Funniest part is that this phone is just patent bait anyway.
Apple know HTC and Samsung will immediately take legal action to block it, so they're not committing much in the iPhone 5 - just a minor facelift. Once the dust has settled on the litigation, maybe they'll release the real update.
And in any case, a keyboard dock is only another $100.
I just plug in a USB hub and HDMI out if I want to use my Transformer with a full-sized keyboard, mouse and screen. Works fine with the $80 Novo 7 tablet as well.
Total cost around $10 for the hub and leads.
There's a LOT of people here who are really precious about their tools. Frankly, with very rare exceptions, if you can't be productive with Polaris or Kingsoft on Android, you probably won't be productive anywhere.
if you'll look at any eTailer like Amazon or Tigerdirect the ones being sold with 2.x are the CCC (Cheapo Chinese Crap) that frankly won't run anything heavier thanks to low end CPUs and pathetic amounts of RAM!
All my cheapo Chinese crap phones are running 4.03 at least.
There's no real problem, this is just clickbait hype. Phones are lasting longer than 2 years, and normal people don't upgrade their OS. That's being spun as an issue.
Difference is, Apple has a lot of money to throw around for advertising/marketing. Doesn't mean they have better product.
And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Look around the budget end of the processor/computer market and there's some incredibly useful bits of gear. Allwinner is making a mint from having the A10 in a huge variety of devices, from USB-sized computers to development boards like the Rhombus. If you Google Allwinner, Rockchip or Mediatek you'll see thousands of sub-$100 devices with >GHz processors, more RAM than a desktop from 5 years ago and more imaginative form-factors than will ever exist in the Apple monoculture.
Having all this innovation out of Apple's radar means best-of-breed versions will be more likely to gain competitive advantage and prosper.
Rhombus Tech may well fail, but if it does it'll be because it's competing with better or cheaper devices like the $49 Cubieboard , not because it was sued into oblivion by an aggressive, predatory monopolist wannabe.
Sorry but this is just one more reason we should kill the lie that is free trade.
I semi-agree, but we don't have too many ways of encouraging a repressive country to improve human rights. Trade is is one of the crucial interactions that nations can use to at least stay engaged, and hopefully offer suggestion by example.
It's early days yet, but I strongly support the FairTrade movement.
And Javascript is an excellent intermediatory language.
Apache Cordova is an interesting project aimed at building native apps on most smartphone platforms using HTML, CSS and Javascript to describe the app.
Lack of memory, storage, screen real estate (2560x1920) and CPU/GPU power.:-)
None of those "problems" is unique to tablets. You've just described most computers that have been used for developing very useful software for decades.
It appears we will have six weeks of astroturf to look forward to. Oh joy...
Seriously though, Slashdot readers should be told when articles are bought and paid for. Surreptitious advertising will only alienate readers in the long run.
It would be a laugh if Surface turned out to be 100% vaporware just to get the OEMs to actually do something.
It's called a "queen's duck".
And you're right, Microsoft marketing loves them. They announce some controversial feature, reap millions of dollars worth of free online discussion, and then get to announce that they listen to their customers when they remove the "feature".
Well, what did you expect from a predominantly Muslim country? Progressive politics?
Perhaps you should go to Malaysia some day. It's improving fast, has some of the best roads and infrastructure in the region as well as high levels of education. Food prices are kept low, and so is fuel and electricity, so most people have at least an opportunity to live well.
Nor is it uniformly Islamic. Even on the east coast, where the religion dominates, it's still easy enough to do as you choose, and in places like Penang, it's barely visible.
Most of this stuff is posturing, and has less affect on real people than idiocy like the *IAA pogroms being run out of the US.
According to Ohm, if we stick to our current path, the Database of Ruin will become an inevitable fixture of our future landscape, one that will be littered with lives ruined by the exploitation of data assembled for profit.
No doubt, but what we need is a path forward that avoids the pitfalls of ubiquitous databases while retaining the benefits.
They don't have to buy them in the US. Other markets will still have access to these smartphones.
For the moment maybe.
But Apple is basically following the well trodden path established by the RIAA/MPAA lawyers. They'll use the USA and its government as a base to extend their influence worldwide.
While we probably won't see Kim Dotcom style takedowns of manufacturers in the next few years, we will see raids of black-market phone resellers in countries who've been coerced into whatever the SOPA equivalent will be called.
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I get the joke but come on.....
Funniest part is that this phone is just patent bait anyway.
Apple know HTC and Samsung will immediately take legal action to block it, so they're not committing much in the iPhone 5 - just a minor facelift. Once the dust has settled on the litigation, maybe they'll release the real update.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2012/09/133_119602.html
And in any case, a keyboard dock is only another $100.
I just plug in a USB hub and HDMI out if I want to use my Transformer with a full-sized keyboard, mouse and screen. Works fine with the $80 Novo 7 tablet as well.
Total cost around $10 for the hub and leads.
There's a LOT of people here who are really precious about their tools. Frankly, with very rare exceptions, if you can't be productive with Polaris or Kingsoft on Android, you probably won't be productive anywhere.
Look at the shape of the activation rate curve. I'll give you a hint - it's not linear.
if you'll look at any eTailer like Amazon or Tigerdirect the ones being sold with 2.x are the CCC (Cheapo Chinese Crap) that frankly won't run anything heavier thanks to low end CPUs and pathetic amounts of RAM!
All my cheapo Chinese crap phones are running 4.03 at least.
There's no real problem, this is just clickbait hype. Phones are lasting longer than 2 years, and normal people don't upgrade their OS. That's being spun as an issue.
Difference is, Apple has a lot of money to throw around for advertising/marketing. Doesn't mean they have better product.
And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Look around the budget end of the processor/computer market and there's some incredibly useful bits of gear. Allwinner is making a mint from having the A10 in a huge variety of devices, from USB-sized computers to development boards like the Rhombus. If you Google Allwinner, Rockchip or Mediatek you'll see thousands of sub-$100 devices with >GHz processors, more RAM than a desktop from 5 years ago and more imaginative form-factors than will ever exist in the Apple monoculture.
Having all this innovation out of Apple's radar means best-of-breed versions will be more likely to gain competitive advantage and prosper.
Rhombus Tech may well fail, but if it does it'll be because it's competing with better or cheaper devices like the $49 Cubieboard , not because it was sued into oblivion by an aggressive, predatory monopolist wannabe.
Pizza is already open sauce pie. How deep do you want to go?
Sorry but this is just one more reason we should kill the lie that is free trade.
I semi-agree, but we don't have too many ways of encouraging a repressive country to improve human rights. Trade is is one of the crucial interactions that nations can use to at least stay engaged, and hopefully offer suggestion by example.
It's early days yet, but I strongly support the FairTrade movement.
http://www.fairtrade.net/
Sneeze expressions and orgasm expressions are identical.
And Javascript is an excellent intermediatory language.
Apache Cordova is an interesting project aimed at building native apps on most smartphone platforms using HTML, CSS and Javascript to describe the app.
http://docs.phonegap.com/en/1.8.1/index.html
Lack of memory, storage, screen real estate (2560x1920) and CPU/GPU power. :-)
None of those "problems" is unique to tablets. You've just described most computers that have been used for developing very useful software for decades.
What's the difference between an Android tablet docked to mouse, keyboard and 1080p screen and a "bigger computer"?
Taste the freedom
Sour grape flavoured from Slashdot?
This recipe was fulfilling a promise made in a Reddit AMA by Obama.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obama_president_of_the_united_states/c60mom8
Maybe they are releasing a new product?
Yep.
Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 launch dates revealed
Windows Phone 8's build-up to launch started today,
But October -- specifically late October -- is when things really ramp up.
http://www.zdnet.com/mark-your-microsoft-calendars-windows-8-windows-phone-8-launch-dates-revealed-7000003450
It appears we will have six weeks of astroturf to look forward to. Oh joy...
Seriously though, Slashdot readers should be told when articles are bought and paid for. Surreptitious advertising will only alienate readers in the long run.
It would be a laugh if Surface turned out to be 100% vaporware just to get the OEMs to actually do something.
It's called a "queen's duck".
And you're right, Microsoft marketing loves them. They announce some controversial feature, reap millions of dollars worth of free online discussion, and then get to announce that they listen to their customers when they remove the "feature".
Well, what did you expect from a predominantly Muslim country? Progressive politics?
Perhaps you should go to Malaysia some day. It's improving fast, has some of the best roads and infrastructure in the region as well as high levels of education. Food prices are kept low, and so is fuel and electricity, so most people have at least an opportunity to live well.
Nor is it uniformly Islamic. Even on the east coast, where the religion dominates, it's still easy enough to do as you choose, and in places like Penang, it's barely visible.
Most of this stuff is posturing, and has less affect on real people than idiocy like the *IAA pogroms being run out of the US.
Right off the shoulders of giants...
No, you didn't. You're just being an arse.
What is it then?
It's a phone and tablet operating system that works better than iOS, and on more devices. That's why more people buy it.
According to Ohm, if we stick to our current path, the Database of Ruin will become an inevitable fixture of our future landscape, one that will be littered with lives ruined by the exploitation of data assembled for profit.
No doubt, but what we need is a path forward that avoids the pitfalls of ubiquitous databases while retaining the benefits.
But no in ever got out of it, ever.
I have. At least, so far.
Yah the bath salts won't help you sleep, but the zombie reality is truly hyped to the max.
They don't have to buy them in the US. Other markets will still have access to these smartphones.
For the moment maybe.
But Apple is basically following the well trodden path established by the RIAA/MPAA lawyers. They'll use the USA and its government as a base to extend their influence worldwide.
While we probably won't see Kim Dotcom style takedowns of manufacturers in the next few years, we will see raids of black-market phone resellers in countries who've been coerced into whatever the SOPA equivalent will be called.
Burn the mother fuckers already, and get on with your life.
Yeah, but those of us who don't have a life can use half-dead Android phones as Arduino controllers.
Or we could use them with AndroUAV to control our own drones.
http://www.amarino-toolkit.net/
http://developer.android.com/tools/adk/index.html
http://www.instructables.com/id/Androino-Talk-with-an-Arduino-from-your-Android-d/
http://code.google.com/p/androuav/
Evacuating the GOP convention with a hurricane is just God's way of voting.
How come God gets so many mod points? And when do I get to metamod?
You've just described the development process for Windows 8, just with more squares.
And if you think I'm kidding, read this.