It looks the same? Then surely it will be as big a "disappointment" as the iPhone 4S was according to analysts--which went on to sell 37 million last quarter. In all seriousness, while the so-called Retina Display is the thing I'm most looking forward to (especially for reading text), the most interesting rumor is that the iPad 2 will continue to be sold at $200 to compete with the Kindle Fire. While the iPad is still the most dominant tablet, the Kindle Fire had a decent run over the holidays. By selling the iPad 2 at a cheaper price alongside the iPad 3, Apple will have both the high end and low end covered. This is the same strategy they're using with the iPhone 3GS (in fact, it's often free with contract), which helped Apple close the gap with Android's marketshare in December.
The next few years are going to be really fun to watch as companies fight over this new market. I think it's inevitable that phones and tablets will become the primary computing devices for most users in a matter of years, because they let people do the things that they use PCs for--Facebook, YouTube, email--without the hassle of PC maintenance. Tablets are already outselling the desktop PC market. Some people don't like "appliance computing", but having grown up with handheld consoles, I see appliance computing as a natural evolution and something to look forward to. PCs will still be around for those who need them.
Who said anything about beating off to pictures of 14 year olds? I said that 14+ is not a pedophilia.
If you'd RTFA, the most active subreddit now banned by Reddit was called/r/preteen_girls. But hey, enjoy your +5.
What's up with the moderation to this article? Everyone opposed to trading child porn pictures on Reddit is getting modded down, and everyone defending possession of those pictures is getting modded up. Please tell me Slashdot's moral compass isn't that horribly screwed up.
You don't know what the word "skeptical" means. It doesn't mean that you disbelieve something by default. It means that you don't believe something by default.
Unfortunately, that crowd has practically taken over and turned this place into a constant Apple hatefest. Can you believe that you actually used to be able to praise Apple for something and not get modded down? The nerve of praising one of the most influential tech companies in the world!
Apple doesn't want to provide a free tool to be used for producing ebooks on competing platforms. I fail to see how that's being a "jerk". It's called running a business.
What are you talking about? The summary is clear that the EULA is about the.ibook format. It says "Apple is claiming rights to the.ibook format itself and not the content therein." The output of iBooks Author is an.ibook file.
Of course it was obvious, but some people are always on the lookout for things to get upset about. It feels good to be angry, and it makes people listen to them.
I'm sure throwing money at something will both convince kids to play outside and prevent bullying. Gee, where can I contribute to the "bullying prevention fund?"
"For the children" is one of the basest forms of emotional appeal. The emotional satisfaction justifies it in many people's minds, and to argue against it makes one vulnerable to accusations of not caring about kids.
It's not "completely misleading." Google outright states in the Blogger post:
Migrating to localized domains will allow us to continue promoting free expression and responsible publishing while providing greater flexibility in complying with valid removal requests pursuant to local law. By utilizing ccTLDs, content removals can be managed on a per country basis, which will limit their impact to the smallest number of readers. Content removed due to a specific country’s law will only be removed from the relevant ccTLD.
They didn't find away around country censorship. They found a way to censor certain countries without affecting everyone universally. And the NCR addresses will obviously be blocked by governments, so it's not a workaround.
Foxconn is the world's largest maker of electronics components and makes products for every major computer company including Dell, HP, Microsoft, Nintendo, Samsung, and Sony. Why they're always intimately associated with Apple on tech forums is beyond me other than as anti-Apple flamebait.
I have encountered all of a handful of users with tablets and each has said basically the same thing.
With a sample size like that, how could you be wrong?
For crying out loud, we're onto year three of the iPad, and it sold over 15 million last month. This is as much a "fad" as the mouse and GUI. If you don't see the inevitability of this, then frankly you are out of touch. Nobody wants to install and maintain a PC just to browse the web anymore. The same kind of streamlining already happened to gaming in the 2000s via consoles.
It's the overused domination attitude I just can't deal with.
What domination attitude? If there was ever a company that was more interested in finishing last than releasing something with less than perfection in the eyes of its makers, it's Apple. For god's sake, Scott Forstall allegedly keeps a jeweler's loupe in his desk to critique their software at the pixel level.
Your link is a measurement of web usage, and it contradicts nearly ever other web survey that shows that iOS is dominant in that regard. This was actually discussed in a previous Slashdot article. Many Android sales are to budget buyers who don't use their phones like smartphones.
'Symantec estimated the impact by combining the download totals -- which the Android Market shows as ranges -- of the 13 apps, arriving at a figure between 1 million on the low end and 5 million on the high. "Yes, this is the largest malware [outbreak] on the Android Market," said Haley.'
while this doesn't need to be a Jobsian walled garden
I say absolutely turn it into a Jobsian "walled garden" (ugh, that term). Let people with technical knowledge choose alternative markets if they want, while keeping the core, default market as safe and high-quality as possible. One of the benefits is this: Android critics often mock the platform for things like laggy scrolling or short battery life, and while it's true some of Android's fundamental graphics system slightly impedes scrolling performance, it's not as if Android is completely incapable of smooth performance, efficient battery, and so on. Apple's strict app approval process rejects apps that drain the battery or are shitty to use, and that alone contributes to the perception that iOS itself is smoother and faster.
In other words, not only would maintaining stricter quality control get rid of a lot of dangerous apps, it would also improve the overall perception of Android's performance, because only well-performing apps would get approved. And again, all the leftovers could go to alternative markets if they wanted.
For years, the Windows platform was mocked relentlessly as a cesspool for malware. It's interesting to see what happens when there is a lack of quality control from the platform vendor, which turned Windows into a complete mess of contradictory interfaces (even within Microsoft's own software), convoluted configuration settings, and a third-party market devoted to cleaning up viruses and spyware. Android seriously risks going down that path, if it's not there already. There has to be more control on the part of Google.
Pushing back on that is a small contingent of techies who want to turn the smartphone into a PC. They like to cite the freedom to install anything they want, but the truth is that mainstream users wouldn't do so even if they knew how. Google needs to cater to the needs of the majority and not latch onto populist concepts sound good to tech crowds (e.g., "openness") but mean nothing to everyone else who just uses these things as tools rather than hobbies--especially when Google seems to have trouble following fundamental tenets of open source like source code access.
Those 37 million iPhone sales over December reversed the 2011 Android surge. The in-fighting among Android vendors risks more forks like Kindle Fire, customized interfaces, and abandoned phones that no longer receive updates mere months after their release. Google, turn the ship around before it's too late! The carriers won't help you.
By your logic almost all FPS games could be seen infringing.
Dude, it's not my logic. I'm just explaining why the judge said what he did. Apparently, copyright law in the UK covers something called "intellectual creation" including photographs.
As for FPS games, if there was a game called Half-Lifer that took place at the Black Plateua Research Facility starring Gordan Freelam and had the same storyline but with slightly different levels and character designs, yeah, I'd imagine Valve would be a-suin'.
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...did you even read my post?
To be fair, everyone also thought the original iPad would be $1,000. I can absolutely see the iPad 2 going for $200-$250.
It looks the same? Then surely it will be as big a "disappointment" as the iPhone 4S was according to analysts--which went on to sell 37 million last quarter. In all seriousness, while the so-called Retina Display is the thing I'm most looking forward to (especially for reading text), the most interesting rumor is that the iPad 2 will continue to be sold at $200 to compete with the Kindle Fire. While the iPad is still the most dominant tablet, the Kindle Fire had a decent run over the holidays. By selling the iPad 2 at a cheaper price alongside the iPad 3, Apple will have both the high end and low end covered. This is the same strategy they're using with the iPhone 3GS (in fact, it's often free with contract), which helped Apple close the gap with Android's marketshare in December.
The next few years are going to be really fun to watch as companies fight over this new market. I think it's inevitable that phones and tablets will become the primary computing devices for most users in a matter of years, because they let people do the things that they use PCs for--Facebook, YouTube, email--without the hassle of PC maintenance. Tablets are already outselling the desktop PC market. Some people don't like "appliance computing", but having grown up with handheld consoles, I see appliance computing as a natural evolution and something to look forward to. PCs will still be around for those who need them.
If you'd RTFA, the most active subreddit now banned by Reddit was called /r/preteen_girls. But hey, enjoy your +5.
What's up with the moderation to this article? Everyone opposed to trading child porn pictures on Reddit is getting modded down, and everyone defending possession of those pictures is getting modded up. Please tell me Slashdot's moral compass isn't that horribly screwed up.
You don't know what the word "skeptical" means. It doesn't mean that you disbelieve something by default. It means that you don't believe something by default.
So Google will drop all the lawsuits the moment the acquisition is complete?
Their child company Motorola, on the other hand...
Why would you be outraged? Why would you even care? If you don't like it, just don't use iBooks Author.
The sense of entitlement in tech communities is what's actually outrageous.
Unfortunately, that crowd has practically taken over and turned this place into a constant Apple hatefest. Can you believe that you actually used to be able to praise Apple for something and not get modded down? The nerve of praising one of the most influential tech companies in the world!
Apple doesn't want to provide a free tool to be used for producing ebooks on competing platforms. I fail to see how that's being a "jerk". It's called running a business.
Don't like it? Don't use iBooks Author.
As opposed to all those big-name companies that never file lawsuits. For example,
What are you talking about? The summary is clear that the EULA is about the .ibook format. It says "Apple is claiming rights to the .ibook format itself and not the content therein." The output of iBooks Author is an .ibook file.
Of course it was obvious, but some people are always on the lookout for things to get upset about. It feels good to be angry, and it makes people listen to them.
I'm sure throwing money at something will both convince kids to play outside and prevent bullying. Gee, where can I contribute to the "bullying prevention fund?"
"For the children" is one of the basest forms of emotional appeal. The emotional satisfaction justifies it in many people's minds, and to argue against it makes one vulnerable to accusations of not caring about kids.
It's not "completely misleading." Google outright states in the Blogger post:
They didn't find away around country censorship. They found a way to censor certain countries without affecting everyone universally. And the NCR addresses will obviously be blocked by governments, so it's not a workaround.
Even more hypocritical is the fact that NBC keeps running the ad and getting paid for it.
Why, who wouldn't want to give permission to change your home page, collect your personal data, and display ads?
Foxconn is the world's largest maker of electronics components and makes products for every major computer company including Dell, HP, Microsoft, Nintendo, Samsung, and Sony. Why they're always intimately associated with Apple on tech forums is beyond me other than as anti-Apple flamebait.
With a sample size like that, how could you be wrong?
For crying out loud, we're onto year three of the iPad, and it sold over 15 million last month. This is as much a "fad" as the mouse and GUI. If you don't see the inevitability of this, then frankly you are out of touch. Nobody wants to install and maintain a PC just to browse the web anymore. The same kind of streamlining already happened to gaming in the 2000s via consoles.
What domination attitude? If there was ever a company that was more interested in finishing last than releasing something with less than perfection in the eyes of its makers, it's Apple. For god's sake, Scott Forstall allegedly keeps a jeweler's loupe in his desk to critique their software at the pixel level.
Your link is a measurement of web usage, and it contradicts nearly ever other web survey that shows that iOS is dominant in that regard. This was actually discussed in a previous Slashdot article. Many Android sales are to budget buyers who don't use their phones like smartphones.
From TFA:
'Symantec estimated the impact by combining the download totals -- which the Android Market shows as ranges -- of the 13 apps, arriving at a figure between 1 million on the low end and 5 million on the high. "Yes, this is the largest malware [outbreak] on the Android Market," said Haley.'
Even the most optimistic estimate is very bad.
I say absolutely turn it into a Jobsian "walled garden" (ugh, that term). Let people with technical knowledge choose alternative markets if they want, while keeping the core, default market as safe and high-quality as possible. One of the benefits is this: Android critics often mock the platform for things like laggy scrolling or short battery life, and while it's true some of Android's fundamental graphics system slightly impedes scrolling performance, it's not as if Android is completely incapable of smooth performance, efficient battery, and so on. Apple's strict app approval process rejects apps that drain the battery or are shitty to use, and that alone contributes to the perception that iOS itself is smoother and faster.
In other words, not only would maintaining stricter quality control get rid of a lot of dangerous apps, it would also improve the overall perception of Android's performance, because only well-performing apps would get approved. And again, all the leftovers could go to alternative markets if they wanted.
For years, the Windows platform was mocked relentlessly as a cesspool for malware. It's interesting to see what happens when there is a lack of quality control from the platform vendor, which turned Windows into a complete mess of contradictory interfaces (even within Microsoft's own software), convoluted configuration settings, and a third-party market devoted to cleaning up viruses and spyware. Android seriously risks going down that path, if it's not there already. There has to be more control on the part of Google.
Pushing back on that is a small contingent of techies who want to turn the smartphone into a PC. They like to cite the freedom to install anything they want, but the truth is that mainstream users wouldn't do so even if they knew how. Google needs to cater to the needs of the majority and not latch onto populist concepts sound good to tech crowds (e.g., "openness") but mean nothing to everyone else who just uses these things as tools rather than hobbies--especially when Google seems to have trouble following fundamental tenets of open source like source code access.
Those 37 million iPhone sales over December reversed the 2011 Android surge. The in-fighting among Android vendors risks more forks like Kindle Fire, customized interfaces, and abandoned phones that no longer receive updates mere months after their release. Google, turn the ship around before it's too late! The carriers won't help you.
Dude, it's not my logic. I'm just explaining why the judge said what he did. Apparently, copyright law in the UK covers something called "intellectual creation" including photographs.
As for FPS games, if there was a game called Half-Lifer that took place at the Black Plateua Research Facility starring Gordan Freelam and had the same storyline but with slightly different levels and character designs, yeah, I'd imagine Valve would be a-suin'.