They are also one of the hacker friendliest devices with most having unlocked bootloaders and they publish kernel sources. Oh and SD card slot... and removable battery.
As soon as people realize it has no HDMI, no micro-SD port, and no USB port for flash drives, they can go spend 5x less on a tablet that can or get the vastly superior Galaxy tablet for the same price.
Vastly superior? If by that you mean pixelated screen and lower battery life then yes, you are right. Try reading books on Galaxy Tab vs iPad and tell us with a straight face that there is no difference or that the Galaxy Tab is superior.
... is that if apps are denied permission, they may refuse to work (even though the permission requested might not actually needed for the app's official purpose).
Custom ROM users on Android no longer have those issues. They can pry CM 10.1 and Privacy Guard out of my cold dead hands.
This is borderline useless for the following reason, all the NSA needs is metadata. With metadata they can know a lot about you. They don't need the content of the message when they know who do you communicate with, what frequency, and whatnot. You already use the internet, they should be able easily to associate your IP with your identity. Unless you stop using cloud based services, this alone won't keep NSA in the dark about you.
Everything the government says it's true? Am I right? I mean look at all the weapons of mass destruction we found in Iraq. Sure, only 300 phones were tapped.
Android client on Feedly always uses their built-in shitty browser. No thanks. I need their client to allow me to pick a default browser (FF + Adblock). Until that happens, no Feedly for you!
The problem is that the Gnome guys "broke" Gnome, and thus they said "we can do this better".
Gnome 3 has become much better these days. With a few extensions like application menu, places menu and drop down terminal, it's actually very usable. Unity on the other hand is slow piece of shit. I ditched Unity for Ubuntu Gnome, never been happier with my DE choice!
But, they did already own the platform so they didn't do it to generate new revenue but to try to keep what they already had (total dominance of the PC market).
There is a 'slight' difference. Nothing stops anyone from getting Android and building their own devices with it and not include any of Google's apps (Just look at custom ROMs). They could you know, build their own App Store and Search Engine with blackjack and hookers if they wanted and then sell those devices running Android without Google being able to do anything about it.
Bill would not have let this happen had he still been in charge.
Ah yes, Bill Gates the visionary. Almost missed TCP/IP (had to be begged to implement it)... and the Internet. Was the SPAM problem supposed to be solved in what? 3 years in 2004? Bill let the whole tablet market slip from his fingers, at least a good 9 years before the iPad.
He was in the right place at the right time. Nothing more. Definitely not a visionary.
That's my work VM, includes: VS 2005. VS 2008. VS 2010. Office 2010 full suite. Around 1.5 GB of source code. Windows 7 Enterprise fully patched and stuff.
Reports are coming in that Cyanogenmod will not be spending any resources on Galaxy S4. None. They've complained that the Galaxy models are too hard to keep working. The strange thing about it, Cyanogen works for Samsung on their Android Team.
Question is, will that affect your decision to buy or not buy the Galaxy S4.
The only reason I picked up a Galaxy S3 is because it was CM10 supported. 2 hours after purchase, warranty was voided and CM was running on it. So no CM, no sale.
If they can't get good linux drivers for their graphics card, then it's very possible they're stuck with no 3D acceleration. Depends whether the rig was intentionally built for linux or not.
Work: Intel HD3000. Slow dash.
Home: Intel HD4000. Slow dash. NVidia 8400 GS or GTX 550 Ti with nouveau or proprietary drivers: slow dash, slow/choppy desktop preview. ATI 5450 or 4200 (chipset VGA) with galeon or proprietary drivers: slow dash.
Again, no issues with other desktop environments. 12 Gb+ RAM too.
Unity is not that bad, let's not exaggarate. Newer versions are getting speedier and more customizable so I expect most of the Ubuntu-using Linuxers will accept it.
That said, I also installed Linux Mint on my primary machine but I have Ubuntu/Unity on others. Unity works fairly well on my ARM Chromebook even without hw accelerated X.
Speedier? Male cow excrement! On my hexacore desktop with SSD, Unity Dash takes a good half second to open. Similar features that are instant on Windows 8, OS X, Gnome 3 or KDE. If by any chance I have a maximized window open, it can take a good 2 seconds. I like the idea of Unity, I like the concept of Unity, but it's a slow piece of shit.
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Technically it's not zero day because they collaborate with NSA and give them the exploit before they warn the public.
They also replaced the 34nm Vertex 2 drives with 25nm drives, lowering speed and space without changing the model number. They are scum.
That said, I think it is unethical to continue releasing the data
And spying on Brazilian companies in the name of fighting terrorism is all good?
It's going to be called the "Nokia Sirius". I get the dog bit, but where does the star come in?
Doesn't 'Lumia' means prostitute in spanish slang? In that case, Sirius is light years ahead of Lumia as product name!
Maybe it's a way for Google not to compete with their partners, especially Samsung.
My SGH-T999 works great on CM 10.2 nightlies, before I was on 10.1.2+ nightlies, never had any issue with BT, WiFi nor camera.
They are also one of the hacker friendliest devices with most having unlocked bootloaders and they publish kernel sources. Oh and SD card slot ... and removable battery.
I don't care if I don't root my phone until I can write to the hosts file.
As soon as people realize it has no HDMI, no micro-SD port, and no USB port for flash drives, they can go spend 5x less on a tablet that can or get the vastly superior Galaxy tablet for the same price.
Vastly superior? If by that you mean pixelated screen and lower battery life then yes, you are right. Try reading books on Galaxy Tab vs iPad and tell us with a straight face that there is no difference or that the Galaxy Tab is superior.
... is that if apps are denied permission, they may refuse to work (even though the permission requested might not actually needed for the app's official purpose).
Custom ROM users on Android no longer have those issues. They can pry CM 10.1 and Privacy Guard out of my cold dead hands.
If you got a solid non Windows firewall AND user common sense (don't open anything you get in emails) AND encrypt your stuff, you should be safe.
If you can do your computing fine on a Core 2 Duo, why in the name of Jeebus you need an 8 core monster?
This is borderline useless for the following reason, all the NSA needs is metadata. With metadata they can know a lot about you. They don't need the content of the message when they know who do you communicate with, what frequency, and whatnot. You already use the internet, they should be able easily to associate your IP with your identity. Unless you stop using cloud based services, this alone won't keep NSA in the dark about you.
Everything the government says it's true? Am I right? I mean look at all the weapons of mass destruction we found in Iraq. Sure, only 300 phones were tapped.
Android client on Feedly always uses their built-in shitty browser. No thanks. I need their client to allow me to pick a default browser (FF + Adblock). Until that happens, no Feedly for you!
The problem is that the Gnome guys "broke" Gnome, and thus they said "we can do this better".
Gnome 3 has become much better these days. With a few extensions like application menu, places menu and drop down terminal, it's actually very usable. Unity on the other hand is slow piece of shit. I ditched Unity for Ubuntu Gnome, never been happier with my DE choice!
But, they did already own the platform so they didn't do it to generate new revenue but to try to keep what they already had (total dominance of the PC market).
There is a 'slight' difference. Nothing stops anyone from getting Android and building their own devices with it and not include any of Google's apps (Just look at custom ROMs). They could you know, build their own App Store and Search Engine with blackjack and hookers if they wanted and then sell those devices running Android without Google being able to do anything about it.
Bill would not have let this happen had he still been in charge.
Ah yes, Bill Gates the visionary. Almost missed TCP/IP (had to be begged to implement it) ... and the Internet. Was the SPAM problem supposed to be solved in what? 3 years in 2004? Bill let the whole tablet market slip from his fingers, at least a good 9 years before the iPad.
He was in the right place at the right time. Nothing more. Definitely not a visionary.
For a few office apps only so no that doesn't count.
Indeed.
Windows RT doesn't even have the desktop mode and locks you into a walled garden of Windows Store apps.
It has a desktop mode.
-rw------- 1 PigBenis PigBenis 33G Apr 3 08:40 VM-Work.vdi
That's my work VM, includes:
VS 2005.
VS 2008.
VS 2010.
Office 2010 full suite.
Around 1.5 GB of source code.
Windows 7 Enterprise fully patched and stuff.
33 Gigs total size.
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s4-not-cyanogenmod-support-174322/
Reports are coming in that Cyanogenmod will not be spending any resources on Galaxy S4. None. They've complained that the Galaxy models are too hard to keep working. The strange thing about it, Cyanogen works for Samsung on their Android Team.
Question is, will that affect your decision to buy or not buy the Galaxy S4.
The only reason I picked up a Galaxy S3 is because it was CM10 supported. 2 hours after purchase, warranty was voided and CM was running on it. So no CM, no sale.
Even if this law passes, it won't work because the patent office keeps granting vague patent after vague patent.
If they can't get good linux drivers for their graphics card, then it's very possible they're stuck with no 3D acceleration. Depends whether the rig was intentionally built for linux or not.
Work:
Intel HD3000. Slow dash.
Home:
Intel HD4000. Slow dash.
NVidia 8400 GS or GTX 550 Ti with nouveau or proprietary drivers: slow dash, slow/choppy desktop preview.
ATI 5450 or 4200 (chipset VGA) with galeon or proprietary drivers: slow dash.
Again, no issues with other desktop environments. 12 Gb+ RAM too.
Unity is not that bad, let's not exaggarate. Newer versions are getting speedier and more customizable so I expect most of the Ubuntu-using Linuxers will accept it.
That said, I also installed Linux Mint on my primary machine but I have Ubuntu/Unity on others. Unity works fairly well on my ARM Chromebook even without hw accelerated X.
Speedier? Male cow excrement! On my hexacore desktop with SSD, Unity Dash takes a good half second to open. Similar features that are instant on Windows 8, OS X, Gnome 3 or KDE. If by any chance I have a maximized window open, it can take a good 2 seconds. I like the idea of Unity, I like the concept of Unity, but it's a slow piece of shit.
Disclaimer: I use Ubuntu both at home and work.