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If JB's Apple Sales Web access ain't already history, it's soon gonna be lol. AAR's have been struck off for far less than that... Guess the margin wasn't worth it for them...
200 bucks says that doesn't happen. Apple love it when this happens as more Apple junk is sold for a premium, locking more people into the iWay.
Apart from selling Mac's I've got nothing but praise for JB HiFi, I got $400 off a Samsung series 5, my housemate got $600 off a series 6 because we both bought a new TV. Consistently low prices for media, on most electronic items they are willing to negotiate (not media), I went in there for a wireless KB, I ended getting it for half price (I love stocktake time). JB and to a lesser extent DSE are great no nonsense retailers but DSE is close to turning into another Harvey Norman.
To do that because some twerp at a big chain electronics outlet tries to scam you into buying unnecessary items for your iPad is a sign of some sort of sociopathic tendencies, and such a guy should not be permitted to carry or own a gun.
Remember this is in Australia,
In Australia we are mature enough to sort out our problems without the use of guns or other weapons. The only time an Australian would actually brandish a weapon in a retail store would be if they were to rob it at gunpoint. If an Australian escalated a retail problem to violence they would just punch the guy and have done with, none of this weak pointing of guns.
This would be nice, but it wouldn't exactly be an app. It would be replacing driver-level components.
No more like accessing an API. You dont need to replace the driver on Android you only need to interface with it. Your application controls where on the screen a key is and how it can be access (length of touch, deadzone around the key and so forth) meanwhile all the API needs to know is that "A" was pressed. Very simple really, I dont know how Android does it, that I just figured out off the top of my head.
Has any music store tried to write apps?
What the GP means is an alternate distribution method. Nice way to twist his words. Realistically you should be able to install from any source, including the Internet.
- WiFi music sync
This would be very nice. If you Jailbreak your phone, you can buy an app that does this.
Why should you need to Jailbreak to get an application for such basic functionality. Android has been able to transfer files wirelessly (that is what it boils down to) since I started using it at version 1.1 via a thrid party program. In 2.2 it is a standard part of the OS.
Files? What are files?
Files are what a *nix operating system is based on. They are also where all data is stored. In computing everything eventually comes down to a file.
With iOS, Apple is trying to make a simple, yet powerful device. They are trying to abstract away the concept of files.
Nice marketspeak, I'll translate
What Apple are doing is obfuscating file transactions by providing an extremely limited custom interface which hides file transactions from the user. In no way are they eliminating the concept of files, rather just treating the user like an idiot and hiding the actual transaction from them.
What does this mean exactly?
I'd like to backup my entire device to filesystem or another device without the need for buggy third party software. Simple concept, no?
One of the nice things about the iOS platform is the segregation of apps, meaning it's much harder for one app to compromise you.
It's not like Android can manage separation of user permissions without compromising the entire device. Your excuse for the lockdown is bunk, you need not restrict the entire user just to protect them, you need only to restrict application from accessing the parts of the OS (API) that it doesn't need. This can be accomplished by explicitly granting permissions during installation and explicitly denying access to all other functions. You know, how Linux security works today.
This is a very fanboyish attempt to justify lock-in. Frankly it's a very poor attempt at, even for a fanboy. As I've pointed out you've blatantly ignored 1. how operating system theory works, 2. how *nix security works and 3. the difference between a driver and application. Such crud should not have been modded insightful.
It's more a financial investment risk: things could pay off and you could end up very rich, or you might just find you've just poured time and money down the drain.
Investors dont like risk.
Apple would have been better off in the eyes of financially minded people without making this change. Apple changing their minds every second week means that a product that you start developing for todays rules may not fit the rules when it is released in six months. That represents a very big financial risk, already backers are shying away from Apple as they've started to realise the money inst there.
It's like asking why companies go into China: is it because business [pointless guff removed] end up richer?
China is preferred because it is cheap and stable, little chance of political upheaval. Then we go to Thailand, slightly more expensive then China and business is not affected by politics, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos are considered more unstable, Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia are very expensive for Asia but have very skilled workforces for Asia (this is why a lot of computers and components are assembled here). Philippines is expensive and unstable, Indonesia is just unstable. So we go to china because its the cheapest option where a contract will reach completion.
Basic phones are getting rarer, but they aren't that hard to find.
You make it sound like they are disappearing from shelves.
I can go down to the local electronics store and pick one up for A$40, here in the Philippines I can get a basic Nokia for PHP 800-1000 or about A$20-25.
Telco's only want to sell you advanced phones (feature phones and smart phones) as they can buy them dirt cheap and charge a premium, only when you start buying phones outright do you start to realise how much the telcos take you for a ride.
In the Philipines the "baklas" are so ugly and recognisable that you'd have to be certifiably retarded to take one back by accident. Well we are discussing Apple fanboys here so I suppose that warning stands.
BTW, the easiest way to recognise Thai ladyboys is in the voice, Asian chicks do not have husky voices like western women.
Rational is not a word I can apply to Libertarians, especially as the philosophy itself is extreme (on the basis that any form of government run business is considered inconceivable and Libertarians are rarely able to accept the views of others when they don't agree with them).
Most Libertarians want the "gubbermint" away from anything. This opens the way for fraud, monopoly, anti-trust as well as the elimination of standards (al a what MS did and Apple are doing) and the aggressive elimination of competition (al a what MS did and now Apple are doing).
Now we know who to block to avoid those douche "Sent from my iPad" email footers
I just add them to the blocklist. If they cant be bothered to remove that from their communications device they are clearly not intelligent enough to warrant my time reading their message.
Umm.. who holds their iPhone 10 inches from their face? Maybe blind people.. but I usually have mine out at armish length.. 18-24 inches.
You may be far sighted, most people have no trouble focusing at 25cm. In fact that's a fairly good reading distance. I was on a plane yesterday, for 4 hours I read at less then 15cm with no ill effects, at 50cm, most people have trouble focusing on small words.
OK, an Iphone costs A$790 for the 8GB 3G model (cheapest model in AU) which is now been superseded twice. Lets assume you, no matter how fat and ugly you are, you will get laid once before the device is superseded or rendered non functional. A flight to the Philippines with Tiger Airways from Perth costs A$550, a hotel room as little as A$30 and a sexy Pinay lady is about 1500 PHP (A$40).
Iphone A$790,
PI: A$620,
With the difference, you could get an additional 4.25 lays in the Philippines for the same money.
In addition to this, in the Philippines you'll be getting laid by a girl.
In Perth, Western Australia there was going to be a "Curtain University of New Technology" before someone figured out the acronym and dropped "New" from the name.
PLEASE never call these narcissistic twits journalists again. Journalism is based on research, fact finding, source checking and has a goal to keep a check and balance on the democratic process.
Bwahahahahahaha,
Your definition of "Journalism" is somewhat outdated. Journalism is now content designed to ensure ad views. It does not require any standards on factual accuracy, considerations of source reputation or any kind of repeatable research.
Welcome to the world where Fox News, CNN or MSNBC are considered reputable news sources. As far as narcissistic twits go, Gizmodo are strictly amateurs.
I live in Perth, Western Australia. Our winter time is about 15-5 degrees C at night, jacket weather really and occasionally raining. I'm a bit of the opposite, I dislike hot weather so I spend more time indoors in the air conditioning during the summer months (35-40 C easy).
Yes, this is how I can afford to be a PC gamer. I work 9 hours a day, another 1.5 hours traveling, I play between 4 and 1 hours a night depending on what else I have on (guitar practice, gym, pub). On the Weekends I can play up to 14 hours a day between other things (meals, going out, shopping, etc...). I normally get 6-8 hours a day of sleep unless a new CIV has been released in the previous 2 months.
And maybe even have a life outside the computer?
Currently posting from Thailand, 6000 KMs from my gaming boxen and most of my games. I will spend this time drinking, eating, carousing and other stuff one does on holiday. I'll be here for another 3 weeks. My laptop is really just for banking and browing the web, it has an Intel IGM so it wont play any recent games (cant even handle CIV).
So what do they give up for gaming? Life, job or sleep?
Many people find a balance. Someone who spends 4 hours gaming per night is no different to those who spend 4 hours watching TV, playing cards or working on their car.
I dont watch TV so this may be where I'm getting all this time from.
. As I recall, many were complaining about Microsoft Windows Mobile until Symbian and RIM came along and helped destroy Microsoft's dominant share in the mobile market.
There, fixed that for you, both of these players came along before Apple. Symbian helped unseat MS outside the US, RIM took over inside the US.
They are a moving (some might say evolving) target and are most definitely an unknown quantity.
for you perhaps.
Apple is trying to gain control of an entire market, much as MS did back in the 90's. The only real difference is that MS did it by crook (manipulation, backroom deals, strong arming suppliers) and Apple is doing it by hook (changing the rules for developers, forcing people into their way of doing things, excessive amounts of vendor lock-in). Apple is setting itself up to make the same mistakes it made back in the 90's with the Lisa and the "Look and Feel" lawsuits. Their direction is quite obvious, they've gone from innovate (marketing) to litigate. We all know what happens when a business does that.
Apple is like a controlling, abusive spouse. You either live with them or you divorce them. In time, though, people will start pitying you and questioning your judgement as to why you stay with them.
The we stop feeling pity for you, we tried to help and failed, one can only help the battered wife so much before one has to just give up.
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200 bucks says that doesn't happen. Apple love it when this happens as more Apple junk is sold for a premium, locking more people into the iWay.
Apart from selling Mac's I've got nothing but praise for JB HiFi, I got $400 off a Samsung series 5, my housemate got $600 off a series 6 because we both bought a new TV. Consistently low prices for media, on most electronic items they are willing to negotiate (not media), I went in there for a wireless KB, I ended getting it for half price (I love stocktake time). JB and to a lesser extent DSE are great no nonsense retailers but DSE is close to turning into another Harvey Norman.
Remember this is in Australia,
In Australia we are mature enough to sort out our problems without the use of guns or other weapons. The only time an Australian would actually brandish a weapon in a retail store would be if they were to rob it at gunpoint. If an Australian escalated a retail problem to violence they would just punch the guy and have done with, none of this weak pointing of guns.
I hear Android has a setting that will automatically place a black dot over your face when you mention "unmarked bills".
No more like accessing an API. You dont need to replace the driver on Android you only need to interface with it. Your application controls where on the screen a key is and how it can be access (length of touch, deadzone around the key and so forth) meanwhile all the API needs to know is that "A" was pressed. Very simple really, I dont know how Android does it, that I just figured out off the top of my head.
What the GP means is an alternate distribution method. Nice way to twist his words. Realistically you should be able to install from any source, including the Internet.
Why should you need to Jailbreak to get an application for such basic functionality. Android has been able to transfer files wirelessly (that is what it boils down to) since I started using it at version 1.1 via a thrid party program. In 2.2 it is a standard part of the OS.
Files are what a *nix operating system is based on. They are also where all data is stored. In computing everything eventually comes down to a file.
Nice marketspeak, I'll translate
What Apple are doing is obfuscating file transactions by providing an extremely limited custom interface which hides file transactions from the user. In no way are they eliminating the concept of files, rather just treating the user like an idiot and hiding the actual transaction from them.
I'd like to backup my entire device to filesystem or another device without the need for buggy third party software. Simple concept, no?
It's not like Android can manage separation of user permissions without compromising the entire device. Your excuse for the lockdown is bunk, you need not restrict the entire user just to protect them, you need only to restrict application from accessing the parts of the OS (API) that it doesn't need. This can be accomplished by explicitly granting permissions during installation and explicitly denying access to all other functions. You know, how Linux security works today.
This is a very fanboyish attempt to justify lock-in. Frankly it's a very poor attempt at, even for a fanboy. As I've pointed out you've blatantly ignored 1. how operating system theory works, 2. how *nix security works and 3. the difference between a driver and application. Such crud should not have been modded insightful.
Investors dont like risk.
Apple would have been better off in the eyes of financially minded people without making this change. Apple changing their minds every second week means that a product that you start developing for todays rules may not fit the rules when it is released in six months. That represents a very big financial risk, already backers are shying away from Apple as they've started to realise the money inst there.
China is preferred because it is cheap and stable, little chance of political upheaval. Then we go to Thailand, slightly more expensive then China and business is not affected by politics, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos are considered more unstable, Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia are very expensive for Asia but have very skilled workforces for Asia (this is why a lot of computers and components are assembled here). Philippines is expensive and unstable, Indonesia is just unstable. So we go to china because its the cheapest option where a contract will reach completion.
There, finished that for you.
You make it sound like they are disappearing from shelves.
I can go down to the local electronics store and pick one up for A$40, here in the Philippines I can get a basic Nokia for PHP 800-1000 or about A$20-25.
Telco's only want to sell you advanced phones (feature phones and smart phones) as they can buy them dirt cheap and charge a premium, only when you start buying phones outright do you start to realise how much the telcos take you for a ride.
Dual core A9 Cortex
Moto is talking about using the Tegra 2 chipset, which is Cortex and starts at 1.5 GHz but can go to 2 GHz.
You can smash a tape casing with a hammer and just respool the tape onto another case, can we do that with a HDD?
Who declared tape to be dead anyway?
That is Thailand,
In the Philipines the "baklas" are so ugly and recognisable that you'd have to be certifiably retarded to take one back by accident. Well we are discussing Apple fanboys here so I suppose that warning stands.
BTW, the easiest way to recognise Thai ladyboys is in the voice, Asian chicks do not have husky voices like western women.
Did someone say something?
Rational is not a word I can apply to Libertarians, especially as the philosophy itself is extreme (on the basis that any form of government run business is considered inconceivable and Libertarians are rarely able to accept the views of others when they don't agree with them).
Most Libertarians want the "gubbermint" away from anything. This opens the way for fraud, monopoly, anti-trust as well as the elimination of standards (al a what MS did and Apple are doing) and the aggressive elimination of competition (al a what MS did and now Apple are doing).
I just add them to the blocklist. If they cant be bothered to remove that from their communications device they are clearly not intelligent enough to warrant my time reading their message.
You may be far sighted, most people have no trouble focusing at 25cm. In fact that's a fairly good reading distance. I was on a plane yesterday, for 4 hours I read at less then 15cm with no ill effects, at 50cm, most people have trouble focusing on small words.
You will learn to love the metric system.
OK, an Iphone costs A$790 for the 8GB 3G model (cheapest model in AU) which is now been superseded twice. Lets assume you, no matter how fat and ugly you are, you will get laid once before the device is superseded or rendered non functional. A flight to the Philippines with Tiger Airways from Perth costs A$550, a hotel room as little as A$30 and a sexy Pinay lady is about 1500 PHP (A$40).
Iphone A$790,
PI: A$620,
With the difference, you could get an additional 4.25 lays in the Philippines for the same money.
In addition to this, in the Philippines you'll be getting laid by a girl.
Things like:
- true multitasking
- installing applications from the web
- removable battery
- removable storage or MSC
- WIMAX/4G
- not AT&T
In Perth, Western Australia there was going to be a "Curtain University of New Technology" before someone figured out the acronym and dropped "New" from the name.
And the perennial favourite, the OGC logo
Bwahahahahahaha,
Your definition of "Journalism" is somewhat outdated. Journalism is now content designed to ensure ad views. It does not require any standards on factual accuracy, considerations of source reputation or any kind of repeatable research.
Welcome to the world where Fox News, CNN or MSNBC are considered reputable news sources. As far as narcissistic twits go, Gizmodo are strictly amateurs.
I live in Perth, Western Australia. Our winter time is about 15-5 degrees C at night, jacket weather really and occasionally raining. I'm a bit of the opposite, I dislike hot weather so I spend more time indoors in the air conditioning during the summer months (35-40 C easy).
Yes, this is how I can afford to be a PC gamer. I work 9 hours a day, another 1.5 hours traveling, I play between 4 and 1 hours a night depending on what else I have on (guitar practice, gym, pub). On the Weekends I can play up to 14 hours a day between other things (meals, going out, shopping, etc...). I normally get 6-8 hours a day of sleep unless a new CIV has been released in the previous 2 months.
Currently posting from Thailand, 6000 KMs from my gaming boxen and most of my games. I will spend this time drinking, eating, carousing and other stuff one does on holiday. I'll be here for another 3 weeks. My laptop is really just for banking and browing the web, it has an Intel IGM so it wont play any recent games (cant even handle CIV).
Many people find a balance. Someone who spends 4 hours gaming per night is no different to those who spend 4 hours watching TV, playing cards or working on their car.
I dont watch TV so this may be where I'm getting all this time from.
TFTFY
Indeed, I have not played a game in 3 days.
They say the shakes only last 48 hours, I was done in 36. Now I feel cold.
MS coded their own RDF, it works as well as any piece of Microsoft software.
There, fixed that for you, both of these players came along before Apple. Symbian helped unseat MS outside the US, RIM took over inside the US.
for you perhaps.
Apple is trying to gain control of an entire market, much as MS did back in the 90's. The only real difference is that MS did it by crook (manipulation, backroom deals, strong arming suppliers) and Apple is doing it by hook (changing the rules for developers, forcing people into their way of doing things, excessive amounts of vendor lock-in). Apple is setting itself up to make the same mistakes it made back in the 90's with the Lisa and the "Look and Feel" lawsuits. Their direction is quite obvious, they've gone from innovate (marketing) to litigate. We all know what happens when a business does that.
The we stop feeling pity for you, we tried to help and failed, one can only help the battered wife so much before one has to just give up.