You're only talking a 600 mile data transport. Google is 3,000 miles from Illinois where I am, and I have no trouble getting YouTube videos to stream. When I was into gaming, I got fragged by people a lot farther away.
Now, if they do it like satellite internet usually is now, with satellite downloads and POTS uploads, then yeah, it will suck. But if they do it right I don't see why it would be a problem.
Google may be 3,000 miles away from you, but the place in which your YouTube stream comes from is much closer. CDNs, anyone? Also, while a LEO system would have a much lower latency than existing satellite offerings, it's not going to be a "7ms" penalty. Like everything else, you'll be multiple hops away from the content you want. For example, you want YouTube on DSL, you don't get 1 hop access. You bounce from your machine to your modem to the local DSLAM, etc.
Let's say 7ms is reasonable. It's 7ms up to the satellite. From there, it's 7ms round trip from the satellite to the provider's land based access. You've just doubled the latency.:) Still, much faster than a geostationary high earth altitude satellite, but it's not going to be merely 7ms.
The BB Torch is the exception, as it's remarkable as an "in between" product. It's like a higher-resolution iPhone 3GS that you can do actual work on. It's my current phone.
Torch: 3.2" 480 x 320 pixel screen
iPhone 3GS: 3.5" 480 x 320 pixel screen
Granted the Torch is 20 ppi denser, but it's by virtue of the smaller screen not a super increased resolution. PS: I've done "actual work" on my iPhone.
I think he's sicker than sick. To bail before the shareholder's meeting --where he has performed both effectively and with great personal gusto--tells me that he is simply unable to do it.
That's one school of thought. The other is, to announce a leave on a non-workday (market closed) JUST before announcing another record quarterly profit was timed very well to ensure that any spike from the bad news will be cancelled out by the good news.
I'm comparing a PHONE and a TABLET, and the fact that the tablet has no performance advantage over the same-generation phone from the same company in the same product line. What was so hard for people to understand about this?
I'm sorry if I seem rude, I just didn't think I'd have to spell things out like this on a tech-oriented website. That's a bit ridiculous.
The Samsung Galaxy S (phone), released early last year has a 1GHz A8 based processor with 384mb RAM, and PowerVR SGX540 GPU.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab (tablet) is radically more advanced, in that rather than a 1GHz Cortex A8 with PowerVR SGX540 and 384mb of RAM, it adds... 512mb of RAM.
Perhaps your expectations are off. Seems to be the smartphone and tablet markets are using the latest possible technology that compromises between power and battery life, and are both about equally cutting edge in terms of CPU, RAM, and GPU, which tablets carrying larger screen sizes and longer battery life.
Another big clue: iPad, iPhone run the same OS. Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab run the same OS.
This doesn't equate to there being no advantage to one versus the other. It just won't be in clock speed. Yet there are scads of people (even members on tech-oriented websites) who find value in having BOTH.
I think it's pretty clear I have no idea what your argument is anymore.
The iPhone is a PHONE. The iPad is a TABLET. You expect a phone and a tablet to have the same computing power?
That's my point.
That's the point you had hoped to make. I'm not really sure you've done that. You see, when the iPad came out it had MORE power than the iPhone. Then, a new iPhone came out, and took advantage of the power saving innovations of the iPad's chip, and caught up... no, leapfrogged it by doubling the memory and upping the overall screen resolution as well.
Now, the iPad's refresh is approaching, and all the speculation is pointing to a multi-core CPU, more memory, an SD slot, and perhaps a doubling of the overall resolution.
You expect a phone to not advance technologically because a tablet exists? Perhaps you're aware that over the last almost one year period Apple's been developing the next iPad, which will surely feature improved specs versus the old one. At the same time, they continue to work on newer iPhones, no doubt guaranteeing the same thing on that side.
PS: Are there performance problems? My iPad works pretty darn quick. I'm glad they took some extra time before adding a second core and a stronger graphics processor, since I've enjoyed the 10 hour battery life. No doubt they've improved the battery and power conservation technology as well over the last year, and will be able to continue to offer that.
Besides, I think you're forgetting that when the iPad came out, it DID have a faster processor than the iPhone.
True, but then you're comparing a brand-new product to what was at the time almost a year old....
Yes, that's true. I don't get your point, but it is true, that when the iPad came out it was newer then the (then top of the line) iPhone 3GS, and if you were to compare them, you'd find vastly improved hardware in the iPad.
I think it's pretty clear I have no idea what your argument is anymore.
No. I was referring to the fact that, generally, you expect a 10" device to have more computing power than a 3.5" device.
Did I really have to explain that?
I guess you don't HAVE to explain anything, but based on all the replies I just read besides mine, yeah, maybe you could have.
Besides, I think you're forgetting that when the iPad came out, it DID have a faster processor than the iPhone. That the iPhone 4 came out later, is a separate issue. If the iPad 2 still has the SAME processor, then you might have an argument.
Here's to hoping that Apple puts a more powerful processor in the second iPad than they do in the 5th iPhone. I realize they likely had the same processor in the iPad/iPhone 4 just to keep things simple, but it seemed really strange to me that a device with a bigger screen (and marginally larger resolution) had the same CPU in it as the tiny version.
Bigger AND marginally larger resolution? So if the iPad had a 1024x768 screen but a 12" screen, that would necessitate a more powerful CPU than a 10" version at 1024x768?
Two can play this game you know. Before nazi germany and the rest it was the British Empire, France and Spain who went off and enslaved people, put them in ships and brought them back home to collect their cotton. How far back do you wanna go?
Without defending British colonization and slavery, I'm not sure everything in life is black and white. There's probably a difference between not enslaving people, enslaving people and committing genocide. I gotta run though, I hear Godwin knocking at the door.
You see that's the problem with the west. Some people can't just accept that other countries are just..different. Why can't you just accept others as they are?
I'd rather not. By all accounts there's something worse going on than a lack of free speech and free commerce. Namely, people are dying from starvation.
And where exactly do you base your opinion on North Korea? On the news? The news that said there are nukes in Iraq and that terrorists are hiding in Afghanistan? ROFL.
I highly recommend Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick, taken largely from first hand reports of North Korean defectors now living in South Korea. Also, are you SURE there's NO terrorists hiding in Afghanistan? Sure, some probably fled to Pakistan, but I'm pretty sure there are a few.
Don't get me wrong, I don't like regimes where there's no freedom of speech either but where do we get off judging them? You can speak freely in the US? Yes so long as you don't damage certain interests.
Yes, we can speak pretty freely in the US. But I think the bigger issue in North Korea are things like no electricity, starving children, hospitals that can't or don't service the people and those that do use bribes. I think if I regularly ate grass to try and survive a bit longer, I'd probably hope that nobody worried about defending my regime. Free speech seems pretty small, to them, I bet.
I bet in North Korea everybody gets a home to live in. But then again I'm only guessing.
I'm sure everybody agrees with you on this point. You certainly are just guessing. Sadly, the reality seems to be that even those with homes aren't necessarily eating regularly.
Sadly enough, I've had a simple drive replacement tied up in meetings and other office politics for months. Write up a proposal for change, sit in meetings where various department heads without a clue discuss the potential hazards, write up the rollback process (for changing a drive?).
Not that I don't agree that some companies make change management more than it needs to be (mine does it OKAY), but I bet the guy I knew years ago who changed a drive on a RAID-5 array had thought about testing and rollback. You see, he received the replacement drive late in the day, ran into the data center, popped out a drive, popped in the new drive, and went home. Sadly, he had pulled the wrong drive.
But if your sudo activity log has you doing "su -", then whatever gets borked up after that is automagically your fault as a matter of policy ^_^
Yeah, nobody's ever altered that file. Also, make sure you are watching for changes to your syslogd config, lest someone disable forwarding, do something snarky, turn it back on. But then, security is rarely something that can be solved definitively by means of one slashdot comment.
If you don't trust your sysadmin, they shouldn't be your sysadmin. Just like the accounting department probably has the ability to steal a certain sum of money before anyone will notice, your sysadmin is given responsibilities that could potentially cause grief if they are on the wrong team.
Funny, many companies I've worked for required two signatures on any check over a certain amount. Also, lots of places separate those who print checks (and have access to MICR toner and blank checks) and those who sign them. The latter may be just common sense (executives don't run payroll, etc), but the former certainly is an acknowledgement that just because you sign a check doesn't mean you have blanket trust and authority.
All make magazine knows about me is my address and CC number. If they outsource fulfillment, they don't even know that. The nosiest print magazine I can think of is QST where the ARRL also knows my callsign.
Apple / Google know an unholy heck of a lot more about me.
Magazine publishers have a lot more information for their advertisers than just your address. And they get it from multiple places, not just your subscription card (of which many of those ask questions like salary level, of which more people than you would imagine answer).
Apple may know a lot more about you, but so far seem unwilling to give it to publishers of magazines.
The privacy issue has to be framed against the fact that they have this same information on you when you subscribe annually in print form. That's why they want it so much - they are used to it! That said, Apple to date has been very adamant about not sharing this information with app developers upon download time, it's actually been a bone of contention, and a major hindrance to magazines with annual subscription offerings.
Zinio and Amazon (Kindle) have sidestepped it by forcing you to purchase through their web fronts. PressDisplay does subscriptions through their web sites, and single issues for newspapers through the App Store in-app purchasing, so they get your information when you subscribe, but not when you buy one issue.
I've talked with a lot of Creationists, and I've rarely encountered one that has read anything on evolution or biology beyond what they may have briefly seen in a high school textbook.
This goes for a lot of Evolutionists too. You are really just describing most people.
And I encourage a everybody else to boycott Chick-fil-a. As someone who is not a xistian, I find the corporations stated purpose of "Glorifying God" and imposing their religious doctrine on employees incompatible with my own beliefs.
I boycott it every Sunday. Is that what you meant?
No, it isn't banned. We the state don't ban anything. You just won't be doing business in this town.
I much rather have state censorship. The state can be voted out. Amazon can not.
So, you are free to publish a book that upsets the powers that be, you just won't be finding a publisher or bookstore to sell it. But freedom is ensured as long as you don't try to exercise it.
This guy would also defend "No jews allowed" or "Whites only" on private businesses. The dream he chases? I want none of it.
The debate should be over whether or not the books really promoted what they were banned over. Then you can decide if Amazon was removing books for sale that were morally offensive and described illegal acts, or just rash to judge. This has NOTHING to do with "no jews allowed" (it's no illegal to be Jewish" or "whites only" (it's not illegal to be black). This has to do with rape, which is illegal, and incest, which is illegal. So you can describe the portrayal of it as legal but offensive, but portraying an illegal act in a book is not the same as against breaking the law yourself through discrimination.
Also, Amazon has a monopoly... of Kindle users. Just like Apple has a monopoly... of iPad users. Kindle book store = Apple app store. Monopoly of the industry is quite a bit different. The most aggressive projects are 8 million Kindles sold this year . Sony claims to have sold a couple of million eReaders, which use ePub and support content from non-Sony stores, including Kobo (can't find a link now). B&N is making 18,000 NookColor tablets a day, and if they keep that pace for just 6 months that's over 3 million shipped. Then there are Kobo readers, people using non-Kindle apps on their iPads and iPods, folks using apps other than Kindle on their Android, discount no-name eReaders sold at KMart and other fine establishments, and before you know it, you realize that anyone in this comment thread suggesting a monopoly, really is way off base.
WalMart doesn't sell music with explicit lyrics. Is it censorship? Sure. Nothing inherently ILLEGAL about it, nor do they possess any more of a monopoly in Music than Amazon does in eBooks.
Or trying being a software developer who has to test stuff across a wide selection of browsers. Or in a company that will not let you use anything but their default browser, which happens not to be the browser you use at home. Xmarks has its place, or it had its place.
Any company that blocks you from using your own software probably extends that block to software addons and plugins.
As I've mentioned before, this will give the ISPs an excuse to switch to per Gb billing.
If I could drop satellite TV, saving $90 but see my Internet bill go up $50, or even $90, and my flexibility in how, when and where I consume TV actually improved, I'd be ok with that. I doubt it's imminently happening, but I'd pay Apple, Google, my DSL provider, or really any provider who was willing to let me get TV I cared for on demand on any device I care for. I'm not interested (personally) in SAVING money so much as GETTING MORE OF WHAT I WANT.
Also, you say, "That's why I prefer to work with iOS development, because they do listen to developers and take into account feedback or concerns, and really change fundamental policy instead of continuing said policy just because it exists as so many other companies would do..." Has there been any fundamental policy shift before today? If not, what were you saying prior to today on why you prefer to work with iOS development?
They listened to developer demand and introduced an SDK and stopped allowing only HTML5 web apps. They allowed turn by turn navigation products. And neither of those were really influenced by the rising success of Android, at the time. I could probably think of a few more, but you asked for "ANY", of which two satisfies.
Unless you do a crazy amount of greater than 8x10 prints you're probably better off with a cheap laser and Walgreens/Costco/etc with a real mini-lab, better quality than any sub $5,000 printer, prints will last a lifetime or more, and it's cheaper per print when you consider all costs.
I second this... I gave up trying to print photos at home a long time ago. Clogged print heads, ink drying out, banding, spots... if you don't print very often, your inkjet will break down. My Walgreens has prints available less than an hour after you submit them online, for pennies on a 4x6 print. Without a coupon, it's 19 cents. If you can wait a bit, I've mail ordered 16x20 prints for under $7.
Add up the cost of a good photo print. This is going to be a 6 color or more printer, and not $40. Add in QUALITY paper, and a supply of ink. It's really not cheaper, and unless you are exceeding 8x10 it's not quicker by much.
That may be, but it remains difficult. Many people think they can, and find out they can't. Or erroneously deduct it and by virtue of not getting audited don't find out either way. But the rules are very strict, and not nearly as many people are entitled to claim the deduction as think they do. Perhaps you're a full time consultant, working out of your house often, with an office used for nothing but business. I don't know, it doesn't really matter, since whether or not you qualify wouldn't impact whether or not it's difficult for most taxpayers to qualify or not.
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You're only talking a 600 mile data transport. Google is 3,000 miles from Illinois where I am, and I have no trouble getting YouTube videos to stream. When I was into gaming, I got fragged by people a lot farther away.
Now, if they do it like satellite internet usually is now, with satellite downloads and POTS uploads, then yeah, it will suck. But if they do it right I don't see why it would be a problem.
Google may be 3,000 miles away from you, but the place in which your YouTube stream comes from is much closer. CDNs, anyone? Also, while a LEO system would have a much lower latency than existing satellite offerings, it's not going to be a "7ms" penalty. Like everything else, you'll be multiple hops away from the content you want. For example, you want YouTube on DSL, you don't get 1 hop access. You bounce from your machine to your modem to the local DSLAM, etc.
:) Still, much faster than a geostationary high earth altitude satellite, but it's not going to be merely 7ms.
Let's say 7ms is reasonable. It's 7ms up to the satellite. From there, it's 7ms round trip from the satellite to the provider's land based access. You've just doubled the latency.
The BB Torch is the exception, as it's remarkable as an "in between" product. It's like a higher-resolution iPhone 3GS that you can do actual work on. It's my current phone.
Torch: 3.2" 480 x 320 pixel screen
iPhone 3GS: 3.5" 480 x 320 pixel screen
Granted the Torch is 20 ppi denser, but it's by virtue of the smaller screen not a super increased resolution. PS: I've done "actual work" on my iPhone.
Comdex showed the ipad has another year to advance without any viable competition.
COMDEX? Now you're just showing your age. :)
I think he's sicker than sick. To bail before the shareholder's meeting --where he has performed both effectively and with great personal gusto--tells me that he is simply unable to do it.
That's one school of thought. The other is, to announce a leave on a non-workday (market closed) JUST before announcing another record quarterly profit was timed very well to ensure that any spike from the bad news will be cancelled out by the good news.
I'm comparing a PHONE and a TABLET, and the fact that the tablet has no performance advantage over the same-generation phone from the same company in the same product line. What was so hard for people to understand about this?
I'm sorry if I seem rude, I just didn't think I'd have to spell things out like this on a tech-oriented website. That's a bit ridiculous.
The Samsung Galaxy S (phone), released early last year has a 1GHz A8 based processor with 384mb RAM, and PowerVR SGX540 GPU.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab (tablet) is radically more advanced, in that rather than a 1GHz Cortex A8 with PowerVR SGX540 and 384mb of RAM, it adds... 512mb of RAM.
Perhaps your expectations are off. Seems to be the smartphone and tablet markets are using the latest possible technology that compromises between power and battery life, and are both about equally cutting edge in terms of CPU, RAM, and GPU, which tablets carrying larger screen sizes and longer battery life.
Another big clue: iPad, iPhone run the same OS. Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab run the same OS.
This doesn't equate to there being no advantage to one versus the other. It just won't be in clock speed. Yet there are scads of people (even members on tech-oriented websites) who find value in having BOTH.
I think it's pretty clear I have no idea what your argument is anymore.
The iPhone is a PHONE. The iPad is a TABLET. You expect a phone and a tablet to have the same computing power?
That's my point.
That's the point you had hoped to make. I'm not really sure you've done that. You see, when the iPad came out it had MORE power than the iPhone. Then, a new iPhone came out, and took advantage of the power saving innovations of the iPad's chip, and caught up... no, leapfrogged it by doubling the memory and upping the overall screen resolution as well.
Now, the iPad's refresh is approaching, and all the speculation is pointing to a multi-core CPU, more memory, an SD slot, and perhaps a doubling of the overall resolution.
You expect a phone to not advance technologically because a tablet exists? Perhaps you're aware that over the last almost one year period Apple's been developing the next iPad, which will surely feature improved specs versus the old one. At the same time, they continue to work on newer iPhones, no doubt guaranteeing the same thing on that side.
PS: Are there performance problems? My iPad works pretty darn quick. I'm glad they took some extra time before adding a second core and a stronger graphics processor, since I've enjoyed the 10 hour battery life. No doubt they've improved the battery and power conservation technology as well over the last year, and will be able to continue to offer that.
Besides, I think you're forgetting that when the iPad came out, it DID have a faster processor than the iPhone.
True, but then you're comparing a brand-new product to what was at the time almost a year old....
Yes, that's true. I don't get your point, but it is true, that when the iPad came out it was newer then the (then top of the line) iPhone 3GS, and if you were to compare them, you'd find vastly improved hardware in the iPad.
I think it's pretty clear I have no idea what your argument is anymore.
No. I was referring to the fact that, generally, you expect a 10" device to have more computing power than a 3.5" device.
Did I really have to explain that?
I guess you don't HAVE to explain anything, but based on all the replies I just read besides mine, yeah, maybe you could have.
Besides, I think you're forgetting that when the iPad came out, it DID have a faster processor than the iPhone. That the iPhone 4 came out later, is a separate issue. If the iPad 2 still has the SAME processor, then you might have an argument.
Here's to hoping that Apple puts a more powerful processor in the second iPad than they do in the 5th iPhone. I realize they likely had the same processor in the iPad/iPhone 4 just to keep things simple, but it seemed really strange to me that a device with a bigger screen (and marginally larger resolution) had the same CPU in it as the tiny version.
Bigger AND marginally larger resolution? So if the iPad had a 1024x768 screen but a 12" screen, that would necessitate a more powerful CPU than a 10" version at 1024x768?
Two can play this game you know. Before nazi germany and the rest it was the British Empire, France and Spain who went off and enslaved people, put them in ships and brought them back home to collect their cotton. How far back do you wanna go?
Without defending British colonization and slavery, I'm not sure everything in life is black and white. There's probably a difference between not enslaving people, enslaving people and committing genocide. I gotta run though, I hear Godwin knocking at the door.
You see that's the problem with the west. Some people can't just accept that other countries are just ..different. Why can't you just accept others as they are?
I'd rather not. By all accounts there's something worse going on than a lack of free speech and free commerce. Namely, people are dying from starvation.
And where exactly do you base your opinion on North Korea? On the news? The news that said there are nukes in Iraq and that terrorists are hiding in Afghanistan? ROFL.
I highly recommend Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick, taken largely from first hand reports of North Korean defectors now living in South Korea. Also, are you SURE there's NO terrorists hiding in Afghanistan? Sure, some probably fled to Pakistan, but I'm pretty sure there are a few.
Don't get me wrong, I don't like regimes where there's no freedom of speech either but where do we get off judging them? You can speak freely in the US? Yes so long as you don't damage certain interests.
Yes, we can speak pretty freely in the US. But I think the bigger issue in North Korea are things like no electricity, starving children, hospitals that can't or don't service the people and those that do use bribes. I think if I regularly ate grass to try and survive a bit longer, I'd probably hope that nobody worried about defending my regime. Free speech seems pretty small, to them, I bet.
I bet in North Korea everybody gets a home to live in. But then again I'm only guessing.
I'm sure everybody agrees with you on this point. You certainly are just guessing. Sadly, the reality seems to be that even those with homes aren't necessarily eating regularly.
Sadly enough, I've had a simple drive replacement tied up in meetings and other office politics for months. Write up a proposal for change, sit in meetings where various department heads without a clue discuss the potential hazards, write up the rollback process (for changing a drive?).
Not that I don't agree that some companies make change management more than it needs to be (mine does it OKAY), but I bet the guy I knew years ago who changed a drive on a RAID-5 array had thought about testing and rollback. You see, he received the replacement drive late in the day, ran into the data center, popped out a drive, popped in the new drive, and went home. Sadly, he had pulled the wrong drive.
Well, there's /root/.bash_history
But if your sudo activity log has you doing "su -", then whatever gets borked up after that is automagically your fault as a matter of policy ^_^
Yeah, nobody's ever altered that file. Also, make sure you are watching for changes to your syslogd config, lest someone disable forwarding, do something snarky, turn it back on. But then, security is rarely something that can be solved definitively by means of one slashdot comment.
If you don't trust your sysadmin, they shouldn't be your sysadmin. Just like the accounting department probably has the ability to steal a certain sum of money before anyone will notice, your sysadmin is given responsibilities that could potentially cause grief if they are on the wrong team.
Funny, many companies I've worked for required two signatures on any check over a certain amount. Also, lots of places separate those who print checks (and have access to MICR toner and blank checks) and those who sign them. The latter may be just common sense (executives don't run payroll, etc), but the former certainly is an acknowledgement that just because you sign a check doesn't mean you have blanket trust and authority.
All make magazine knows about me is my address and CC number. If they outsource fulfillment, they don't even know that. The nosiest print magazine I can think of is QST where the ARRL also knows my callsign.
Apple / Google know an unholy heck of a lot more about me.
Magazine publishers have a lot more information for their advertisers than just your address. And they get it from multiple places, not just your subscription card (of which many of those ask questions like salary level, of which more people than you would imagine answer).
Apple may know a lot more about you, but so far seem unwilling to give it to publishers of magazines.
The privacy issue has to be framed against the fact that they have this same information on you when you subscribe annually in print form. That's why they want it so much - they are used to it! That said, Apple to date has been very adamant about not sharing this information with app developers upon download time, it's actually been a bone of contention, and a major hindrance to magazines with annual subscription offerings. Zinio and Amazon (Kindle) have sidestepped it by forcing you to purchase through their web fronts. PressDisplay does subscriptions through their web sites, and single issues for newspapers through the App Store in-app purchasing, so they get your information when you subscribe, but not when you buy one issue.
I've talked with a lot of Creationists, and I've rarely encountered one that has read anything on evolution or biology beyond what they may have briefly seen in a high school textbook.
This goes for a lot of Evolutionists too. You are really just describing most people.
And I encourage a everybody else to boycott Chick-fil-a. As someone who is not a xistian, I find the corporations stated purpose of "Glorifying God" and imposing their religious doctrine on employees incompatible with my own beliefs.
I boycott it every Sunday. Is that what you meant?
No, it isn't banned. We the state don't ban anything. You just won't be doing business in this town.
I much rather have state censorship. The state can be voted out. Amazon can not.
So, you are free to publish a book that upsets the powers that be, you just won't be finding a publisher or bookstore to sell it. But freedom is ensured as long as you don't try to exercise it.
This guy would also defend "No jews allowed" or "Whites only" on private businesses. The dream he chases? I want none of it.
The debate should be over whether or not the books really promoted what they were banned over. Then you can decide if Amazon was removing books for sale that were morally offensive and described illegal acts, or just rash to judge. This has NOTHING to do with "no jews allowed" (it's no illegal to be Jewish" or "whites only" (it's not illegal to be black). This has to do with rape, which is illegal, and incest, which is illegal. So you can describe the portrayal of it as legal but offensive, but portraying an illegal act in a book is not the same as against breaking the law yourself through discrimination. Also, Amazon has a monopoly... of Kindle users. Just like Apple has a monopoly... of iPad users. Kindle book store = Apple app store. Monopoly of the industry is quite a bit different. The most aggressive projects are 8 million Kindles sold this year . Sony claims to have sold a couple of million eReaders, which use ePub and support content from non-Sony stores, including Kobo (can't find a link now). B&N is making 18,000 NookColor tablets a day, and if they keep that pace for just 6 months that's over 3 million shipped. Then there are Kobo readers, people using non-Kindle apps on their iPads and iPods, folks using apps other than Kindle on their Android, discount no-name eReaders sold at KMart and other fine establishments, and before you know it, you realize that anyone in this comment thread suggesting a monopoly, really is way off base. WalMart doesn't sell music with explicit lyrics. Is it censorship? Sure. Nothing inherently ILLEGAL about it, nor do they possess any more of a monopoly in Music than Amazon does in eBooks.
Or trying being a software developer who has to test stuff across a wide selection of browsers. Or in a company that will not let you use anything but their default browser, which happens not to be the browser you use at home. Xmarks has its place, or it had its place.
Any company that blocks you from using your own software probably extends that block to software addons and plugins.
As I've mentioned before, this will give the ISPs an excuse to switch to per Gb billing.
If I could drop satellite TV, saving $90 but see my Internet bill go up $50, or even $90, and my flexibility in how, when and where I consume TV actually improved, I'd be ok with that. I doubt it's imminently happening, but I'd pay Apple, Google, my DSL provider, or really any provider who was willing to let me get TV I cared for on demand on any device I care for. I'm not interested (personally) in SAVING money so much as GETTING MORE OF WHAT I WANT.
Also, you say, "That's why I prefer to work with iOS development, because they do listen to developers and take into account feedback or concerns, and really change fundamental policy instead of continuing said policy just because it exists as so many other companies would do..." Has there been any fundamental policy shift before today? If not, what were you saying prior to today on why you prefer to work with iOS development?
They listened to developer demand and introduced an SDK and stopped allowing only HTML5 web apps. They allowed turn by turn navigation products. And neither of those were really influenced by the rising success of Android, at the time. I could probably think of a few more, but you asked for "ANY", of which two satisfies.
There was a United States of American prior to the formation of the United states of America?
Unless you do a crazy amount of greater than 8x10 prints you're probably better off with a cheap laser and Walgreens/Costco/etc with a real mini-lab, better quality than any sub $5,000 printer, prints will last a lifetime or more, and it's cheaper per print when you consider all costs.
I second this... I gave up trying to print photos at home a long time ago. Clogged print heads, ink drying out, banding, spots... if you don't print very often, your inkjet will break down. My Walgreens has prints available less than an hour after you submit them online, for pennies on a 4x6 print. Without a coupon, it's 19 cents. If you can wait a bit, I've mail ordered 16x20 prints for under $7.
Add up the cost of a good photo print. This is going to be a 6 color or more printer, and not $40. Add in QUALITY paper, and a supply of ink. It's really not cheaper, and unless you are exceeding 8x10 it's not quicker by much.
It's not. I've done it every year since 1996.
That may be, but it remains difficult. Many people think they can, and find out they can't. Or erroneously deduct it and by virtue of not getting audited don't find out either way. But the rules are very strict, and not nearly as many people are entitled to claim the deduction as think they do. Perhaps you're a full time consultant, working out of your house often, with an office used for nothing but business. I don't know, it doesn't really matter, since whether or not you qualify wouldn't impact whether or not it's difficult for most taxpayers to qualify or not.