The existence of advocacy for both cellulosic ethanol and algae-derived biodiesel shoots your ridiculous envirowhackery full of holes.
Biodiesel is not a carbon SOURCE. Petrodiesel is a carbon source in that it takes carbon that was NOT part of the biospheric carbon cycle before and MAKES it part of the carbon cycle.
This is not hard to understand. Try retaking 9th-grade earth science, chief.
This phone will die a horrible death for lack of carrier support.
Let's see. This phone can do absolutely ANYTHING you can conceive of in software. Tools for development are open-source and free. This enables VOIP, text messaging replacements, every piece of F/OSS software you could possibly want, all of which are connected both to WiFi and the carrier's precious, precious network.
It is, in short, a consumer's dream.
WHY would carriers want this thing on their networks again?
As for the iPhone, it might be a matter that they're fine with people hacking it, as long as they don't have to be held responsible for it. That is, if your iPhone starts crashing, it's because you put programs on it that you weren't supposed to.
If this was the case, why not just release an SDK?
I also doubt anyone will crack the UI interfaces to the point that we can create iPhone-UI apps. Where would we get the libraries from?
I am not a fan of the iPhone. Well, more specifically, I am not a fan of how Apple is treating iPhone customers. The iPhone HARDWARE, as a device, is terrific. It is the locked-up software that really tweaks my dick. I feel Apple has missed a giant opportunity and slapped their developer community in the face with their "no SDK" policy.
That said, is this really that big of a deal? Anyone who is ACTUALLY upset about this can take five minutes to learn how to use a soldering iron and change the thing themselves. It's solder, folks. It's really not that difficult. No one will even have to worry about this for at LEAST a year.
(This post written on my trusty 2.16GHz Macbook Pro, btw.)
if I'm not mistaken, you want an OS X handheld, which the iPhone COULD be with possibly a few lines of code and an SDK, but isn't.
Also, the lack of 3G IS some serious weaksauce. I don't really mind so much because I refuse to shell out for a data plan in any case, but I can see how others would.
not that people wouldn't buy it. They will, and they'll be paying much more than the thing is actually worth.
Also, the interface is the same as that for Dashboard widgets, but that doesn't help you when the application dies as soon as you lose your network connection.
If Apple was implementing something like Google Gears on the iPhone -- or a local Widget engine -- it MIGHT be worth the money. It would still be lame, but this giant weakness that the device has at least wouldn't be there.
Have fun coding something like a game in AJAX, though.
I've had WM 5 crash on me precisely once. WM 6 is apparently nearly crash-proof. When MS figures out how to do a touch interface rather than a pen interface, maybe something wonderful will happen and Apple will find itself forced to open its SDK to compete.
Its only a matter of time for Apple to lineup the big players in the software industry to provide iPhone versions of their apps and offer them all via iTunes.
Yes, when they charge $50 for Skype, $25 for ssh and $70 for VNC, we'll all be singing the praises of this wonderful Apple-approved system.
Please explain to me how downloading an.exe file and double-clicking it to install is "just flat out not easy for regular folks."
Everyone is used to that particular software distribution model; it's how Windows has been doing things for 15 years.
my plan is $39.99, gives me 400 minutes, and I don't use them all because I either use Gtalk or Skype to communicate in other ways. And if you plan to get the iPhone, plan on also adding an extra, needless $39.99 for "unlimited" data that I don't have to pay for either.
Others have suggested that this is only Apple's opening salvo; that they will release the iPhone as it is now as a kind of "shakedown cruise" to work out any bugs and build its reputation as a rock-stable device, then after a while release the SDK and tout it as some kind of "new" technology. I hope this is precisely what happens. If it is, Apple will almost certainly be able to count me as a customer. If nothing else, I'd be thrilled to have a PDA phone that talks to Address Book and iCal (without third-party hackery as an intermediary). But I'm not hopeful. As I've said before, the "great" thing about being pessimistic about the intersection of business interests and technological development is that 90% of the time, you're right.
I'm not sure "what you want to do with a mobile." But right now my Cingular 8525 smartphone is better than or equal to the iPhone for what *I* want to do -- email, IM, phone/text/voice, music and movie playback, games, writing (yes, I actually do some writing in Pocket Word) and remote administration (with ssh and VNC) -- costs less and doesn't demand that I pay for a data plan just to run it on the network.
I really look forward to the day that this isn't the case, but that day is not today,
Are you saying you have no use for an ssh client, an AIM client, or any number of other services on your Blackberry?
I also submit to you that "those who are trying to break away from the Windows cycle" are on average more technology-savvy than the average bear themselves.
I am in fact pining for an escape from Windows Mobile. Until the free software I use on my Windows Mobile PDA is available on the iPhone, however, the iPhone isn't it.
why was the opportunity for 3rd party software ever presented to customers? You make it sound as though there are absolutely no positives. I'm really interested in how you support this position.
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The existence of advocacy for both cellulosic ethanol and algae-derived biodiesel shoots your ridiculous envirowhackery full of holes.
Biodiesel is not a carbon SOURCE. Petrodiesel is a carbon source in that it takes carbon that was NOT part of the biospheric carbon cycle before and MAKES it part of the carbon cycle.
This is not hard to understand. Try retaking 9th-grade earth science, chief.
Care to explain why someone might have tagged this story "badnews?"
How could this be bad news in any context?
How the hell did someone coordinate enough users to tag this article with "matthartleyisagobshite?"
I'm pretty sure that a case that would have established "Carterphone for mobiles" was struck down in the United States.
This phone will die a horrible death for lack of carrier support.
Let's see. This phone can do absolutely ANYTHING you can conceive of in software. Tools for development are open-source and free. This enables VOIP, text messaging replacements, every piece of F/OSS software you could possibly want, all of which are connected both to WiFi and the carrier's precious, precious network.
It is, in short, a consumer's dream.
WHY would carriers want this thing on their networks again?
As for the iPhone, it might be a matter that they're fine with people hacking it, as long as they don't have to be held responsible for it. That is, if your iPhone starts crashing, it's because you put programs on it that you weren't supposed to.
If this was the case, why not just release an SDK?
I also doubt anyone will crack the UI interfaces to the point that we can create iPhone-UI apps. Where would we get the libraries from?
I am not a fan of the iPhone. Well, more specifically, I am not a fan of how Apple is treating iPhone customers. The iPhone HARDWARE, as a device, is terrific. It is the locked-up software that really tweaks my dick. I feel Apple has missed a giant opportunity and slapped their developer community in the face with their "no SDK" policy.
That said, is this really that big of a deal? Anyone who is ACTUALLY upset about this can take five minutes to learn how to use a soldering iron and change the thing themselves. It's solder, folks. It's really not that difficult. No one will even have to worry about this for at LEAST a year.
(This post written on my trusty 2.16GHz Macbook Pro, btw.)
The fuel it uses is the cheeseburger you had for lunch.
About the only "free" energy that we can get is solar, especially spaceborne solar. Too bad no one wants to invest in it.
Nor do we have any guarantee that it was designed by anyone on the Mac design team.
Just thought I'd point that out.
if I'm not mistaken, you want an OS X handheld, which the iPhone COULD be with possibly a few lines of code and an SDK, but isn't.
Also, the lack of 3G IS some serious weaksauce. I don't really mind so much because I refuse to shell out for a data plan in any case, but I can see how others would.
iPhone battery replacement = $COST_OF_BATTERY + hour of labor from an Apple-certified Service Provider like Small Dog Electronics.
:)
Or, for you and I, $COST_OF_BATTERY and about 15 minutes with a soldering iron.
"In fact, it's running a trimmed down OS X."
True!
"Newsflash - the iPhone is a computer."
The iPhone is a computer in the same sense as a RAZR is a computer. Actually, in possibly LESS of a sense than a RAZR is a computer.
because of a lack of gravity?
Unless we start crashing asteroids and comets into the surface of the planet on a regular basis, I don't see Mars' mass increasing anytime soon.
And I'll be laughing at the people who buy one.
I thought it just didn't sell?
not that people wouldn't buy it. They will, and they'll be paying much more than the thing is actually worth.
Also, the interface is the same as that for Dashboard widgets, but that doesn't help you when the application dies as soon as you lose your network connection.
If Apple was implementing something like Google Gears on the iPhone -- or a local Widget engine -- it MIGHT be worth the money. It would still be lame, but this giant weakness that the device has at least wouldn't be there.
Have fun coding something like a game in AJAX, though.
I've had WM 5 crash on me precisely once. WM 6 is apparently nearly crash-proof. When MS figures out how to do a touch interface rather than a pen interface, maybe something wonderful will happen and Apple will find itself forced to open its SDK to compete.
Its only a matter of time for Apple to lineup the big players in the software industry to provide iPhone versions of their apps and offer them all via iTunes.
.exe file and double-clicking it to install is "just flat out not easy for regular folks."
Yes, when they charge $50 for Skype, $25 for ssh and $70 for VNC, we'll all be singing the praises of this wonderful Apple-approved system.
Please explain to me how downloading an
Everyone is used to that particular software distribution model; it's how Windows has been doing things for 15 years.
my plan is $39.99, gives me 400 minutes, and I don't use them all because I either use Gtalk or Skype to communicate in other ways. And if you plan to get the iPhone, plan on also adding an extra, needless $39.99 for "unlimited" data that I don't have to pay for either.
Others have suggested that this is only Apple's opening salvo; that they will release the iPhone as it is now as a kind of "shakedown cruise" to work out any bugs and build its reputation as a rock-stable device, then after a while release the SDK and tout it as some kind of "new" technology. I hope this is precisely what happens. If it is, Apple will almost certainly be able to count me as a customer. If nothing else, I'd be thrilled to have a PDA phone that talks to Address Book and iCal (without third-party hackery as an intermediary). But I'm not hopeful. As I've said before, the "great" thing about being pessimistic about the intersection of business interests and technological development is that 90% of the time, you're right.
I'm not sure "what you want to do with a mobile." But right now my Cingular 8525 smartphone is better than or equal to the iPhone for what *I* want to do -- email, IM, phone/text/voice, music and movie playback, games, writing (yes, I actually do some writing in Pocket Word) and remote administration (with ssh and VNC) -- costs less and doesn't demand that I pay for a data plan just to run it on the network.
I really look forward to the day that this isn't the case, but that day is not today,
Are you saying you have no use for an ssh client, an AIM client, or any number of other services on your Blackberry?
I also submit to you that "those who are trying to break away from the Windows cycle" are on average more technology-savvy than the average bear themselves.
I am in fact pining for an escape from Windows Mobile. Until the free software I use on my Windows Mobile PDA is available on the iPhone, however, the iPhone isn't it.
of talk minutes.
The thing DOES have WiFi, after all.
why was the opportunity for 3rd party software ever presented to customers? You make it sound as though there are absolutely no positives. I'm really interested in how you support this position.