So every other browser supports a standard, and the one browser from the one company known to throw up a middle finger to standards is the only one that doesn't. Hmmm, I wonder who's fault that is.
I don't care about authoring Flash, I care about viewing Flash. I have my choice of HTML5 implementations. I only get Adobe's Flash Player implementation, and only on platforms they have seen fit to bless with their player.
Its technically an open standard, in the same way that Microsoft's Office XML is an open standard. Meaning, good luck trying to write a compatible client for it, when not even the official player adheres to the standard.
So in order to properly use this Slate tablet, you also have to lug around a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and probably the chargers for them, or some extra batteries. So how is that better than an iPad, where you can use a bluetooth keyboard with it as well? And use software specifically designed for this device?
The problem with that touchscreen UI layer that HP adds on is that, as soon as you go away from the few specialty apps they came up with for use with that layer, you see how painful it is to run regular desktop apps with a finger based interface. At least on Android, iPhoneOS, and WebOS, the apps are designed from the beginning to be used with a finger.
The entire argument for running Windows 7 (a "real OS", for whatever that means) on a slate tablet is that you can run all your existing Windows programs, like Photoshop, on it. This guy has a tablet device, and is running Photoshop, and says it doesn't really work, due to lack of keyboard. Take away the stylus, and it'd get even worse, because Photoshop is in no way optimized for finger input. That's why I never get everyone being all excited about running existing Windows apps on a touchscreen slate. Almost none of those apps have any kind of support for touch, and have UIs optimized for keyboard/mouse input. There's an app running where I work on a touchscreen display. Its painfully obvious there was no thought of touchscreens when it was designed. Its so bad that someone hooked a mouse into the computer running it, so there could be some kind of control.
I was under the impression that WebOS was open, or at least as open as, say OS X. In that it was built on Linux, but probably has some proprietary UI layer on top.
If that's what you want, there are a bunch of those available for you already. None of them have been very successful, and the only ones that sell in decent numbers are the convertible ones. Otherwise they're all like netbooks with the keyboard removed.
Its really quite sad. They pay them slave wages to start. But then, they offer their employees "overtime". And, since the Chinese government has a mandated limit of 36 hours of overtime a week, they get these people to sign agreements waiving that limit. Because the only way to really get a living wage is to spend all your time working. And then they work even more.
No corporation, even a hospital one, is going to take lower profits for any reason, ever. They come up with that money by overcharging everyone else with insurance. Hence why a single Tylenol in a hospital will often run you at least 10x or more what its actually worth.
The hospitals do NOT provide hospital service for free. They still bill you, even if its obvious you cannot pay. When they aren't able to collect on your bill, they raise the prices for everyone else who can pay, or have insurance. You think that Tylonol costs $10 a pill because its really good?
Its not even that; developing for a console is much easier. One (maybe two) set(s) of hardware to develop against, instead of a complete and total mismash of hardware.
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So every other browser supports a standard, and the one browser from the one company known to throw up a middle finger to standards is the only one that doesn't. Hmmm, I wonder who's fault that is.
I don't care about authoring Flash, I care about viewing Flash. I have my choice of HTML5 implementations. I only get Adobe's Flash Player implementation, and only on platforms they have seen fit to bless with their player.
Its technically an open standard, in the same way that Microsoft's Office XML is an open standard. Meaning, good luck trying to write a compatible client for it, when not even the official player adheres to the standard.
Ahh yes, donate to Gnash. And then once they get any kind of traction, either have Adobe change the standard (AGAIN) or sue them for royalties.
So in order to properly use this Slate tablet, you also have to lug around a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and probably the chargers for them, or some extra batteries. So how is that better than an iPad, where you can use a bluetooth keyboard with it as well? And use software specifically designed for this device?
I heard how easy it was to root a Pre, and thought it was kinda cool. You think HP is going to continue that, though?
The problem with that touchscreen UI layer that HP adds on is that, as soon as you go away from the few specialty apps they came up with for use with that layer, you see how painful it is to run regular desktop apps with a finger based interface. At least on Android, iPhoneOS, and WebOS, the apps are designed from the beginning to be used with a finger.
The entire argument for running Windows 7 (a "real OS", for whatever that means) on a slate tablet is that you can run all your existing Windows programs, like Photoshop, on it. This guy has a tablet device, and is running Photoshop, and says it doesn't really work, due to lack of keyboard. Take away the stylus, and it'd get even worse, because Photoshop is in no way optimized for finger input. That's why I never get everyone being all excited about running existing Windows apps on a touchscreen slate. Almost none of those apps have any kind of support for touch, and have UIs optimized for keyboard/mouse input. There's an app running where I work on a touchscreen display. Its painfully obvious there was no thought of touchscreens when it was designed. Its so bad that someone hooked a mouse into the computer running it, so there could be some kind of control.
I was under the impression that WebOS was open, or at least as open as, say OS X. In that it was built on Linux, but probably has some proprietary UI layer on top.
If that's what you want, there are a bunch of those available for you already. None of them have been very successful, and the only ones that sell in decent numbers are the convertible ones. Otherwise they're all like netbooks with the keyboard removed.
Probably going to be more successful than one running Windows.
Its really quite sad. They pay them slave wages to start. But then, they offer their employees "overtime". And, since the Chinese government has a mandated limit of 36 hours of overtime a week, they get these people to sign agreements waiving that limit. Because the only way to really get a living wage is to spend all your time working. And then they work even more.
The Amish and the Hudderites are fairly Communist, and they seem to work out just fine. Granted, they're a much smaller group.
so eventually it comes out of the corporation's (or CEO's) own pocket.
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No corporation, even a hospital one, is going to take lower profits for any reason, ever. They come up with that money by overcharging everyone else with insurance. Hence why a single Tylenol in a hospital will often run you at least 10x or more what its actually worth.
The hospitals do NOT provide hospital service for free. They still bill you, even if its obvious you cannot pay. When they aren't able to collect on your bill, they raise the prices for everyone else who can pay, or have insurance. You think that Tylonol costs $10 a pill because its really good?
Because they told me unlimited DATA. If they didn't want me to use 1000 gigs a month, then they shouldn't have offered that.
If DSL just got there, I'm guessing they aren't rolling in Cable. And satellite is highly unreliable and extremely slow.
That still depends on whether or not your carrier allows it. iPhoneOS 3 already allows tethering, its AT&T that doesn't allow it on their network.
I'm not aware of any conservatives that censor words liked "retarded"
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The "fine" is there for when you require the use of emergency hospital services, and probably won't be able to pay for it because you lack insurance.
There have been some for Android. At least 2, which posed as fake banking apps. They have been removed for a while now, however.
Maybe the screening process has been working?
Studio time, sound engineers, money to live off of while you actually write the songs. These are things that come to mind.
Its not even that; developing for a console is much easier. One (maybe two) set(s) of hardware to develop against, instead of a complete and total mismash of hardware.
I suppose you believe that Microsoft's Office Open XML format is an open standard too?