You must not work with Office files much. If I had to click through a warning every time I saved (hint: every 5 minutes or so), I'd immediately start writing a program that disables that warning.
That's funny, because I can open up PowerPoint and select "Remove Hidden Data", which coincidentally enough is a feature I pulled from Microsoft's site. It does a fantastic job of removing all that hidden data, too. This is pure user error in not using this function; it has absolutely nothing to do with Microsoft versus OSS.
Did I claim that apple was hyping this thing? No. I was pointing out that everyone and their mother is hyping this thing, particularly/.. (yes that was my FP) The only reason people are excited is because it's Apple releasing it. If it were MS, Nokia, Motorola, HTC, etc etc releasing it, it might make the back cover news. The fact that they're only adding very small improvements over other (cheaper) PDA phones makes this even more ridiculous. Oh, and they're taking steps backward in other areas too, but lets ignore that part.
The only reason people would really get excited is because they're suckers to marketing. The only real innovation I see here is the voicemail navigation, and I can't see why anyone would pay $500 for that feature. People will blindly buy this thing because it's got an Apple engraved on the back of it, and they see "4 GB of music" stamped on it. Nevermind the specs or any other competing devices that are already on the market. So as much as I wish this thing would DIAF, it's going to be successful because people are idiots to brand recognition.
Here. Pay particular attention to MrVanx Hermes upgrade guides. Not saying you won't, but I'd highly recommend readingTFM/searching the forums before posting questions. MrVanx's guides should be all you need though.
Call me paranoid, but I don't want my home bookmarks mixed in with my work bookmarks. Nor do I want to go home and have work staring back at me. Separation is good.
But if you want there are add-ons that sync your places bookmarks with your del.icio.us/google/etc bookmarks. So really it's helping facilitate the use of those services.
Seconded. Fantastic device, but no functional GPS. I wouldn't dismiss the "unofficial" updates for the 8525 either. The software packages (including the latest WM6 builds) are excellent; far better than any of the officially released packages.
The iPhone will no doubt provide a significantly better multimedia device than current mp3/phone hybrids. However most mp3 player/phone devices cost 1/5 of what the iPhone will cost, and even a few hundred dollars more than 'comparable' devices (for the 'hip' crowd) like the sidekick. That's a HUGE difference. I don't recall exact pricing, but I don't think the ipod cost that much more than other comparable devices when it was released. For sure it couldn't have cost 2.5x.
Even though this is an MP3 playing phone, I just don't see it overtaking the current feature phone market for it's media capabilities. I know a lot (most?) consumers are idiots, but right now you can pick up an mp3 phone for ~$100, toss in a 4GB card, and still have $300 left. For $500 they still have to hit the PDA phone crowd, and a big chunk of that market are business users.
Well, simply? Yes. It isn't just MS stuff though, if a business already has PDA phones in use they also are likely to have Blackberry services as well. From what I can find the iPhone doesn't support that either.
Let me preface this with "I'm not a hardcore business user." I don't sit at home answering work emails. I sync my phone with Outlook primarily to get my calendar items and contacts. If I couldn't do that, there would be zero business use for my phone. Having my meetings on my phone has saved my skin on multiple occasions...it's definitely a must have feature for me. As far as I can tell, the iPhone doesn't allow me to do this.
I don't know about this iCal deal, but if it's in leopard that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to hit the iPhone, or does it?
I only update it when a new game forces me to. I think I'm at 2.71...if a new game forces me to update past that, so be it. Emulation isn't exactly a high priority for me, I have other mobile devices that can run what I want. But for now the exploits still work without doing anything fancy.
E-loader has worked perfectly fine for running emulators on my PSP. No need to downgrade, just have to browse to the picture viewer to load the exploit.
Yeah, actually I flash the rom on my phone every few weeks. Radio updates, custom booloaders, unlocked extrom, etc. I've generally hacked my phone in every way possible, but that's just my thing. These days on the 8525 it's honestly as easy as connecting active sync, and running a few automatically installing files. No, not for joe user at all, but it's possible if you want to spend an hour or two figuring out the device you spent $500 on.
If it's the ad I'm thinking of (at work, can't check it), I remember thinking "Great, all things I can do with the d-pad on my 8525." I don't particularly care about flash, I just want functionality. Are there videos yet of someone typing an email or text message? That's the part of the UI I want to see. The forced on screen keyboard (and the lack of 3G) are generally the only things that are keeping me from having any interest in this thing. The ultra-hype isn't helping either, but objectively it's just those two.
So what's your solution? How would you design the interface? The 'binary choice' UI is designed that way to conserve precious screen space. After you've added 7 (large) touch screen buttons, where are you going to put the content? Or would the 7 touch screen buttons show up when you activate them? How would you activate them, via a soft key? Many apps make use of the "tap and hold" context menu if you are using the touch screen, so you're not always forced to the two button UI.
The 'common option' | 'menu' setup just plain works well. Hitting the right softkey, then scrolling to my option, pressing in the scroll wheel to make my choice is quick and accurate. The touch screen is there mainly for speed. The soft keys are there for one-handed convenience. Just because I have a touch screen doesn't mean I want to constantly be using it. Leave the soft keys, thanks.
What does the iPhone add to the mobile phone market that isn't already there? Symbian, Linux, and Windows Mobile already have SDKs out there, and have for quite some time. As far as I can tell the iPhone is the follower.
Exactly. I'm running WM6 on an HTC Hermes, and it's extremely fast and responsive. There are several improvements 'under the hood' such as Office Mobile 2007, updated Pocket Internet Explorer, HTML email, improved internet sharing, Windows Live integration, better bluetooth, better battery life, windows update, etc. There aren't any blazingly new features over WM5, just a lot of tweaks to the software. I'm guessing that's why MS has offered free WM6 upgrades to the carriers.
Of course the carriers will load down their roms with a ton of crap, so to get the most out of it you'll have to cook your own rom to get rid of it...but they should be blaming their carriers for that one.
Agreed. But it's not like it's "65 years without parole". He'll get out way before 65 years on good behavior.
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Storage space, hot swapping, and hot spares aren't the only advantage the higher end storage systems come with. Compare the certifications, mechanical specs, and levels of support the cheaper options have versus the higher end options. Those are the things that are important to me, and are required by my customers.
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You must not work with Office files much. If I had to click through a warning every time I saved (hint: every 5 minutes or so), I'd immediately start writing a program that disables that warning.
That's funny, because I can open up PowerPoint and select "Remove Hidden Data", which coincidentally enough is a feature I pulled from Microsoft's site. It does a fantastic job of removing all that hidden data, too. This is pure user error in not using this function; it has absolutely nothing to do with Microsoft versus OSS.
Did I claim that apple was hyping this thing? No. I was pointing out that everyone and their mother is hyping this thing, particularly /.. (yes that was my FP) The only reason people are excited is because it's Apple releasing it. If it were MS, Nokia, Motorola, HTC, etc etc releasing it, it might make the back cover news. The fact that they're only adding very small improvements over other (cheaper) PDA phones makes this even more ridiculous. Oh, and they're taking steps backward in other areas too, but lets ignore that part.
The only reason people would really get excited is because they're suckers to marketing. The only real innovation I see here is the voicemail navigation, and I can't see why anyone would pay $500 for that feature. People will blindly buy this thing because it's got an Apple engraved on the back of it, and they see "4 GB of music" stamped on it. Nevermind the specs or any other competing devices that are already on the market. So as much as I wish this thing would DIAF, it's going to be successful because people are idiots to brand recognition.
Here. Pay particular attention to MrVanx Hermes upgrade guides. Not saying you won't, but I'd highly recommend readingTFM/searching the forums before posting questions. MrVanx's guides should be all you need though.
Call me paranoid, but I don't want my home bookmarks mixed in with my work bookmarks. Nor do I want to go home and have work staring back at me. Separation is good.
But if you want there are add-ons that sync your places bookmarks with your del.icio.us/google/etc bookmarks. So really it's helping facilitate the use of those services.
Gecko 1.9 isn't exactly a small change. The big changes are in there, they're just in the back-end of the browser.
Seconded. Fantastic device, but no functional GPS. I wouldn't dismiss the "unofficial" updates for the 8525 either. The software packages (including the latest WM6 builds) are excellent; far better than any of the officially released packages.
I dunno, Gattaca wasn't that good of a movie.
The iPhone will no doubt provide a significantly better multimedia device than current mp3/phone hybrids. However most mp3 player/phone devices cost 1/5 of what the iPhone will cost, and even a few hundred dollars more than 'comparable' devices (for the 'hip' crowd) like the sidekick. That's a HUGE difference. I don't recall exact pricing, but I don't think the ipod cost that much more than other comparable devices when it was released. For sure it couldn't have cost 2.5x.
Even though this is an MP3 playing phone, I just don't see it overtaking the current feature phone market for it's media capabilities. I know a lot (most?) consumers are idiots, but right now you can pick up an mp3 phone for ~$100, toss in a 4GB card, and still have $300 left. For $500 they still have to hit the PDA phone crowd, and a big chunk of that market are business users.
Well, simply? Yes. It isn't just MS stuff though, if a business already has PDA phones in use they also are likely to have Blackberry services as well. From what I can find the iPhone doesn't support that either.
Let me preface this with "I'm not a hardcore business user." I don't sit at home answering work emails. I sync my phone with Outlook primarily to get my calendar items and contacts. If I couldn't do that, there would be zero business use for my phone. Having my meetings on my phone has saved my skin on multiple occasions...it's definitely a must have feature for me. As far as I can tell, the iPhone doesn't allow me to do this.
I don't know about this iCal deal, but if it's in leopard that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to hit the iPhone, or does it?
1) No synching with Outlook.
2) No synching with enterprise email services.
I only update it when a new game forces me to. I think I'm at 2.71...if a new game forces me to update past that, so be it. Emulation isn't exactly a high priority for me, I have other mobile devices that can run what I want. But for now the exploits still work without doing anything fancy.
Wow, you're mother sounds kinda geeky. Does that mean she lives in her own basement?
E-loader has worked perfectly fine for running emulators on my PSP. No need to downgrade, just have to browse to the picture viewer to load the exploit.
Yeah, actually I flash the rom on my phone every few weeks. Radio updates, custom booloaders, unlocked extrom, etc. I've generally hacked my phone in every way possible, but that's just my thing. These days on the 8525 it's honestly as easy as connecting active sync, and running a few automatically installing files. No, not for joe user at all, but it's possible if you want to spend an hour or two figuring out the device you spent $500 on.
If it's the ad I'm thinking of (at work, can't check it), I remember thinking "Great, all things I can do with the d-pad on my 8525." I don't particularly care about flash, I just want functionality. Are there videos yet of someone typing an email or text message? That's the part of the UI I want to see. The forced on screen keyboard (and the lack of 3G) are generally the only things that are keeping me from having any interest in this thing. The ultra-hype isn't helping either, but objectively it's just those two.
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure I've got two thumbs to work with.
So what's your solution? How would you design the interface? The 'binary choice' UI is designed that way to conserve precious screen space. After you've added 7 (large) touch screen buttons, where are you going to put the content? Or would the 7 touch screen buttons show up when you activate them? How would you activate them, via a soft key? Many apps make use of the "tap and hold" context menu if you are using the touch screen, so you're not always forced to the two button UI.
The 'common option' | 'menu' setup just plain works well. Hitting the right softkey, then scrolling to my option, pressing in the scroll wheel to make my choice is quick and accurate. The touch screen is there mainly for speed. The soft keys are there for one-handed convenience. Just because I have a touch screen doesn't mean I want to constantly be using it. Leave the soft keys, thanks.
I'm pretty sure I just used my phone 5 minutes ago. I plan on using it again pretty shortly. Wanna go in depth, even just a smidgen?
What does the iPhone add to the mobile phone market that isn't already there? Symbian, Linux, and Windows Mobile already have SDKs out there, and have for quite some time. As far as I can tell the iPhone is the follower.
Exactly. I'm running WM6 on an HTC Hermes, and it's extremely fast and responsive. There are several improvements 'under the hood' such as Office Mobile 2007, updated Pocket Internet Explorer, HTML email, improved internet sharing, Windows Live integration, better bluetooth, better battery life, windows update, etc. There aren't any blazingly new features over WM5, just a lot of tweaks to the software. I'm guessing that's why MS has offered free WM6 upgrades to the carriers.
Of course the carriers will load down their roms with a ton of crap, so to get the most out of it you'll have to cook your own rom to get rid of it...but they should be blaming their carriers for that one.
I generally close the envelope of snail mail so the mail doesn't fall out.
I use security envelopes to obscure the contents of my mail. You probably would want to use that as an analogy instead.
Agreed. But it's not like it's "65 years without parole". He'll get out way before 65 years on good behavior.
Old and busted: Modding someone informative for providing good information.
New hotness: Modding someone informative for providing redundant information!
Storage space, hot swapping, and hot spares aren't the only advantage the higher end storage systems come with. Compare the certifications, mechanical specs, and levels of support the cheaper options have versus the higher end options. Those are the things that are important to me, and are required by my customers.