And so, another project winds up with a useless name and they get to wonder why nobody uses their product, because folks see "Ekiga" and have no idea that it does exactly what they need, where GnomeMeeting might've hinted that at least.
Ahhh, this must be the reason why Skype has been so unsuccessful:)
Look at what Google Maps did for online mapping and tell me AJAX is "just a fad".
Every time people talk about how great Google Maps is I can't help but think that http://map.search.ch/index.en.html is way better than Google Maps in usability terms. You can actually left click on the map and it zooms right in, a right click zooms out. There are symbols indicating bus stations (they even show you the timetable). I know that this only covers Switzerland but I still think it's superior to Google Maps.
The CPU will definitely be able to handle the load, about the HD I'm not so sure: I've a X31 with 512MB RAM and a 1.4GHz Pentium M and as I see it the HD is the main bottleneck. It's just painfully slow while the rest of the machine is very fast. So I think upgrading to a faster 5400rpm or even 7200rpm HD will probably help you.
What you really want to have an edge over the competition is the ability to swap out parts of your code base really fast to fit with whatever the latest chip to come along is so that you can beat your competitors to the market with the new models. With linux's support of many devices it is an ideal choice for this.
I totally agree on that, but does linux support such specialized chips as used in mobile phones? I could imagine, that you would have to write your own driver for it anyway and I was just wondering, what makes this more attractive over Symbian for example. But if there's already a driver available your argument wouldn't count as the competitors could you this driver too. Again, don't get me wrong on this, I'm just not that convinced that Linux on a mobile phone is such a good idea at the moment, I would love to see it on a PDA but on a mobile phone...
Disclaimer: this is NOT a flamebait, I'm a Linux user and Opensource fan!
I was wondering why they actually use Linux on a mobilephone. Linux is open - which is great - but isn't the GNU license pretty unattractive for something as closed as a mobile phone? I mean the mobile phone companies and providers probably have no interest in opening the source and thus making it available to the competition and allowing people to easily hack the phone.
I would be really interested why a mobile phone company should choose Linux over something like Symbian (or even Windows Mobile:) which of course costs license fee but on the other hand is a very customised plattform for mobile phone devices.
How this is more cost-effective--or more effective, period--than low-cost color PDAs with CF microdrives. Surely the higher resolution, larger screen, and more flexible OS would be better?
It's true that high-capacity microdrives are more expensive, but that's still a lot of photos at that resolution.
These images apparently need a lot of space, even a 4GB Microdrive would be filled quickly. An iPod with 20,40 or even 60GB has a lot more space than a PDA with Microdrive plus it is probably cheapter.
And don't forget that since the iPod has a real Harddisk with USB2/Firewire they get quite acceptable transfer rates, I don't think a PDA could compete in this area.
The third argument for an iPod is tight integration: they use Macs, so the iPod should fit perfectly. From my experience, most PDAs can't be mounted as a diskdrive whereas the iPod acts as an external harddrive.
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You mean something like http://mid-deranged.com/2008/10/09/ibm-announces-the-new-power-995-server/ :) ?
... that this is not a hoax! Windows XP boots on a Mac! http://www.mathcaddy.com/windowsxpbootsonamac!!!!1 /
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And so, another project winds up with a useless name and they get to wonder why nobody uses their product, because folks see "Ekiga" and have no idea that it does exactly what they need, where GnomeMeeting might've hinted that at least.
:)
Ahhh, this must be the reason why Skype has been so unsuccessful
Well, they actuall do have pron :) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nude_wo men
Every time people talk about how great Google Maps is I can't help but think that http://map.search.ch/index.en.html is way better than Google Maps in usability terms. You can actually left click on the map and it zooms right in, a right click zooms out. There are symbols indicating bus stations (they even show you the timetable). I know that this only covers Switzerland but I still think it's superior to Google Maps.
seriously, for me there's only one true iPod Killer (tm): http://www.smashmyipod.com/ :P
The CPU will definitely be able to handle the load, about the HD I'm not so sure: I've a X31 with 512MB RAM and a 1.4GHz Pentium M and as I see it the HD is the main bottleneck. It's just painfully slow while the rest of the machine is very fast. So I think upgrading to a faster 5400rpm or even 7200rpm HD will probably help you.
I totally agree on that, but does linux support such specialized chips as used in mobile phones? I could imagine, that you would have to write your own driver for it anyway and I was just wondering, what makes this more attractive over Symbian for example. But if there's already a driver available your argument wouldn't count as the competitors could you this driver too. Again, don't get me wrong on this, I'm just not that convinced that Linux on a mobile phone is such a good idea at the moment, I would love to see it on a PDA but on a mobile phone...
Disclaimer: this is NOT a flamebait, I'm a Linux user and Opensource fan! :) which of course costs license fee but on the other hand is a very customised plattform for mobile phone devices.
I was wondering why they actually use Linux on a mobilephone. Linux is open - which is great - but isn't the GNU license pretty unattractive for something as closed as a mobile phone? I mean the mobile phone companies and providers probably have no interest in opening the source and thus making it available to the competition and allowing people to easily hack the phone.
I would be really interested why a mobile phone company should choose Linux over something like Symbian (or even Windows Mobile
And don't forget that since the iPod has a real Harddisk with USB2/Firewire they get quite acceptable transfer rates, I don't think a PDA could compete in this area.
The third argument for an iPod is tight integration: they use Macs, so the iPod should fit perfectly. From my experience, most PDAs can't be mounted as a diskdrive whereas the iPod acts as an external harddrive.