fronted us for the production.
In my case, the two band members who were also given credit as producers (and actually did work in that capacity on the recordings) are the ones who cleaned up, eventually creating a semi-independant label to release their follow-up project. That label is now being distributed by the major our old band had been signed to.
The only reason the labels get the artists to agree to the kind of conditions that they do is that until now, they have had complete control of the two most important aspects of the business. Distribution and marketing. The web has changed this a bit, and the RIAA members are trying desperately to find a way to keep their influence.
Danger Mouses recent mix of the Gnarls Barkley track "Crazy" was the first song ever to make it into the charts based purely on digital distributio. That has most likely freaked the Majors out even more. Until now, the net has mostly threatened their stranglehold on distribution. Now their hold on the publicity side is being threatened. It used to take years of touring for a band to make a name for itself outside of the Majors. Thanks to the web, an even greater level of exposure is possible in a much shorter timespan. Good for the artists, bad for the Industry.
I'm curious as to what the labels are going to do to fight that...
That's OK. Neither does God, Organized Religion or your Government.
Well, if you want to do it the hard way, drag and rop from the finder. If you want to use some of the nifty themes in Keynote, click on the media button (it's on the top toolbar), choose from iphoto or imovie, and then double click on whatever it is you want to use.
In other words, yes you were clueless, you could have easily put your videos and graphics into your presentation WITHOUT RTFM.
Maybe we need something new like LATFTB (look at the fucking toolbar). To be fair though, kudos for even being able to start keynote while stoned.
Damn! The first time in Years I run across something worth moderating, and I have no points.
Well, all I can say is you,Sir, have a clue. Congratulations.
Yep. It would probably weigh the same too. ;)
No, It's not bullshit.
And the digidave shouldn't be modded as a troll.
I had a record contract. We got an advance which had to be paid back by the small percentage we got from sales. Recording costs were partially taken out of our advance, and the rest were meant to be paid back from our same small percentage of sales. Same would have happened with video production. That was around seven years ago. The companies have also started taking money out of the artists share of sales price for various marketing things, graphic design, producers, and so on and so forth. I have never actually seen ANY money from the record contract. It all went into paying for the recording. Since sales were minimal, proceeds went entirely to paying back the advance.
The only money I ever made was from live shows. From what I understand, that's how it goes for most artists on major labels.
Don't believe me? Maybe you'll believe Steve Albini. He probably knows what he's talking about:
The Problem With Music
And just so you know, you can produce a recording for WELL under $50,000.