Its very dishonest to hide such a sensitive thing and only admit it after being "caught".
I think if google would have done that it would be news everywhere. and it should for apple too, but I am not really seeing this news being broadcasted that way all over the internet. I hope I'm wrong, such a thing should not go unnoticed.
I was just referring to the fact that I usually have no worries about that information about me being shared - trying to do that behind my back however, just makes me lose confidence in that company. Especially if they are claiming that third party ad services like admob will be banned just because they do broadcast sensitive information like location and OS version and the like! ( that was steve's excuse for banning them right after announcing iAds:P )
And assuming they have my localization for a really good excuse (like google latitude does, for example), I don't think I would care much about it. Especially if I can just turn it off.
I bet most governments are already able to track you down when you are using your cell phone - in some countries it might be legal, in others not. But I'm sure they will do it anyway if they really need to.
It just, I don't think the government would gain much for knowing where I am, unless I am a threat to others (as, say, a terrorist, not as in a pirate). And the same probably goes for apple.
As I said, they would probably just gather statistics and then resell them to companies which might use that data for their advantage. In that case, I don't really mind.
first, apple doesnt ask me to carry that around. I choose to. In fact, I paid for that device because it gives me something very valuable in return. Well, I don't really own an iphone, but the example works the same for my nexus one, where I have purposedly activated latitude and localization analysis/tracking.
If a government would ask me to carry around something like that, I would probably refuse unless I get something valuable in return. In this context, "valuable" is not "for my security" or any of that crap. It should be something more palpable. In that case, yes, maybe I would accept that.
It looks like the laptop screens look much better indoors (and if you don't have a direct light source pointing at your screen).
I have noticed how many shops pay attention and try not to place the glossy screens under a direct source of light, giving sometimes the impression that the screen looks much better. And indeed, when compared "in low light" they look MUCH better. Right now I have an old matte thinkpad next to a new glossy 22'' monitor and the thinkpad screen looks rather pale compared to the glossy screen next to it. But thats only because I'm in a rather dark room right now.
IMHO when speaking of laptops you can NOT assure which one is better (glossy or matte), because it depends on your use case. I understand how glossy screens are better sometimes, but I don't understand how there is NO FRICKIN WAY of getting a matte screen nowadays. Especially for laptops, there should always be both options!
I can't even compare today's matte screens with today's glossy screens, because most matte screens are like 5 or 6 years old.
I am about to get a 13'' MBP and don't know how they would compare, I can't even go to the damn shop and see the difference for myself:(
Honestly, I do not care at all about companies like apple and google collecting satistics about my phone usage, including location. I really don't care. I mean, at most they will be making money selling those satistics to another company while not giving money back to me. I seriously don't think steve has any interest in knowing where I live or where I go.
However, I fully understand how there are many people who do not feel comfortable by any of this.
I think it would be less of a problem if they would give something in return.
Google for example tracks your location with latitude if you explicitly tell them to. And even then, you must go a second step and enable "locaiton tracking" if you want them to actually compute your location for further analysis. And in return I get services like known where my friends are with nearby location alerts (for those of us who have enabled it). Also, google sents you reminders every month that you have those services enabled, but you can turn it off.
It would be great if Apple did the same, remind you that you are sending out potentially sensitive information and give you maybe something in return.
Maybe in the Desktop market, if we are talking about the near future.
I'd say Linux has a great chance of becoming the major player as a mobile OS in the near future. (Android is selling millions of devices every month, hundreds of activations per day. And nokia will be replacing Symbian - the most widely used mobile OS - with Maemo in almost all of its phones)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFUSE "By utilizing an eFUSE (or more realistically, a number of individual eFUSEs), a chip manufacturer can allow for the circuits on a chip to change while it is in operation."
I understand how someone can decide not to officially support modding since that could translate into more costs, but actually investing time and money to prevent modding? Seriously, whats wrong with them? They are supposedly part of the Open Handset Alliance.
Hey moto, most people actually want to run other andriod "mods" (such as cyanogenmod) in order to have the latest and greatest android version, since you guys are obviously too uninterested in keeping your own phones updated. Most of them don't actually care about platform development.
I hope you realize you should actually support - at least not make it difficult to - flash alternate operating systems. Providing an unlocked bootloader is a big first step which should be almost cost-free to do and can IMHO only bring you benefits. (Ever heard of the Nexus One's "oem unlock" command?)
Why not use force powers not just for fighting but also for solving little puzzles ? Think of it as a mix of zelda puzzles and/or portal puzzles, and combine that with some epic battles and I think that would result in a very fun game!
1. windows has a LOT more marketshare than the iphone does, plus there is not yet a clear winner in the mobile market. 2. Even if you must say so, BBs are still the "windows of the smarpthone". At least in most countries in the world, I honestly don't know about the UK right now. 3. I do not agree with the idea of the goverment developing windows-only software (with my taxes), especially when there is a perfectly good multiplatform alternative. You should not be required to pay and use a propietary, vendor-specific software such as iOS, Windows or even Android.
Why not just a website? If coverage is a concern, you could always easily embed it into an app (into a "WebView"). And that should be VERY cheap to develop for, say, the 5 biggest platforms.
Well, assuming you are talking about the "old standard" J2ME, no it does not work on android or iphone - the two fastest-growing players in the mobile market.
I could not agree more with you. I wish they spent more time testing (or just hired more guys for testing purposes). Especially regression tests. Its not uncommon for someone to update from version X to version Y and suddently some hardware part stops working..
You are right, but chatting works exactly the same on iOS v3 and v4. I was just making the point that chatting has still a long way to go on iOS devices. (doesn't matter if its iOS v3 or v4)
Maybe I should have explained myself better, but I think the lack of multitasking and the lack of a proper notification system is the reason why chatting sucks on the iphone/ipad/ipod (IMHO)
How can they even *think* of promoting iOS4 as multitasking capable :
1.- no notification system (no, that horrendous popup-system does not count) 2.- no way apps can run their own code in the background.
end result: no chat. Even if chatting IS possible, I'd get an ipad not because it does more, but because of the commodity and comfort of doing certain tasks more comfortably (browsing for instance). Its not very uncommon to chat while browsing the web, even for iJoe. Chatting on the ipad should be comfortable, not as uncomfortable as it is now.
I mean, will their honor be so badly damaged if they admit other platforms do a better job at that and copy it? Android and Web OS both have great notification systems. Wake up, apple! catch up!
Sure, that is a theoretically valid solution, but in practice its probably not possible for most cases. I even doubt google would agree to have more than 1 or 2 codecs for all its videos... but its great HTML5 allows that:)
Even if you could afford having all videos in different codecs IMHO that would be an ugly solution.
Yep. Exactly:) But that means they are not "dropping" flash, they are just not making it the default player. But it sure is a big step forward. Next step is bye-bye flash:)
Yeah, everyone seems to be ready to drop flash for video playback, but what codec will their videos be encoded with? As it stands today: - Use h264 and all firefox users will be left off - use theora and almost everyone will be left off - use VP8 and most browsers won't support it - use X and Y browser will not support it.
use flash and... 99% browsers will support it. Having said that, I hate flash, but I guess the world is not ready for HTML5 just yet, mainly because of the codecs issue.
Just wait for all linux-based distros to come pre-installed with an Android execution environment. Canonical is already working on it and might already be present in 10.10 A platform and framework for smartphones, TVs, tablets, now linux distros. I guess you could even port it to OSX and windows. Thousands of apps suddenly available everywhere! =D
The problem with current software installed through "repositories" is that apps don't follow a common API - instead every app is allowed to have a dependency to X library or require Y version of software Z, and also requires XYZ system changes, messing directly with your system files. I think one of the strong sides of the App Store (iOS), Market (Android) and future Windows7 phones (XNA-based) is that all apps are required to be coded on top on a modern framework where every app is sandboxed, more secure, and runs on top of a common API. And of course no app is allowed to mess with your system files.
I think this new paradigm is a much more powerful and cleaner way of handling software installation, at least for the "user apps" scenario. And that might very well be the future of OSX, windows or even linux-based distros.
why was this modded troll? I think its way overpriced. Or put another way, you pay for the small design and not for the specs. Which is IMHO a valid point the parent poster made.
There are still people in this world that think specs > outer design. sigh.
Looks good, but sacrificing a frontal USB port just for aesthetics?.... meh.
I don't quite see it fitting into the living room. For that price I would expect a mac mini which works as a media box and has a natal/kninect interface. THAT would be killer! IMHO.
Yeah, HTML5 is the future and as soon as we get rid of flash the better, but if you are going to try and show how its done, then do it right or don't do it at all, Apple.
This is a very nice demo that doesn't tell you to get XYZ browser. Sure, some parts might not work at all if you are not running on the latest chrome or webkit browser, but most demos work and I find it to be a nicer way of doing things (IMHO).
(This was part of a presentation done by some googlers about HTML5 a few months ago)
Slashdot Mirror
yes, I totally agree with that.
Its very dishonest to hide such a sensitive thing and only admit it after being "caught".
I think if google would have done that it would be news everywhere. and it should for apple too, but I am not really seeing this news being broadcasted that way all over the internet. I hope I'm wrong, such a thing should not go unnoticed.
I was just referring to the fact that I usually have no worries about that information about me being shared - trying to do that behind my back however, just makes me lose confidence in that company. :P )
Especially if they are claiming that third party ad services like admob will be banned just because they do broadcast sensitive information like location and OS version and the like! ( that was steve's excuse for banning them right after announcing iAds
BTW, I don't trust any of them, really.
And assuming they have my localization for a really good excuse (like google latitude does, for example), I don't think I would care much about it. Especially if I can just turn it off.
I bet most governments are already able to track you down when you are using your cell phone - in some countries it might be legal, in others not. But I'm sure they will do it anyway if they really need to.
It just, I don't think the government would gain much for knowing where I am, unless I am a threat to others (as, say, a terrorist, not as in a pirate). And the same probably goes for apple.
As I said, they would probably just gather statistics and then resell them to companies which might use that data for their advantage. In that case, I don't really mind.
I don't think thats a valid example.
first, apple doesnt ask me to carry that around. I choose to. In fact, I paid for that device because it gives me something very valuable in return. Well, I don't really own an iphone, but the example works the same for my nexus one, where I have purposedly activated latitude and localization analysis/tracking.
If a government would ask me to carry around something like that, I would probably refuse unless I get something valuable in return. In this context, "valuable" is not "for my security" or any of that crap. It should be something more palpable. In that case, yes, maybe I would accept that.
It looks like the laptop screens look much better indoors (and if you don't have a direct light source pointing at your screen).
I have noticed how many shops pay attention and try not to place the glossy screens under a direct source of light, giving sometimes the impression that the screen looks much better.
And indeed, when compared "in low light" they look MUCH better. Right now I have an old matte thinkpad next to a new glossy 22'' monitor and the thinkpad screen looks rather pale compared to the glossy screen next to it. But thats only because I'm in a rather dark room right now.
IMHO when speaking of laptops you can NOT assure which one is better (glossy or matte), because it depends on your use case. I understand how glossy screens are better sometimes, but I don't understand how there is NO FRICKIN WAY of getting a matte screen nowadays. Especially for laptops, there should always be both options!
I can't even compare today's matte screens with today's glossy screens, because most matte screens are like 5 or 6 years old.
I am about to get a 13'' MBP and don't know how they would compare, I can't even go to the damn shop and see the difference for myself :(
Honestly, I do not care at all about companies like apple and google collecting satistics about my phone usage, including location. I really don't care. I mean, at most they will be making money selling those satistics to another company while not giving money back to me. I seriously don't think steve has any interest in knowing where I live or where I go.
However, I fully understand how there are many people who do not feel comfortable by any of this.
I think it would be less of a problem if they would give something in return.
Google for example tracks your location with latitude if you explicitly tell them to. And even then, you must go a second step and enable "locaiton tracking" if you want them to actually compute your location for further analysis.
And in return I get services like known where my friends are with nearby location alerts (for those of us who have enabled it).
Also, google sents you reminders every month that you have those services enabled, but you can turn it off.
It would be great if Apple did the same, remind you that you are sending out potentially sensitive information and give you maybe something in return.
Ugh, I meant to say hundreds of THOUSANDS activations per day - I better check that preview button twice next time ;)
Maybe in the Desktop market, if we are talking about the near future.
I'd say Linux has a great chance of becoming the major player as a mobile OS in the near future. (Android is selling millions of devices every month, hundreds of activations per day. And nokia will be replacing Symbian - the most widely used mobile OS - with Maemo in almost all of its phones)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFUSE "By utilizing an eFUSE (or more realistically, a number of individual eFUSEs), a chip manufacturer can allow for the circuits on a chip to change while it is in operation."
I understand how someone can decide not to officially support modding since that could translate into more costs, but actually investing time and money to prevent modding?
Seriously, whats wrong with them? They are supposedly part of the Open Handset Alliance.
Hey moto, most people actually want to run other andriod "mods" (such as cyanogenmod) in order to have the latest and greatest android version, since you guys are obviously too uninterested in keeping your own phones updated. Most of them don't actually care about platform development.
I hope you realize you should actually support - at least not make it difficult to - flash alternate operating systems. Providing an unlocked bootloader is a big first step which should be almost cost-free to do and can IMHO only bring you benefits. (Ever heard of the Nexus One's "oem unlock" command?)
Yeah, first the iphone was left in a bar, and now the bars have left the iphone! That can only happen to magical devices.
Why not use force powers not just for fighting but also for solving little puzzles ?
Think of it as a mix of zelda puzzles and/or portal puzzles, and combine that with some epic battles and I think that would result in a very fun game!
augmented reality at its best.
Makes me think what other "natural augmented reality senses" are possible, or even already exist in other species.
well, I am european and I see lots of BBs, more or less as many BBs as iphones.
1. windows has a LOT more marketshare than the iphone does, plus there is not yet a clear winner in the mobile market.
2. Even if you must say so, BBs are still the "windows of the smarpthone". At least in most countries in the world, I honestly don't know about the UK right now.
3. I do not agree with the idea of the goverment developing windows-only software (with my taxes), especially when there is a perfectly good multiplatform alternative. You should not be required to pay and use a propietary, vendor-specific software such as iOS, Windows or even Android.
Why not just a website? If coverage is a concern, you could always easily embed it into an app (into a "WebView"). And that should be VERY cheap to develop for, say, the 5 biggest platforms.
Well, assuming you are talking about the "old standard" J2ME, no it does not work on android or iphone - the two fastest-growing players in the mobile market.
IMHO a website should be the way to go
I could not agree more with you. I wish they spent more time testing (or just hired more guys for testing purposes).
Especially regression tests. Its not uncommon for someone to update from version X to version Y and suddently some hardware part stops working..
You are right, but chatting works exactly the same on iOS v3 and v4.
I was just making the point that chatting has still a long way to go on iOS devices. (doesn't matter if its iOS v3 or v4)
Maybe I should have explained myself better, but I think the lack of multitasking and the lack of a proper notification system is the reason why chatting sucks on the iphone/ipad/ipod (IMHO)
Mod parent up, 5) is especially important!
How can they even *think* of promoting iOS4 as multitasking capable :
1.- no notification system (no, that horrendous popup-system does not count)
2.- no way apps can run their own code in the background.
end result: no chat. Even if chatting IS possible, I'd get an ipad not because it does more, but because of the commodity and comfort of doing certain tasks more comfortably (browsing for instance).
Its not very uncommon to chat while browsing the web, even for iJoe. Chatting on the ipad should be comfortable, not as uncomfortable as it is now.
I mean, will their honor be so badly damaged if they admit other platforms do a better job at that and copy it? Android and Web OS both have great notification systems. Wake up, apple! catch up!
Now we know what the mozilla guys are doing while their code is compiling... harvesting crops!
Sure, that is a theoretically valid solution, but in practice its probably not possible for most cases. I even doubt google would agree to have more than 1 or 2 codecs for all its videos... but its great HTML5 allows that :)
Even if you could afford having all videos in different codecs IMHO that would be an ugly solution.
Yep. Exactly :) :)
But that means they are not "dropping" flash, they are just not making it the default player. But it sure is a big step forward. Next step is bye-bye flash
Yeah, everyone seems to be ready to drop flash for video playback, but what codec will their videos be encoded with?
As it stands today:
- Use h264 and all firefox users will be left off
- use theora and almost everyone will be left off
- use VP8 and most browsers won't support it
- use X and Y browser will not support it.
use flash and... 99% browsers will support it. Having said that, I hate flash, but I guess the world is not ready for HTML5 just yet, mainly because of the codecs issue.
Lets hope VP8 is a success! :-)
Just wait for all linux-based distros to come pre-installed with an Android execution environment. Canonical is already working on it and might already be present in 10.10
A platform and framework for smartphones, TVs, tablets, now linux distros. I guess you could even port it to OSX and windows. Thousands of apps suddenly available everywhere! =D
The problem with current software installed through "repositories" is that apps don't follow a common API - instead every app is allowed to have a dependency to X library or require Y version of software Z, and also requires XYZ system changes, messing directly with your system files.
I think one of the strong sides of the App Store (iOS), Market (Android) and future Windows7 phones (XNA-based) is that all apps are required to be coded on top on a modern framework where every app is sandboxed, more secure, and runs on top of a common API. And of course no app is allowed to mess with your system files.
I think this new paradigm is a much more powerful and cleaner way of handling software installation, at least for the "user apps" scenario. And that might very well be the future of OSX, windows or even linux-based distros.
why was this modded troll? I think its way overpriced. Or put another way, you pay for the small design and not for the specs. Which is IMHO a valid point the parent poster made.
There are still people in this world that think specs > outer design. sigh.
Looks good, but sacrificing a frontal USB port just for aesthetics? .... meh.
I don't quite see it fitting into the living room. For that price I would expect a mac mini which works as a media box and has a natal/kninect interface. THAT would be killer! IMHO.
Yeah, HTML5 is the future and as soon as we get rid of flash the better, but if you are going to try and show how its done, then do it right or don't do it at all, Apple.
Have a look at this: http://apirocks.com/html5/html5.html#slide1
This is a very nice demo that doesn't tell you to get XYZ browser. Sure, some parts might not work at all if you are not running on the latest chrome or webkit browser, but most demos work and I find it to be a nicer way of doing things (IMHO).
(This was part of a presentation done by some googlers about HTML5 a few months ago)