Whatever is released, it's guaranteed to upset people that have already made up their mind on what Apple *should* release. Apple would be insane to release Snow Leopard on a tablet due to the usability issues, so anyone wanting a desktop-like experience will cry that Apple is epic fail.
However, here's what I think is more likely, and I'd line up on day one to get it:
- General-purpose *browsing* device. Web browser, ebook reader, magazine reader. I can imagine people getting their Vogue or FHM subscriptions through iTunes, and using their tablet to flick through the magazine. (Fully interactive, hyperlink enabled magazines, mind you, not just static PDF's).
- Very slim, shiny hardware. Thin as an iPod Touch. Standby time counted in days. i.e. low-power ARM based CPU
- App Store for application delivery. Why break something that ain't broken (for Apple and customers at least. Dev's will still hate on it).
- One full-screen app at a time UI. Not neccessary limited to running one app at a time, though. Think full-screen office apps, powerpoint viewer, video players. Maybe use existing iPhone apps as widgets.
- Front-facing video camera, for iChat / Skype videoconferencing.
- Games. The iPhone has been massive for handheld games, this could be even better.
The above would be perfect for 80% of home users. Apple can position the MacBook / MacPros for professionals that need all that complexity, and the tablet for everyone else. With a stand and wireless keyboard / mouse, it would also make a cheap home computer, but it would be ready to pick up and go with you at any time. No complicated file system, no hard to use UI, no settings to worry about. Just works.
I have been through exactly the same thing, and NTFS is the way to go. My main machine is a Mac, but I format all my USB drives as NFTS (through NTFS-3G FUSE). Though this is slower than formating as FAT or HFS+, it is so much more portable, it wins out.
Windows machines can read them.
My WD TV box can read them.
My Mac can read them.
They can store more than 4G per file (indeed, I have all my DVD isos on them).
Ok, they can't be read on other macs without installing NTFS-3G, but I've yet to need that.
For me, I've never had any problem with NTFS-3G , it's extremely reliable.
I've got first hand experience of this. My close friend was accused as part of Operation Ore. He came around sobbing one afternoon, after the police had crashed into his flat at 7:00, searched through all his stuff, took all his computer equipment (which he needed for his work, and contained irreplaceable files) and took him down the station. That night he slit his wrists. *Luckily* another friend went round there the next morning, and found him barely alive in a pool of blood. Since then, after several months of recovery, he's lost his flat and had to file for bankruptcy. And yes, he was one of the victims of credit card fraud.
That's just one of the reasons I've since moved from the UK. Don't let anyone tell you the UK isn't a Police State - they're too blind to see the reality.
Yet again, Slashdotters PC-centric world view blinkers them to why this is actually a good thing. Here's an outline as I see it:
- You won't have to type.mobi on your phone - within a year it will be assumed unless you type a different.tld. So to find a listing of all the ho's in your area, you will be able to press the services button on your phone and type 'hoe', which will automatically go to hoe.mobi.
- Because the content is XHTML-MP only, there won't be a confusion of competing markup standards. If you have ever tried to make a mobile-orientated site, you'll understand the pain of trying to support more than one phone manufacturer. If you think the answer to supporting mobile sites is to add a different.css file for mobile users, you've severely misunderstood things.
- It's easy to dismiss mobile sites as pointless but that's because the man-on-the-street is only just starting to understand mobile internet technologies (yes, wap was a heap of shit, but things have moved on a lot since).
If you want to cling to your 1990's PC-centric view, that's fine, but over here it's 2006.
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How does one get a hold of a real CBE-based system now? It is not easy:
Cell reference and other systems are not expected to ship in volume until
spring 2006 at the earliest. In the meantime, one can contact
the right people within IBM to inquire about early access.
So you didn't get offered a Nokia, then? All Nokia phones have a 'nested' phone book, so I can store as many numbers, addresses, email address, etc per contact. And yes, Nokia also (still) do phones without cameras.
I use the Poker Robot at PokiBot.com, and it does alright for me. Slowly makes a little bit of money. This is defintely the way thing are going, and poker bots are only going to get more sophisticated.
Sure, Nokia are using Linux in the N770, but the N770 ISNT A PHONE! It'a a portable tablet that uses surrounding networks via WiFi/Bluetooth, so doesn't need the real-time capabilties of a phone OS.
Nokia is a large company that produce a LOT of different products - it's not surprising that they use different embedded OS's for different things. It's just like saying - Wow! Nokia are using Linux for their digital TV decoders, that must mean they are going to use Linux for their phones too!
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Let me guess - you're from the US?
Us Europeans (and Japenese,of course) have spent the last 10 years texting using that exact same interface, so it's much faster than a virtual QWERTY keyboard.
"It's still unclear whether or not the computers run Symbian."
Does 'timothy' have a disability that makes their car look like a mobile phone? Symbian is a mobile phone OS. It does not get put into cars. Granted, there is a very tenuous link in the article between two completely different products both being compromised via Bluetooth, but that does not automatically mean they are the same.
It would be just as valid to suggest that the car runs Linux, because it's possible to transfer a trojan app between two Linux machines via Bluetooth.
I'm not surprised by this - the N-Gage sucked as a phone that could play games. I got one free, and absolutely hated it. Once of the main problems was that it's hardware and software were identical to a normal Nokia smartphone (e.g Nokia 3650). So once the games got hacked and you could play them on a standard Nokia phone (or even a Siemens phone!), why would anyone use an N-Gage. If it had an extra 3D processor, the idea might have worked...
Personally, I think the best way out the mess is to keep the N-Gage brand as a software only thing, and publish excellent multi-player games for the top range of Nokia phones, to get people to buy a Nokia instead of the competition.
Let me guess - you're a student, right? Or unemployed?
Because everyone in the UK that actually earns any money whatsever, realises that the cost of the BBC license fee is miniscule compared to the benefit it serves not only the UK, but the rest of the world - BBC online included.
Think of it like this - Americans can be proud for exporting 'freedom' to the rest of the planet, us Brits can be proud for exporting the best News agency to the rest of the planet.
Or would you just prefer to think how Fox TV wants you to think?
I've already got a C64 emulator on my phone, courtesy of the open source Frodo emulator.
Requires a phone with Symbian OS, though, but it definitely rocks.
Speaking from the point of view of someone who has played with the Symbian SDKs - it's not possible to send SMS's without the user knowing using the standard documented API's. Of course, there are undocumented ways of doing this, which is what the game developers have obviously done, but the average script kiddle will not be able to duplicate this. As far as I know, the next version of the OS will completely sandbox third-party applications from the telephony functions unless the user gives permission.
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From the article: "On the outside of the building, the material can function as a giant billboard." Cool! - We can now look forward to Blade Runner-type skyscraper sized advertising. I, for one, welcome our new Replicant overlords.
I can see why Real are pulling stunts like this - they are left with a proprietary format which isn't supported by any hardware players. IPods play back AAC & MP3's. Most other players I've seen play MP3 and either OGG or WMA, and all online shops (except Real's) sell songs in either MP3, WMA or AAC.
Real must be feeling left behind due to their stupid licensing policy that means you have to use their crappy desktop player to play their content.
And I really hope they get slapped for this. I'm not an iPod fanboy, but it's Apple that will get the bad press when their next software upgrade stops Real files from playing. If you were an Apple engineer, how thrilled would you be having to check that any upgrades didn't break the RealCrap?
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Whatever is released, it's guaranteed to upset people that have already made up their mind on what Apple *should* release. Apple would be insane to release Snow Leopard on a tablet due to the usability issues, so anyone wanting a desktop-like experience will cry that Apple is epic fail.
However, here's what I think is more likely, and I'd line up on day one to get it:
- General-purpose *browsing* device. Web browser, ebook reader, magazine reader. I can imagine people getting their Vogue or FHM subscriptions through iTunes, and using their tablet to flick through the magazine. (Fully interactive, hyperlink enabled magazines, mind you, not just static PDF's).
- Very slim, shiny hardware. Thin as an iPod Touch. Standby time counted in days. i.e. low-power ARM based CPU
- App Store for application delivery. Why break something that ain't broken (for Apple and customers at least. Dev's will still hate on it).
- One full-screen app at a time UI. Not neccessary limited to running one app at a time, though. Think full-screen office apps, powerpoint viewer, video players. Maybe use existing iPhone apps as widgets.
- Front-facing video camera, for iChat / Skype videoconferencing.
- Games. The iPhone has been massive for handheld games, this could be even better.
The above would be perfect for 80% of home users. Apple can position the MacBook / MacPros for professionals that need all that complexity, and the tablet for everyone else. With a stand and wireless keyboard / mouse, it would also make a cheap home computer, but it would be ready to pick up and go with you at any time. No complicated file system, no hard to use UI, no settings to worry about. Just works.
I have been through exactly the same thing, and NTFS is the way to go. My main machine is a Mac, but I format all my USB drives as NFTS (through NTFS-3G FUSE). Though this is slower than formating as FAT or HFS+, it is so much more portable, it wins out. Windows machines can read them. My WD TV box can read them. My Mac can read them. They can store more than 4G per file (indeed, I have all my DVD isos on them). Ok, they can't be read on other macs without installing NTFS-3G, but I've yet to need that. For me, I've never had any problem with NTFS-3G , it's extremely reliable.
I've been using the eee version of Crunchbang. http://crunchbanglinux.org/blog/2009/01/18/crunchbang-linux-81002-released/ Works flawlessly with full driver support, is very fast, and isn't brown.
I've got first hand experience of this. My close friend was accused as part of Operation Ore. He came around sobbing one afternoon, after the police had crashed into his flat at 7:00, searched through all his stuff, took all his computer equipment (which he needed for his work, and contained irreplaceable files) and took him down the station.
That night he slit his wrists.
*Luckily* another friend went round there the next morning, and found him barely alive in a pool of blood.
Since then, after several months of recovery, he's lost his flat and had to file for bankruptcy. And yes, he was one of the victims of credit card fraud.
That's just one of the reasons I've since moved from the UK.
Don't let anyone tell you the UK isn't a Police State - they're too blind to see the reality.
Sorry Verizon, http://tinytube.net/ beat you to it. And it's free.
Old news - I've had an app like this on my cell phone for the last 3 years, it's called PhoneSecure - http://www.wildpalm.co.uk/PhoneSecure.html
Yet again, Slashdotters PC-centric world view blinkers them to why this is actually a good thing.
.mobi on your phone - within a year it will be assumed unless you type a different .tld. So to find a listing of all the ho's in your area, you will be able to press the services button on your phone and type 'hoe', which will automatically go to hoe.mobi.
.css file for mobile users, you've severely misunderstood things.
Here's an outline as I see it:
- You won't have to type
- Because the content is XHTML-MP only, there won't be a confusion of competing markup standards. If you have ever tried to make a mobile-orientated site, you'll understand the pain of trying to support more than one phone manufacturer. If you think the answer to supporting mobile sites is to add a different
- It's easy to dismiss mobile sites as pointless but that's because the man-on-the-street is only just starting to understand mobile internet technologies (yes, wap was a heap of shit, but things have moved on a lot since).
If you want to cling to your 1990's PC-centric view, that's fine, but over here it's 2006.
How does one get a hold of a real CBE-based system now? It is not easy: Cell reference and other systems are not expected to ship in volume until spring 2006 at the earliest. In the meantime, one can contact the right people within IBM to inquire about early access.
By the end of Q1 2006 (or thereabouts), we expect to see shipments of Mercury Computer Systems' Dual Cell-Based Blades; Toshiba's comprehensive Cell Reference Set development platform; and of course the Sony PlayStation 3.
This is NGTCB. The submitted obviously hasn't been keeping up with Newspeak. Don't worry, I've already reported them to Minitrue.
So you didn't get offered a Nokia, then? All Nokia phones have a 'nested' phone book, so I can store as many numbers, addresses, email address, etc per contact. And yes, Nokia also (still) do phones without cameras.
I use the Poker Robot at PokiBot.com, and it does alright for me. Slowly makes a little bit of money. This is defintely the way thing are going, and poker bots are only going to get more sophisticated.
I hope the chips have a remote control receiver - I'm definitely signing up for this!
If Grand Theft Auto 4 is a PS3 launch title, I don't think Sony will have any worries.
Sure, Nokia are using Linux in the N770, but the N770 ISNT A PHONE! It'a a portable tablet that uses surrounding networks via WiFi/Bluetooth, so doesn't need the real-time capabilties of a phone OS. Nokia is a large company that produce a LOT of different products - it's not surprising that they use different embedded OS's for different things. It's just like saying - Wow! Nokia are using Linux for their digital TV decoders, that must mean they are going to use Linux for their phones too!
Let me guess - you're from the US? Us Europeans (and Japenese,of course) have spent the last 10 years texting using that exact same interface, so it's much faster than a virtual QWERTY keyboard.
So has anyone linked their iPod with a lava lamp random number generator (e.g. LavaRnd.org) to see if it picks better random songs?
"It's still unclear whether or not the computers run Symbian."
Does 'timothy' have a disability that makes their car look like a mobile phone? Symbian is a mobile phone OS. It does not get put into cars.
Granted, there is a very tenuous link in the article between two completely different products both being compromised via Bluetooth, but that does not automatically mean they are the same.
It would be just as valid to suggest that the car runs Linux, because it's possible to transfer a trojan app between two Linux machines via Bluetooth.
I'm not surprised by this - the N-Gage sucked as a phone that could play games. I got one free, and absolutely hated it. Once of the main problems was that it's hardware and software were identical to a normal Nokia smartphone (e.g Nokia 3650). So once the games got hacked and you could play them on a standard Nokia phone (or even a Siemens phone!), why would anyone use an N-Gage. If it had an extra 3D processor, the idea might have worked...
Personally, I think the best way out the mess is to keep the N-Gage brand as a software only thing, and publish excellent multi-player games for the top range of Nokia phones, to get people to buy a Nokia instead of the competition.
Let me guess - you're a student, right? Or unemployed? Because everyone in the UK that actually earns any money whatsever, realises that the cost of the BBC license fee is miniscule compared to the benefit it serves not only the UK, but the rest of the world - BBC online included. Think of it like this - Americans can be proud for exporting 'freedom' to the rest of the planet, us Brits can be proud for exporting the best News agency to the rest of the planet. Or would you just prefer to think how Fox TV wants you to think?
I've already got a C64 emulator on my phone, courtesy of the open source Frodo emulator. Requires a phone with Symbian OS, though, but it definitely rocks.
Speaking from the point of view of someone who has played with the Symbian SDKs - it's not possible to send SMS's without the user knowing using the standard documented API's. Of course, there are undocumented ways of doing this, which is what the game developers have obviously done, but the average script kiddle will not be able to duplicate this. As far as I know, the next version of the OS will completely sandbox third-party applications from the telephony functions unless the user gives permission.
It's so generous of Microsoft to bundle their crappy Movie Maker with SP2. I though Service Packs were supposed to contain fixes only?
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Windows Movie Maker 2.1 is installed on your computer when you install Windows XP Service Pack 2
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INTRODUCTION
When you install Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) on your computer, Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2.1 is also installed on your computer.
MORE INFORMATION
Windows Movie Maker 2.1 includes updates to Group Policy. Windows Movie Maker 2.1 also includes updates that may help improve the security of your computer. For additional information about Windows Movie Maker, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemak
From the article: "On the outside of the building, the material can function as a giant billboard."
Cool! - We can now look forward to Blade Runner-type skyscraper sized advertising.
I, for one, welcome our new Replicant overlords.
I can see why Real are pulling stunts like this - they are left with a proprietary format which isn't supported by any hardware players. IPods play back AAC & MP3's. Most other players I've seen play MP3 and either OGG or WMA, and all online shops (except Real's) sell songs in either MP3, WMA or AAC.
Real must be feeling left behind due to their stupid licensing policy that means you have to use their crappy desktop player to play their content.
And I really hope they get slapped for this. I'm not an iPod fanboy, but it's Apple that will get the bad press when their next software upgrade stops Real files from playing. If you were an Apple engineer, how thrilled would you be having to check that any upgrades didn't break the RealCrap?