First, direct support. No one is going to provide first class support for Android to the OEMs. They either hire some system integrator who may or may not have deep Android experience or they develop the expertise in-house. As you yourself said, the software is not the thing they are selling, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to develop this themselves.
Second, the control MS is exerting here means that MS considers this extremely high priority. MS has realized the letting OEMs develop their own phones has been a disaster from day 1. By taking a personal interest in the actual products that are released, MS is providing a higher level of support and more confidence that this time they aren't going to release more crap like Pocket Office.
It sounds like MS has learned the right lessons here, but you can see a lot of resentment towards MS here and on other message boards. It might be too little too late for the giant.
One reason why the iPhone is such a phenomenal phone is that the user interface permeates everything. Not just the immediate application screen or the app transitions, but at a fundamental level there is a symmetry and orthogonality of conceptualization that leads to a seamless user experience.
While that might sound like marketing gobbledygook, compare the Toshiba T-1 to the iPhone. Both have very cool initial user interfaces. In fact, the Toshiba (WinMo6.x) has a more interesting interface in that it changes to meet the user's needs without hardly any user input. However, once you dig past the first interface, it becomes clear that the WinMo phone is the same old WinMo crap underneath. There is no good widget set, there is no clear UI design guideline, and there is no good way to develop an app that doesn't end up feeling like a clunky mess. The iPhone, on the other hand, has a widget set that is reusable and has intuitive usage, there are very clear design guidelines, and most of all there are real artists who want to make apps for the platform.
If WinMo7 can break the Windows Mobile mold and really create something that provides a cohesive user interaction concept, then we may see a WinMo8. Otherwise, it may be the end of the road for this OS.
When protesters in the Middle East rant and rave outside the gates of the US Embassy in their country, do you think our government's policy is changed as a result?
By protesting outside Australian consulates (!) what do you hope to gain? Is this an effective form of redress?
"Giant" is a misnomer. Compared to the average squid, these things are pretty huge, but they are only 2m in length in most cases. You could probably keep one fed on a couple broiler chickens every fourth day or so.
That isn't singing. Air is escaping from the squid's pores because there isn't enough atmospheric pressure at sea level to properly hold the colloidal structure together which makes it sound like the squid is singing.
Feeding is only one aspect of caring for giant squids.
Now, I dun know so much about rockets and flyin' to the moon and all that, but hooey, when you wanna start talkin' bout putting some downhome good ol' boys out of work, well, sir, I just gotta speak my mind. This ain't a threat, son. You take those jobs away from us here and God Almighty help us, we ain't gonna have nothin better to do than march on up to Washington and have us an ol' fashioned conference with each individual congresscritter that 'pposed us. Alabama style.
You catch my drift, fellas?
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Maybe it's just me, but I prefer if bullies minded their own business and left the more intellectual of us alone.
The school playground is notorious for encouraging the torment of "nerds" and other social outcasts. If the bus can be turned into another safe zone, that is a good thing, in my e-book.
Form factor is almost irrelevant here. What matters is the following:
1) Can XCore continue to improve the SOC with higher clockspeeds and features? 2) Can the XCore86 CPU compete performance-wise with Atom? 3) For almost $200, how do they intend to compete against existing UMPCs from makers like Asus?
This EduBook is cute, but the question remains whether this SOC can truly compete against the Atom+US15W in the marketplace. Getting a free device because you're some hotshot Slashdot editor isn't quite the same thing as comparison shopping for the right solution.
You're not mentally disabled (I hope). The code is available for you to modify and extend as you please. What's with all the bellyaching?
This is the biggest problem with the OSS community. There are a whole lot of people who want something for nothing, and the way the system works does nothing to encourage people to participate in the hard part.
Eenie, meenie, miney, moe. Catch a tiger by its toe. If he hollers, let him go. Eenie, meenie, miney, moe.
The nursery rhyme above is actually an old racist saying from our dead brothers in the Southeastern United States. It is about searching out and recapturing escaped slaves. It's been several decades since slave ownership has been illegal in our country, but children are still taught this seemingly innocuous little rhyme.
Like the rhyme, OS X Tiger is something that we should just let go of at this point. There is no reason why someone should stick with the outdated and terribly vulnerable OS in the face of a better OS X version. Does the Snow Leopard change his spots? Yes, as much as American culture can turn its back on its past.
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A couple things.
First, direct support. No one is going to provide first class support for Android to the OEMs. They either hire some system integrator who may or may not have deep Android experience or they develop the expertise in-house. As you yourself said, the software is not the thing they are selling, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to develop this themselves.
Second, the control MS is exerting here means that MS considers this extremely high priority. MS has realized the letting OEMs develop their own phones has been a disaster from day 1. By taking a personal interest in the actual products that are released, MS is providing a higher level of support and more confidence that this time they aren't going to release more crap like Pocket Office.
It sounds like MS has learned the right lessons here, but you can see a lot of resentment towards MS here and on other message boards. It might be too little too late for the giant.
One reason why the iPhone is such a phenomenal phone is that the user interface permeates everything. Not just the immediate application screen or the app transitions, but at a fundamental level there is a symmetry and orthogonality of conceptualization that leads to a seamless user experience.
While that might sound like marketing gobbledygook, compare the Toshiba T-1 to the iPhone. Both have very cool initial user interfaces. In fact, the Toshiba (WinMo6.x) has a more interesting interface in that it changes to meet the user's needs without hardly any user input. However, once you dig past the first interface, it becomes clear that the WinMo phone is the same old WinMo crap underneath. There is no good widget set, there is no clear UI design guideline, and there is no good way to develop an app that doesn't end up feeling like a clunky mess. The iPhone, on the other hand, has a widget set that is reusable and has intuitive usage, there are very clear design guidelines, and most of all there are real artists who want to make apps for the platform.
If WinMo7 can break the Windows Mobile mold and really create something that provides a cohesive user interaction concept, then we may see a WinMo8. Otherwise, it may be the end of the road for this OS.
I like Java as much as the next guy, but why would you want to force all your developers into that language?
Since it's clearly able to run Linux, just provide a standard Ubuntu installation. That'd be much better.
That's a really nice kid you got there. It'd be a shame if they were exposed to something...unseemly.
It's okay. I'm sorry you're a web designer.
catching said politicians in dirty deeds
You have to realize that it would only benefit the politician. After all, who doesn't want to be the guy getting business done dirt cheap?
Welcome to Pax Americana. You'll find things will be just fine. At least better than if it were Pax Russo, eh Comrade?
In the US as well
You gotta love the weasley quote from "Frenchy" Lunning, "Handley is not a pedophile. He had no photographs of child pornography."
I suppose it would be a waste of time to photograph child porn. Scanning seems like a much better way to retain all the juicy details.
Whoa whoa whoa, man. Maybe you need to lay off the Mountain Dew for a bit and calm down.
If you're offended because you're a Web Designer, I'm sorry.
Many people drown because they thought they should "do something" rather than lie still and float.
I assume you are American.
When protesters in the Middle East rant and rave outside the gates of the US Embassy in their country, do you think our government's policy is changed as a result?
By protesting outside Australian consulates (!) what do you hope to gain? Is this an effective form of redress?
"Many of our number (Anonymous) are productive, intelligent members of society," said Infinite, who is a Web designer.
But most of them are college-age basement dwellers who type out their screeds in between trips to the minifridge to get more Cheetos.
"Giant" is a misnomer. Compared to the average squid, these things are pretty huge, but they are only 2m in length in most cases. You could probably keep one fed on a couple broiler chickens every fourth day or so.
That isn't singing. Air is escaping from the squid's pores because there isn't enough atmospheric pressure at sea level to properly hold the colloidal structure together which makes it sound like the squid is singing.
Feeding is only one aspect of caring for giant squids.
Goodbye Moto
Now, I dun know so much about rockets and flyin' to the moon and all that, but hooey, when you wanna start talkin' bout putting some downhome good ol' boys out of work, well, sir, I just gotta speak my mind. This ain't a threat, son. You take those jobs away from us here and God Almighty help us, we ain't gonna have nothin better to do than march on up to Washington and have us an ol' fashioned conference with each individual congresscritter that 'pposed us. Alabama style.
You catch my drift, fellas?
Maybe it's just me, but I prefer if bullies minded their own business and left the more intellectual of us alone.
The school playground is notorious for encouraging the torment of "nerds" and other social outcasts. If the bus can be turned into another safe zone, that is a good thing, in my e-book.
Gimme a break. *Every* JVM company out there claims to have the best performance.
Probably something to do with on the fly optimization of JITted code. Or maybe GC optimization and memory management.
It must be Press Release day here at /.
As an embedded solution, an SD PHY would allow for the addition of Wifi pretty easily.
Form factor is almost irrelevant here. What matters is the following:
1) Can XCore continue to improve the SOC with higher clockspeeds and features?
2) Can the XCore86 CPU compete performance-wise with Atom?
3) For almost $200, how do they intend to compete against existing UMPCs from makers like Asus?
This EduBook is cute, but the question remains whether this SOC can truly compete against the Atom+US15W in the marketplace. Getting a free device because you're some hotshot Slashdot editor isn't quite the same thing as comparison shopping for the right solution.
That explains the hairy feet and ridiculous hats.
People cheat on their spouses all the time.
You're not mentally disabled (I hope). The code is available for you to modify and extend as you please. What's with all the bellyaching?
This is the biggest problem with the OSS community. There are a whole lot of people who want something for nothing, and the way the system works does nothing to encourage people to participate in the hard part.
Eenie, meenie, miney, moe.
Catch a tiger by its toe.
If he hollers, let him go.
Eenie, meenie, miney, moe.
The nursery rhyme above is actually an old racist saying from our dead brothers in the Southeastern United States. It is about searching out and recapturing escaped slaves. It's been several decades since slave ownership has been illegal in our country, but children are still taught this seemingly innocuous little rhyme.
Like the rhyme, OS X Tiger is something that we should just let go of at this point. There is no reason why someone should stick with the outdated and terribly vulnerable OS in the face of a better OS X version. Does the Snow Leopard change his spots? Yes, as much as American culture can turn its back on its past.
It's harder to regulate, and easier for people to get addicted and gamble away all their assets at home.
This seems like a self-regulating feedback loop, actually.