I have boxed copies of 10.{1,2,3,4,5} at home. Never once have I signed any agreement or acknowledgement or waiver of rights.
Without a licence, or a statutory right, you have no right to install the software on a piece of hardware - that requires copying, which, in respect of a copyrighted work, is an act restricted by copyright. So, you either accept the licence which comes with the software, and have the right to install the software under the terms which Apple provides, or else you do not accept the licence, and your installation of the software (or any performance of an act restricted by copyright) infringes Apple's copyright. You do not need to sign anything to get a licence, but, equally, you do not need to waive anything to infringe Apple's copyright.
[quote]I have boxed copies of 10.{1,2,3,4,5} at home. Never once have I signed any agreement or acknowledgement or waiver of rights.[/quote]
Without a licence, or a statutory right, you have no right to install the software on a piece of hardware - that requires copying, which, in respect of a copyrighted work, is an act restricted by copyright.
So, you either accept the licence which comes with the software, and have the right to install the software under the terms which Apple provides, or else you do not accept the licence, and your installation of the software (or any performance of an act restricted by copyright) infringes Apple's copyright.
You do not need to sign anything to get a licence, but, equally, you do not need to waive anything to infringe Apple's copyright.
To store music on the Treo650, you will need an SD card- you are not yet able to store non-.prc /.pdb files in a PalmOS machine's RAM. The T5 / LifeDrive both have separate storage areas (the T5 as flash-based and the LifeDrive as HDD-based) to which you can copy non-PalmOS files.
A WindowsMobile PDA will let you copy any file to RAM, although, as you have noted, storage capacity tends to be too low to make music storage viable.
Basically, leave the RAM for essential applications, and use an SD card for non-essential applications, music, video etc.
Presumably this will be called "Debbie Does Dulles"?
And terrorists can no longer wear thick clothes to disguise weapons- people will see through that straight away!
requested an injunction that could prevent Friday's launch of the Tiger OS
If the product is forced to be renamed, I guess it won't be so hard to detect who is using the pre-mailed copies after all...
"Hello, Technical Support? I'd like a hand with my new Apple OS, please?"
"Certainly, sir- and which OS is this?"
"Tiger"
"I'm sorry, sir- you were supposed to have returned that package. If you'd asked for support on "Warthog", I could have assisted you. Goodbye."
But surely a large file will not fit through such a small cable? You'd need to hammer them down first, which is an unwanted chore.
Easier than making them small enough to transmit wirelessly, I guess.
And, on the topic of wondering whether there is "nothing wrong" with distibuting, perhaps some thoughts about the moral rights of authors? Not protected as much in mainland Europe as in the UK (mainland seems to prefer protection of economic rights), but important nonetheless.
*Disclaimer. You might not be interested in reading this at all, but it is of sufficient length to help prevent you posting misleading statements on/. for a while.
Haven't tried SkypeOut, but PocketSkype itself works perfectly with this machine. Microphone / speaker placement on the LOOX 720 is better, if you are planning on using VOIP a lot, however. Skype works well through a BT headset linked to either machine, too, so the shape of the LOOX might not be an advantage, if you do not mind having an earpiece in when you want to talk.
The HP4700 is reviewed on WindowsMobile247, and there will be a review of the LOOX 720 posted soon.
reviewers should really mention one thing "why should/shouldn't I go out and buy this to replace my current PDA."
They should, if they think that their readership are unable to think for themselves. Just because the latest PDA would appeal as an upgrade to someone does not mean that it will appeal to someone else. Far better to lay down the facts and the reviewer's observations, and then leave it to the reader to decide whether the machine fits their bill or not.
Look at a practical example- you have, for example, an iPAQ 5550. Apart from the sheer "newness" of the X50, there is not a huge amount that would make you want to change, in my opinion. Compare that with someone who has a very low-end machine- there are considerable reasons to upgrade, providing you want all the latest bells and whistles. Not everyone has the same model of PDA, oddly enough, and so providing convincing reasoning as to "why to upgrade" is a nonsense- let the reader decide.
Now I'm not the type of person that will do that even if they do tell me
Kind of sums it up, really- if you wouldn't listen to that sort of advice, why recommend it? People will upgrade their hardware on the basis of what the device has, not because someone has said that they should go out and buy.
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with the quotation fixed...
I have boxed copies of 10.{1,2,3,4,5} at home. Never once have I signed any agreement or acknowledgement or waiver of rights.
Without a licence, or a statutory right, you have no right to install the software on a piece of hardware - that requires copying, which, in respect of a copyrighted work, is an act restricted by copyright. So, you either accept the licence which comes with the software, and have the right to install the software under the terms which Apple provides, or else you do not accept the licence, and your installation of the software (or any performance of an act restricted by copyright) infringes Apple's copyright. You do not need to sign anything to get a licence, but, equally, you do not need to waive anything to infringe Apple's copyright.
[quote]I have boxed copies of 10.{1,2,3,4,5} at home. Never once have I signed any agreement or acknowledgement or waiver of rights.[/quote] Without a licence, or a statutory right, you have no right to install the software on a piece of hardware - that requires copying, which, in respect of a copyrighted work, is an act restricted by copyright. So, you either accept the licence which comes with the software, and have the right to install the software under the terms which Apple provides, or else you do not accept the licence, and your installation of the software (or any performance of an act restricted by copyright) infringes Apple's copyright. You do not need to sign anything to get a licence, but, equally, you do not need to waive anything to infringe Apple's copyright.
Mod parent up - this is vitally important.
To store music on the Treo650, you will need an SD card- you are not yet able to store non-.prc / .pdb files in a PalmOS machine's RAM. The T5 / LifeDrive both have separate storage areas (the T5 as flash-based and the LifeDrive as HDD-based) to which you can copy non-PalmOS files.
A WindowsMobile PDA will let you copy any file to RAM, although, as you have noted, storage capacity tends to be too low to make music storage viable.
Basically, leave the RAM for essential applications, and use an SD card for non-essential applications, music, video etc.
Presumably this will be called "Debbie Does Dulles"? And terrorists can no longer wear thick clothes to disguise weapons- people will see through that straight away!
That's true. But sadly, trees don't broadcast signals very well...
If the product is forced to be renamed, I guess it won't be so hard to detect who is using the pre-mailed copies after all...
"Hello, Technical Support? I'd like a hand with my new Apple OS, please?" "Certainly, sir- and which OS is this?" "Tiger" "I'm sorry, sir- you were supposed to have returned that package. If you'd asked for support on "Warthog", I could have assisted you. Goodbye."Why have you got Don's absestos boxers? Does he know?
I knew that Paint was old... I didn't realise it was that old!
Next you'll be saying that Plato used NotePad...
Right- I can smell a cake burning. Let's add more flour! Come on- more flour!
Oh- right- let's take the cake out the oven...Seems a sensible thing to do to me- tackle the computers causing the problems, rather than trying to react to the problem itself.
Although, tackling the writers of the infecting programs would be good too, if somewhat harder.I'm sure we'll find out soon, all over the front pages of Department K's website, along with the strange Chinese term "0wn3d".
Oh... compression... like those things for flattening roads... clever!
But surely a large file will not fit through such a small cable? You'd need to hammer them down first, which is an unwanted chore. Easier than making them small enough to transmit wirelessly, I guess.
At least here in the most countries of Europe there's nothing wrong with distributing copies of music, video and software.
/. for a while.
If you are in a country with membership of the EU, you might be interested* in reading Directive 2001/29 EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society. This has most definitely had an impact on the copyright regime in the UK, although, even before this, unauthorised distribution of copyrighted files was not permitted.
And, on the topic of wondering whether there is "nothing wrong" with distibuting, perhaps some thoughts about the moral rights of authors? Not protected as much in mainland Europe as in the UK (mainland seems to prefer protection of economic rights), but important nonetheless.
*Disclaimer. You might not be interested in reading this at all, but it is of sufficient length to help prevent you posting misleading statements on
If they'd been running around naked, the claim would have simply been changed to "dressed in the manner of a Counter Strike mod".
This looks like the kind of situation in which it would be ridiculous to allow common sense to prevail over sensationalism.
WindowsMobile 247 4700 review
Haven't tried SkypeOut, but PocketSkype itself works perfectly with this machine. Microphone / speaker placement on the LOOX 720 is better, if you are planning on using VOIP a lot, however. Skype works well through a BT headset linked to either machine, too, so the shape of the LOOX might not be an advantage, if you do not mind having an earpiece in when you want to talk. The HP4700 is reviewed on WindowsMobile247, and there will be a review of the LOOX 720 posted soon.
reviewers should really mention one thing "why should/shouldn't I go out and buy this to replace my current PDA." They should, if they think that their readership are unable to think for themselves. Just because the latest PDA would appeal as an upgrade to someone does not mean that it will appeal to someone else. Far better to lay down the facts and the reviewer's observations, and then leave it to the reader to decide whether the machine fits their bill or not. Look at a practical example- you have, for example, an iPAQ 5550. Apart from the sheer "newness" of the X50, there is not a huge amount that would make you want to change, in my opinion. Compare that with someone who has a very low-end machine- there are considerable reasons to upgrade, providing you want all the latest bells and whistles. Not everyone has the same model of PDA, oddly enough, and so providing convincing reasoning as to "why to upgrade" is a nonsense- let the reader decide. Now I'm not the type of person that will do that even if they do tell me Kind of sums it up, really- if you wouldn't listen to that sort of advice, why recommend it? People will upgrade their hardware on the basis of what the device has, not because someone has said that they should go out and buy.
which will crash first- the player, or the car?