Changing that config flag doesn't make your device "incompatible." From an OS standpoint, it's 100% compatible with all the requirements stated by the compatibility agreement. This agreement just says that that executable "would be able" to run on the device.
If your sysadmin disables your ability to execute a certain type of program, the OS is still "compatible" with that program, and vice versa.
Here they're talking about changing the OS to a degree that typical android apps can no longer run because the OS isn't fundamentally compatible with them....ex: you can't run a mac program on stock windows.
You're right, I should have said carriers, not manufacturers. For arguments sake though, it's a system config setting that disables non-market app installation in AT&T phones. Changing that system config setting wouldn't magically make the phone "not android." It's just a low level config option that you have to use root explorer to access. It's not just AT&T though. Other carriers have done the same thing with other android phones.
Point taken, but for all the steps you have to go through to install apps with Droid Explorer (from the instructions I've read) you might as well just root and change the system config files...
Hah! If only. The problem is that most manufacturers disable options like that and you are require to root and jump through hoops to get it back.
The fragmentation of the Android platform is exactly what's wrong with Android, IMHO. My Galaxy S experience was buggy, sluggish, and locked down due to the horrific job Samsung did implemention "their" version of the OS. I had to install a custom rom to get any performance out of it. Granted, when it's done RIGHT and mostly vanilla, the performance and stability is AWESOME.
Not true in the least. The Galaxy S line as well as a plethora of others disable installing any apps that aren't purchased off the app market. There's a fairly involved process that you have to go through AFTER rooting the phone in order to allow this. I've done it and it sucks.
I'm not an apple fanboy in the least, but I own a slew of Apple products. I straight up despise a lot of the business practices of Apple.
The fact of the matter is that while Apple is dirty and selfish, they make better consumer tech products (in their categories) than just about any other company out there. They're also constantly at the bleeding edge, releasing things that no other company has been able to do, or at least "do right." People are willing to pay a premium for a product that's worth it.
Don't confuse fanboyism with common sense. Steve Jobs fanboyism (as a cult following) ended a long time ago. Everyone recognizes that Jobs really only cares about money and power. He just happens to make and release good products as a method to get both.
Hardly. The people who removed Jobs from the company almost killed Apple in the process. They "bet against" Jobs in the 80's and it didn't work out for them at all. In fact, the rise of MS in the mid 90s was probably a direct result of those actions. Had Jobs still been around, there would probably have been a platform and products out in 95 that Windows didn't hold a candle to.
Are you kidding? You need to read a little more tech news. Macbook market share has absolutely exploded over the past few years and is growing constantly. Macbooks hold a rather large corner on the notebook market, especially in colleges.
The iPhone is also getting bigger all the time. The various iphone models are probably almost the biggest single selling models of smartphones out there. Not to mention the verizon deal that's about to happen.
Incedentally, "incompatible cables" are going the way of the dinosaur. Apple has agreed to support the new EU micro-sub standard.
You are right about how "most people" feel though. Most android and iphone owners have never heard of jailbreaking or rooting, and wouldn't care about it if they did know about it. Most people just want a snazzy, flashy phone that does lots of things. Past that, just about any android phone or the iPhone will do the job just as well.
It's roughly the same size as the original PSP, but thinner. The interface is supposedly completely new as well. There's some screenies over at kotaku I believe.
Log out of facebook and go here: http://www.facebook.com/index.php The login page is not secure by default (though you can manually type https if you want). Unless you explicitly tell facebook to be HTTPS, it won't be. How many users do you know who would do that? I can't think of a single one....
An ISP could easily inject a javascript keylogger into this page. It would be downright trivial.
High pressure almost always equates to rushed and crummy code. I've seen it in plenty of other peoples code, and mine as well. I get MORE done, and my work is HIGHER quality when the pressure is off.
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Changing that config flag doesn't make your device "incompatible." From an OS standpoint, it's 100% compatible with all the requirements stated by the compatibility agreement. This agreement just says that that executable "would be able" to run on the device.
If your sysadmin disables your ability to execute a certain type of program, the OS is still "compatible" with that program, and vice versa.
Here they're talking about changing the OS to a degree that typical android apps can no longer run because the OS isn't fundamentally compatible with them....ex: you can't run a mac program on stock windows.
You're right, I should have said carriers, not manufacturers. For arguments sake though, it's a system config setting that disables non-market app installation in AT&T phones. Changing that system config setting wouldn't magically make the phone "not android." It's just a low level config option that you have to use root explorer to access. It's not just AT&T though. Other carriers have done the same thing with other android phones.
Point taken, but for all the steps you have to go through to install apps with Droid Explorer (from the instructions I've read) you might as well just root and change the system config files...
I suppose I should have specified that Americanized Galaxy S's are locked down.
Probably so.
s/sub/usb (by the way)
Hah! If only. The problem is that most manufacturers disable options like that and you are require to root and jump through hoops to get it back.
The fragmentation of the Android platform is exactly what's wrong with Android, IMHO. My Galaxy S experience was buggy, sluggish, and locked down due to the horrific job Samsung did implemention "their" version of the OS. I had to install a custom rom to get any performance out of it. Granted, when it's done RIGHT and mostly vanilla, the performance and stability is AWESOME.
Not true in the least. The Galaxy S line as well as a plethora of others disable installing any apps that aren't purchased off the app market. There's a fairly involved process that you have to go through AFTER rooting the phone in order to allow this. I've done it and it sucks.
I'm not an apple fanboy in the least, but I own a slew of Apple products. I straight up despise a lot of the business practices of Apple.
The fact of the matter is that while Apple is dirty and selfish, they make better consumer tech products (in their categories) than just about any other company out there. They're also constantly at the bleeding edge, releasing things that no other company has been able to do, or at least "do right." People are willing to pay a premium for a product that's worth it.
Don't confuse fanboyism with common sense. Steve Jobs fanboyism (as a cult following) ended a long time ago. Everyone recognizes that Jobs really only cares about money and power. He just happens to make and release good products as a method to get both.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT
Not a big commercial success. HUGE win for the tech industry in general. A lot of really great things have come out of the existence of NeXT.
Hardly. The people who removed Jobs from the company almost killed Apple in the process. They "bet against" Jobs in the 80's and it didn't work out for them at all. In fact, the rise of MS in the mid 90s was probably a direct result of those actions. Had Jobs still been around, there would probably have been a platform and products out in 95 that Windows didn't hold a candle to.
Each time? What killed them the first time around was the removal of Steve Jobs.
And was there another time after that?
Are you kidding? You need to read a little more tech news. Macbook market share has absolutely exploded over the past few years and is growing constantly. Macbooks hold a rather large corner on the notebook market, especially in colleges.
The iPhone is also getting bigger all the time. The various iphone models are probably almost the biggest single selling models of smartphones out there. Not to mention the verizon deal that's about to happen.
Incedentally, "incompatible cables" are going the way of the dinosaur. Apple has agreed to support the new EU micro-sub standard.
You are right about how "most people" feel though. Most android and iphone owners have never heard of jailbreaking or rooting, and wouldn't care about it if they did know about it. Most people just want a snazzy, flashy phone that does lots of things. Past that, just about any android phone or the iPhone will do the job just as well.
Clearly...
Why would it be any different than what Sony already uses on the portable devices? It's been pretty much completely effective...
It's roughly the same size as the original PSP, but thinner. The interface is supposedly completely new as well. There's some screenies over at kotaku I believe.
Also:
http://www.businessinsider.com/tunisia-facebook-2011-1
Quote:
"They did this through keyloggers, a piece of software that records the keys you hit on your computer.
When Facebook realized this was going on, they quickly switched the entire Tunisian site to https..."
Yes, the login is submitted via HTTPS, but that's not the issue here.
They injected a javascript KEYLOGGER into the homepage. As you typed your username and password, it would detect the keystrokes and transmit them.
Submitting the login form is irrelevant at that point.
Log out of facebook and go here:
http://www.facebook.com/index.php The login page is not secure by default (though you can manually type https if you want). Unless you explicitly tell facebook to be HTTPS, it won't be. How many users do you know who would do that? I can't think of a single one....
An ISP could easily inject a javascript keylogger into this page. It would be downright trivial.
It was very easy... Rtfa
Facebook doesnt use an SSL login page.... It was totally unencrypted.
We also used to have a 4 person team, and we did our standups in about 2 minutes. It was awesome.
Our standups at work last 15 minutes or less and we have 8-9 people giving updates.
Haha, I believe you just proved my point perfectly. Bosses take note!
High pressure almost always equates to rushed and crummy code. I've seen it in plenty of other peoples code, and mine as well. I get MORE done, and my work is HIGHER quality when the pressure is off.