The text in the search bar is light grey as a visual cue that you can touch there and just start typing with out having to delete three contents first. In your layout file you make it with android:hint flag. As far as the rest, I have a galaxy nexus running jelly bean (typing this comment on it) and it is perfectly readable.
I just bought a Nexus. Neither my Nexus S nor my Galaxy Nexus have had any problems getting updates. I expect the same treatment when my Nexus 7 gets here.
So what other tech companies are actually coming up with any great truly original ideas? I'd say probably none. I've been reading science fiction for a few decades and there is not one tech product on the market that wasn't described inat least one of the aforementioned tomes.I don't fault companies for this as coming up with really original yet practical stuff is Hard. Being the fashionable hipster cynic is obviously pretty easy though.
You can "view" it however you want but there is very little about the iPhone that is truly original. Did apple make the first phone? No. Did they make the first touchscreen in a phone firm factor? No. Did they invent multi touch? No. Did they invent the first appstore? No. Basically they didn't actually invent shit so what gives them the sole right to take other peoples inventions and monopolize their implementation? Because they do a good job? What if we extend that logic to other industries? Only BMW can make cars. Only estwing can make hammers. Only may tag can make washing machines. I mean fuck the saps that actuallycame up with that stuff right? BBecause apparently only the manufacturers that are stuck in the consumer mindset should be able to actually market their products. I'll bet dollars to donuts you don't have anything to do with non iPhone smartphone production. If you did you'd sing a different tune.
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I have tried and tried and tried to eke out some semblance of productivity from my Xoom and my iPad for the last year and I have finally come to accept the futility of the attempt. The issues are two-fold. First, an ARM processor, even a modern Tegra2/Tegra3 is barely better than an Atom so even if you were to install some form of Linux on the Xoom and get all hardware working, you would still only have something that would choke on more than 5 tabs in the web browser and you can forget any real Eclipse or Gimp or whatever work. The closest I've gotten to that is a chroot and a very good VNC client that approximated a native setup to within 85 percent of the real thing and it is just isn't there. To do real work you need real power. I utterly despise MS to the very fiber of my being but if the only way I am going to get a tablet with the word "Core" in the processor name is to get something that comes with Windows then I might have to swallow my pride and do it. Of course, I'll wipe that sucker and put Linux on it faster than your head can spin but then I'm locked out of a touch native ecosystem. Maybe something like Bluestacks can come out for Linux and fill the gap. Speaking of which, wasn't Canonical talking about bringing an Android runtime to Ubuntu several years ago? What happened to that?
If you just want a typical linux distro type userland you can already use a chroot and vnc.
Yep, this is what I do on my Xoom and it works marvelously. I did stumble a bit finding a good VNC client though. I started out with AndroidVNC and it worked very well and fast. The only problem was the lack of right/middle mouse click and lack of keyboard support for things like Ctrl/Alt/F1-12 etc. Those issues were making it where I would use it for novelty more than anything else. Fast forward to a few days ago and I decided to download and try every VNC viewer from the market finally settling on Jump Desktop. It's very fast, i.e., screen refreshes are more like RDP and NX rather than what you expect with VNC. And last but not least, all keyboard keys and mouse buttons work. I was actually able to hook my mouse and keyboard up to my tablet and accomplish Real Work(TM). Not affiliated with them in any way but definitely recommend their product (and it's free).
And for what it's worth - my first generation iPad is working just fine with the latest iOS release on it, I use it daily.
To be fair, and I use my iPad daily too, iOS 6 won't see the light of day on it. Also, there are many apps in the app store that require an iPad 2 and above to even install.
Do you have any actual evidence that this is completely stopping them from collaborating in any way or are you just repeating shit you read on the internet? I can accept that those things would prevent then from opening up completely but to make out like it shuts them down all the way seems a bit much.
I never said they had or didn't have an incentive to do this. You asked for an alternative and I gave it. I'm under no delusion that manufacturers will lift a finger unless either their real customers, i.e., Microsoft et al tell them to or consumers stop buying their products so I don't know what you are trying to argue against here.
Make it drop dead easy (think Apples's bootcamp) for consumers to go into "Custom" mode. Also make the interface for this standard so it can be documented as part of the install instructions from the various distros. That's one possibility that springs to mind. I'm sure there are others.
I agree that the WinRT tablet doesn't hold a candle to the iPad aesthetically or functionally after all, you can easily pick from dozens of iPad keyboard cases if that's your bag. But a lot of people keep saying that the inclusion of Office is going to be a compelling differentiator. Personally I disagree with that as first of all, there are many applications on iOS and Android that will read and write Office formats and secondly, as far as getting "real work" done, there is a lot more real work done on computers that doesn't happen in Office. So it is a convenient addition for the people that really care but I don't think it's going to sell a significant number of devices next to the iPad.
As far as the x86 version of the Surface, sure it will sell...if the price is right. The thing is this is basically an ultrabook with a touchscreen. Unfortunately for MS, people will see it as a tablet and the root price for a tablet is set by the iPad. And that price is $499. Much more than that and forget it as far as mass market acceptance goes. Just my opinion. YMMV.
I'm not really worried so much who the money is going to, the point is that it is going to somebody be it MS, Verisign, or the man in the moon. I don't really care. As far as running your own keyserver, you have to convinece the hardware makers to accept your keys out of the box which is a non-starter with a niche desktop OS like Fedora or Ubuntu. Loading keys manually or disabling the feature is too much to ask the non-technical audience Canonical is going after.
Nobody is saying secure boot is an inherently bad idea that I see. They're saying they should be able to sign their own stuff and load their keys. I want to but a computer and not some glorified appliance so I happen to agree. I also think its a bit shady that other vendors are in a position where for practical purposes they have to pay Microsoft to get signed.
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The text in the search bar is light grey as a visual cue that you can touch there and just start typing with out having to delete three contents first. In your layout file you make it with android:hint flag. As far as the rest, I have a galaxy nexus running jelly bean (typing this comment on it) and it is perfectly readable.
I just bought a Nexus. Neither my Nexus S nor my Galaxy Nexus have had any problems getting updates. I expect the same treatment when my Nexus 7 gets here.
If you want the real Android experience do what I do and buy Android products with the word 'Nexus' in the name. It really isn't that hard.
Sorry that was Christiaan Huygens the Dutch physicist but the point still stands.
--Albert Einstein
Hasn't the "but if you think this is bad, you should see x" strawman been knocked down enough times already? Give the poor guy a break already.
I didn't say anything about revolutionizing the market or not. Nice attempt at a straw man though.
Thanks for both of your very detailed answers. Definitely learned something on Slashdot today!
Not at all. Having an enjoyable Sunday morning drinking my coffee and shooting the shit on Slashdot. Project much?
So what other tech companies are actually coming up with any great truly original ideas? I'd say probably none. I've been reading science fiction for a few decades and there is not one tech product on the market that wasn't described inat least one of the aforementioned tomes.I don't fault companies for this as coming up with really original yet practical stuff is Hard. Being the fashionable hipster cynic is obviously pretty easy though.
Serious question : by that definition would you consider a reseller a capitalist? E.g., is being a middle man a form of "production"?
You can "view" it however you want but there is very little about the iPhone that is truly original. Did apple make the first phone? No. Did they make the first touchscreen in a phone firm factor? No. Did they invent multi touch? No. Did they invent the first appstore? No. Basically they didn't actually invent shit so what gives them the sole right to take other peoples inventions and monopolize their implementation? Because they do a good job? What if we extend that logic to other industries? Only BMW can make cars. Only estwing can make hammers. Only may tag can make washing machines. I mean fuck the saps that actuallycame up with that stuff right? BBecause apparently only the manufacturers that are stuck in the consumer mindset should be able to actually market their products. I'll bet dollars to donuts you don't have anything to do with non iPhone smartphone production. If you did you'd sing a different tune.
When expressing mildly off-topic and possibly off-color love for Chinese poontang on Slashdot, there's a little checkbox for you right next to the words 'Post as Anonymous Coward'. You must have missed it.
I have tried and tried and tried to eke out some semblance of productivity from my Xoom and my iPad for the last year and I have finally come to accept the futility of the attempt. The issues are two-fold. First, an ARM processor, even a modern Tegra2/Tegra3 is barely better than an Atom so even if you were to install some form of Linux on the Xoom and get all hardware working, you would still only have something that would choke on more than 5 tabs in the web browser and you can forget any real Eclipse or Gimp or whatever work. The closest I've gotten to that is a chroot and a very good VNC client that approximated a native setup to within 85 percent of the real thing and it is just isn't there. To do real work you need real power. I utterly despise MS to the very fiber of my being but if the only way I am going to get a tablet with the word "Core" in the processor name is to get something that comes with Windows then I might have to swallow my pride and do it. Of course, I'll wipe that sucker and put Linux on it faster than your head can spin but then I'm locked out of a touch native ecosystem. Maybe something like Bluestacks can come out for Linux and fill the gap. Speaking of which, wasn't Canonical talking about bringing an Android runtime to Ubuntu several years ago? What happened to that?
If you just want a typical linux distro type userland you can already use a chroot and vnc.
Yep, this is what I do on my Xoom and it works marvelously. I did stumble a bit finding a good VNC client though. I started out with AndroidVNC and it worked very well and fast. The only problem was the lack of right/middle mouse click and lack of keyboard support for things like Ctrl/Alt/F1-12 etc. Those issues were making it where I would use it for novelty more than anything else. Fast forward to a few days ago and I decided to download and try every VNC viewer from the market finally settling on Jump Desktop. It's very fast, i.e., screen refreshes are more like RDP and NX rather than what you expect with VNC. And last but not least, all keyboard keys and mouse buttons work. I was actually able to hook my mouse and keyboard up to my tablet and accomplish Real Work(TM). Not affiliated with them in any way but definitely recommend their product (and it's free).
And for what it's worth - my first generation iPad is working just fine with the latest iOS release on it, I use it daily.
To be fair, and I use my iPad daily too, iOS 6 won't see the light of day on it. Also, there are many apps in the app store that require an iPad 2 and above to even install.
because nothing prevents nVidia from collaborating
Copyright, patent and contract laws quite likely do.
The second part is yours and its completely unqualified. Now go ahead and play dumb.
Actually, I would think that would be the best time to get'em, e.g., while the pain is still fresh in their minds.
Do you have any actual evidence that this is completely stopping them from collaborating in any way or are you just repeating shit you read on the internet? I can accept that those things would prevent then from opening up completely but to make out like it shuts them down all the way seems a bit much.
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I never said they had or didn't have an incentive to do this. You asked for an alternative and I gave it. I'm under no delusion that manufacturers will lift a finger unless either their real customers, i.e., Microsoft et al tell them to or consumers stop buying their products so I don't know what you are trying to argue against here.
Make it drop dead easy (think Apples's bootcamp) for consumers to go into "Custom" mode. Also make the interface for this standard so it can be documented as part of the install instructions from the various distros. That's one possibility that springs to mind. I'm sure there are others.
I agree that the WinRT tablet doesn't hold a candle to the iPad aesthetically or functionally after all, you can easily pick from dozens of iPad keyboard cases if that's your bag. But a lot of people keep saying that the inclusion of Office is going to be a compelling differentiator. Personally I disagree with that as first of all, there are many applications on iOS and Android that will read and write Office formats and secondly, as far as getting "real work" done, there is a lot more real work done on computers that doesn't happen in Office. So it is a convenient addition for the people that really care but I don't think it's going to sell a significant number of devices next to the iPad.
As far as the x86 version of the Surface, sure it will sell...if the price is right. The thing is this is basically an ultrabook with a touchscreen. Unfortunately for MS, people will see it as a tablet and the root price for a tablet is set by the iPad. And that price is $499. Much more than that and forget it as far as mass market acceptance goes. Just my opinion. YMMV.
I'm not really worried so much who the money is going to, the point is that it is going to somebody be it MS, Verisign, or the man in the moon. I don't really care. As far as running your own keyserver, you have to convinece the hardware makers to accept your keys out of the box which is a non-starter with a niche desktop OS like Fedora or Ubuntu. Loading keys manually or disabling the feature is too much to ask the non-technical audience Canonical is going after.
Nobody is saying secure boot is an inherently bad idea that I see. They're saying they should be able to sign their own stuff and load their keys. I want to but a computer and not some glorified appliance so I happen to agree. I also think its a bit shady that other vendors are in a position where for practical purposes they have to pay Microsoft to get signed.