Alright, so the Play Store should probably tell you that your personal information is about to be given to whomever you purchase an app from, but seriously, this is already true for every Paypal or credit card purchase you've ever made too.
"Always get updates for all time" you mean? Well obviously not, since eventually the OS won't be capable of running on the hardware in a satisfactory way as it takes more and more advantage of faster and newer features. That said, Nexus devices don't stop you from installing your own custom OS any time you want, and while the Nexus One was only updated to 2.3.6, it also only has 512MB of RAM and 512MB internal storage.
Thank-you for your guess but my work experience is easily found with Google and its not at Dell.
As I was the tech responsible for fixing broken servers until we began selling Dell instead and depending on their techs instead, I'm more than willing to point out when they've been helpful and never had a problem with, as I said, servers on ProSupport and online chat.
Phone support has been a pain before, but I quickly learned to use online chat for my support requests and no longer have a problem.
It may help (although I obviously can't compare to your own experience, not knowing it) that I can diagnose server problems myself and simply tell them what I've done in detail and what I estimate to be the problem. Once I had to personally guarantee that I would pay for the HBA if the replacement didn't fix our problem (it did). I received a call from that tech's supervisor and received many apologies.
I can't speak to your experience, but I support just over 100 Dell servers for various clients and only once has it taken more than one day to receive replacement parts *and* a tech to install said parts.
Despite being perfectly competent myself, I insist on that free technician so that Dell can't claim I screwed up the part replacement myself. Having watched them tear apart a laptop and replace every single component except the keyboard and plastic housing, I wouldn't want to do it either.
Also since a number of my clients are more remote bits of Canada, their next-day service is much appreciated as local techs are nearly impossible to find and I'm often six or seven hours' drive away to be on-site myself.
On one (and only one) occasion, I had a server whose RAID controller was replaced twice, motherboard three times, RAM and CPU twice each at which point Dell sent me a brand new server of the current generation to replace it with their apologies.
I tell friends and family (and random strangers on the Internet) to only buy Dell's business-class machines for that service. Its much much faster and better than their home PC service.
Except that these guys http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/ make a killing selling extended batteries for phones. Even if you never need to replace it after the fact, the ability to buy an extended battery is eliminated with a sealed case.
... except that there's no fault in the logic, despite your distaste for it.
If in fact [softwareA] is better at something than [softwareB] and this thing matters to you, then you should probably switch.
If I spent all my time complaining about how I don't get iTunes integration on my Android phone, I'd expect a few dozen "then buy an iPhone" responses.
Facebook is no different from anything else for that matter. Making yourself a business card does not prevent someone else from making one with your name on it and a different address.
People haven't got this whole inter-connected world thing into their minds yet...
You can't tag non-registered users/per se/... but what's stopping me from posting photos that have your name on them on myspace or geocities back in the day? Nothing, and they'd be just as indexed.
The difference with Facebook is that *only* Facebook can aggregate the data, something Google has complained about.
You haven't played any PS3 games lately or actually looked at the sales figures, have you? Just going by what you hear from your friends huh?
How about I just wait a few minutes while you check with them again so you can re-post about how horrible Heavy Rain or Uncharted is or how 1080p/60fps/3D in GT5 isn't an incredible achievement for a console.
... none of those are the reasons that stackexchange has so many good answers to questions. I don't believe they'd contribute greatly to a discussion forum either.
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The author of the article points out that Google didn't like the term 'flaw' in the title and beginning of the article, that's all.
Alright, so the Play Store should probably tell you that your personal information is about to be given to whomever you purchase an app from, but seriously, this is already true for every Paypal or credit card purchase you've ever made too.
"Always get updates for all time" you mean? Well obviously not, since eventually the OS won't be capable of running on the hardware in a satisfactory way as it takes more and more advantage of faster and newer features. That said, Nexus devices don't stop you from installing your own custom OS any time you want, and while the Nexus One was only updated to 2.3.6, it also only has 512MB of RAM and 512MB internal storage.
Thank-you for your guess but my work experience is easily found with Google and its not at Dell.
As I was the tech responsible for fixing broken servers until we began selling Dell instead and depending on their techs instead, I'm more than willing to point out when they've been helpful and never had a problem with, as I said, servers on ProSupport and online chat.
Phone support has been a pain before, but I quickly learned to use online chat for my support requests and no longer have a problem.
It may help (although I obviously can't compare to your own experience, not knowing it) that I can diagnose server problems myself and simply tell them what I've done in detail and what I estimate to be the problem. Once I had to personally guarantee that I would pay for the HBA if the replacement didn't fix our problem (it did). I received a call from that tech's supervisor and received many apologies.
I can't speak to your experience, but I support just over 100 Dell servers for various clients and only once has it taken more than one day to receive replacement parts *and* a tech to install said parts.
Despite being perfectly competent myself, I insist on that free technician so that Dell can't claim I screwed up the part replacement myself. Having watched them tear apart a laptop and replace every single component except the keyboard and plastic housing, I wouldn't want to do it either.
Also since a number of my clients are more remote bits of Canada, their next-day service is much appreciated as local techs are nearly impossible to find and I'm often six or seven hours' drive away to be on-site myself.
On one (and only one) occasion, I had a server whose RAID controller was replaced twice, motherboard three times, RAM and CPU twice each at which point Dell sent me a brand new server of the current generation to replace it with their apologies.
I tell friends and family (and random strangers on the Internet) to only buy Dell's business-class machines for that service. Its much much faster and better than their home PC service.
Most iPhone users I know are heavily integrated into the Google ecosystem and yet refuse to acknowledge Android ...
Except that these guys http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/ make a killing selling extended batteries for phones. Even if you never need to replace it after the fact, the ability to buy an extended battery is eliminated with a sealed case.
... except that there's no fault in the logic, despite your distaste for it.
If in fact [softwareA] is better at something than [softwareB] and this thing matters to you, then you should probably switch.
If I spent all my time complaining about how I don't get iTunes integration on my Android phone, I'd expect a few dozen "then buy an iPhone" responses.
That's not true at all. In the case of a recent firmware flash I did to an SSD, I gained performance improvements as well as new features.
Upgrades can improve algorithms, improve error checking, or decrease noise (such as an update I did for a Seagate drive).
Dell's ProSupport is excellent if you use the online chat rather than phone support, at least in my experience.
The online chat feature connects me to people who almost immediately respond with "so I'll dispatch you a new [x,y,z] then?"
This is one of the many reasons I order Dell servers.
One of the others being that their next-business-day 5 yr warranty really means next-business-day.
What does the number of sales have to do with anything?
Just buy Nexus devices. The more people that stop buying unsupported carrier devices, the more devices that will have updates.
OS and security updates are done by the manufacturer of the phone. Just because that's the same company in the Apple case doesn't change the facts.
Android *does* provide OS and security updates. Your phone company simply may not decide to care.
Again, since Apple doesn't license their software to anyone, they don't have to deal with this problem.
In the case of Nexus devices which are managed by Google, this isn't a problem either.
And in comparison, Astro and ES both work great on Android :)
Facebook is no different from anything else for that matter. Making yourself a business card does not prevent someone else from making one with your name on it and a different address.
People haven't got this whole inter-connected world thing into their minds yet ...
You can't tag non-registered users /per se/ ... but what's stopping me from posting photos that have your name on them on myspace or geocities back in the day? Nothing, and they'd be just as indexed.
The difference with Facebook is that *only* Facebook can aggregate the data, something Google has complained about.
Since when is magnetism a closed system within range of the Earth or Sun?
Don't forget Real while you're at it (not that Real is a fantastic company any more or anything)
You haven't played any PS3 games lately or actually looked at the sales figures, have you? Just going by what you hear from your friends huh?
How about I just wait a few minutes while you check with them again so you can re-post about how horrible Heavy Rain or Uncharted is or how 1080p/60fps/3D in GT5 isn't an incredible achievement for a console.
The analogy sucks. Volkwagen hasn't alienated all their existing drivers by removing one of their cars' wheels or something stupid.
Sadly I think Twitter has a much higher content to ugly ratio.
... none of those are the reasons that stackexchange has so many good answers to questions. I don't believe they'd contribute greatly to a discussion forum either.
It looks horrifyingly bad. Just looking at their test forum makes me want to run away screaming.
FidoNet was better.