A complementary device enhancement known as simultaneous 1X Voice and EV-DO Data (SVDO) will also become available during the same timeframe and will enable CDMA2000 devices to access EV-DO packet data services while in an active 1X circuit-switch voice call.
So that is a simple upgrade then? Is it backwards compatible with existing devices? If you are going to upgrade every tower anyway, why not go with HSPA+/HSUPA and get near LTE speeds right now and be able to support the iPhone 4 and other existing handsets?
There are already Android offerings that out-gear the iPhone 4.
Name one. The iPhone 4's 5 Megapixel camera has a better quality sensor and focus mechanism for macro shots than the 8 Megapixel Android phones. The iPhone's new display has the highest pixel density of any phone out on the market.
What would Apple need to do to support CDMA and is there any market for one outside the USA? I know they shut down the CDMA network here in Australia a few years ago as it was replaced with a 850MHz 3G network. FWIW the iPhone is available for all the networks here, but the iPhone 4 will be the first to support them all completely (and AFAICT the first phone (not just iPhone) to support both 850 and 900 UMTS).
Canada was a market until November 2009 when the two major CDMA carriers (Telus/Bell) launched an HSPA+/HSUPA network in most of the provinces. I have my iPhone 3GS through Fido but I have my iPad on a 15 dollar paygo data plan with Bell.
Most of the remaining CDMA markets are either comprised of people too poor to buy an iPhone and data plan or use a different variant of CDMA which uses SIM cards called CSIMs.
You can keep on blaming the phone for carrier network issues in some cities but it does not change facts.
There are videos of the 3G and 3GS upgraded to iOS 4 exhibiting a similar issue if you hold it a certain way in your left hand but the strength of your local network towers is still a factor as I have only been able to bring my 3GS running iOS4 down by one bar from full service while trying to reproduce the problem because I have strong Fido towers all around me. I don't even hold my iPhone that way most of the time when I'm on a call.
No port for Android? Its selling 160,000 phone per DAY!
C'mon...
Are they really "selling" that many or is it more like 80,000 since Verizon offers a "buy one, get one free" offer? People like free crap and will take it even if they have no real use for it.
Actually, this would not be unprecedented. I have heard of stories where the FBI sent macs and linux machines to CSIS (Canada's spy agency) because the FBI guys only knew how to crack into windows machines.
The name "jailbreak" comes from the fact that hacking the device involves taking down the BSD jails that userland processes run under. BSD jails provide app sandboxing preventing apps from taking over the phone. While these flaw might be a concern, they are only a concern if the exploit contains some sort of jailbreak payload with malicious content packaged in.
If you are worried about exposing your personal data, don't jailbreak. I've tried it in the past and I'll never jailbreak again.
which wouldnt be an issue with a competent security model and process seperation, what modern OS allows one userland proces to snoop on another one?
Are you serious? Do you even understand what a jailbreak is? By default, all userland apps run inside of BSD jails on the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, hence the name "jailbreak" where you deliberately hack the phone to destroy those jails. This is why jailbroken devices are more vulnerable to attack. They are wide open after you destroy the security model that provides process sandboxing.
What disproves [...] the idea that there was a global flood? Because it seems like a lot of fossils are created during "great floods." Nobody seems to ever even suggest the idea that there was a global flood... every other idea is proposed (numerous "great floods," meteors hitting the earth, etc) but why is a global flood not proposed?
Because there simply isn't enough fucking water on the planet?
Uh... the planet we are on is an ocean planet. It is covered mostly by water. A sudden melting of the ice caps and a shift in the ocean floor upward in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans would result in the entire earth being covered by water.
Several movies have depicted such a situation including Waterworld and the recent 2012.
Since when does clicking a file and pressing delete qualify as "not easily deleted"?
So, now you have to use a file manager to administrate your phone?
Android is so easy to use, all you need is a third party task manager to close your apps and a filemanager to clear these thumbnails. Wow, Android is so user friendly./sarc.
You are making light of a serious security hole were someone to get a hold of your phone or even the SD card from your phone.
They discovered a large herd of animals which died in a a large flood event.
What did this remind you of?
Put away your bullshit anti-religious rhetoric and look at the evidence honestly. Mitochondrial Eve, this flood evidence are all examples of science rediscovering what people have known for centuries. Scientist see something right in front of them but they just have to change a few details around to keep themselves from sounding like "creationists" to their colleagues.
Science now knows that it is possible for humans to live for centuries if their Telomeres were to not deteriorate. There have been examples this phenomenon. Google "immortal cells" for a story about cancer cells that are still alive when their original host had passed on long ago.
So in your mind you see no difference in a pre-rolled feature and an after-the-fact extension?
Interesting.
To the typical end user, there is no difference other than extensions having a higher barrier of entry because they have to be aware of them and know how to install them. Once installed however, they are basically the same from an end user perspective especially if it is not "always on" and has to be toggled on and off by the user like this reader feature.
That's not the case at all. Why does VLC use so much less CPU on Windows/Linux than on OSX if everything is perfectly cross platform? Sure, it doesn't use directshow on Windows, but it does use the lower level video acceleration APIs to great benefit. Same deal on Linux, it uses the video acceleration that X11 provides. The equivalent APIs on OSX just don't work.
Your argument also doesn't account for Perian, which is most certainly OSX only and not cross platform. Perian is a Quicktime plug-in and very much tied to Apple's APIs. Feed H.264 out of a MOV file to the Quicktime decoder and it will enable hardware acceleration. Feed that EXACT SAME STREAM, except out of a MKV or AVI through Perian to the EXACT SAME DECODER in Quicktime and hardware acceleration gets disabled because Perian is not "blessed" by Apple.
Please. The reason why VLC does not use Core Animation and Core Video is because they are not cross platform compatible. There are plenty of examples of software which use them successfully.
They are feeding you bullshit and you bought it hook line and sinker.
I don't understand... Why would the profiles supported by hardware decoders be different on macs than on any other computer using the same GPU?
The profile used by flash is not supported by mobile hardware decoders. It is an obsolete profile that nobody else uses. That is why flash video performs so poorly on mobile platforms.
Apple recently provided a new low level API because of Adobe whining but they have had two APIs for H264 decoding for several years now. The problem with flash video is that they use a profile for H264 which is not supported by hardware decoders when they could have easily used the correctly profile. Adobe is the one that screwed up here.
Wifi only because AT&T will never allow it. It would be nice if there was a standard for video calls on phones.
Of course, there IS a standard, called Video Share and AT&T has had it for years.
Maybe you're thinking of the other carriers, which still don't support it?
It requires a complex set of video call servers whereas this standard would be TCP/IP based and easier to implement without carrier involvement. Carriers may eventually allow it on their networks but it is based on standard IP transfer rather than some GSM standard that only works on UTMS/HSPA.
Nope, sorry but nowhere on that page does it describe a universal standard for video calls. UMTS is another name for HSPA and it is the transport mechanism for 3G data on GSM networks.
I've almost never been searched other than one time coming into London and it was probably because I was just staying for a couple of days and then flying out to Germany after coming in from Spain a few years back.
The last two times that I've come back to Canada from abroad, I've been searched. The first time I came back from a week long vacation trip to Japan and the other time was from a trip from Vegas. The Japan incident was probably triggered because I was travelling alone and I did not have any relatives in Japan. I did not realize that being a tourist was now considered suspicious. Go figure. The second time I got stopped because they said that their "computer" said that I was over the limit for purchases when I was clearly not and I paid cash for everything so they had to be "guessing" based on a scan of my luggage. They tell you to store your jewellery in your carry one luggage but then they questioned me on where I got each item from. I had receipts to prove everything that I bought in Vegas. I guess that I've learned my lesson to only take jewellery that I intend to wear on the plane after getting through security.
The ironic thing is that I my job often involves working with various government around the world to detect illegal activity.
If you wanted to look at the demos on other browsers, all you had to do was go to the http;//developer.apple.com/safaridemos/ link . Again, not everything will work on non-safari browers but most of them will work on the latest chrome.
You people keep saying that, and that link doesn't block you outright, but actually trying to run the demos on that link give the same message - "you'll need to download Safari to view this demo". Heck, even Microsoft let other browsers into their IE9/HTML5 showcase.
Yeah, i tried it with Chrome and most of them worked but then I tried it with Firefox and it didn't work. Guess why? Apple can detect Chrome and assume that since it is webkit, it will support most of the features found in Safari but Apple has no way of knowing what your particular build of Firefox will support.
It's just not worth the effort at this point to try to support Firefox when the public builds have very little support for HTML 5.
Chrome was blocked from the VR demo because Chrome does not support all of the features used in the demo yet.
This is a technology showcase by "Apple" for developers targeting the iPhone OS which uses "safari". They added in the user agent sniffing code so that average Apple users stumbling upon the story would not be able to try the demos with an old build of Chrome which did not support everything or other browsers which supported none of it (IE, older builds of Firefox).
This was the executive summary for general public consumption.
If you wanted to look at the demos on other browsers, all you had to do was go to the http;//developer.apple.com/safaridemos/ link. Again, not everything will work on non-safari browers but most of them will work on the latest chrome.
This is all about presenting the technology to the average user in the best light when other browsers are still playing catchup.
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Don't CDMA iPhones exist outside the USA already?
No. If you are thinking of Bell and Telus in Canada, those carriers launched an HSPA+/HSUPA network (3G) network like other GSM carriers use.
Perhaps they are implementing this? http://www.cdg.org/news/press/2009/Aug17_09.asp
A complementary device enhancement known as simultaneous 1X Voice and EV-DO Data (SVDO) will also become available during the same timeframe and will enable CDMA2000 devices to access EV-DO packet data services while in an active 1X circuit-switch voice call.
So that is a simple upgrade then? Is it backwards compatible with existing devices? If you are going to upgrade every tower anyway, why not go with HSPA+/HSUPA and get near LTE speeds right now and be able to support the iPhone 4 and other existing handsets?
There are already Android offerings that out-gear the iPhone 4.
Name one. The iPhone 4's 5 Megapixel camera has a better quality sensor and focus mechanism for macro shots than the 8 Megapixel Android phones. The iPhone's new display has the highest pixel density of any phone out on the market.
What would Apple need to do to support CDMA and is there any market for one outside the USA? I know they shut down the CDMA network here in Australia a few years ago as it was replaced with a 850MHz 3G network. FWIW the iPhone is available for all the networks here, but the iPhone 4 will be the first to support them all completely (and AFAICT the first phone (not just iPhone) to support both 850 and 900 UMTS).
Canada was a market until November 2009 when the two major CDMA carriers (Telus/Bell) launched an HSPA+/HSUPA network in most of the provinces. I have my iPhone 3GS through Fido but I have my iPad on a 15 dollar paygo data plan with Bell.
Most of the remaining CDMA markets are either comprised of people too poor to buy an iPhone and data plan or use a different variant of CDMA which uses SIM cards called CSIMs.
HTC Droid Incredible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaDE941PzQ
Nexus One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2g5J4qPp54
Nokia E71: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi1gHDa7-X0
Nokia 6230: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_RP7Fn1w8Q
Nokia 6720: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ7t75Uo6qQ
You can keep on blaming the phone for carrier network issues in some cities but it does not change facts.
There are videos of the 3G and 3GS upgraded to iOS 4 exhibiting a similar issue if you hold it a certain way in your left hand but the strength of your local network towers is still a factor as I have only been able to bring my 3GS running iOS4 down by one bar from full service while trying to reproduce the problem because I have strong Fido towers all around me. I don't even hold my iPhone that way most of the time when I'm on a call.
They could have sold it for maybe 30-40 bucks.
No port for Android? Its selling 160,000 phone per DAY! C'mon...
Are they really "selling" that many or is it more like 80,000 since Verizon offers a "buy one, get one free" offer? People like free crap and will take it even if they have no real use for it.
"Bond, Kit Bond" sounds less like an international spy and more like modelling glue.
Actually, this would not be unprecedented. I have heard of stories where the FBI sent macs and linux machines to CSIS (Canada's spy agency) because the FBI guys only knew how to crack into windows machines.
If you are worried about exposing your personal data, don't jailbreak. I've tried it in the past and I'll never jailbreak again.
which wouldnt be an issue with a competent security model and process seperation, what modern OS allows one userland proces to snoop on another one?
Are you serious? Do you even understand what a jailbreak is? By default, all userland apps run inside of BSD jails on the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, hence the name "jailbreak" where you deliberately hack the phone to destroy those jails. This is why jailbroken devices are more vulnerable to attack. They are wide open after you destroy the security model that provides process sandboxing.
(Hum, she's called Khan but looks like Uhura... conflict!)
*extends hand* - Denny Crane.
*Sigh* The lady is our current Governor General you insensitive clod.
The man is Kahn.
What disproves [...] the idea that there was a global flood? Because it seems like a lot of fossils are created during "great floods." Nobody seems to ever even suggest the idea that there was a global flood... every other idea is proposed (numerous "great floods," meteors hitting the earth, etc) but why is a global flood not proposed?
Because there simply isn't enough fucking water on the planet?
Uh... the planet we are on is an ocean planet. It is covered mostly by water. A sudden melting of the ice caps and a shift in the ocean floor upward in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans would result in the entire earth being covered by water.
Several movies have depicted such a situation including Waterworld and the recent 2012.
Since when does clicking a file and pressing delete qualify as "not easily deleted"?
So, now you have to use a file manager to administrate your phone?
Android is so easy to use, all you need is a third party task manager to close your apps and a filemanager to clear these thumbnails. Wow, Android is so user friendly. /sarc.
You are making light of a serious security hole were someone to get a hold of your phone or even the SD card from your phone.
What did this remind you of?
Put away your bullshit anti-religious rhetoric and look at the evidence honestly. Mitochondrial Eve, this flood evidence are all examples of science rediscovering what people have known for centuries. Scientist see something right in front of them but they just have to change a few details around to keep themselves from sounding like "creationists" to their colleagues.
Science now knows that it is possible for humans to live for centuries if their Telomeres were to not deteriorate. There have been examples this phenomenon. Google "immortal cells" for a story about cancer cells that are still alive when their original host had passed on long ago.
So in your mind you see no difference in a pre-rolled feature and an after-the-fact extension?
Interesting.
To the typical end user, there is no difference other than extensions having a higher barrier of entry because they have to be aware of them and know how to install them. Once installed however, they are basically the same from an end user perspective especially if it is not "always on" and has to be toggled on and off by the user like this reader feature.
That's not the case at all. Why does VLC use so much less CPU on Windows/Linux than on OSX if everything is perfectly cross platform? Sure, it doesn't use directshow on Windows, but it does use the lower level video acceleration APIs to great benefit. Same deal on Linux, it uses the video acceleration that X11 provides. The equivalent APIs on OSX just don't work. Your argument also doesn't account for Perian, which is most certainly OSX only and not cross platform. Perian is a Quicktime plug-in and very much tied to Apple's APIs. Feed H.264 out of a MOV file to the Quicktime decoder and it will enable hardware acceleration. Feed that EXACT SAME STREAM, except out of a MKV or AVI through Perian to the EXACT SAME DECODER in Quicktime and hardware acceleration gets disabled because Perian is not "blessed" by Apple.
What are you talking about "blessed" by Apple? I am talking about the "Core Video and Core Animation" which are part of OS X 10.5 and later. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Animation and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Video .
A quick search seems to indicate that they do not yet use Core Video and they do not have an official 64bit build for OS X.
They are feeding you bullshit and you bought it hook line and sinker.
I don't understand... Why would the profiles supported by hardware decoders be different on macs than on any other computer using the same GPU?
The profile used by flash is not supported by mobile hardware decoders. It is an obsolete profile that nobody else uses. That is why flash video performs so poorly on mobile platforms.
Apple recently provided a new low level API because of Adobe whining but they have had two APIs for H264 decoding for several years now. The problem with flash video is that they use a profile for H264 which is not supported by hardware decoders when they could have easily used the correctly profile. Adobe is the one that screwed up here.
Wifi only because AT&T will never allow it. It would be nice if there was a standard for video calls on phones.
Of course, there IS a standard, called Video Share and AT&T has had it for years. Maybe you're thinking of the other carriers, which still don't support it?
It requires a complex set of video call servers whereas this standard would be TCP/IP based and easier to implement without carrier involvement. Carriers may eventually allow it on their networks but it is based on standard IP transfer rather than some GSM standard that only works on UTMS/HSPA.
It would be nice if there was a standard for video calls on phones.
There is.
Nope, sorry but nowhere on that page does it describe a universal standard for video calls. UMTS is another name for HSPA and it is the transport mechanism for 3G data on GSM networks.
The last two times that I've come back to Canada from abroad, I've been searched. The first time I came back from a week long vacation trip to Japan and the other time was from a trip from Vegas. The Japan incident was probably triggered because I was travelling alone and I did not have any relatives in Japan. I did not realize that being a tourist was now considered suspicious. Go figure. The second time I got stopped because they said that their "computer" said that I was over the limit for purchases when I was clearly not and I paid cash for everything so they had to be "guessing" based on a scan of my luggage. They tell you to store your jewellery in your carry one luggage but then they questioned me on where I got each item from. I had receipts to prove everything that I bought in Vegas. I guess that I've learned my lesson to only take jewellery that I intend to wear on the plane after getting through security.
The ironic thing is that I my job often involves working with various government around the world to detect illegal activity.
If you wanted to look at the demos on other browsers, all you had to do was go to the http;//developer.apple.com/safaridemos/ link . Again, not everything will work on non-safari browers but most of them will work on the latest chrome.
You people keep saying that, and that link doesn't block you outright, but actually trying to run the demos on that link give the same message - "you'll need to download Safari to view this demo". Heck, even Microsoft let other browsers into their IE9/HTML5 showcase.
Yeah, i tried it with Chrome and most of them worked but then I tried it with Firefox and it didn't work. Guess why? Apple can detect Chrome and assume that since it is webkit, it will support most of the features found in Safari but Apple has no way of knowing what your particular build of Firefox will support.
It's just not worth the effort at this point to try to support Firefox when the public builds have very little support for HTML 5.
Chrome was blocked from the VR demo because Chrome does not support all of the features used in the demo yet.
This was the executive summary for general public consumption.
If you wanted to look at the demos on other browsers, all you had to do was go to the http;//developer.apple.com/safaridemos/ link. Again, not everything will work on non-safari browers but most of them will work on the latest chrome.
This is all about presenting the technology to the average user in the best light when other browsers are still playing catchup.