Nokia apparently isn't well known in the US and is very well liked in Europe. It makes sense to me they launch in Europe first and then come to the USA.
Also none of there currently announced phones have a Front Facing Camera (FFC). FFC is a new hot marketing bullet point in the US and they probably want to release phones with FFC in America (HTCs and Samsungs new WP7 phones have FFC). There was rumored to a 4.3 inch Nokia phone with FFC that will launch in the US in Q1 2012.
Overall -- solid phones, nice Nokia software IMHO, but just another quality phone, nothing amazing. Might have the best camera on the cellphone market though.
Quote:"Microsoft didn’t specifically reference that post, but today said “For those who continue to protest that the smartphone patent thicket is too difficult to navigate, it’s past time to wake up.” Microsoft doesn’t just collect money from other companies, it also pays out plenty to protect itself, Microsoft’s legal team notes.
“Over the past decade we’ve spent roughly $4.5 billion to license in patents from other companies,” Microsoft said. “These have given us the opportunity to build on the innovations of others in a responsible manner that respects their IP rights. Equally important, we've stood by our customers and partners with countless agreements that contain the strongest patent indemnification provisions in our industry. These ensure that if our software infringes someone else's patents, we'll address the problem rather than leave it to others.”/endquote
No. Actually a plan to major in Art History, Film, etc... was not a great plan 6 years ago and it isn't a great plan now.
Taking on 100,000 debt to be a teacher wasn't a great idea 15 years ago and continues to not be a great idea now.
You can easily look at your proposed career path and see if taking out a loan for 100K is a good idea. However we live in a society of I deserve this because... I need the new iPhone 4S because... Children are not brought up to think longterm. Most of my co-workers in college didn't contribute to their 401K (and they could afford it as they were buying BMWs, Acuras, etc...), didn't invest in IRAs, etc... They were/are leaving an instant gratification life.
Agree. Don't take out a 100,000 loan to study Art History at Harvard. It sucks that Art History doesn't pay well, but those are the facts. If you want to major in Art History go to a smaller state school where it is more affordable and accept know going in that your profession doesn't pay well.
It is like Teachers. Teachers should know ahead of time that they aren't going to make bank being a teacher. Either do it because you love it or whatever, but I would not recommend going to Yale to become a High School teacher.
I went to community college for 2 years. I then transferred to an in state 4 year college. My degree is the exact same as the people who went to the 4 year State school the entire 4 years, but I spent a fair amount less.
Yup. This is a customizable feature. You can increase or shink the number of applicatons the start menu shows under the "recent applications" section. And you can pin stuff to the start menu or taskbar.
Scott Adams likes WP7 more than iOS and Android. http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/windows_phone_challenge/
I think slowly it will catch on and will certainly be the #3 player in the mobile space. Maybe #2 eventually.
They also made the marketplace available on the web so you can push apps to your phone. In addition to skydrive storage, find my phone, etc... that has been there since launch.
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/marketplace
Or this crazy idea liberals have that humans are more powerful than the Sun and seem to forget the climate of the earth has changed many times before man even arrived.
Also: http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-data-blow-gaping-hold-global-warming-alarmism-192334971.html
Snip:
NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth's atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing.
The study indicates far less future global warming will occur than United Nations computer models have predicted, and supports prior studies indicating increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide trap far less heat than alarmists have claimed.
Study co-author Dr. Roy Spencer, a principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and U.S. Science Team Leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer flying on NASA's Aqua satellite, reports that real-world data from NASA's Terra satellite contradict multiple assumptions fed into alarmist computer models.
As with most free offers there are rules (to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the deal) and they are as follows:
- Have an app published in the official application store on other mobile platform before August 22, 2011.
- Port and publish it in Windows Phone Marketplace from August 22, 2011 to December 31, 2011.
- Request your 20,000 ad impressions coupon by sending links to your app on the other platform and Windows Phone platform to info@adduplex.com
While this will help webOS developers get started, the offer is also being extended to Android, iOS, and Blackberry developers. It's nice to see the Windows Phone community offer alternatives to webOS and other developers.
Search is part of everything now. The Windows Phone (post Mango) has a Bing button. Search is a very important part of the phone. You use your phone for maps, looking up where to eat, regular searching, phone numbers, identify music, etc...
If they get rid of Bing they have to rely on Google or someone else. This basically would mean Google would be in charge of the Computing world with the #1 Mobile OS and being the only search engine on every other platform. Google would be able to dictate to Microsoft, Apple, etc...
Microsoft cannot afford to let Google be in a position where Microsoft needs to rely on them for a service as important as search.
1) Some people don't like repeating a dungeon 30 times to get all the drops. They like beating it a few times and moving on to PvP or whatever they enjoy more.
2) If you bought WoW now -- you would have to level to 80, clear Heroics, do Naxx, then Ulduar and then get ready for the next stuff -- if you want to be elite. It is just easier and more fun if they sold maybe Tier 8 but made you earn Tier 9, then once Tier 10 is out, start selling Tier 8.
3) I agree it is fine line between buying gear and people just quitting because their is no carrot.
4) Gear progression isn't hard. As others have stated -- MMOs are pretty easy, what is hard is how time consuming they are. No matter how you slice it, WoW takes a fair amount of time.
I don't understand the MT hate. You aren't forced to buy anything from Cryptic off of the MT store and they have said everything you can buy will be earnable by playing the game. I will take them at their word here -- if they are selling a silly hat on the store, then I expect to be able to somehow earn it in the game if I don't want to buy it.
This is just a bunch of people who think having Tier 8 or whatever actually matters. If you are a gear whore -- then you can still earn gear the "legit way". If you want to collect the pets, you can still get your pets the legit way. I think the big thing is they maybe should consider making it clear that someone bought and item vs earned it. Maybe an A and B Variant.
What this does do is let people who can only do 1 aspect of the game -- say Raid or Farm get the other stuff. If I only have time to Raid, but I want the special horse you get for farming -- I am kinda screwed, but now I could just buy the horse off of the MT store.
The whole "well Rich Kids will benefit" thing is silly -- currently the person with the most time benefits or who is lucky or who bought stuff off ebay and the rich kid might already have 2 or 3 accounts.
I don't care if you earned it by beating the boss -- it has no effect on my enjoyment of the game if you bought your gear or earned by playing a lot more time than me.
In fact I like the MT -- My little brother is in college -- he plays WoW 20+ hours a week.
I work a full time job and play 8 hours a week. He gets items I don't have time to get and he wants me to run dungeons that I am "not geared enough" to run.
Now with Microtransactions I have a choice -- I can play the game and keep hoping for a drop or trying to craft an item -- or I can go online, buy the item I need so people consider me "geared enough" and then start questing with my brother. When dungeons have a gear level requirement -- to do Ulduar most people want Tier 7 at least gear as an example -- well if I don't have time to run Naxx enough to get geared up for Ulduar -- I can pay a few bucks and start questing with my bro.
In WoW (and most MMOs), getting gear from Dungeons is luck based. I ran Strat 80 times before I got my lightforge pants. I would have bought them off the store instead of running the dungeon. In theory since it is luck based -- you might not ever get the drop you want -- it might not drop or someone might out roll you.
As long as people are not forced into Microtransactions -- I don't see the problem. The only issue is if you measure your e-peen because you have Tier 8 before everyone else and think that actually means something... until Tier 9 comes out...
To make poeple happy they could always change the name of items. Like if you get an item drop it could be named "Gloves of the Eagle" where as if you bought it off the Games store they could be "Gloves of the Eagle B" or something, same stats and whatnot, just letting people know "hey Wolfd00d bought these". I wouldn't care, but this way e-peens can still feel good about themselves.
Node 3, I tend to agree with Picky. You are a sad person.
You try to argue by just turning everything around.
If a dog is an animal, an animal isn't necessarily a dog.
Hot damn, you can take that to the bank...
----
Pain Receptors are located throughout the skin. The Sensation of Pain can be experienced as either Prickling Pain (FAST PAIN) or Burning and Aching Pain (SLOW PAIN). Pain receptors are Stimulated by mechanical, thermal, electrical, or chemical Energy. http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/brain.html
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Final Fantasy and other RPGs on the 360 already are multiple DVDs. Hasn't hurt them yet...
But it wouldn't take much to match the Democtraic political machine... I mean really...
Yes. We have a large middle class that thinks Credit is the same thing as a savings account.
I guess they missed all the news channels called them "teabaggers" and laughing.
The operating system. 1 Year old Samsung Focus vs iPhone 4S: http://zollotech.com/2011/10/21/ios5-vs-wp7-mango-thorough-overview/
A pretty good video comparing How WP7.5 does things vs how iOS 5 does things: http://zollotech.com/2011/10/21/ios5-vs-wp7-mango-thorough-overview/
Nokia apparently isn't well known in the US and is very well liked in Europe. It makes sense to me they launch in Europe first and then come to the USA.
Also none of there currently announced phones have a Front Facing Camera (FFC). FFC is a new hot marketing bullet point in the US and they probably want to release phones with FFC in America (HTCs and Samsungs new WP7 phones have FFC). There was rumored to a 4.3 inch Nokia phone with FFC that will launch in the US in Q1 2012.
Overall -- solid phones, nice Nokia software IMHO, but just another quality phone, nothing amazing. Might have the best camera on the cellphone market though.
Fairly good article explaing the Royalties: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/10/microsoft-collects-license-fees-on-50-of-android-devices-tells-google-to-wake-up.ars
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Quote:"Microsoft didn’t specifically reference that post, but today said “For those who continue to protest that the smartphone patent thicket is too difficult to navigate, it’s past time to wake up.” Microsoft doesn’t just collect money from other companies, it also pays out plenty to protect itself, Microsoft’s legal team notes.
“Over the past decade we’ve spent roughly $4.5 billion to license in patents from other companies,” Microsoft said. “These have given us the opportunity to build on the innovations of others in a responsible manner that respects their IP rights. Equally important, we've stood by our customers and partners with countless agreements that contain the strongest patent indemnification provisions in our industry. These ensure that if our software infringes someone else's patents, we'll address the problem rather than leave it to others.”
No. Actually a plan to major in Art History, Film, etc... was not a great plan 6 years ago and it isn't a great plan now.
Taking on 100,000 debt to be a teacher wasn't a great idea 15 years ago and continues to not be a great idea now.
You can easily look at your proposed career path and see if taking out a loan for 100K is a good idea. However we live in a society of I deserve this because... I need the new iPhone 4S because... Children are not brought up to think longterm. Most of my co-workers in college didn't contribute to their 401K (and they could afford it as they were buying BMWs, Acuras, etc...), didn't invest in IRAs, etc... They were/are leaving an instant gratification life.
Agree. Don't take out a 100,000 loan to study Art History at Harvard. It sucks that Art History doesn't pay well, but those are the facts. If you want to major in Art History go to a smaller state school where it is more affordable and accept know going in that your profession doesn't pay well.
It is like Teachers. Teachers should know ahead of time that they aren't going to make bank being a teacher. Either do it because you love it or whatever, but I would not recommend going to Yale to become a High School teacher.
I went to community college for 2 years. I then transferred to an in state 4 year college. My degree is the exact same as the people who went to the 4 year State school the entire 4 years, but I spent a fair amount less.
Yup. This is a customizable feature. You can increase or shink the number of applicatons the start menu shows under the "recent applications" section. And you can pin stuff to the start menu or taskbar.
Apparently with Windows Phone -- Microsoft is trying to make all internal milestone builds end in an "O". Next is Tango followed by Apollo.
Scott Adams likes WP7 more than iOS and Android. http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/windows_phone_challenge/ I think slowly it will catch on and will certainly be the #3 player in the mobile space. Maybe #2 eventually. They also made the marketplace available on the web so you can push apps to your phone. In addition to skydrive storage, find my phone, etc... that has been there since launch. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/marketplace
I don't agree with that 100% Apple TV seems to have been a bust.
Or this crazy idea liberals have that humans are more powerful than the Sun and seem to forget the climate of the earth has changed many times before man even arrived.
Also: http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-data-blow-gaping-hold-global-warming-alarmism-192334971.html
Snip: NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth's atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing.
The study indicates far less future global warming will occur than United Nations computer models have predicted, and supports prior studies indicating increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide trap far less heat than alarmists have claimed.
Study co-author Dr. Roy Spencer, a principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and U.S. Science Team Leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer flying on NASA's Aqua satellite, reports that real-world data from NASA's Terra satellite contradict multiple assumptions fed into alarmist computer models.
Like iOS -- $99 a year to get your apps published.
Woops... source: http://www.wpcentral.com/adduplex-adds-pot-attract-developers
As with most free offers there are rules (to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the deal) and they are as follows:
- Have an app published in the official application store on other mobile platform before August 22, 2011.
- Port and publish it in Windows Phone Marketplace from August 22, 2011 to December 31, 2011.
- Request your 20,000 ad impressions coupon by sending links to your app on the other platform and Windows Phone platform to info@adduplex.com
While this will help webOS developers get started, the offer is also being extended to Android, iOS, and Blackberry developers. It's nice to see the Windows Phone community offer alternatives to webOS and other developers.
Search is part of everything now. The Windows Phone (post Mango) has a Bing button. Search is a very important part of the phone. You use your phone for maps, looking up where to eat, regular searching, phone numbers, identify music, etc...
If they get rid of Bing they have to rely on Google or someone else. This basically would mean Google would be in charge of the Computing world with the #1 Mobile OS and being the only search engine on every other platform. Google would be able to dictate to Microsoft, Apple, etc...
Microsoft cannot afford to let Google be in a position where Microsoft needs to rely on them for a service as important as search.
There is a reason they login as Anonymous Cowards.
Agree. Why would Sony believe anyone is truly angry when people keep buying their products?
1) Some people don't like repeating a dungeon 30 times to get all the drops. They like beating it a few times and moving on to PvP or whatever they enjoy more.
2) If you bought WoW now -- you would have to level to 80, clear Heroics, do Naxx, then Ulduar and then get ready for the next stuff -- if you want to be elite. It is just easier and more fun if they sold maybe Tier 8 but made you earn Tier 9, then once Tier 10 is out, start selling Tier 8.
3) I agree it is fine line between buying gear and people just quitting because their is no carrot.
4) Gear progression isn't hard. As others have stated -- MMOs are pretty easy, what is hard is how time consuming they are. No matter how you slice it, WoW takes a fair amount of time.
I don't understand the MT hate. You aren't forced to buy anything from Cryptic off of the MT store and they have said everything you can buy will be earnable by playing the game. I will take them at their word here -- if they are selling a silly hat on the store, then I expect to be able to somehow earn it in the game if I don't want to buy it.
This is just a bunch of people who think having Tier 8 or whatever actually matters. If you are a gear whore -- then you can still earn gear the "legit way". If you want to collect the pets, you can still get your pets the legit way. I think the big thing is they maybe should consider making it clear that someone bought and item vs earned it. Maybe an A and B Variant.
What this does do is let people who can only do 1 aspect of the game -- say Raid or Farm get the other stuff. If I only have time to Raid, but I want the special horse you get for farming -- I am kinda screwed, but now I could just buy the horse off of the MT store.
The whole "well Rich Kids will benefit" thing is silly -- currently the person with the most time benefits or who is lucky or who bought stuff off ebay and the rich kid might already have 2 or 3 accounts. I don't care if you earned it by beating the boss -- it has no effect on my enjoyment of the game if you bought your gear or earned by playing a lot more time than me.
In fact I like the MT -- My little brother is in college -- he plays WoW 20+ hours a week.
I work a full time job and play 8 hours a week. He gets items I don't have time to get and he wants me to run dungeons that I am "not geared enough" to run. Now with Microtransactions I have a choice -- I can play the game and keep hoping for a drop or trying to craft an item -- or I can go online, buy the item I need so people consider me "geared enough" and then start questing with my brother. When dungeons have a gear level requirement -- to do Ulduar most people want Tier 7 at least gear as an example -- well if I don't have time to run Naxx enough to get geared up for Ulduar -- I can pay a few bucks and start questing with my bro.
In WoW (and most MMOs), getting gear from Dungeons is luck based. I ran Strat 80 times before I got my lightforge pants. I would have bought them off the store instead of running the dungeon. In theory since it is luck based -- you might not ever get the drop you want -- it might not drop or someone might out roll you.
As long as people are not forced into Microtransactions -- I don't see the problem. The only issue is if you measure your e-peen because you have Tier 8 before everyone else and think that actually means something... until Tier 9 comes out...
To make poeple happy they could always change the name of items. Like if you get an item drop it could be named "Gloves of the Eagle" where as if you bought it off the Games store they could be "Gloves of the Eagle B" or something, same stats and whatnot, just letting people know "hey Wolfd00d bought these". I wouldn't care, but this way e-peens can still feel good about themselves.
Node 3, I tend to agree with Picky. You are a sad person. You try to argue by just turning everything around. If a dog is an animal, an animal isn't necessarily a dog. Hot damn, you can take that to the bank... ---- Pain Receptors are located throughout the skin. The Sensation of Pain can be experienced as either Prickling Pain (FAST PAIN) or Burning and Aching Pain (SLOW PAIN). Pain receptors are Stimulated by mechanical, thermal, electrical, or chemical Energy. http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/brain.html