"Some time ago, Gunnar presented to you what the new QML Scene Graph is all about. As mentioned in that article, one of the new features is a new technique for text rendering based on distance field alpha testing. This technique allows us to leverage all the power of OpenGL and have text like we never had before in Qt: scalable, sub-pixel positioned and sub-pixel antialiased and at almost no cost."
You should argue for the raising of the age of majority, or whatever it is you use to define 'child'. I think this would be easy for most men, judging from what my wife says about men anyway.
slow,perhaps. just trying to get you to spell it out. although, if you think there aren't hardware vendors that have sufferred at the hands of Mircosoft, then think again. it isn't as simple as that. almost no company is simply hardware (or software). anyway, Nokia *was* a software vendor too....but not any more...well, to some extent it is and will be, but not like it was. already huge chunks of Nokia have sufferred, if you consider Nokia to be a group of people rather than a bunch of shares.
Clearly it was an internal meeting ("all hands") which are usually recorded professionally and put on the intranet for people who couldn't be there to watch.
You missed the announcement about Qt being for 'the next billion'? IMO, that's more interesting than the n9, and provides incentive to move development to Qt from other native platforms. I don't suppose Qt will be on WP, but it is on Android already and Symbian (though ymmv)...I heard some talk of it on iOS too.
I don't care that it's the last Nokia MeeGo phone[1] - I see that it's the first MeeGo phone. While there are sure to be issue porting an app from the N9 to other future MeeGo devices (why just phones?), I see that there is definitely value in the reduced effort and less-closed/more-choice that the consumer may see from that.
[1] If that does indeed prove to be the case. We are happy to believe their negative statements of intent (ie Feb11), but not much of what they have said in the past has proved to be true, so I don't believe much of what they say...
I agree to some extent - at least the sentiment. However, iinm there is demand for a completely free OS and MeeGo may well be able to fill that niche. The demand doesn't come from end-users but from manufacturers and networks, both of whom still want to provide some kind of additional (supposed) value-add to their devices/services. You can see this with all the efforts the various manufacturers put into skinning Android - with variable success. I have trouble seeing how this will all 'pan out' into something successful, but it seems clear that there is some commercial demand for something outside the control of Google/Apple. I don't know why you would lament the loss of Meego - it is alive and well. It is only Nokia who have changed and the rest of the Meego world is still going strong. I wonder if MeeGo-proper will run on the N9 (in the same way it runs on N900) - if so, that might provide some future for N9 beyond the maintenance of MeeGo-harmattan.
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champing, champing, champing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltb_14CWqDA
do you want green eggs and ham?
Aha, Samsung have joined the party. Better late than never. Though, I suppose that depends on your point of view.
notice anyone missing?
Not to mention trade secrets have no protection under law, in fact that's why copyright law exists in the first place.
Never say never.
I don't think he did, did he?
Does that include those that are executed?
if you like great sound on the move, i recommend the Nokia N9 (or N950). really excellent sound(imo)
I am reminded of this :
"Text Rendering in the QML Scene Graph"
http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/07/15/text-rendering-in-the-qml-scene-graph/
"Some time ago, Gunnar presented to you what the new QML Scene Graph is all about. As mentioned in that article, one of the new features is a new technique for text rendering based on distance field alpha testing. This technique allows us to leverage all the power of OpenGL and have text like we never had before in Qt: scalable, sub-pixel positioned and sub-pixel antialiased and at almost no cost."
mod parent up
You should argue for the raising of the age of majority, or whatever it is you use to define 'child'. I think this would be easy for most men, judging from what my wife says about men anyway.
largest city in China...(Administrative Area Population)...quite a significant city, I would say
off!
It's random as in if you pick a list at random, then you could pick that one.
indeed...though it was a bit odd...
well, it wasn't *my* assertion, and Imm sure it is debatable, but SGI comes immediately to mind.
slow,perhaps. just trying to get you to spell it out.
although, if you think there aren't hardware vendors that have sufferred at the hands of Mircosoft, then think again. it isn't as simple as that. almost no company is simply hardware (or software).
anyway, Nokia *was* a software vendor too....but not any more...well, to some extent it is and will be, but not like it was. already huge chunks of Nokia have sufferred, if you consider Nokia to be a group of people rather than a bunch of shares.
no button....at least, not on the front.
He didn't say 'all', just that there is a long list. You haven't shown the list to be any shorter...
I heard it called the Elopocolipse.
It was an internal Nokia all-hands, not some publicity stunt.
The N950 isn't quite the same h/w as the N9 - close though. You can apply for it - I don't think it costs anything, if you are chosen.
Clearly it was an internal meeting ("all hands") which are usually recorded professionally and put on the intranet for people who couldn't be there to watch.
> faultless, buttery smooth operation of the N9's MeeGo
From Engadget, no less :
http://www.meegoexperts.com/2011/06/nokia-n900-meego-1-2-summer-release/
You missed the announcement about Qt being for 'the next billion'? IMO, that's more interesting than the n9, and provides incentive to move development to Qt from other native platforms. I don't suppose Qt will be on WP, but it is on Android already and Symbian (though ymmv)...I heard some talk of it on iOS too.
I don't care that it's the last Nokia MeeGo phone[1] - I see that it's the first MeeGo phone. While there are sure to be issue porting an app from the N9 to other future MeeGo devices (why just phones?), I see that there is definitely value in the reduced effort and less-closed/more-choice that the consumer may see from that.
[1] If that does indeed prove to be the case. We are happy to believe their negative statements of intent (ie Feb11), but not much of what they have said in the past has proved to be true, so I don't believe much of what they say...
I agree to some extent - at least the sentiment. However, iinm there is demand for a completely free OS and MeeGo may well be able to fill that niche. The demand doesn't come from end-users but from manufacturers and networks, both of whom still want to provide some kind of additional (supposed) value-add to their devices/services. You can see this with all the efforts the various manufacturers put into skinning Android - with variable success. I have trouble seeing how this will all 'pan out' into something successful, but it seems clear that there is some commercial demand for something outside the control of Google/Apple.
I don't know why you would lament the loss of Meego - it is alive and well. It is only Nokia who have changed and the rest of the Meego world is still going strong. I wonder if MeeGo-proper will run on the N9 (in the same way it runs on N900) - if so, that might provide some future for N9 beyond the maintenance of MeeGo-harmattan.