Actually, that's not what Tag Heuer promised. They said that after two years you could exchange it for a mechanical Tag Heuer — for a $1500 fee. Not so impressive.
I agree about Gladwell. The way he talked about Jobs not having original ideas showed that he really has no clue about how the technology industry works. The smugness that went along with this was fairly insufferable.
I didn't have a particularly positive impression of Gladwell to begin with – but it's even lower now.
Actually, he said "late capitalism," apparently as a Marx-affirming flourish. Problem is, 20 years post-USSR, this comes off more like a Marxist version of the Black Knight from Monty Pythom & The Holy Grail... "It's only a flesh wound!"
But voice recognition is only the less important part of Siri. You're forgetting the natural language processing (which goes beyond traditional command processing for limited domains like phone calls, audio player control, etc.).
The expression, "Dragon voice recognition > anything apple has" - is not meaningful.
And after all that, they'll still need to operate their system long enough to harvest consumer usage data that allows them to augment/fine-tune the system. By that time, Apple will be, potentially, years ahead.
When I need to refer to the Urban Dictionary to interpret the fevered imagination of an Apple anti-fanboi, I know that the argument is getting heated up...
Curiosity killed the cat, it appears to be MacOS compatible. It is your standard launch a bunch of browser windows and play nasty stuff type thing.. Also tries to launch your mail app.
Another cat here. Wow- that was quite a ride.
I'm running OS X 10.5.7 on Intel w/latest Safari 4. This thing also fired up iChat, created many blank emails, and- most worrisome- launched Terminal. Yikes- time to pay attention to that "don't run as admin" advice.
There were over a hundred open Terminal windows by the time I regained control. Four different types of Terminal screens:
...the iPhone is supposed to be above all else, a phone.
I see this all the time, and I just disagree. I view the iPhone as "Blackjack Joe" does: "To me, despite the name iPhone, I consider it a Internet access device first, an iPod second, and a phone last."
Being a phone is the most important thing for many people -- but not all...
The people here at/. you have to explain this to are people who likely will never understand it -- no matter how often or how eloquently you make the point.
And -- product people who didn't understand this are the reason Apple now mostly owns the music player space. Will the same mistake be made in smartphones? I'd say the jury is still out, and Android is the only platform I feel any optimism about.
...If you'd paid as much for a phone (including the contract) as the iPhone owners have, you'd 'love the iPhone' too, because the alternative is admitting you wasted a huge pile of money...
At least in the US, most people end up in a contract anyway. So here, at least, the "huge pile of money... including the contract" is in no way unique to iPhone.
To read a lot of these critiques (even from the US), you'd think Steve Jobs invented the cell phone contract...
What's wrong with you? How would you "love" your phone if you can't use it for its primary purpose?... Mass acceptance by following the herd is one thing, not having guts to call a spade a spade is another.
I'm glad you got that off your chest. Actually, *my* primary iPhone purpose is not voice, but Net & applications. I haven't had any trouble with calls, but it's also possible that I'm not using voice intensively enough to notice.
I *love* my iPhone- and that's "calling a spade a spade."
I guess it's a little late for this thread, but Apple addressed precisely this issue at their developer's conference yesterday. They will have a solution in September. More info here: "iPhone Background Processing: Not Fixed But Halfway There."
Since the iPhone SDK doesn't allow for [3rd party] background processes, how are you going to be notified of an incoming VOIP call? Answer: you're not, unless you already happen to be in the VOIP app. So it will be fine for outgoing calls, but pretty limited otherwise...
Judging from the trailer, it's not just a matter of doing an HD video transfer; in fact, that may well be the least of it. What it looks like is that the footage has been seriously color-corrected & restored.
After you get used to seeing those clips from old, battered & faded prints, it's remarkable to see them cleaned up, corrected and smoothed out. Like getting used to seeing old faded color prints in an album, and then suddenly they look like recent shots. Almost like a time machine.
The panel design (and the panel itself?) likely dates back at least to the 70's - Apollo/post-Apollo. The Right Stuff era - men were men, and they didn't need no stinkin' Jakob Nielsen to push the right buttons...
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Your information is > 6 months old. There is no technology upgrade.
Actually, that's not what Tag Heuer promised. They said that after two years you could exchange it for a mechanical Tag Heuer — for a $1500 fee. Not so impressive.
I took this years ago at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville AL.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimhill/4412421201/
Wide shot: http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/s5msc1.jpg
I agree about Gladwell. The way he talked about Jobs not having original ideas showed that he really has no clue about how the technology industry works. The smugness that went along with this was fairly insufferable.
I didn't have a particularly positive impression of Gladwell to begin with – but it's even lower now.
what does this have to do with capitalism?
Actually, he said "late capitalism," apparently as a Marx-affirming flourish. Problem is, 20 years post-USSR, this comes off more like a Marxist version of the Black Knight from Monty Pythom & The Holy Grail... "It's only a flesh wound!"
But voice recognition is only the less important part of Siri. You're forgetting the natural language processing (which goes beyond traditional command processing for limited domains like phone calls, audio player control, etc.).
The expression, "Dragon voice recognition > anything apple has" - is not meaningful.
And after all that, they'll still need to operate their system long enough to harvest consumer usage data that allows them to augment/fine-tune the system. By that time, Apple will be, potentially, years ahead.
I knew that if I read down the page far enough, I'd find an intelligent comment.
I didn't say that Apple was first- just pointed out that the "grid icons are actually from palm pilots" claim was pretty weak.
And I was pointing out earlier icon grid examples, not what was stolen.
Seems like the grid icons are actually from palm pilots...
Umm, did you ever see Apple's Newton? Its icon grid preceded Palm by years.
When I need to refer to the Urban Dictionary to interpret the fevered imagination of an Apple anti-fanboi, I know that the argument is getting heated up...
Its good to expose what a locked down app Mac could be like.
It's fun to indulge one's imagination, isn't it?
Curiosity killed the cat, it appears to be MacOS compatible. It is your standard launch a bunch of browser windows and play nasty stuff type thing.. Also tries to launch your mail app.
Another cat here. Wow- that was quite a ride.
I'm running OS X 10.5.7 on Intel w/latest Safari 4. This thing also fired up iChat, created many blank emails, and- most worrisome- launched Terminal. Yikes- time to pay attention to that "don't run as admin" advice.
There were over a hundred open Terminal windows by the time I regained control. Four different types of Terminal screens:
==== 1 ====
login: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
[Process completed]
==== 2 ====
login: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
[Process exited - exit code 1]
==== 3 ====
Could not open a new pseudo-tty.
==== 4 ====
Trying 1.1.1.1...
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Any opinions on how bad this was?
...the iPhone is supposed to be above all else, a phone.
I see this all the time, and I just disagree. I view the iPhone as "Blackjack Joe" does: "To me, despite the name iPhone, I consider it a Internet access device first, an iPod second, and a phone last."
Being a phone is the most important thing for many people -- but not all...
A feature list does not a product make...
The people here at /. you have to explain this to are people who likely will never understand it -- no matter how often or how eloquently you make the point.
And -- product people who didn't understand this are the reason Apple now mostly owns the music player space. Will the same mistake be made in smartphones? I'd say the jury is still out, and Android is the only platform I feel any optimism about.
...If you'd paid as much for a phone (including the contract) as the iPhone owners have, you'd 'love the iPhone' too, because the alternative is admitting you wasted a huge pile of money...
At least in the US, most people end up in a contract anyway. So here, at least, the "huge pile of money ... including the contract" is in no way unique to iPhone.
To read a lot of these critiques (even from the US), you'd think Steve Jobs invented the cell phone contract...
What's wrong with you? How would you "love" your phone if you can't use it for its primary purpose? ... Mass acceptance by following the herd is one thing, not having guts to call a spade a spade is another.
I'm glad you got that off your chest. Actually, *my* primary iPhone purpose is not voice, but Net & applications. I haven't had any trouble with calls, but it's also possible that I'm not using voice intensively enough to notice.
I *love* my iPhone- and that's "calling a spade a spade."
When the battery in your iBrator dies, you need someone with that special touch to replace it.
That's strange -- I've replaced iPod batteries myself several times in the nearly 7 years I've been an iPod owner.
I guess it's a little late for this thread, but Apple addressed precisely this issue at their developer's conference yesterday. They will have a solution in September. More info here: "iPhone Background Processing: Not Fixed But Halfway There."
"Mr. Jobs, tear down this wall!"
Since the iPhone SDK doesn't allow for [3rd party] background processes, how are you going to be notified of an incoming VOIP call? Answer: you're not, unless you already happen to be in the VOIP app. So it will be fine for outgoing calls, but pretty limited otherwise...
After you get used to seeing those clips from old, battered & faded prints, it's remarkable to see them cleaned up, corrected and smoothed out. Like getting used to seeing old faded color prints in an album, and then suddenly they look like recent shots. Almost like a time machine.
I'm really looking forward to this.
The panel design (and the panel itself?) likely dates back at least to the 70's - Apollo/post-Apollo. The Right Stuff era - men were men, and they didn't need no stinkin' Jakob Nielsen to push the right buttons...
Judging by how hard it was to load the article, I believe this guy's web server barely managed to get through its own "great filter."