I have a Reliance 3G data card. Pirate Bay, IsoHunt and a few other sites ( including pastebin ) are blocked.. On a different ISP, (AirTel ) it isn't. (yet).This anecdotal evidence suggests that either the directive is optional for ISP's or some have chosen to ignore it. Moral of the story - Just choose a good ISP.
I agree. I was happy with OS 1.0.x and happier with OS 2.0 Beta.
When the final production version of 2.0 came out, I can pretty much see that this tablet does everything that is required of it. Fluid multi-tasking, intuitive gestures.
It's got a *great* selection of games as well - check out http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/vendor/1700/?lang=EN for a bunch of EA Sports games available on the PB ( there are other vendors as well - this is just an example )
I was 14 years old in 1994
I had a Macintosh LC 475 back then. It had a 25 Mhz Motorola 68040 CPU and had come pre-installed with Microsoft Virtual PC for the Mac which emulated x86 architecture on the Motorola 68040.
A magazine called PCQuest ( It was a geek-focussed magazine then; it's a CIO-focussed magazine now ) came out with Slackware on the CD. ( I cannot remember the version)
I managed to installed Linux as a VM on my Mac 18 years ago using this. ( That's a link to my blog post with more details as to how I did it )
Of course I did not know what Virtualization was. I did not have an internet connection even!
It took me a year to get X running - just by reading the man pages and configuring modelines and hsync and vsync values
My proudest moment was when I wrote my own man page using nroff ( IIRC ) and it showed me bold fonts in a terminal. I did not know even know what a terminal was, except that Jeff Goldblum destroyed the Aliens by uploading a computer virus through it ( Movie: Independence Day )
I am nostalgic
But we have youtube. And there are a lot of people who have taken pains to put up such documentaries on the site.
The Cold War documentary that you mentioned can be seen at Cold War Full Length Documentary
Driving is sometimes a pleasure and often a pain. However it demands focus and attention for your safety and for others on the road.
Quoting the article- "Simply point your hand at them, and the icons open to show real-time information: when that bridge over there was built, what band is playing at that nightclub on the left,"
This might be entertainment for the people sitting in the backseat - it might even be informative for kids.
This would definitely be a major nuisance for me if I were driving.
Don't get me wrong – I am not against technology – but I also believe that there are some places where technology can be a hindrance and IMO this is one of them.
Canada sold a dual purpose reactor called CIRUS to India.
But here are some of my points'
1. India is definitely not Iran ( Disclaimer: I am an Indian )
2. India clearly demarcates the nuclear reactors which are dual-purpose and those which are used for civilain purposes only. The civilian reactors are under the IAEA supervision. This was the famous (and controversial) Indo-US nuclear deal
Please get your facts right before putting India and Iran in the same sentence.
I hope someone ports WebOS for my BlackBerry Playbook. It has got really good hardware but the software ( read apps ) leaves much to be desired.
Also this would mean that other tablet owners would have a choice as well - other than Android or BlackBerry Tablet OS ( QNX )
I am assuming that it would be very difficult to get other OSes on the iPad.
BB OS 7 ( really OS 6.1 ) is a proprietary OS. Even if you jail-broke it I am not sure you could do much with it ( assuming it is technically possible to do so )
QNX is a Unix realt-time OS and one could do potentially a lot more with a jail-broken Unix device. Let's wait for the QNX based Blackberry phones ("BBX") to come out and then it could/would probably be jail-broken.
On a side-note: The current BB OS 7 based phones are good, but I would rather wait till the QNX based phones come out and then start tinkering around with them
Kite Fighting is a common festival in many parts of Asia. In a few years from now, imagine if a bunch of dudes do that with drones ( and the drones shooting at each other with Spud Guns in mid-air).
It will soon become and industry of its own. Microsoft and Sony will soon come out with Fighter Drones.
Microsoft's will have a "ring of death" ( It'll circle your house twice before crashing into your house and destroying the ceiling/attic.
Sony's will have the ability to fly carrying a dog as a passenger. But one day it'll disable it via software update and your mutt will no longer be able to fly.
Nintendo will come out with a cheaper, smaller drone will require you to flap your arms like a bird, which the drone will faithfully imitate.
I see a good future for the gaming industry with this.
You core strength is ( was? ) good hardware/software integration along with the server side stuff. That is what got enterprises ( and later on , end-users ) hooked on to the BlackBerry. You have always made good hardware. It's the software part that you seriously suck at. This is not because you have bad engineers. This is because you have lost focus.
This "multiplatform device management" BS is just another one of your mistakes. You are using publicly available API's for managing iOS and Android devices.
There are other companies which do this as well.
How are you differentiating yourself? You are not.
What are you doing instead?
You are confusing the market by branding it along with Blackberry Enterprise Server and you're also diluting your brand value.
I am not the ( or one of the ) CEO's of RIM but I can summarize what you should do:
- Don't focus on other side things that dilute your brand value further. You already tried with Blackberry connect for Nokia before and how did that help? It did not. It just helped Nokia's E series get noticed as a serious business phone
- With this MDM, you wont be able to make even the ( bungled-up) difference that you made with Blackberry Connect for Nokia.
It would probably cost millions and I would probably never afford to own one.
Wishful thinking:
The make a "demilitarized" version of it - maybe without the weapon systems and the radar - some amusement park / arcade buys one these. I pay $ XX an hour and get as close to flying a supersonic fighter aircraft as I possibly can.
I use GMail and Google Apps email on my Blackberry via BIS. I still have the GMail application installed on my BB though. Why?
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Advantages of GMail Native app on the BB
1. You can only search emails which are on the device. You cannot search emails which you have in your inbox but not the device. This means you can only search for emails which you received since you started syncing the device with GMail. By default Blackberry devices store messages only for 30 days ( you can set it to upto 120 days I believe). So you also cannot search for emails before 30-120 even if BIS was set to sync to it
2. There is no support for labels. BIS will, by default, forward All emails that you receive regardless of the filters that you may or may not have setup for your mailings lists and other stuff. To work around this, I have had to set up a "to-me" and "cc-me" filter on the device. That is of course, sub-optimal.
Advantages of BIS over GMail native application
1. Contacts and Calendar sync ( though the Contact sync can occasionally be a bit buggy
2. Attachment support - there is no way to send attachments via the GMail native application
3. Real Push(tm) support - other than when they have a "core switch failover thing" and your smartphone then essentially becomes a dumbphone.
I would ideally want WebOS to go open source.
It seems that's not going to happen. What about selling it to RIM? They have decent hardware ( the PlayBook comes to mind) - with webOS they'll have decent software as well. They should stop spending time on the Android emulator. ( As BB tablet owner how would you feel running ( sometimes crappy ) Android software on an emulator? ) Their current generation of phones are (theoretically ) capable of running WebOS as is the Playbook.
Dear RIM, please pay and buy WebOS. You are not paying for a good OS. You're paying to have a future in the market.
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I have a Reliance 3G data card. Pirate Bay, IsoHunt and a few other sites ( including pastebin ) are blocked.. On a different ISP, (AirTel ) it isn't. (yet).This anecdotal evidence suggests that either the directive is optional for ISP's or some have chosen to ignore it. Moral of the story - Just choose a good ISP.
I agree. I was happy with OS 1.0.x and happier with OS 2.0 Beta. When the final production version of 2.0 came out, I can pretty much see that this tablet does everything that is required of it. Fluid multi-tasking, intuitive gestures. It's got a *great* selection of games as well - check out http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/vendor/1700/?lang=EN for a bunch of EA Sports games available on the PB ( there are other vendors as well - this is just an example )
Playbook OS 2.0 has Email.
my bad - this is the correct link
Link Update: this is correct entry to the blog post
I was 14 years old in 1994
I had a Macintosh LC 475 back then. It had a 25 Mhz Motorola 68040 CPU and had come pre-installed with Microsoft Virtual PC for the Mac which emulated x86 architecture on the Motorola 68040.
A magazine called PCQuest ( It was a geek-focussed magazine then; it's a CIO-focussed magazine now ) came out with Slackware on the CD. ( I cannot remember the version)
I managed to installed Linux as a VM on my Mac 18 years ago using this. ( That's a link to my blog post with more details as to how I did it )
Of course I did not know what Virtualization was. I did not have an internet connection even!
It took me a year to get X running - just by reading the man pages and configuring modelines and hsync and vsync values
My proudest moment was when I wrote my own man page using nroff ( IIRC ) and it showed me bold fonts in a terminal. I did not know even know what a terminal was, except that Jeff Goldblum destroyed the Aliens by uploading a computer virus through it ( Movie: Independence Day ) I am nostalgic
But we have youtube. And there are a lot of people who have taken pains to put up such documentaries on the site. The Cold War documentary that you mentioned can be seen at Cold War Full Length Documentary
Driving is sometimes a pleasure and often a pain. However it demands focus and attention for your safety and for others on the road.
Quoting the article- "Simply point your hand at them, and the icons open to show real-time information: when that bridge over there was built, what band is playing at that nightclub on the left,"
This might be entertainment for the people sitting in the backseat - it might even be informative for kids.
This would definitely be a major nuisance for me if I were driving. Don't get me wrong – I am not against technology – but I also believe that there are some places where technology can be a hindrance and IMO this is one of them.
Canada sold a dual purpose reactor called CIRUS to India. But here are some of my points'
1. India is definitely not Iran ( Disclaimer: I am an Indian )
2. India clearly demarcates the nuclear reactors which are dual-purpose and those which are used for civilain purposes only. The civilian reactors are under the IAEA supervision. This was the famous (and controversial) Indo-US nuclear deal
Please get your facts right before putting India and Iran in the same sentence.
Exactly my thoughts! I would mod you up if I had the points
I think the poster meant that "Qt is dead as a development platform for Nokia phones" And it is true.
Maybe the people who stole the moon rocks finally decided to scatter them at remote places and run away.
I hope someone ports WebOS for my BlackBerry Playbook. It has got really good hardware but the software ( read apps ) leaves much to be desired. Also this would mean that other tablet owners would have a choice as well - other than Android or BlackBerry Tablet OS ( QNX ) I am assuming that it would be very difficult to get other OSes on the iPad.
Would mod that funny if I had the points.. LOL
On a side-note: The current BB OS 7 based phones are good, but I would rather wait till the QNX based phones come out and then start tinkering around with them
Kite Fighting is a common festival in many parts of Asia. In a few years from now, imagine if a bunch of dudes do that with drones ( and the drones shooting at each other with Spud Guns in mid-air).
It will soon become and industry of its own. Microsoft and Sony will soon come out with Fighter Drones.
Microsoft's will have a "ring of death" ( It'll circle your house twice before crashing into your house and destroying the ceiling/attic.
Sony's will have the ability to fly carrying a dog as a passenger. But one day it'll disable it via software update and your mutt will no longer be able to fly.
Nintendo will come out with a cheaper, smaller drone will require you to flap your arms like a bird, which the drone will faithfully imitate.
I see a good future for the gaming industry with this.
This "multiplatform device management" BS is just another one of your mistakes. You are using publicly available API's for managing iOS and Android devices.
There are other companies which do this as well.
How are you differentiating yourself? You are not.
What are you doing instead? You are confusing the market by branding it along with Blackberry Enterprise Server and you're also diluting your brand value.
I am not the ( or one of the ) CEO's of RIM but I can summarize what you should do:
- Focus on getting BBX based phones out ( and change the name to something else )
- Focus on getting the Playbook OS 2.0 update out with native email and calendaring
- Don't focus on other side things that dilute your brand value further. You already tried with Blackberry connect for Nokia before and how did that help? It did not. It just helped Nokia's E series get noticed as a serious business phone
- With this MDM, you wont be able to make even the ( bungled-up) difference that you made with Blackberry Connect for Nokia.
Last and not the least for God's sake don't think that Blackberry Mobile Fusion will help sell more PlayBooks just because it works with iOS and Android.
Make sure you get PlayBooks to talk to BES/BIS.
Keep It Simple, Stupid.
Just your average 27 year old geek without an MBA degree.
Or do both - especially if you do not have family committments.
I know many people who work 40 hours a day and then do freelancing for 20 hours a week. This sometimes gives you the best of both worlds
Regular day job - have a "stable" job and salary. Work related beneifts and you can call yourself employed
Freelancing - You can take a bit more risk here in terms of technology and consuting to further your skills and even learn new ones
Downside - you work quite a bit more
Upside - Freelancing can be a great stress-buster ( no office politics here ) and you get the extra $$$
Wishful thinking:
The make a "demilitarized" version of it - maybe without the weapon systems and the radar - some amusement park / arcade buys one these. I pay $ XX an hour and get as close to flying a supersonic fighter aircraft as I possibly can.
- Advantages of GMail Native app on the BB
1. You can only search emails which are on the device. You cannot search emails which you have in your inbox but not the device. This means you can only search for emails which you received since you started syncing the device with GMail. By default Blackberry devices store messages only for 30 days ( you can set it to upto 120 days I believe). So you also cannot search for emails before 30-120 even if BIS was set to sync to it
2. There is no support for labels. BIS will, by default, forward All emails that you receive regardless of the filters that you may or may not have setup for your mailings lists and other stuff. To work around this, I have had to set up a "to-me" and "cc-me" filter on the device. That is of course, sub-optimal.
Advantages of BIS over GMail native application
1. Contacts and Calendar sync ( though the Contact sync can occasionally be a bit buggy
2. Attachment support - there is no way to send attachments via the GMail native application
3. Real Push(tm) support - other than when they have a "core switch failover thing" and your smartphone then essentially becomes a dumbphone.
OK, I'm not good at this. Someone please chip in.
Please define what you meant by "comes with extra performance".
I would ideally want WebOS to go open source. It seems that's not going to happen. What about selling it to RIM? They have decent hardware ( the PlayBook comes to mind) - with webOS they'll have decent software as well. They should stop spending time on the Android emulator. ( As BB tablet owner how would you feel running ( sometimes crappy ) Android software on an emulator? ) Their current generation of phones are (theoretically ) capable of running WebOS as is the Playbook. Dear RIM, please pay and buy WebOS. You are not paying for a good OS. You're paying to have a future in the market.
.. then the scenario would begin to look really really scary. ( The 007 movie "GoldenEye" comes to mind )
..Sit with a blackberry phone up my ass. (Posted from my BB playbook 'Bridged' with my BB )