I remember that. One of the entries is something about slipping ship dates, and while I know that they still occasionally have problems, it's nothing like it was in the mid and late 90s before the return of Jobs. i remember them coming out with systems and basically losing 25% of potential sales due to poor supply chain management. These days, they ship units--for the most part--on time and in significant volumes, and with reasonable distributions.
Beyond any problems with the/. summary methodology, I'd put forth that a significant number of early adopters for this product are indeed developers or at least wannabe developers. It'll be interesting to see how sales develop or taper after the crowd that sees the iPad as the future and buys one to get ahead of the development game all have one.
I'll bet if you do the same survey in 12 months, the weight of that app approval process metric drops.
Problem is, if you looked at normal usage patterns, most people never pulled out the antenna. Of the people who did pull out the antenna, half of them would break it within a year (i.e. forgetting to put it back in, pulling too hard, fiddling with it).
That, plus the hysteria surrounding EM radiation and brain tumors, and basically most of the phones for the last decade or so have had internal (e.g. bottom-mounted) antennae.
but you'd think in the course of a new antenna you'd consult with a PhD or two on it
Actually, Apple's ranks are rife with PhD holders. It's entirely possible that your own personal PhD might have made exactly the same decision if s/he had access to the same information that the Apple engineers had.
Not only that, but ASCAP may come asking for a triple-payment. They may assume that the owners don't understand that fees have already been paid twice.
In fact, I'm not certain of the rules myself; it's my understanding that even if the source is a regular broadcast radio--and those stations have most certainly paid to play the music--businesses are still "required" to pay ASCAP fees.
Funny thing is that once upon a time, ASCAP was the artist's friend. Folks like Little Richard had their music stolen and used for profit by mega-moguls like Disney and others, and didn't see a cent of it. ASCAP was built to protect against that, and it's slowly devolved into a group of thugs that go after Girl Scouts doing public performances of the Macarena dance.
Maybe it wasn't FUD... Maybe they just don't understand statistics and their sample size was five apps. OMG! One of these is malware! Call the President! Release the hounds!
Oh, and to build on your funeral example, it's like you're having a conversation about funeral plans and you decide, regardless of where in the conversation you are, to start talking about the deceased's annoying habit of, say, picking his nose in public.
"We get it. He picked his nose. Now can we work on the pallbearers list?"
Yes, but every time any conversation about the iPhone starts, the detractors seem to pounce on the walled garden thing. I get it. It's not for everyone.
That being said, you certainly don't need to defend yourself, in my opinion. Slashdot's an open forum, and if I don't like the noise, I have the right not to participate. I simply find it interesting that all someone has to do is post an article about some aspect of the iPhone and BAM the knee-jerk Android comparisons come up.
Don't misunderstand. I think that's a fine solution. But some people disagree with that. And yeah, some people want to turn their car's onboard computer into a HTTP server. Agree or disagree, it takes all kinds. For people who dislike the policy limitations surrounding Apple products, they're free not to buy them.
What I think is interesting is how they're so vocal about it. I hate my Blackberry. I hate almost everything about it. But it was free from my employer, so that's what I use. Eventually, I'll upgrade to something else, but I'm not going to spend hours lambasting RIM because I don't like their product. I'll just choose something else next time.
You're probably totally right. I think that's probably the most reasoned and observant statement I've seen from someone who disagrees with the policy. That's way better than, "Nazis! All of them!!"
That $99 makes you a developer, not just a user. I think that's a fine solution, but not one that anyone who is also unwilling to jailbreak will be happy about.
You want my advice? Don't buy an iPhone. Or any number of the other phones that don't offer developer access for users.
I remember my first Sprint phone, which had a four-note polyphonic midi player built-in, and I was so excited, I started to make my own midi files, but couldn't figure out how to import them. I called their support and they said that it was impossible, that this was special encoded data and all ring tones had to be purchased.
I called BS on it, and told them that it was all bits, and I should be able to do what I wanted. The support monkey said no.
A few weeks later, someone leaked the information; turns out you just needed a special HTTP header line to tell the phone that it was a Sprint-sanctioned ring tone, and it would download fine. Once it was published, I wrote a script to allow me to upload a MIDI file to my web site, which would then send a text message with the right URL to access it to my phone, and I would download it. It was awesome.
A month later, Sprint came out with phones that allowed the user to edit midi files right on the phone itself.
I guess I'm getting old. I'm sure there was a point in there somewhere. Maybe it's that all of the cell phone vendors and service providers have their own control issues. If you don't like it, as you say, vote with your wallet.
I use WPA on my wifi, so they can't sniff. I do it because there are a lot of people out there who feel that a non-protected wifi link is theirs for the using. If you're worried about Google sniffing, then you should be more worried about people using your wifi to download torrents, bringing your connection under the watchful eyes of the RIAA and MPAA.
I've got a 2g iPod Touch, and while I don't expect to see all the features, it's my understanding that it's compatible with the new OS. Downloaded the new iTunes, and it says that IOS 3.1.3, the version that's installed already, is up to date.
Does the iOS update go out separately from the iTunes update? Or is something screwy with my iPod?
iPhone lacked copy/paste during a time when multitouch was extremely new and there were zero multitouch implementations of copy/paste. Windows Phone 7 is giving up the feature years later, when there are many phones with multitouch copy/paste
To be fair to Windows, I would guess that all the coolest ways to do multitouch copy/paste are heavily patent-encumbered. I'm sure that MS's engineers pitched a few ways that were shot down because they would either be too costly or because they totally sucked. Someone else suggested they're following Apple's model hoping to reap the same successes; but to be honest, maybe kudos to them for waiting to release a good method that's not directly "stealing" from Apple or Google or someone else.
And I put "stealing" in quotes because as much as I like Apple products, if I'm right about c/p being patent-protected, then I think that's kind of dick-ish.
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I remember that. One of the entries is something about slipping ship dates, and while I know that they still occasionally have problems, it's nothing like it was in the mid and late 90s before the return of Jobs. i remember them coming out with systems and basically losing 25% of potential sales due to poor supply chain management. These days, they ship units--for the most part--on time and in significant volumes, and with reasonable distributions.
Beyond any problems with the /. summary methodology, I'd put forth that a significant number of early adopters for this product are indeed developers or at least wannabe developers. It'll be interesting to see how sales develop or taper after the crowd that sees the iPad as the future and buys one to get ahead of the development game all have one.
I'll bet if you do the same survey in 12 months, the weight of that app approval process metric drops.
Problem is, if you looked at normal usage patterns, most people never pulled out the antenna. Of the people who did pull out the antenna, half of them would break it within a year (i.e. forgetting to put it back in, pulling too hard, fiddling with it).
That, plus the hysteria surrounding EM radiation and brain tumors, and basically most of the phones for the last decade or so have had internal (e.g. bottom-mounted) antennae.
but you'd think in the course of a new antenna you'd consult with a PhD or two on it
Actually, Apple's ranks are rife with PhD holders. It's entirely possible that your own personal PhD might have made exactly the same decision if s/he had access to the same information that the Apple engineers had.
They're clearly all fanbois over there.
Your post, re-written: D'n.
Not only that, but ASCAP may come asking for a triple-payment. They may assume that the owners don't understand that fees have already been paid twice.
In fact, I'm not certain of the rules myself; it's my understanding that even if the source is a regular broadcast radio--and those stations have most certainly paid to play the music--businesses are still "required" to pay ASCAP fees.
Funny thing is that once upon a time, ASCAP was the artist's friend. Folks like Little Richard had their music stolen and used for profit by mega-moguls like Disney and others, and didn't see a cent of it. ASCAP was built to protect against that, and it's slowly devolved into a group of thugs that go after Girl Scouts doing public performances of the Macarena dance.
Maybe it wasn't FUD... Maybe they just don't understand statistics and their sample size was five apps. OMG! One of these is malware! Call the President! Release the hounds!
Oh, and to build on your funeral example, it's like you're having a conversation about funeral plans and you decide, regardless of where in the conversation you are, to start talking about the deceased's annoying habit of, say, picking his nose in public.
"We get it. He picked his nose. Now can we work on the pallbearers list?"
Yes, but every time any conversation about the iPhone starts, the detractors seem to pounce on the walled garden thing. I get it. It's not for everyone.
That being said, you certainly don't need to defend yourself, in my opinion. Slashdot's an open forum, and if I don't like the noise, I have the right not to participate. I simply find it interesting that all someone has to do is post an article about some aspect of the iPhone and BAM the knee-jerk Android comparisons come up.
Apparently, today was a good day for science.
Don't misunderstand. I think that's a fine solution. But some people disagree with that. And yeah, some people want to turn their car's onboard computer into a HTTP server. Agree or disagree, it takes all kinds. For people who dislike the policy limitations surrounding Apple products, they're free not to buy them.
What I think is interesting is how they're so vocal about it. I hate my Blackberry. I hate almost everything about it. But it was free from my employer, so that's what I use. Eventually, I'll upgrade to something else, but I'm not going to spend hours lambasting RIM because I don't like their product. I'll just choose something else next time.
You're probably totally right. I think that's probably the most reasoned and observant statement I've seen from someone who disagrees with the policy. That's way better than, "Nazis! All of them!!"
Yay for Godwin!
That $99 makes you a developer, not just a user. I think that's a fine solution, but not one that anyone who is also unwilling to jailbreak will be happy about.
Chizwell, is that you?
You want my advice? Don't buy an iPhone. Or any number of the other phones that don't offer developer access for users.
I remember my first Sprint phone, which had a four-note polyphonic midi player built-in, and I was so excited, I started to make my own midi files, but couldn't figure out how to import them. I called their support and they said that it was impossible, that this was special encoded data and all ring tones had to be purchased.
I called BS on it, and told them that it was all bits, and I should be able to do what I wanted. The support monkey said no.
A few weeks later, someone leaked the information; turns out you just needed a special HTTP header line to tell the phone that it was a Sprint-sanctioned ring tone, and it would download fine. Once it was published, I wrote a script to allow me to upload a MIDI file to my web site, which would then send a text message with the right URL to access it to my phone, and I would download it. It was awesome.
A month later, Sprint came out with phones that allowed the user to edit midi files right on the phone itself.
I guess I'm getting old. I'm sure there was a point in there somewhere. Maybe it's that all of the cell phone vendors and service providers have their own control issues. If you don't like it, as you say, vote with your wallet.
...for yet another way to be dependent on this already-unstable region of the world which already has a choke-hold on energy production.
Attorney's General for the pedants
Actually, it's Attorneys General; plural, not possessive.
I use WPA on my wifi, so they can't sniff. I do it because there are a lot of people out there who feel that a non-protected wifi link is theirs for the using. If you're worried about Google sniffing, then you should be more worried about people using your wifi to download torrents, bringing your connection under the watchful eyes of the RIAA and MPAA.
Gotcha. It didn't download when I connected the device, but per the previous poster, it looks like the iOS update isn't available at the moment.
Ah, thanks.
I've got a 2g iPod Touch, and while I don't expect to see all the features, it's my understanding that it's compatible with the new OS. Downloaded the new iTunes, and it says that IOS 3.1.3, the version that's installed already, is up to date. Does the iOS update go out separately from the iTunes update? Or is something screwy with my iPod?
Something about carbon-based tubers the other day?
iPhone lacked copy/paste during a time when multitouch was extremely new and there were zero multitouch implementations of copy/paste. Windows Phone 7 is giving up the feature years later, when there are many phones with multitouch copy/paste
To be fair to Windows, I would guess that all the coolest ways to do multitouch copy/paste are heavily patent-encumbered. I'm sure that MS's engineers pitched a few ways that were shot down because they would either be too costly or because they totally sucked. Someone else suggested they're following Apple's model hoping to reap the same successes; but to be honest, maybe kudos to them for waiting to release a good method that's not directly "stealing" from Apple or Google or someone else.
And I put "stealing" in quotes because as much as I like Apple products, if I'm right about c/p being patent-protected, then I think that's kind of dick-ish.