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Sorry, but every single phone OS currently out there don't serve my vision for what I want from a portable OS. All them seem to be weak OS just built to serve the AppStore mentality, locked down so to do anything like backing up your phone is a PITA.
Maemo was the first phone OS that I actually felt was a full-fledged computer OS, that had the flexibility to do what I wanted to do. It fed the dream of having a mobile computer in your pocket. Android feels like an appliance in comparison.
I'm not saying that Maemo/Meego would have solved Nokia's problems, but abandoning all home-grown solutions basically put them in the large pool of manufacturers making generic phones, with little to differentiate them. While going with Windows Phone does do that, it does it for the wrong reasons basically telling everyone that you are an also-ran. Personally, I think there is a place in the market for a Meego-like phone. Those of us who want a computer in our phone and don't want to buy into the appstore mentality.
Considering what happened, yeah, he was foolish to basically abandon Symbian. It should have been a more gradual rolloff. He basically bet everything on Windows Mobile, which everyone knew was a sucker bet based on the history of Windows Mobile. What happened from Microsoft shouldn't have been a shock, because they have done it before.
Symbian was doing well, and I don't think his argument was that it was ultimately a winning strategy to ride Symbian. What he's making a point of is that Elop's "Burning Platforms" memo quickly killed Symbian, which was bringing in money for Nokia. People knew after that that there was no future in Symbian.
I pretty much knew at that point that Nokia was doomed. They pretty much killed everything that made them money, for a weak platform that they wouldn't even have a phone out for almost a year. Even a moron could see that. While things did have to change at Nokia, Elop pretty much destroyed most of the phone division, with little to show for it.
Visual Studio is a nice IDE, but it isn't without issues. I was using 2010 on my last project, and the memory footprint was huge (1GB for the project I was working on.) Also, it would glitch on occasion, causing me to shut it down and reload.
It does seem to integrate nicely with Subversion, tho, which I like.
As someone who works in the government contracting realm, I do find this attitude frustrating. I have found in general that government contractors do tend to be patriotic and want to do a good job in serving their government. Many are former military people, so the "disdain" just doesn't exist for most contractors. Also, most of them damn well know that there isn't endless money, which is why there is always a lot of work put in finding new work.
Not to say that government contracting is perfect, but in general they do a good job serving the needs of government. Now, you can question whether those jobs need to be done at all, but that isn't a question for contractors, who are mostly there to do what their customer wants. Most of the faults of contractors are similar to the faults of most private enterprises.
Course, the problem with car A is that when things go wrong you either can't fix it yourself or you have to pay thousands to fix it. Sometimes, it is because of all of that stuff that makes is "simple" that makes it complicated to fix.
This seems to mirror my experience with Android, when you have to do something beyond the bounds of just normal usability.
The referb Kindle I got from Amazon came in a package like this. A zip open cardboard box with a plastic insert to hold the Kindle, all of which was recyclable.
Symbian was the balloon keeping Nokia aloft. In their infinite wisdom, they decided to pop it while trying to inflate the Windows Phone balloon before they hit the ground. They better hope there aren't any holes in that balloon.
While Symbian wasn't the future, Windows Phone isn't anything to bet your company's future on either. Not without a solid lifeline that was Symbian.
Except that the Wii has outsold the Xbox 360 worldwide, despite the fact that Microsoft's product was out longer. The only reason why Microsoft is where they are right now is because the Wii is now entering EOL, mostly because Nintendo decided to use older technology.
It is also an open question if Xbox is profitable. Both Sony and Microsoft spent a lot of money on their consoles this generation and I don't think either have gotten their money back on it yet.
Ironic that you seem to advocate boycotting DRM, yet you still buy Blurays. Also, DVD has DRM as well. It just happens it was cracked rather easily and there was little they could do about it.
While I agree that streaming isn't going to accomplish what Bluray can do because of bandwidth, there are a lot of people who think streaming is "good enough". It is also convenient. No need to go to the video store or wait for Netflix to deliver a DVD. You can watch it right now. I'm also not quite as negative on Netflix's prospects as you are. Hollywood will need someone to take their content, and I don't see them doing it themselves.
Funny that to replace one device, you need to have three.
There are a couple of reasons why I don't think PCs are going away: keyboards and fact that the vast majority of web sites are not optimized for touch screen. Fact is, typing in anything on any of these devices is a pain in the ass. I hate using touchscreen keyboards and I've hated the trend of going away from built in keyboards. Yes, there are bluetooth keyboards, but it isn't always practical to carry those around with you.
As for web sites, while most are usable, most are also designed to be used with a full PC, not a hacked down browser of many of these machines.
Generally, I feel the same way. I was in three years of a project that was on a ten year contract. It was fairly easy work for me and the pay was good. Thing is, it was boring the hell out of me, and my skills were starting to atrophy by using older development tools. So, I asked off, bounced around for a year, and was eventually laid off because they couldn't find a place for me. That ended up being fine, because my skills were in high demand.
That being said, the skill atrophy did have some effect on my job choices, since some felt I wasn't up to date. Never mind that I've proven in the past that I can pick up things quickly. In any case, I'm picking up the pieces in a job that isn't ideal, but isn't horrible either. While I took a hit in benefits, I did get a pay raise. It will give me some time to rebuild my skillset and maybe in 6 months I'll have some better job prospects.
GSM and LTE are not mutually exclusive items. AT&T uses LTE for its 4G.
Now, you can talk about GSM vs CDMA, which is more of an apples to apples comparison. All of those services tho (except for T-Mobile, which uses HSPA+ (really 3.5G) as a stopgap) are using LTE for their 4G service.
I use JR Media Center for my media library and I have a mix of formats: FLAC for all of my rips and MP3s for the stuff I buy off of Amazon and other sources. When I sync to my MP3 player, there is a setting that will only perform transcodes on the files which the player doesn't support playing. So, it will simply copy the MP3 files to the player, but transcode the FLAC files.
Also, you do not need to transcode every time if you don't want to. In JR Media Center, I can set up a cache which can store such files if you use them again.
When the real battle is Net Neutrality? If that falls, it will be the telcos who will control the web and the gatekeeper for all of these other companies.
I also find it laughable that people think the Government is going to "control the internet", when many in the government are owned by corporate interests. That's the tail wagging the dog.
Am I the only one who read the title as "Publisher's Clearinghouse Proposed For Evoting Failures"? I was wondering how Ed McMahon was going to be involved with it...
No doubt that a lot goes into that ink. In the past, every time I've used a 3rd party ink cartridge, I'd come back with a dead inkjet soon enough. That's part of the reason you don't see the 3rd party ink companies anymore in stores.
That being said, we do need someone to figure it out so that we can get some reasonably priced ink. Until then, there isn't anything stopping these companies from charging whatever they want to charge.
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Sorry, but every single phone OS currently out there don't serve my vision for what I want from a portable OS. All them seem to be weak OS just built to serve the AppStore mentality, locked down so to do anything like backing up your phone is a PITA.
Maemo was the first phone OS that I actually felt was a full-fledged computer OS, that had the flexibility to do what I wanted to do. It fed the dream of having a mobile computer in your pocket. Android feels like an appliance in comparison.
I'm not saying that Maemo/Meego would have solved Nokia's problems, but abandoning all home-grown solutions basically put them in the large pool of manufacturers making generic phones, with little to differentiate them. While going with Windows Phone does do that, it does it for the wrong reasons basically telling everyone that you are an also-ran. Personally, I think there is a place in the market for a Meego-like phone. Those of us who want a computer in our phone and don't want to buy into the appstore mentality.
Considering what happened, yeah, he was foolish to basically abandon Symbian. It should have been a more gradual rolloff. He basically bet everything on Windows Mobile, which everyone knew was a sucker bet based on the history of Windows Mobile. What happened from Microsoft shouldn't have been a shock, because they have done it before.
Symbian was doing well, and I don't think his argument was that it was ultimately a winning strategy to ride Symbian. What he's making a point of is that Elop's "Burning Platforms" memo quickly killed Symbian, which was bringing in money for Nokia. People knew after that that there was no future in Symbian.
I pretty much knew at that point that Nokia was doomed. They pretty much killed everything that made them money, for a weak platform that they wouldn't even have a phone out for almost a year. Even a moron could see that. While things did have to change at Nokia, Elop pretty much destroyed most of the phone division, with little to show for it.
Visual Studio is a nice IDE, but it isn't without issues. I was using 2010 on my last project, and the memory footprint was huge (1GB for the project I was working on.) Also, it would glitch on occasion, causing me to shut it down and reload.
It does seem to integrate nicely with Subversion, tho, which I like.
As someone who works in the government contracting realm, I do find this attitude frustrating. I have found in general that government contractors do tend to be patriotic and want to do a good job in serving their government. Many are former military people, so the "disdain" just doesn't exist for most contractors. Also, most of them damn well know that there isn't endless money, which is why there is always a lot of work put in finding new work.
Not to say that government contracting is perfect, but in general they do a good job serving the needs of government. Now, you can question whether those jobs need to be done at all, but that isn't a question for contractors, who are mostly there to do what their customer wants. Most of the faults of contractors are similar to the faults of most private enterprises.
Course, the problem with car A is that when things go wrong you either can't fix it yourself or you have to pay thousands to fix it. Sometimes, it is because of all of that stuff that makes is "simple" that makes it complicated to fix.
This seems to mirror my experience with Android, when you have to do something beyond the bounds of just normal usability.
The referb Kindle I got from Amazon came in a package like this. A zip open cardboard box with a plastic insert to hold the Kindle, all of which was recyclable.
Another one still using my N900. Too bad "smartphones" are getting dumber by the day.
Maybe you should read mine again. Overall, the Wii is the top selling console of this generation. The Wii has sold 90m vs 67m for Xbox 360.
Symbian was the balloon keeping Nokia aloft. In their infinite wisdom, they decided to pop it while trying to inflate the Windows Phone balloon before they hit the ground. They better hope there aren't any holes in that balloon.
While Symbian wasn't the future, Windows Phone isn't anything to bet your company's future on either. Not without a solid lifeline that was Symbian.
produce the next product that would end up in every home - but Microsoft, under Ballmer's guidance, didn't.
BS. Ballmer took over in 2000.. the XBox was released in 2001.
No 1 console worldwide.. 49% marketshare
If that doesn't count, then what would?
Except that the Wii has outsold the Xbox 360 worldwide, despite the fact that Microsoft's product was out longer. The only reason why Microsoft is where they are right now is because the Wii is now entering EOL, mostly because Nintendo decided to use older technology.
It is also an open question if Xbox is profitable. Both Sony and Microsoft spent a lot of money on their consoles this generation and I don't think either have gotten their money back on it yet.
Ironic that you seem to advocate boycotting DRM, yet you still buy Blurays. Also, DVD has DRM as well. It just happens it was cracked rather easily and there was little they could do about it.
While I agree that streaming isn't going to accomplish what Bluray can do because of bandwidth, there are a lot of people who think streaming is "good enough". It is also convenient. No need to go to the video store or wait for Netflix to deliver a DVD. You can watch it right now. I'm also not quite as negative on Netflix's prospects as you are. Hollywood will need someone to take their content, and I don't see them doing it themselves.
Unfortunately, the secondary market for movies is almost nil nowadays, so the benefits of owning is less than what it used to be
My problem with physical media is having the space to store all of it. It is why I've been gradually going more of a digital direction.
From last summer. He's worried about the long-term implications of spectrum not being shared.
http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/my-insanely-long-field-guide-to-lightsquared-v-the-gps-guys/
Personally, I don't care as much and would like a more open standard that allows me to move phones from carrier to carrier, so I'd rather have GSM.
But your approach would bankrupt the company. Prior to Elop taking over, it was pretty damn clear Symbian, MeeGo/Maemo/Harmatten was doomed.
And now after Elop they are definitely doomed by signing on to the falling star that is Microsoft.
Funny that to replace one device, you need to have three.
There are a couple of reasons why I don't think PCs are going away: keyboards and fact that the vast majority of web sites are not optimized for touch screen. Fact is, typing in anything on any of these devices is a pain in the ass. I hate using touchscreen keyboards and I've hated the trend of going away from built in keyboards. Yes, there are bluetooth keyboards, but it isn't always practical to carry those around with you.
As for web sites, while most are usable, most are also designed to be used with a full PC, not a hacked down browser of many of these machines.
Generally, I feel the same way. I was in three years of a project that was on a ten year contract. It was fairly easy work for me and the pay was good. Thing is, it was boring the hell out of me, and my skills were starting to atrophy by using older development tools. So, I asked off, bounced around for a year, and was eventually laid off because they couldn't find a place for me. That ended up being fine, because my skills were in high demand.
That being said, the skill atrophy did have some effect on my job choices, since some felt I wasn't up to date. Never mind that I've proven in the past that I can pick up things quickly. In any case, I'm picking up the pieces in a job that isn't ideal, but isn't horrible either. While I took a hit in benefits, I did get a pay raise. It will give me some time to rebuild my skillset and maybe in 6 months I'll have some better job prospects.
GSM and LTE are not mutually exclusive items. AT&T uses LTE for its 4G.
Now, you can talk about GSM vs CDMA, which is more of an apples to apples comparison. All of those services tho (except for T-Mobile, which uses HSPA+ (really 3.5G) as a stopgap) are using LTE for their 4G service.
I use JR Media Center for my media library and I have a mix of formats: FLAC for all of my rips and MP3s for the stuff I buy off of Amazon and other sources. When I sync to my MP3 player, there is a setting that will only perform transcodes on the files which the player doesn't support playing. So, it will simply copy the MP3 files to the player, but transcode the FLAC files.
Also, you do not need to transcode every time if you don't want to. In JR Media Center, I can set up a cache which can store such files if you use them again.
When the real battle is Net Neutrality? If that falls, it will be the telcos who will control the web and the gatekeeper for all of these other companies.
I also find it laughable that people think the Government is going to "control the internet", when many in the government are owned by corporate interests. That's the tail wagging the dog.
Am I the only one who read the title as "Publisher's Clearinghouse Proposed For Evoting Failures"? I was wondering how Ed McMahon was going to be involved with it...
I'd say probably early next year. There is a build and phone UI for Meego already testing on the N900.
No doubt that a lot goes into that ink. In the past, every time I've used a 3rd party ink cartridge, I'd come back with a dead inkjet soon enough. That's part of the reason you don't see the 3rd party ink companies anymore in stores. That being said, we do need someone to figure it out so that we can get some reasonably priced ink. Until then, there isn't anything stopping these companies from charging whatever they want to charge.
Different strokes for different folks. I still want to get under the hood and tinker. Jobs wants to take that away from me.