I have had the same experience with AT&T DSL and U-Verse internet, in a region that was, once upon a time, Pacific Bell. Never needed to install any special software, even after AT&T's 2Wire DSL gateway died and I replaced it with one I bought at Fry's. After moving and getting U-Verse, the installation tech told me flat out I didn't need to install the software package the web site prompted me to download when I was activating the service through their web site. Using Safari on a PowerBook G4.
That's because you're actually buying the phone outright, rather than subsidizing the purchase cost with a more expensive long term contract. Virgin Mobile's LG Optimus V at $199 is the same as the starting point for the iPhone 4. VM's offerings are more mid-tier phones and not the high end models that get all the publicity, but they'd likely be good enough for most people.
Let's compare the cost over a two year period, since that's the typical contract, with the Sprint version of the phone, the Optimus S, on the cheapest available plans:
Disney's Soarin' Over California attraction uses a 48fps HD IMAX Dome projection. It basically does what you're describing; the attraction simulates hang gliding over various scenery. I have to say I haven't noticed any jumpiness even when sitting at the edge of the screen. The 48fps may be helping, but I also haven't been watching for any jumpiness.
TNT/USA/NBC/ and most of the internet all use an advertiser supported model. Their adds are annoying, but the content is free.
TNT, USA, and the other cable networks aren't free. The cable/satellite provider pays the network for the channel, and that charge is rolled into the charge that customers pay for the packages that include that channel. It's not as obvious as the premium movie networks like HBO, Showtime, Starz, etc., since you don't have the option of individually subscribing to that channel.
You also missed a third business model. The PBS model of free to everybody content, funded significantly by viewers opting to pay for that content directly, bypassing the cable company middlemen, but HBO-style advertising only between the programs.
I see plenty of Windows (and OS X and Gnome) desktops that look like a real desktop. A cluttered mess of stuff all over the place. Like this: http://456kn.deviantart.com/#/d1x6yk3
but it's reasonable that there will be some mistakes when rolling something new out like this
No, it's not reasonable. Making security mistakes like this mean that security wasn't included in the architecture design from the beginning. Yes, lots of people treat security as an afterthought, and no, it's not a good thing.
Just because the kernel version is 2.6.18 (in particular, don't know about 2.6.21) doesn't mean its out of date. 2.6.18 is the kernel used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and its derivatives, and Red Hat's version gets regular patches.
Because VMware is looking beyond the Android on Android use case.
For the guest operating system, VMware and LG gave the example of a second instance of Android running on top of the host Android OS. It remains to be seen whether technical reasons or licensing concerns could prevent IT shops from installing other mobile operating systems as guests on top of the virtualized Android devices.
On this issue, VMware says: "VMware's strategy with mobile phones will be very similar to our approach in the PC space. Users have the ability to run any supported guest operating system as long as it complies with predetermined licensing guidelines."
In other words, you might one day be able to run your corporate Blackberry image in a VM on your Android phone. Using something like OpenVZ only works if host and guest are running the same OS.
I just thought of a use case that would appeal to the geeky, non corporate user type. Run a stock version of the latest Android release as a guest, while the host is limited to whatever three-versions-behind version of Android with a bunch of useless pre-installed apps that the carrier foists upon you.
You do know that UPS ended their passenger airline service in 2001, right? Or did you mean that we should also ban the pilots (the only people on board the aircraft in this latest incident) from flying?
if they ban Wi-Fi., that is the only thing that makes cross country flights tolerable these days, especially in coach.
Really? You need wifi to make a flight tolerable?
I've taken plenty of transcons, on widebody and narrowbody jets. Some had movies on overhead screens or TVs hanging from the ceiling, some had personal in-seat live TVs, and on some the only form of airline provided in-flight entertainment was the in-flight magazine and the view out the window. I've used in-flight wifi exactly once, and that was when the airline was giving it away for free as part of a promotion, the flight was less than an hour long, and the main thing I did with it was post the obligatory "I'm on plane!" Facebook post and Tweet.
There already is. It's called StatusNet, and one seemingly popular (meaning, the one I know if) implementation is Identi.ca.
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I had that happen this morning to me. It appears to be fixed now, but when I went to download it earlier, the solution was to click "Get Safari for Windows", where I had the choice of Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Windows versions.
When the Apple iPhone was released, Apple managed to get a carrier to provide internet access to it's users for a flat rate of $20 a month.
This wasn't anything new. I don't know what it is these days, but when the T-Mobile SIdekick came out, unlimited data was $20/month on top of the cost of whichever voice plan you wanted, or $30/month for a data-only plan. There were no limited data plans for the Sidekick. Admittedly, this was GRPS, not even EDGE, but the price point was nothing new.
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I have had the same experience with AT&T DSL and U-Verse internet, in a region that was, once upon a time, Pacific Bell. Never needed to install any special software, even after AT&T's 2Wire DSL gateway died and I replaced it with one I bought at Fry's. After moving and getting U-Verse, the installation tech told me flat out I didn't need to install the software package the web site prompted me to download when I was activating the service through their web site. Using Safari on a PowerBook G4.
That's because you're actually buying the phone outright, rather than subsidizing the purchase cost with a more expensive long term contract. Virgin Mobile's LG Optimus V at $199 is the same as the starting point for the iPhone 4. VM's offerings are more mid-tier phones and not the high end models that get all the publicity, but they'd likely be good enough for most people.
Let's compare the cost over a two year period, since that's the typical contract, with the Sprint version of the phone, the Optimus S, on the cheapest available plans:
Virgin: $199.99 + $25/month = $799.99
Sprint: $49.99 + $69.99/month = $1729.75
You could even get Virgin's most expensive plan, $60/month for unlimited talk, text, and data, and still spend less ($1639.99) over two years.
Disney's Soarin' Over California attraction uses a 48fps HD IMAX Dome projection. It basically does what you're describing; the attraction simulates hang gliding over various scenery. I have to say I haven't noticed any jumpiness even when sitting at the edge of the screen. The 48fps may be helping, but I also haven't been watching for any jumpiness.
TNT/USA/NBC/ and most of the internet all use an advertiser supported model. Their adds are annoying, but the content is free.
TNT, USA, and the other cable networks aren't free. The cable/satellite provider pays the network for the channel, and that charge is rolled into the charge that customers pay for the packages that include that channel. It's not as obvious as the premium movie networks like HBO, Showtime, Starz, etc., since you don't have the option of individually subscribing to that channel.
You also missed a third business model. The PBS model of free to everybody content, funded significantly by viewers opting to pay for that content directly, bypassing the cable company middlemen, but HBO-style advertising only between the programs.
I haven't looked recently, but a couple of years ago I came across a Vaio at a Sony store that said "Assembled in the United States" on the bottom.
I see plenty of Windows (and OS X and Gnome) desktops that look like a real desktop. A cluttered mess of stuff all over the place. Like this: http://456kn.deviantart.com/#/d1x6yk3
but it's reasonable that there will be some mistakes when rolling something new out like this
No, it's not reasonable. Making security mistakes like this mean that security wasn't included in the architecture design from the beginning. Yes, lots of people treat security as an afterthought, and no, it's not a good thing.
You also need physical access to steal a SIM card. So the thieves had that.
Just because the kernel version is 2.6.18 (in particular, don't know about 2.6.21) doesn't mean its out of date. 2.6.18 is the kernel used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and its derivatives, and Red Hat's version gets regular patches.
Because VMware is looking beyond the Android on Android use case.
For the guest operating system, VMware and LG gave the example of a second instance of Android running on top of the host Android OS. It remains to be seen whether technical reasons or licensing concerns could prevent IT shops from installing other mobile operating systems as guests on top of the virtualized Android devices.
On this issue, VMware says: "VMware's strategy with mobile phones will be very similar to our approach in the PC space. Users have the ability to run any supported guest operating system as long as it complies with predetermined licensing guidelines."
In other words, you might one day be able to run your corporate Blackberry image in a VM on your Android phone. Using something like OpenVZ only works if host and guest are running the same OS.
I just thought of a use case that would appeal to the geeky, non corporate user type. Run a stock version of the latest Android release as a guest, while the host is limited to whatever three-versions-behind version of Android with a bunch of useless pre-installed apps that the carrier foists upon you.
So basically, Amazon should implement their own version of PayPal?
Step 3: Ban all people from flying
You do know that UPS ended their passenger airline service in 2001, right? Or did you mean that we should also ban the pilots (the only people on board the aircraft in this latest incident) from flying?
if they ban Wi-Fi., that is the only thing that makes cross country flights tolerable these days, especially in coach.
Really? You need wifi to make a flight tolerable?
I've taken plenty of transcons, on widebody and narrowbody jets. Some had movies on overhead screens or TVs hanging from the ceiling, some had personal in-seat live TVs, and on some the only form of airline provided in-flight entertainment was the in-flight magazine and the view out the window. I've used in-flight wifi exactly once, and that was when the airline was giving it away for free as part of a promotion, the flight was less than an hour long, and the main thing I did with it was post the obligatory "I'm on plane!" Facebook post and Tweet.
It takes a few hours on the phone, but you receive a laptop without an OS and a check for about $50.
For many companies, the productivity lost spending a few hours on the phone is worth quite a bit more than $50.
Nope. I usually use j.mp, which is bit.ly's lesser-known, two-characters-shorter version. But for even shorter, there's to.
However, I don't understand the hesitancy to deploy ideas that have been tested exhaustively, deployed, and used widely.
Money.
Maybe. The developer of GV Mobile has apparently gotten word that the app would likely be approved for the app store if he resubmitted it: http://www.todaysiphone.com/2010/09/gv-mobile-may-return-to-app-store/
So there may be hope for an official Google Voice app from Google as well.
I'd go so far as to say that if Facebook does it, it's probably wrong.
There already is. It's called StatusNet, and one seemingly popular (meaning, the one I know if) implementation is Identi.ca.
I had that happen this morning to me. It appears to be fixed now, but when I went to download it earlier, the solution was to click "Get Safari for Windows", where I had the choice of Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Windows versions.
The old Safari AdBlock still works with Safari 5.
When the Apple iPhone was released, Apple managed to get a carrier to provide internet access to it's users for a flat rate of $20 a month.
This wasn't anything new. I don't know what it is these days, but when the T-Mobile SIdekick came out, unlimited data was $20/month on top of the cost of whichever voice plan you wanted, or $30/month for a data-only plan. There were no limited data plans for the Sidekick. Admittedly, this was GRPS, not even EDGE, but the price point was nothing new.
No, but I do remember using LocalTalk cables. Also PhoneNet, which used plain old RJ-11 phone cables.
AppleShare! For even more fun, run it over AppleTalk instead of IP.