3G will be a big issue for precisely the customer who can want/afford the iPhone in the UK. I have a T-Mobile MDA II (in UK) - the difference between 3G and GPRS is huge.
Not being able to use 3G would be a killer for me, but the biggest issue would be the lack of Outlook sync connectivity, which was the main reason I didn't buy a Nokia for the first time since I first got a mobile phone in 1995.
And I hate the hype.
However, I still expect these to sell by the bucket load on release, but I have no idea what the long term effect will be.
iPods do have battery replacement kits, but they invalidate your warranty, and can be quite tricky. However, I think the user replaceable battery may account for some of the additional thickness of the Sandisk over the iPod. Sandisk players do, reportedly, have significantly better battery life.
I didn't (and don't) suggest that an iPod forces you into DRM any more than a Sandisk.
And yes, there are other ways to copy over to the iPod (Winamp plug ins etc), but nothing as easy as just copying the files over.
When all said and done, isn't it nice to have a real choice, whereas in the past the iPod seemed to be the only viable option.
I agree that the supporting ecosystem/accessories is important. It almost caused me to buy an iPod.
But in the end, I decided on a Sandisk Sansa e270 flash based player, as it was 6GB (8GB available now), and I decided that I could live with a generic Belkin transmitter for the car.
Reasons: no iTunes reqd - you can just copy the files over. Good price. And good reviews. User replacable battery. And not an Apple product.
No regrets so far, but an accessory list as long as the iPod's would be helpful.
And I don't care if its Apple's or Microsoft's DRM - I'm not interested in buy anything encoded in either format.
Hmm. Serviced offices are often pretty poor on security. Out of hours, all it needs is one person to let someone they don't know into a building and you've got a problem.
I think this should be included in the "lies, damned lies, and statistics" file.
Remember these statistics we uncovered by a TV programme that wants to show that science is under attack. Ask the right question and you get the answer you want.
I suspect most of those questioned didn't have a clue what they were being asked about and wouldn't understand/care about the difference between ID and evolution.
In my experience, evolution is considered fact in the UK. Outside the church (which counts for a small %age of the population), you won't find many believing in creationism, and likely not many in it either.
[For the record, I am British, and still live here.]
Strange that its received little coverage in the US. In the UK, a couple of weeks back, it was blanket coverage, and has died down a little over the past fortnight. Maybe media coverage, like flu, is contagious?
"I just got my flu shots, something I've never felt the need before." - unfortunately this is unlikely to protect you. Health literature I received in the last few days asking 'at risk' groups to get their flu jabs, specifically states it will not protect against pandemic flu.
Quote: 'How quickly open-source programs can narrow the gap with commercial software'?
What has that got to do with the success of Linux? Open source projects exist for all platforms. Commercial products exist for all platforms.
What would make me switch 'full time' to Linux would be most of the programs I actually pay for being available on the platform - I noticed Nero Burning ROM is now available, which is one of the ones on my list (yes I know OS near equivs exist, but I like it).
Other posters pointed out Agfa have gone bust - and Ilford went bankrupt in Sept 2004, although the rights to their papers were sold to Harmon Technology Ltd. No idea how they're doing.
I hope that someone continues to make good b&w paper - surely even if conventional film completely disappeared, there would be a small market for b&w prints?
I have to agree. I can get approx 30 photos on my Canon A80 when using my 48MB flash card. For 50GBP I can buy a 1GB card which should give space for (in excess of) 600 pics - more than I'd ever want to trust to a single card!
We really don't need another lossy compression format!
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3G will be a big issue for precisely the customer who can want/afford the iPhone in the UK. I have a T-Mobile MDA II (in UK) - the difference between 3G and GPRS is huge.
Not being able to use 3G would be a killer for me, but the biggest issue would be the lack of Outlook sync connectivity, which was the main reason I didn't buy a Nokia for the first time since I first got a mobile phone in 1995.
And I hate the hype.
However, I still expect these to sell by the bucket load on release, but I have no idea what the long term effect will be.
iPods do have battery replacement kits, but they invalidate your warranty, and can be quite tricky. However, I think the user replaceable battery may account for some of the additional thickness of the Sandisk over the iPod. Sandisk players do, reportedly, have significantly better battery life.
I didn't (and don't) suggest that an iPod forces you into DRM any more than a Sandisk.
And yes, there are other ways to copy over to the iPod (Winamp plug ins etc), but nothing as easy as just copying the files over.
When all said and done, isn't it nice to have a real choice, whereas in the past the iPod seemed to be the only viable option.
I agree that the supporting ecosystem/accessories is important. It almost caused me to buy an iPod.
But in the end, I decided on a Sandisk Sansa e270 flash based player, as it was 6GB (8GB available now), and I decided that I could live with a generic Belkin transmitter for the car.
Reasons: no iTunes reqd - you can just copy the files over. Good price. And good reviews. User replacable battery. And not an Apple product.
No regrets so far, but an accessory list as long as the iPod's would be helpful.
And I don't care if its Apple's or Microsoft's DRM - I'm not interested in buy anything encoded in either format.
Hmm. Serviced offices are often pretty poor on security. Out of hours, all it needs is one person to let someone they don't know into a building and you've got a problem.
I think this should be included in the "lies, damned lies, and statistics" file.
Remember these statistics we uncovered by a TV programme that wants to show that science is under attack. Ask the right question and you get the answer you want.
I suspect most of those questioned didn't have a clue what they were being asked about and wouldn't understand/care about the difference between ID and evolution.
In my experience, evolution is considered fact in the UK. Outside the church (which counts for a small %age of the population), you won't find many believing in creationism, and likely not many in it either.
[For the record, I am British, and still live here.]
A robot cat would also have to be able to detect those with a deep seated fear of cats and then dig their claws into them.
Strange that its received little coverage in the US. In the UK, a couple of weeks back, it was blanket coverage, and has died down a little over the past fortnight. Maybe media coverage, like flu, is contagious?
"I just got my flu shots, something I've never felt the need before." - unfortunately this is unlikely to protect you. Health literature I received in the last few days asking 'at risk' groups to get their flu jabs, specifically states it will not protect against pandemic flu.
What has that got to do with the success of Linux? Open source projects exist for all platforms. Commercial products exist for all platforms.
What would make me switch 'full time' to Linux would be most of the programs I actually pay for being available on the platform - I noticed Nero Burning ROM is now available, which is one of the ones on my list (yes I know OS near equivs exist, but I like it).
Other posters pointed out Agfa have gone bust - and Ilford went bankrupt in Sept 2004, although the rights to their papers were sold to Harmon Technology Ltd. No idea how they're doing.
I hope that someone continues to make good b&w paper - surely even if conventional film completely disappeared, there would be a small market for b&w prints?
I take it you don't have children ;-)
We really don't need another lossy compression format!
They are streamed live AND usually archived for at least a week. Have a look at BBC Radio 4 ListenAgain"