I think there is a market for both the PixelQi type screen, as well as traditional e-Ink. The PixelQi type screen can mimic e-Ink for reading length text, but can also revert to a normal looking screen for other stuff. It'll be great on netbooks and tablets for general purpose computing. However, there are many that just want an eReader without anything else. That's where e-Ink does really well.
I find it a little hard to believe that the screens can consume less power than e-Ink, but if they consume less power than existing LCDs I say, awesome! Because that's who the PixelQi et. al. are competing with; existing LCDs (and each other I suppose). But I don't think they really apply to the e-Ink, eReader department. People that enjoy reading will likely still buy kindles, regardless of what new LCD tech is developed.
There's something to be said for simplicity. Personally, I want an all-in-one device so I don't have so many gadgets to forget on the train. But that's just me. I was never interested in a Kindle in the first place, and don't understand the obsession with them. Maybe it's because Kindles don't smell like books. There's something enchanting about the smell of an old book while you're reading it...
hey are? I remember people talking about the iPhone and how they were planning to get one...why can I not find anyone talking about the Apple tablet now?
Um, maybe because they haven't officially announced it yet?
Also, perhaps more importantly, Steve hasn't yet had the chance to spin his RDF to make everyone love it!
Ahem, I bought the 1st gen iphone on the second day of release and never regretted my purchase. Even when I got the $100 refund, I still considered the original hefty pricetag worth it. At the time, it allowed me to replace two devices (old crappy cellphone and ipod) with one seamless device, AND I had internet anywhere. Plus google maps.
Back in 2007, nothing really compared to the iPhone in terms of overall usability and features. Sure, there were some devices which had more FEATURES if you looked at them in a list-by-list comparison, but none that I cared about. When they added Exchange support it was pretty cool, but I never needed a 3G or 3GS to enjoy that.
In the end, it all depends on what you want out of the device. If the iSlate has a PixelQi screen and functions as an ereader, I am going to buy it for that; all the laptop features that would (supposedly) come along with it would just be an added bonus.
Now that we have a consumer-grade method of creating 3D footage, I'm waiting for ocular implants so the 3D footage can be streamed directly to my brain!
I've always thought it would be pretty awesome to have a 3D HUD to life without having any goggles; it would just be built right into my synapses! I suppose the challenges would be streaming the data to the ocular implants; I have a feeling bluetooth wouldn't have enough bandwidth to handle the feeds.
Doom was my first shmup and I spent about 4 years playing that game (along with writing mods). I still remember a mod I wrote that added in Monty Python + Simpsons sounds to all the monster effects just for lulz.
Oh yeah, and I think I may be the only student to use Doom for my Geometry project in high school. That was fun. I built a castle that used geometric shapes we were covering in class... Not that hard to do but my teacher thought it was cool, haha. Oh, early nineties how I miss thee, it was a simpler time. Maybe just because I was a kid but still.
It's probably the game I have spent the most time playing in my life, so I have the most vivid memories of it I suppose.
As an addendum, Chrome DOES work with netflix if you modify the user agent string on startup. The only problem is that when I play netflix full screen in chrome on a mac, video playback is extremely choppy (This on a top of the line iMac). Safari works fine, so I'm thinking maybe it's some debug code or some weird thing to do with full screen playback and silverlight in Chrome. Funnily enough, hulu fullscreen works great in chrome.
I may be slightly biased here, but I am a mac user who abandoned Firefox on Mac for Chrome.
I never liked Safari, mainly because it was used by so many hackers to compromise mac systems. I still use Safari for netflix though, since Chrome doesn't work with netflix. That's really the only problem I've run into with Chrome.
Ha, you know that's actually really funny because I've seen those ads too. And I use Google Chrome on a Mac! I'm thinking "Jeez, that's annoying, but even more so because I'm actually using the browser to view the ad!"
Sorry, this story is just plain wrong. Windows 7 works fine under the existing bootcamp. Macs are just glorified Intel machines after all. As long as you expose the bios interface that allows windows xp/vista to run, windows 7 will run fine too.
Sure, there may be a grain of truth in the article. Windows 7 is not "officially" supported by Apple. Neither is linux, and that runs fine on Macs too!
The 7 second ads make me want to puke. The actors talk like they either had way too much coffee or seriously need mental help. If an operating system requires you to be that hyper to use it, then it probably isn't one you should use.
Yes, I know Windows 7 is actually good, but the ads don't really tell us why.
I think it has more to do with the fascination about the End of Times. People love seeing movies like Apocalypse Now or 2012. Perhaps it is because we as humans realize that the lives we lead now are superficial and do not allow us to reach the potential that we have within us. Nobody likes being wage-slaves to our feudalistic overlords.
I think, deep inside somewhere, we all yearn for a simpler time when we don't have all the stimulation and complexity technology currently gives us.
In reality, I think this is where technology went wrong: instead of making our lives simpler and easier, it has ended up making them more complex and more stressful for us all! Technology should not be attempting to change our lives for the worse; it should be an aid to help all humanity live better lives. I think we have strayed far from that goal, sadly.
P.S. I have no hatred of technology and love it as much as the next tech geek, but there's a point where you just have to think, "Yes, we may have gone too far..." I think that point comes when you look at the world you live in and see that we are obsessed with death and mayhem on the news, while in the real world, many people suffer and we (as a collective) do nothing to aid their lives.
P.P.S. Throwing money at people does not count.
P.P.P.S. Yes, I do know there are many organizations that go out and help the peoples of the world outside our borders, but the aid I'm talking about is this: Technological discoveries that actually help the people of the rest of the world live better lives, not us. This is where a capitalistic technology system fails. If it's not in our interest to discover better ways to use technology to clear sand dunes and create better irrigation systems in the desert, it just won't happen.
Sorry guys, I DID post a correction on my submission that it should be Notion Ink, not Nokia, but I'm guessing everyone is kind of sleepy from all the christmas food.
I'm nearly 90% sure this tablet will be using a PixelQi display, and it probably has advanced power savings due to the fact that it won't always need a backlight.
I'm pretty stoked. It's always interesting to see new Apple product launches (I love hardware!) I just hope the cost isn't more than $1500.
I'm not sure what site you're using, but I don't have a "Sections" header on the left (yes I know about the expandable left bar). I think the steps you are referring to are for an older version of slashdot.
The only way I can get to it is by going to Help & Account -> Classic Index -> Sections as the AC below mentioned.
Ah yeah, you're totally right. It makes perfect sense that a new(er) industry would repeat the timeline of previous industries. It seems like they always go through the same phases. I bet there's a Ph.D. dissertation somewhere about that:)
They're trying to patent client/server communications, except over the internet! It's a painfully obvious approach and their patent should (idealistically) not hold water, due to it being completely obvious. You might try submitting your app as evidence in one of the big suits to revoke their patent. We're all interested parties here, and really anything that can be done to eliminate this obvious patent troll would be fighting The Good Fight IMO.
Who knows, maybe the judges in these cases will see the light and throw Eolas out of court. One can dream.
Is it really possible for a company to wait until everyone is using technology which they patented, and then go after everyone for using it without paying them? I mean, no one even knew Eolas had this did they?
I know this "defense" thing usually is only applicable to trademarks, but really. I couldn't think of a more despicable thing than waiting in the shadows until everyone uses a (supposedly) free technology that didn't even originate from their company, and then striking when everyone is using it. Shame on them.
No way, I'm not that attached to the iPhone. I love my Mac, but I hate ATT more. I would gladly use a droid on Verizon. I wish the droid had been around when my 1st gen iPhone died!!
When my 2 year contract is up, I will definitely jump ship to Verizon if they implement this. The droid isn't that bad for what I use my iPhone for (mostly Google Maps when I'm lost in NYC.... which doesn't really happen that much anymore). I just don't use anything else on it reliably since I got my PSP, except maybe internet, but the Droid does that, too.
If ATT forces iPhone users to have a $30 data plan, plus a $5 texting plan, and adds on additional usage fees for every MB used over that on top of everything else, this will be the most ridiculously overpriced phone plan ever created. I would stop using my iPhone for data (e.g. turn of all mail services, delete all data icons from my homepage), and then when my 2 year contract is up, I will promptly cancel and turn my iPhone into a serviceable iPod touch.
If, however, they make the data plan cost $1 a month if you don't use any data, and tack on additional costs... I might consider staying with them IF they give you a warning when you're about to exceed certain usage amounts in a month (and incur massive fees). Somehow, I highly doubt an evil company would do something so non-evil.
Does this mean I can get out of my 2 year contract then? This is blatant false advertising and breach of contract. I did not get an iPhone to have stone-age metered internet access.
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I think there is a market for both the PixelQi type screen, as well as traditional e-Ink. The PixelQi type screen can mimic e-Ink for reading length text, but can also revert to a normal looking screen for other stuff. It'll be great on netbooks and tablets for general purpose computing. However, there are many that just want an eReader without anything else. That's where e-Ink does really well.
I find it a little hard to believe that the screens can consume less power than e-Ink, but if they consume less power than existing LCDs I say, awesome! Because that's who the PixelQi et. al. are competing with; existing LCDs (and each other I suppose). But I don't think they really apply to the e-Ink, eReader department. People that enjoy reading will likely still buy kindles, regardless of what new LCD tech is developed.
There's something to be said for simplicity. Personally, I want an all-in-one device so I don't have so many gadgets to forget on the train. But that's just me. I was never interested in a Kindle in the first place, and don't understand the obsession with them. Maybe it's because Kindles don't smell like books. There's something enchanting about the smell of an old book while you're reading it...
hey are? I remember people talking about the iPhone and how they were planning to get one...why can I not find anyone talking about the Apple tablet now?
Um, maybe because they haven't officially announced it yet?
Also, perhaps more importantly, Steve hasn't yet had the chance to spin his RDF to make everyone love it!
Ahem, I bought the 1st gen iphone on the second day of release and never regretted my purchase. Even when I got the $100 refund, I still considered the original hefty pricetag worth it. At the time, it allowed me to replace two devices (old crappy cellphone and ipod) with one seamless device, AND I had internet anywhere. Plus google maps.
Back in 2007, nothing really compared to the iPhone in terms of overall usability and features. Sure, there were some devices which had more FEATURES if you looked at them in a list-by-list comparison, but none that I cared about. When they added Exchange support it was pretty cool, but I never needed a 3G or 3GS to enjoy that.
In the end, it all depends on what you want out of the device. If the iSlate has a PixelQi screen and functions as an ereader, I am going to buy it for that; all the laptop features that would (supposedly) come along with it would just be an added bonus.
Now that we have a consumer-grade method of creating 3D footage, I'm waiting for ocular implants so the 3D footage can be streamed directly to my brain!
I've always thought it would be pretty awesome to have a 3D HUD to life without having any goggles; it would just be built right into my synapses! I suppose the challenges would be streaming the data to the ocular implants; I have a feeling bluetooth wouldn't have enough bandwidth to handle the feeds.
Doom was my first shmup and I spent about 4 years playing that game (along with writing mods). I still remember a mod I wrote that added in Monty Python + Simpsons sounds to all the monster effects just for lulz.
Oh yeah, and I think I may be the only student to use Doom for my Geometry project in high school. That was fun. I built a castle that used geometric shapes we were covering in class... Not that hard to do but my teacher thought it was cool, haha. Oh, early nineties how I miss thee, it was a simpler time. Maybe just because I was a kid but still.
It's probably the game I have spent the most time playing in my life, so I have the most vivid memories of it I suppose.
Never really got into Quake...
To me, god mode will always be IDDQD.
Google Cache FTW?
As an addendum, Chrome DOES work with netflix if you modify the user agent string on startup. The only problem is that when I play netflix full screen in chrome on a mac, video playback is extremely choppy (This on a top of the line iMac). Safari works fine, so I'm thinking maybe it's some debug code or some weird thing to do with full screen playback and silverlight in Chrome. Funnily enough, hulu fullscreen works great in chrome.
I may be slightly biased here, but I am a mac user who abandoned Firefox on Mac for Chrome.
I never liked Safari, mainly because it was used by so many hackers to compromise mac systems. I still use Safari for netflix though, since Chrome doesn't work with netflix. That's really the only problem I've run into with Chrome.
Ha, you know that's actually really funny because I've seen those ads too. And I use Google Chrome on a Mac! I'm thinking "Jeez, that's annoying, but even more so because I'm actually using the browser to view the ad!"
Sorry, this story is just plain wrong. Windows 7 works fine under the existing bootcamp. Macs are just glorified Intel machines after all. As long as you expose the bios interface that allows windows xp/vista to run, windows 7 will run fine too.
Sure, there may be a grain of truth in the article. Windows 7 is not "officially" supported by Apple. Neither is linux, and that runs fine on Macs too!
The 7 second ads make me want to puke. The actors talk like they either had way too much coffee or seriously need mental help. If an operating system requires you to be that hyper to use it, then it probably isn't one you should use.
Yes, I know Windows 7 is actually good, but the ads don't really tell us why.
I think it has more to do with the fascination about the End of Times. People love seeing movies like Apocalypse Now or 2012. Perhaps it is because we as humans realize that the lives we lead now are superficial and do not allow us to reach the potential that we have within us. Nobody likes being wage-slaves to our feudalistic overlords.
I think, deep inside somewhere, we all yearn for a simpler time when we don't have all the stimulation and complexity technology currently gives us.
In reality, I think this is where technology went wrong: instead of making our lives simpler and easier, it has ended up making them more complex and more stressful for us all! Technology should not be attempting to change our lives for the worse; it should be an aid to help all humanity live better lives. I think we have strayed far from that goal, sadly.
P.S. I have no hatred of technology and love it as much as the next tech geek, but there's a point where you just have to think, "Yes, we may have gone too far..." I think that point comes when you look at the world you live in and see that we are obsessed with death and mayhem on the news, while in the real world, many people suffer and we (as a collective) do nothing to aid their lives.
P.P.S. Throwing money at people does not count.
P.P.P.S. Yes, I do know there are many organizations that go out and help the peoples of the world outside our borders, but the aid I'm talking about is this: Technological discoveries that actually help the people of the rest of the world live better lives, not us. This is where a capitalistic technology system fails. If it's not in our interest to discover better ways to use technology to clear sand dunes and create better irrigation systems in the desert, it just won't happen.
Sorry guys, I DID post a correction on my submission that it should be Notion Ink, not Nokia, but I'm guessing everyone is kind of sleepy from all the christmas food.
I'm nearly 90% sure this tablet will be using a PixelQi display, and it probably has advanced power savings due to the fact that it won't always need a backlight.
I'm pretty stoked. It's always interesting to see new Apple product launches (I love hardware!) I just hope the cost isn't more than $1500.
I'm not sure what site you're using, but I don't have a "Sections" header on the left (yes I know about the expandable left bar). I think the steps you are referring to are for an older version of slashdot.
The only way I can get to it is by going to Help & Account -> Classic Index -> Sections as the AC below mentioned.
Ah yeah, you're totally right. It makes perfect sense that a new(er) industry would repeat the timeline of previous industries. It seems like they always go through the same phases. I bet there's a Ph.D. dissertation somewhere about that :)
Also, awesome sig. Dirk Gently rocks!
Ha ha!
From all the horror stories, I actually am glad I have ATT rather than Verizon. Gosh, I never thought I'd say that.
At least I CHOSE to be locked in with Apple. I knew what I was signing up for.
Honestly, I feel sorry for us all. It's important to have at least one major provider that is open and not locked in.
It seems everyone is copying Apple's model now, which is NOT what I was expecting! Where's the innovation guys?
They're trying to patent client/server communications, except over the internet! It's a painfully obvious approach and their patent should (idealistically) not hold water, due to it being completely obvious. You might try submitting your app as evidence in one of the big suits to revoke their patent. We're all interested parties here, and really anything that can be done to eliminate this obvious patent troll would be fighting The Good Fight IMO.
Who knows, maybe the judges in these cases will see the light and throw Eolas out of court. One can dream.
Is it really possible for a company to wait until everyone is using technology which they patented, and then go after everyone for using it without paying them? I mean, no one even knew Eolas had this did they?
I know this "defense" thing usually is only applicable to trademarks, but really. I couldn't think of a more despicable thing than waiting in the shadows until everyone uses a (supposedly) free technology that didn't even originate from their company, and then striking when everyone is using it. Shame on them.
No way, I'm not that attached to the iPhone. I love my Mac, but I hate ATT more. I would gladly use a droid on Verizon. I wish the droid had been around when my 1st gen iPhone died!!
*correction, by Internet I mean: Web Browsing. Sigh.
When my 2 year contract is up, I will definitely jump ship to Verizon if they implement this. The droid isn't that bad for what I use my iPhone for (mostly Google Maps when I'm lost in NYC.... which doesn't really happen that much anymore). I just don't use anything else on it reliably since I got my PSP, except maybe internet, but the Droid does that, too.
If ATT forces iPhone users to have a $30 data plan, plus a $5 texting plan, and adds on additional usage fees for every MB used over that on top of everything else, this will be the most ridiculously overpriced phone plan ever created. I would stop using my iPhone for data (e.g. turn of all mail services, delete all data icons from my homepage), and then when my 2 year contract is up, I will promptly cancel and turn my iPhone into a serviceable iPod touch.
If, however, they make the data plan cost $1 a month if you don't use any data, and tack on additional costs... I might consider staying with them IF they give you a warning when you're about to exceed certain usage amounts in a month (and incur massive fees). Somehow, I highly doubt an evil company would do something so non-evil.
Does this mean I can get out of my 2 year contract then? This is blatant false advertising and breach of contract. I did not get an iPhone to have stone-age metered internet access.