The problem isn't as bad as you might think. Three years ago I moved permanently to my yacht and have been living there with all my gadgets and electronic equipment ever since. Initially I was worried about corrosion, but problems have yet to occur. If you keep sensitive equipment indoors there isn't really a problem.
Am I the only one to think that the "sleek user interface" looks like Winamp pimped up by a Paris Hilton loving teenager? Not exactly a sleek user interface.
I think that Apple has nothing to worry about in this regard.
They are also already available in Denmark, unlocked and all..
This is due to a hole in the (if I remember correctly) French law, that states that all phones must have the option of being sold unlocked. Within a day an entrepreneurial Danish telco started doing parallel imports, and it seems to work just fine.
Actually I think that it does bring something new to the table - namely design.
Europeans are much more design oriented than Americans, and I have yet to see a mobile phone that is thoroughly well designed - they are all so dang ugly that it is unbelievable.
What I mean is that Apple knows exactly what hardware their software will run on, since they make it. Windows (and Symbian) has to operate on a large number of different vendors hardware, some of which is buggy.
because they control the hardware that it runs on.
This is also why Macs run so well. It is significantly harder to make an operating system that will run in an unknown hostile environment made up of parts supplied by the lowest bidder.
Interesting... I get five mod points around every two weeks. I don't think I am in any way special on Slashdot, exccept maybe that I tend to use half my mod points on the funny moderation.
I live on a boat that is in salt water all year round, my laptop and all my other electronics spend all their time in the harsh environment of the salty seabreeze. I have yet to see any hardware problems related to this, so I don't think it will be a problem for at ride across the atlantic either.
hey man, wish I had a few modding points right now...
This is probably the most insightful comment I have ever read on slashdot - for once not the usual yada-yada, trying to get the best of the other guy and showing off your big brain
The first version should have had it... In Europe it is standard for even low-end phones nowadays. What good is a phone with a great browser, a great screen and an excellent interface if it takes me forever to see ther frontpage of slashdot...
After months of scoping out the terrain my hardy rover is ready to drive down the Victoria crater and investigate the compositions and textures of exposed materials in the crater's depths for clues about ancient, wet environments
My rover will most probably not operate more than 12 times longer than its originally intended though...
yeah, luckily we can reach all of the boats from the clubhouse with a 30 degree directional antenna mounted atop the clubhouse. Since the buffalo routers can transmit with 150 Mw everything works out just fine (well most of the time anyway) with a repeater on the boat. But it did take quite a while to get going...
Thanks a bunch for your little exchange of information. I live on a yacht at the very end of a pier (meaning I am 300 meters away from the wireless access point in the clubhouse...) so I pretty much need to have a repeater. Not only is my boat made out of steel (faraday cage) but the distance from the access point to the boat is littered with steel boats and aluminium masts. Cabling is totally out of the question. Pretty harsh circumstances...
I use buffalo routers, running dd-wrt software (QOS, etc. for a small price...) and it seems to work quite well most of the time. But you have given me a few ideas that I will try and look into.
I was able to boot into safe mode, log in as root, remount the filesystem as read-write, and try to edit my xorg.conf file. In safe mode, I found that something was wrong with the line terminations when using vi, so I had to use less to view the files and then construct a sed substitution to change the video driver from "nv" to "vesa." Upon reboot, everything worked swimmingly.
Sounds terribly userfriendly, even my mother would have no trouble installing this.
When you apply for a patent you have to live up to three criteria:
1 - Your idea must not have been in the public domain before you file your patent aplication
2 - Your idea must not be obvious to a skilled expert in the field of the invention
3 - Your idea must be usable
So I hardly see how this can justify a patent...
Of course it could all be about business practices, there is nobody stopping me from applying for a patent on the wheel, I just won't get it. But my competitors won't know that for a year or two..
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I think you mean Geek tragedy
Behavioral economics have shown that only two groups of people behave rationally in the marketplace: Economists and psychopaths.
Not kidding either.
Mod parent up. He is so spot on right...
The problem isn't as bad as you might think. Three years ago I moved permanently to my yacht and have been living there with all my gadgets and electronic equipment ever since. Initially I was worried about corrosion, but problems have yet to occur. If you keep sensitive equipment indoors there isn't really a problem.
no, but I did notice the column that said "intergrated publishers" Grated together or what?
Damn Swedes....
Am I the only one to think that the "sleek user interface" looks like Winamp pimped up by a Paris Hilton loving teenager? Not exactly a sleek user interface.
I think that Apple has nothing to worry about in this regard.
They are also already available in Denmark, unlocked and all..
This is due to a hole in the (if I remember correctly) French law, that states that all phones must have the option of being sold unlocked. Within a day an entrepreneurial Danish telco started doing parallel imports, and it seems to work just fine.
Actually I think that it does bring something new to the table - namely design.
Europeans are much more design oriented than Americans, and I have yet to see a mobile phone that is thoroughly well designed - they are all so dang ugly that it is unbelievable.
sorry, English is not my first language
What I mean is that Apple knows exactly what hardware their software will run on, since they make it. Windows (and Symbian) has to operate on a large number of different vendors hardware, some of which is buggy.
So if an astronaut brings his dope from one module to another would that be considered smuggling?
because they control the hardware that it runs on.
This is also why Macs run so well. It is significantly harder to make an operating system that will run in an unknown hostile environment made up of parts supplied by the lowest bidder.
Interesting...
I get five mod points around every two weeks.
I don't think I am in any way special on Slashdot, exccept maybe that I tend to use half my mod points on the funny moderation.
I disagree
I live on a boat that is in salt water all year round, my laptop and all my other electronics spend all their time in the harsh environment of the salty seabreeze. I have yet to see any hardware problems related to this, so I don't think it will be a problem for at ride across the atlantic either.
hey man, wish I had a few modding points right now...
This is probably the most insightful comment I have ever read on slashdot - for once not the usual yada-yada, trying to get the best of the other guy and showing off your big brain
Respect from Denmark!!
I agree
I have a perfectly fine T 0.1 that's been going steady for almost 30 years. Fits snugly into my SUV if I don't bring the wife along.
Only thing is it is damn hard to find spare vacuum tubes for it anymore.
The first version should have had it... In Europe it is standard for even low-end phones nowadays. What good is a phone with a great browser, a great screen and an excellent interface if it takes me forever to see ther frontpage of slashdot...
does it run Linux?
By the "security through obscurity" definition tools like PGP would be insecure.
Yeah right....
After months of scoping out the terrain my hardy rover is ready to drive down the Victoria crater and investigate the compositions and textures of exposed materials in the crater's depths for clues about ancient, wet environments
My rover will most probably not operate more than 12 times longer than its originally intended though...
yeah, luckily we can reach all of the boats from the clubhouse with a 30 degree directional antenna mounted atop the clubhouse. Since the buffalo routers can transmit with 150 Mw everything works out just fine (well most of the time anyway) with a repeater on the boat. But it did take quite a while to get going...
Thanks a bunch for your little exchange of information. I live on a yacht at the very end of a pier (meaning I am 300 meters away from the wireless access point in the clubhouse...) so I pretty much need to have a repeater. Not only is my boat made out of steel (faraday cage) but the distance from the access point to the boat is littered with steel boats and aluminium masts. Cabling is totally out of the question. Pretty harsh circumstances...
I use buffalo routers, running dd-wrt software (QOS, etc. for a small price...) and it seems to work quite well most of the time. But you have given me a few ideas that I will try and look into.
I presume there are a lot of first-borns on Slashdot...
Sounds terribly userfriendly, even my mother would have no trouble installing this.
wait...
When you apply for a patent you have to live up to three criteria:
- bang--olufsens-upside-down-cellphone-210756.php and this phone http://www.garmin.com/products/gps12/ already have upside down displays.
1 - Your idea must not have been in the public domain before you file your patent aplication
2 - Your idea must not be obvious to a skilled expert in the field of the invention
3 - Your idea must be usable
Well, to me it seems that this is pretty obvoius to any engineer in the mobile phone market, and both this phonehttp://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/serene
So I hardly see how this can justify a patent... Of course it could all be about business practices, there is nobody stopping me from applying for a patent on the wheel, I just won't get it. But my competitors won't know that for a year or two..