The device itself is compelling - but the one thing FitBit & others have going for them is the software design and interface. They way Xaomi could really succeed is to be able to interface with already good software, such as Google Fit or PlexFit and open their APIs to their device so that devs can tinker with the raw data rather than having to rely on whatever they choose to reveal.
And third, we keep going back to IBM/Lenovo because we rarely have issues with them. To borrow a phrase, they just work.
I've owned an HP (more than ten years ago), a T42 Thinkpad from the time that Lenovo was taking over, and a new T520. The HP was OK, if a bit fragile. The T42, as you say, just plain works. Damn near bulletproof, never a problem -- and it's been in heavy use for seven years.
The kindest thing I can say about the T520 is that it's flaky. Cores randomly, sometimes before it's done POSTing. The wireless networking is up and down, up and down -- unless it's just plain down. It's the kind of intermittent behavior that you can't get warranty service for because it never reproduces when the technician tests it.
I bought the T42 because I knew literally hundreds of engineers from semiconductor companies who put hundreds of thousands of miles on theirs every year and they did, indeed, just plain work. And that's just what it did for me until it got too long in the tooth to handle the current workload. But if I could get a halfway modern laptop with the quality of that T42, I'd scrap this Lenovo POS for it in a hartbeat.
I disagree that you can't get warranty service. I've had many warranty calls where I say it's an intermittent issue, and they send me a prepaid warranty box and say "Check the intermittent box on the form and send it in". Even if it passes their pre-tests, they replace the motherboard anyway. One time, we even sent in the wrong laptop which had NOTHING wrong with it, and they STILL replace the motherboard because we checked the "intermittent" box on the form!
Try it and see, I've had nothing but good experiences with the Lenovo warranty center.
A modify the DNA so that few dozen Sharks Fins appear on the new fish.
Perhaps they could save the real thing from extinction.
Then again the 'Green Lobby' would rise up against 'Genetically Modified Sea Kittens' Sigh.
I'm sure the telcos would make special exceptions for "foreign traffic" of some sort, for incoming traffic only. They would probably make it as difficult as possible (while maintaining a notion of "connectivity") to connect to servers outside the US. And I'm sure the government/**AA would be all over this, considering it would slow down access to The Pirate Bay, and any foreign website they do not agree with.
If they report that google has a very low amount of click fraud, then they see the job as a failure. This kind of thing happens all the time. A small problem gets blown way out of proportion in order to make it look like something is being accomplished.
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The device itself is compelling - but the one thing FitBit & others have going for them is the software design and interface. They way Xaomi could really succeed is to be able to interface with already good software, such as Google Fit or PlexFit and open their APIs to their device so that devs can tinker with the raw data rather than having to rely on whatever they choose to reveal.
We're looking at some "cheap" 10GbE stuff. QNAP TS-1279U-RP http://www.qnap.com/useng/index.php?lang=en-us&sn=862&c=355&sc=703&t=704&n=4802 Can purchase an add-on PCI-E card fairly easily and get a 100,000+ IOPS SAN/NAS combo for around $10k. Hard to beat the price/performance.
And third, we keep going back to IBM/Lenovo because we rarely have issues with them. To borrow a phrase, they just work.
I've owned an HP (more than ten years ago), a T42 Thinkpad from the time that Lenovo was taking over, and a new T520. The HP was OK, if a bit fragile. The T42, as you say, just plain works. Damn near bulletproof, never a problem -- and it's been in heavy use for seven years.
The kindest thing I can say about the T520 is that it's flaky. Cores randomly, sometimes before it's done POSTing. The wireless networking is up and down, up and down -- unless it's just plain down. It's the kind of intermittent behavior that you can't get warranty service for because it never reproduces when the technician tests it.
I bought the T42 because I knew literally hundreds of engineers from semiconductor companies who put hundreds of thousands of miles on theirs every year and they did, indeed, just plain work. And that's just what it did for me until it got too long in the tooth to handle the current workload. But if I could get a halfway modern laptop with the quality of that T42, I'd scrap this Lenovo POS for it in a hartbeat.
I disagree that you can't get warranty service. I've had many warranty calls where I say it's an intermittent issue, and they send me a prepaid warranty box and say "Check the intermittent box on the form and send it in". Even if it passes their pre-tests, they replace the motherboard anyway. One time, we even sent in the wrong laptop which had NOTHING wrong with it, and they STILL replace the motherboard because we checked the "intermittent" box on the form! Try it and see, I've had nothing but good experiences with the Lenovo warranty center.
You can TOTALLY print from an iPad! http://www.theformgroup.com/about/blog/2010/04/how-to-print-from-an-ipad
A modify the DNA so that few dozen Sharks Fins appear on the new fish. Perhaps they could save the real thing from extinction. Then again the 'Green Lobby' would rise up against 'Genetically Modified Sea Kittens' Sigh.
Fixed that for ya.
Question: How the hell do you smuggle a cell phone into prison? Answer: You don't...want to know.
Fixed that for ya!
You know, I'd say it's really cool because it's like the Minority Report computers, but...does it also shit out marbles?
I'm sure the telcos would make special exceptions for "foreign traffic" of some sort, for incoming traffic only. They would probably make it as difficult as possible (while maintaining a notion of "connectivity") to connect to servers outside the US. And I'm sure the government/**AA would be all over this, considering it would slow down access to The Pirate Bay, and any foreign website they do not agree with.
If they report that google has a very low amount of click fraud, then they see the job as a failure. This kind of thing happens all the time. A small problem gets blown way out of proportion in order to make it look like something is being accomplished.
Ok, so if I get an aquarium full of these "stealth sharks", will I be able to watch them swim? Or will the fish I put in there just dissapear??