maybe you should consider that there might be a well-thought-out reason why they do it. Quite simply, if they let every third-party app have free access to the CPU, the battery would last about 10 minutes. The reason that lots of people are bitching about the battery life on the Pre: multitasking. There's a technical trade-off between CPU load and battery life. Considering that battery life for a mobile phone is an important consideration, I think Apple made the right decision to limit CPU access. Sure, you could build a bigger iPhone that had a replaceable battery and carry a bag of batteries around with you, but the compactness of the iPhone appeals to a lot of people.
Aside from the technical considerations, the functionality of Latitude, which allows the whole world to know where you are, strikes me as creepy.
Isn't this photo thing nothing more than replacing a simple solution (GPS) with an extremely complicated one???
Way to go, MR! Your string of impractical duds continues.
When I have a problem with an Apple iphone, the buck stops with Apple (or, occasionally, with AT&T). But open the thing up so that there are hundreds of versions of hardware and imagine the fun it would be to resolve a problem with the product. This is precisely what happens with Windows Mobile or Windows in general. The finger pointing starts between hardware and software, and getting a problem resolved is a true pain in the ass. Wait until Microsoft opens their retail stores and the "Genius Bar" personnel get a taste of resolving problems with Microsoft software on thousands of different hardware variations! What fun that's gonna be! Oh, yeah!!!!!
Guess the lessons learned in the good ol' mainframe/dumb terminal days still apply, eh?:
The network is fallible, and when the network croaks, you're royally forked.
The Safari browser on my iPod touch is entirely capable of displaying full, un-mobile-optimized sites just fine, thank you. It's irritating when a site detects that it's a mobile device and pushes out the lame, mobile-optimized version. As browsers improve on all mobile devices, seems like developers could just can the optimized version and have one-size-fits-all content.
Yikes! Over at PC Mag, John C. Dvorak, Lance Ulanoff, and now Jim Louderback are mean-mouthing Vista, saying nice things about the Mac and threatening to jump ship to either Linux or Mac. That's PeeCee Magazine!!! The end is near, I tell you!!!
Let's face it. Their batting average hasn't been stellar recently. I'm very surprised that Steve Ballmer is still CEO. Based on their stock performance, you'd think there would be a shareholder uprising.
I'm not an expert on the Palm OS, but I've owned several Palms (have a TX now) and appreciate their easy, straightforward operation. Don't know how the Windows program compares, but I think it's sad to see the demise of a very usable system. Bummer.
And thank you for advancing the cause of DRM-free music by paying that $1-per-Zune ransom to the music companies and pushing your proprietary WMV format.
Oh, yeah?!? What about OS's (their MAIN product)? They've been at that for how many years? And we're still waiting for them to catch up with the rest of the industry! So this idea that "Man, that second--or third--or whatever generation Zune is going to be great and better than anything out there" is pure, 24-karat BS!!!
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Gee, I'm glad they don't let modesty stand in the way of truth.
maybe you should consider that there might be a well-thought-out reason why they do it. Quite simply, if they let every third-party app have free access to the CPU, the battery would last about 10 minutes. The reason that lots of people are bitching about the battery life on the Pre: multitasking. There's a technical trade-off between CPU load and battery life. Considering that battery life for a mobile phone is an important consideration, I think Apple made the right decision to limit CPU access. Sure, you could build a bigger iPhone that had a replaceable battery and carry a bag of batteries around with you, but the compactness of the iPhone appeals to a lot of people. Aside from the technical considerations, the functionality of Latitude, which allows the whole world to know where you are, strikes me as creepy.
like Apple TV is Steve Jobs'.
Isn't this photo thing nothing more than replacing a simple solution (GPS) with an extremely complicated one??? Way to go, MR! Your string of impractical duds continues.
When I have a problem with an Apple iphone, the buck stops with Apple (or, occasionally, with AT&T). But open the thing up so that there are hundreds of versions of hardware and imagine the fun it would be to resolve a problem with the product. This is precisely what happens with Windows Mobile or Windows in general. The finger pointing starts between hardware and software, and getting a problem resolved is a true pain in the ass. Wait until Microsoft opens their retail stores and the "Genius Bar" personnel get a taste of resolving problems with Microsoft software on thousands of different hardware variations! What fun that's gonna be! Oh, yeah!!!!!
Guess the lessons learned in the good ol' mainframe/dumb terminal days still apply, eh?: The network is fallible, and when the network croaks, you're royally forked.
The most polite word I can think of to describe anyone who adds more distractions for a driver in a car is "irresponsible".
The Safari browser on my iPod touch is entirely capable of displaying full, un-mobile-optimized sites just fine, thank you. It's irritating when a site detects that it's a mobile device and pushes out the lame, mobile-optimized version. As browsers improve on all mobile devices, seems like developers could just can the optimized version and have one-size-fits-all content.
This is in case a right-brained person ever goes to work for Microsoft.
Yikes! Over at PC Mag, John C. Dvorak, Lance Ulanoff, and now Jim Louderback are mean-mouthing Vista, saying nice things about the Mac and threatening to jump ship to either Linux or Mac. That's PeeCee Magazine!!! The end is near, I tell you!!!
...to have a phone with no *^%##@()*&^$ ads. It's a cheapie Nokia 1100 Tracfone. Works great.
Let's face it. Their batting average hasn't been stellar recently. I'm very surprised that Steve Ballmer is still CEO. Based on their stock performance, you'd think there would be a shareholder uprising.
...in a portable, hand-held device! Oh, wait a minute...........
And the "type of people who would buy a Zune" would be exactly who?
...and 5 satisfied customers!
I'm not an expert on the Palm OS, but I've owned several Palms (have a TX now) and appreciate their easy, straightforward operation. Don't know how the Windows program compares, but I think it's sad to see the demise of a very usable system. Bummer.
...smoke rising from the rear of Bill's trousers when he announced these sales figures?
for seven years. And it's GRRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT!!!
...aren't "subscribe" and "DRM-free" like------incompatible?
And thank you for advancing the cause of DRM-free music by paying that $1-per-Zune ransom to the music companies and pushing your proprietary WMV format.
Oh, yeah?!? What about OS's (their MAIN product)? They've been at that for how many years? And we're still waiting for them to catch up with the rest of the industry! So this idea that "Man, that second--or third--or whatever generation Zune is going to be great and better than anything out there" is pure, 24-karat BS!!!
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So the BSOD is a GOOD thing!
That's it. Just.....yikes!
I sure hope so!