apple is not thriving at the moment, with iphone with dwindling market share in a mature market, making most of its profits, its only past momentum that keeps it afloat.
You're funny. 5th richest company in the world. $177.7b in cash. 107% of smart phone profits (that's right, the competition as a whole had a loss). With $177.7b in the bank, they can take a decade off for R&D if they want.
Wireless is satisfactory? Sure - lets just sit there for hours while I transfer 30GB of pictures from my last vacation.
Unless you are physically juggling the bits yourself, you are free to do other things like walk your dog or drink a cup of coffee. But anyway, I doubt it's that common to need to transfer your vacation photos RIGHT ******* NOW. I get that faster is better, but there's a reason why wifi is way more common in consumer devices than ethernet. Convenience. You don't need to have the devices physically connected for the duration of the communication between them.
The Orwellian privacy issues were introduced the moment you started using Facebook. The data is there for anyone. So FB blocked one idiot that was dumb enough to make a press release about it. How many others are doing in quietly?
FWIW, the K1 is faster and more stable than either of the Nexus 7s and the Nexus 9. It's really a solid device. Too bad Nvidia seems to have bailed on the idea of a next gen X1-based tablet in favor of giving 110% to Nintendo.
That's what the word means and you should stop trying to subvert the meaning of free.
... and you are extremely naive if you still think when a for-profit corporation offers something as "free" they mean it per the definition in Websters.
Are you suggesting since your tablet is capable of SMS, the provider, that has nothing to do with the software on your tablet, should allow you to use voice services for which you have not paid? I don't get it, are you unfamiliar with the concept of paying more for additional services? They don't let you do it because they want you to pay more for that.
Why can't I get unlimited data on my account? My phone has apps that can use the data. Why can't my cable company give me all of the premium channels for free? My TV can display them and my cable box can receive them. Why doesn't Netflix give me access to 4K content w/ my standard account? My TV can render 4K.
instead of just replicating another device
You don't have to replicate anything you just have to use a voice / SMS capable SIM in your tablet.
If they are providing a phone# for my tablets, why can't I use those numbers for things like iMessage, WhatsApp, FaceTime and other apps that need phone numbers?
Because the phone number must be verified. Apps will do things like send an SMS to your device on that number to verify. You can't receive SMS on a data SIM so the fails.
They are taught in different ways, and they are individually fostered and curated by their school teachers and support assistance, and they have a lot of support when it comes to "soft skills" such as confidence and interaction
Thanks for your insights. It means a lot considering you don't have kids yourself and I'm guessing you don't attend a private school yourself.
What in [Gg]od's name made Google think it was a good idea to split text and video into two apps (and REQUIRE a phone number for both to register making it infeasible to have a desktop or data-SIM only client).
If they are providing a phone# for my tablets, why can't I use those numbers for things like iMessage, WhatsApp, FaceTime and other apps that need phone numbers?
Because you aren't paying for it? A data-only SIM is cheaper (or if it's not, ask yourself why you have one?).
That's the point. People want a multi-communications app that does it app. Video, voice, text, images, etc. Splitting those into different apps makes it all the more likely that your contacts won't have the same setup on their end. What's easier?
"I use Whatsapp."
or
"I use slack for messaging, but only at work. For screen sharing I use hangouts and for SMS I either use iMessage when I'm on my iPhone or hangouts when I'm on my computer. For video I use Hangouts or Duo, and sometimes iMessage."
You're a beta-as-fuck pussy if you're not even willing to say out loud that you want justice.
Someone posting anonymously telling me I don't have the guts to say what I believe in out loud. Sweet irony. I needed the laugh, thanks.
I understand though you need to protect yourself. Your mom can't find out that you are using foul language on the internet or you'll have your XBox privileges taken away.
Seems to me like understanding your own mistakes is a pretty good step towards rectifying them.
MSFT under Ballmer was late or completely missed important trends like mobile and search. Ballmer focused on monetizing existing revenue sources, not building new ones. But since then, I think MSFT's hardware strategy has been good. I REALLY like the idea of creating hardware that eliminates the need for other hardware. This, as opposed to Apple's strategy of "now we built an iPad / iWatch, you need that too!". I like the idea of having one core OS on all your devices. I like the idea of a mobile device docking and serving as a desktop.
Memo to all of you who are saying they're tired of the 'conspiracy theory' nuts
I challenge you to get one reply here from someone that didn't think AT&T was mining user data. We all know this.
You're never going to stop it. It's absurdly easy to track you with today's technology and in 50 years it's going to be literally impossible to stop. Moreover, you are going to be tracked by organizations not beholden to your own government.
You should focus on limiting how that information can be used. I don't care if Aetna has data that I was within 50 meters of a store that sells drug paraphernalia 7 times in the last 3 weeks. I care if they can use that data to raise my health insurance rates. Corporations gather your data because there's profit in doing so. Remove the motivation, and no one is going to bother.
Any device / service that CAN gather data about you IS gathering data about you. The profit motivation for doing so is just too high for any corporation to turn it down. Even if they aren't immediately monetizing is, they are gathering it. Doing so is like making a deposit into a bank account.
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apple is not thriving at the moment, with iphone with dwindling market share in a mature market, making most of its profits, its only past momentum that keeps it afloat.
You're funny. 5th richest company in the world. $177.7b in cash. 107% of smart phone profits (that's right, the competition as a whole had a loss). With $177.7b in the bank, they can take a decade off for R&D if they want.
Wireless is satisfactory? Sure - lets just sit there for hours while I transfer 30GB of pictures from my last vacation.
Unless you are physically juggling the bits yourself, you are free to do other things like walk your dog or drink a cup of coffee. But anyway, I doubt it's that common to need to transfer your vacation photos RIGHT ******* NOW. I get that faster is better, but there's a reason why wifi is way more common in consumer devices than ethernet. Convenience. You don't need to have the devices physically connected for the duration of the communication between them.
The Orwellian privacy issues were introduced the moment you started using Facebook. The data is there for anyone. So FB blocked one idiot that was dumb enough to make a press release about it. How many others are doing in quietly?
FWIW, the K1 is faster and more stable than either of the Nexus 7s and the Nexus 9. It's really a solid device. Too bad Nvidia seems to have bailed on the idea of a next gen X1-based tablet in favor of giving 110% to Nintendo.
nVidia Shield tablets are/were too expensive
The K1 was $199 when it was released less than a year ago. You think that's expensive?
MS's absurd stance that SD cards always mount with removable storage flag set
Android can mount / format SD cards as full ext4 file systems and use them as additional storage as a peer to the device's internal flash.
iPads, and even iPhones, can connect to Bluetooth keyboards and use them just fine.
But not a mouse (on Android it works fine).
But that will come.
No, it won't.
Speculation is fun.
That's what the word means and you should stop trying to subvert the meaning of free .
... and you are extremely naive if you still think when a for-profit corporation offers something as "free" they mean it per the definition in Websters.
But the tablets have SMS apps on them
Are you suggesting since your tablet is capable of SMS, the provider, that has nothing to do with the software on your tablet, should allow you to use voice services for which you have not paid? I don't get it, are you unfamiliar with the concept of paying more for additional services? They don't let you do it because they want you to pay more for that.
Why can't I get unlimited data on my account? My phone has apps that can use the data. Why can't my cable company give me all of the premium channels for free? My TV can display them and my cable box can receive them. Why doesn't Netflix give me access to 4K content w/ my standard account? My TV can render 4K.
instead of just replicating another device
You don't have to replicate anything you just have to use a voice / SMS capable SIM in your tablet.
Who says the SIM has to have voice?
I give up. Who?
If they are providing a phone# for my tablets, why can't I use those numbers for things like iMessage, WhatsApp, FaceTime and other apps that need phone numbers?
Because the phone number must be verified. Apps will do things like send an SMS to your device on that number to verify. You can't receive SMS on a data SIM so the fails.
Tell me, do you find the trees every getting in the way of you seeing the forest?
They are taught in different ways, and they are individually fostered and curated by their school teachers and support assistance, and they have a lot of support when it comes to "soft skills" such as confidence and interaction
Thanks for your insights. It means a lot considering you don't have kids yourself and I'm guessing you don't attend a private school yourself.
^^^ this.
What in [Gg]od's name made Google think it was a good idea to split text and video into two apps (and REQUIRE a phone number for both to register making it infeasible to have a desktop or data-SIM only client).
If they are providing a phone# for my tablets, why can't I use those numbers for things like iMessage, WhatsApp, FaceTime and other apps that need phone numbers?
Because you aren't paying for it? A data-only SIM is cheaper (or if it's not, ask yourself why you have one?).
That's the point. People want a multi-communications app that does it app. Video, voice, text, images, etc. Splitting those into different apps makes it all the more likely that your contacts won't have the same setup on their end. What's easier?
"I use Whatsapp."
or
"I use slack for messaging, but only at work. For screen sharing I use hangouts and for SMS I either use iMessage when I'm on my iPhone or hangouts when I'm on my computer. For video I use Hangouts or Duo, and sometimes iMessage."
... they are rolling back video (and audio) calls and SMS by replacing Hangouts with the sub-featured Allo messaging app.
You're a beta-as-fuck pussy if you're not even willing to say out loud that you want justice.
Someone posting anonymously telling me I don't have the guts to say what I believe in out loud. Sweet irony. I needed the laugh, thanks.
I understand though you need to protect yourself. Your mom can't find out that you are using foul language on the internet or you'll have your XBox privileges taken away.
Stop them from collecting data on us, AND stop them from using what they already have.
And we live in a world there we don't have infinite resources, infinite time, and infinite influence.
I DEMAND that any 'data' you have on me be DELETED
(Imagine a flurry of action as the Russian and Chinese governments read this and spring into action to abide by your demands)
Seems to me like understanding your own mistakes is a pretty good step towards rectifying them.
MSFT under Ballmer was late or completely missed important trends like mobile and search. Ballmer focused on monetizing existing revenue sources, not building new ones. But since then, I think MSFT's hardware strategy has been good. I REALLY like the idea of creating hardware that eliminates the need for other hardware. This, as opposed to Apple's strategy of "now we built an iPad / iWatch, you need that too!". I like the idea of having one core OS on all your devices. I like the idea of a mobile device docking and serving as a desktop.
You need to work on your ASCII art skillz.
Memo to all of you who are saying they're tired of the 'conspiracy theory' nuts
I challenge you to get one reply here from someone that didn't think AT&T was mining user data. We all know this.
You're never going to stop it. It's absurdly easy to track you with today's technology and in 50 years it's going to be literally impossible to stop. Moreover, you are going to be tracked by organizations not beholden to your own government.
You should focus on limiting how that information can be used. I don't care if Aetna has data that I was within 50 meters of a store that sells drug paraphernalia 7 times in the last 3 weeks. I care if they can use that data to raise my health insurance rates. Corporations gather your data because there's profit in doing so. Remove the motivation, and no one is going to bother.
Any device / service that CAN gather data about you IS gathering data about you. The profit motivation for doing so is just too high for any corporation to turn it down. Even if they aren't immediately monetizing is, they are gathering it. Doing so is like making a deposit into a bank account.
They say they don't want Ps Pro only games but ultimately if the Pro takes off they don't have a choice.
Almost any PC game has graphics tuning. No reason the same thing can't be put into console games.
Because the PlayStation is a games machine. Not a media machine.
Articles like this:
http://blog.us.playstation.com...
Would seem to indicate otherwise.