There's an easy solution for that: start prosecuting agressive SUV drivers for vehicular manslaughter and/or attempted vehicular manslaughter. Problem solved.
There is nothing about a UI that makes it hard to quantify - you ought to be able to give solid examples ("If I want to do this feature, I do this and this"). A personal anecdote that you were unable to use features does not count, unless you explain why they are more accessible in the Iphone.
He gave a solid example. (Note, I do not own an iPhone, nor am I likely to buy one within the next 2 years)
Look, on a RAZR or other similar phone, the calculator app IS a real PITA... you gotta use the phone's keypad, which is decidedly NOT set up to be a calculator keypad.
The iPhone has a touch screen interface. Note that I don't need to drag out a stylus, either... it's truly touch screen. And the little itty bitty buttons on most other smartphones are hard to use.
Huh...there's a phrase underneath the department name on the sign on the door....what's that say...."a"... uhhhhhhh....."k"..... huh? ummmm.... "a" is that a w?, no it's a 'v',....uuhhhhh....'i'.....
If the more-expensive tool saves time worth more than its cost, then the appropriate free-market choice is to invest.
But in a lot of cases, the more-expensive tool doesn't save time, or doesn't save enough time to justify the cost.
Why is Microsoft SourceSafe dead? Because it didn't save any more time over the free software revision control tools. How about ClearCase? It's getting old and newer, more nimble systems like GIT, GNU Arch, and Mercurial are replacing it. Sure, CLearCase has a few unique features like build avoidance, but how useful is that in comparison to its huge annual cost, especially when you consider that it doesn't always work right?
I'm sorry, but your argument seems rather weak to me.
Close your eyes. Now imagine that you are on the balcony of mountaintop villa in Italy. The scenery is breathtaking-- the snowcapped peaks off in the distance, the hustle of the beautiful, palm-tree-lined streets below. The ocean pounding the cliffs to the west. Standing beside you is Cindy Crawford. She's pulls your head toward her, and kisses you full on the mouth, reminding you that you need to be looking at her and not the village... Now let your imagination carry you away.
There. Home virtual reality. And it was FREE even.
So the DMCA is actually mentioned as doing something wrong when it harms apple. You guys make me sick. You guys will strip DRM off of a music file quicker than it takes to listen to it or use DeCSS to rip DVDs from Netflix until there's no tomorrow but someone decides they want to hack the iphone and "oh noes it's wrong because it breaks the DMCA"
Who said it was wrong? I said it was illegal. I'd advise the same of someone who wants to strip DRM off of a music file or use DeCSS: it's illegal. Whether or it's right or wrong is a matter for your own conscience and ethics.
I don't like the DMCA anymore than the next guy, but the DMCA is a fact, and we've got to live with it, good or bad, until or unless it ever gets repealed in some sort of copyright reform legislation.
$199 for 8 GB, though, intrestingly enough, puts it more in direct competition with much, much lower end phones. Like, say, the Motorola Razor or the LG Envy, which are at a similar price point with probably a tenth of the functionality.
Maybe Apple has something here that will turn the smartphone market on its ear.
My question is how does that affect the price of the other iPods, especially the Nano and the Touch
Repeat after me: the iPhone is a phone, not an iPod.
Completely different markets. I doubt that the price of the iPhone will have any bearing on what Apple decides for the Nano. Maybe the Touch -- but only because it's built from the same components. But my real guess is the Touch is going to stay where it's at.
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What if you believe in more than one? Besides, it ain't just the oath.
Okay, non-Judaeo-Christians. There. Feel better?
There's an easy solution for that: start prosecuting agressive SUV drivers for vehicular manslaughter and/or attempted vehicular manslaughter. Problem solved.
Yeah. I couldn't see any extra colors. Go figure.
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No. It was and was not working until he tried to observe it. The probability cloud collapsed on one possibility: the cat^H^H^Hsite is dead.
He gave a solid example. (Note, I do not own an iPhone, nor am I likely to buy one within the next 2 years)
Look, on a RAZR or other similar phone, the calculator app IS a real PITA... you gotta use the phone's keypad, which is decidedly NOT set up to be a calculator keypad.
The iPhone has a touch screen interface. Note that I don't need to drag out a stylus, either
What did I say yesterday? I said (repeat after me): he iPhone is a phone, not an iPod.
Bah. No one ever listens to me.
Huh...there's a phrase underneath the department name on the sign on the door....what's that say...."a"... uhhhhhhh....."k"
akavi? what's that mean?
Why is Microsoft SourceSafe dead? Because it didn't save any more time over the free software revision control tools. How about ClearCase? It's getting old and newer, more nimble systems like GIT, GNU Arch, and Mercurial are replacing it. Sure, CLearCase has a few unique features like build avoidance, but how useful is that in comparison to its huge annual cost, especially when you consider that it doesn't always work right?
I'm sorry, but your argument seems rather weak to me.
Close your eyes. Now imagine that you are on the balcony of mountaintop villa in Italy. The scenery is breathtaking-- the snowcapped peaks off in the distance, the hustle of the beautiful, palm-tree-lined streets below. The ocean pounding the cliffs to the west. Standing beside you is Cindy Crawford. She's pulls your head toward her, and kisses you full on the mouth, reminding you that you need to be looking at her and not the village... Now let your imagination carry you away.
There. Home virtual reality. And it was FREE even.
Steve Jobs? Is that you?
I don't like the DMCA anymore than the next guy, but the DMCA is a fact, and we've got to live with it, good or bad, until or unless it ever gets repealed in some sort of copyright reform legislation.
$199 for 8 GB, though, intrestingly enough, puts it more in direct competition with much, much lower end phones. Like, say, the Motorola Razor or the LG Envy, which are at a similar price point with probably a tenth of the functionality.
Maybe Apple has something here that will turn the smartphone market on its ear.
Completely different markets. I doubt that the price of the iPhone will have any bearing on what Apple decides for the Nano. Maybe the Touch -- but only because it's built from the same components. But my real guess is the Touch is going to stay where it's at.
That comment made me ill.
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