Some resistive touch screens work nicely with finger pressure but the cheap Chinese tablet screens do not. The one I have requires either the tablet or your finger nail... it takes a huge amount of finger pressure to make it work. Maybe they used too thick a coating or something, i don't know, but they're really bad. It's too bad too, because other than that and the battery life being a little unpredictable at times it's great.
They're very good at ensuring you're not locked in to them as well. You can export your data from pretty much any of their services. I think I read a while back where they have a 'free data team' whose job it is to ensure that's the case. Damn nice to see.
The Canonical repositories do a wonderful job for Ubuntu, I think. I still don't want them to be my only option of course. I think Ubuntu has a nice compromise.
I think the 2.3 limitation may give them a little lead time. The vast majority of Android devices out there right now are 22.1 and 2.2. Devs probably won't want to toss such a large potion of the user base.
I hope they're not afraid of a little competition and allow side-loading and other app stores. It's be a shame to see yet another device that you don't really own.
Perhaps they need a theme song as well: "IE Will Survive"
At first I was afraid, I was petrified. If that's not the best start possible for an IE theme song, I don't know what is.
It gets a lot easier when you have your own certificates... I remember seeing some outcry about certain Chinese telecoms getting them a year or 2 ago. Perhaps people should be removing those from their trusted lists?
Hopefully it will mean sales going down for phones that are crippled, and up for those that are not. As usual, spread the word about which phones to buy. The manufacturers will only respond to lost sales (and some of them are a little too dense even for that it seems).
I believe the Nexus S already has the actual standard implemented. I have a feeling Apple thinks they're big enough to get away with level of greedy ass-hattery, and they may very well be correct.
Lack of an industry standard? Look at the iDevice connector... they seem to care little about standards when it's inconvenient. If Apple and Google both implemented the same NFC implementation it becomes the defacto standard. The way standards bodies are going (slow or corrupt) it's really the only way to get anything done these days anyway.
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Some resistive touch screens work nicely with finger pressure but the cheap Chinese tablet screens do not. The one I have requires either the tablet or your finger nail ... it takes a huge amount of finger pressure to make it work. Maybe they used too thick a coating or something, i don't know, but they're really bad. It's too bad too, because other than that and the battery life being a little unpredictable at times it's great.
I would also assume that they're not actually *losing* money on them either.
There is geek canon behind its nastiness.
They're very good at ensuring you're not locked in to them as well. You can export your data from pretty much any of their services. I think I read a while back where they have a 'free data team' whose job it is to ensure that's the case. Damn nice to see.
Perhaps these governments buy software from them ... they don't want to lose the sales.
I think I misunderstood the summary ... it would have been more clear if they'd said 'up to 2.3'. This is what I get for posting early in the morning.
They way they keep locking down their phones, perhaps it's for the best.
The Canonical repositories do a wonderful job for Ubuntu, I think. I still don't want them to be my only option of course. I think Ubuntu has a nice compromise.
I think the 2.3 limitation may give them a little lead time. The vast majority of Android devices out there right now are 22.1 and 2.2. Devs probably won't want to toss such a large potion of the user base.
I hope they're not afraid of a little competition and allow side-loading and other app stores. It's be a shame to see yet another device that you don't really own.
Or they're trying to litigate themselves a piece of a very lucrative pie.
Perhaps they need a theme song as well: "IE Will Survive"
At first I was afraid, I was petrified.
If that's not the best start possible for an IE theme song, I don't know what is.
Those of us that are forced to work with the 'official corporate browser, IE' are the ones that end up paying for this.
Dude, the Flash thing was just to annoy Jobs, you're not supposed to actually use it.
Thank you for the correction, yes, that was my meaning. A MITM attack becomes quite easy with your own CA.
It gets a lot easier when you have your own certificates ... I remember seeing some outcry about certain Chinese telecoms getting them a year or 2 ago. Perhaps people should be removing those from their trusted lists?
It's also easier than dealing with all of the ridiculous software patents (in that at least some of it has already been dealt with).
Hopefully it will mean sales going down for phones that are crippled, and up for those that are not. As usual, spread the word about which phones to buy. The manufacturers will only respond to lost sales (and some of them are a little too dense even for that it seems).
I generally refer to them as BribeBM.
I think he probably is. This seems to be the newest incarnation of the pro MS/anti-OSS posters.
*wheeze*
Damn ... people on SlashDot really are getting old.
I believe the Nexus S already has the actual standard implemented. I have a feeling Apple thinks they're big enough to get away with level of greedy ass-hattery, and they may very well be correct.
Lack of an industry standard? Look at the iDevice connector ... they seem to care little about standards when it's inconvenient. If Apple and Google both implemented the same NFC implementation it becomes the defacto standard. The way standards bodies are going (slow or corrupt) it's really the only way to get anything done these days anyway.
I hate to upset RMS again, but dropping the GNU and just calling it FreeCall would be fine.
Should I buy different tables for my HTC Android, for the PSP and the iPod?
I can't imagine Apple or Sony using a proprietary technology or connector when a standard exists.