Not at this point, but the local electronics shop in Metro City (Shanghai, Xujiahui district) says that HSG will have a 2.2 update for the X5A before the end of the year, and it'll be a free install for X5A owners...
You know, that's already happening here in China. Not only are worker's wages going up (about 10% this year, about 12% last year, probably another 10% this coming year), but environmental regulations are starting to be tightened AND enforced, and the country is starting to move up. It IS getting better, and in another 2-3 generations it'll be quite nice (about what the US took - remember the Cuyahoga River catching fire from all the pollution? The last time was in 1969 - barely 40 years ago.
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First, people concern themselves with just getting food and water and shelter. Once they have that, they start worrying about the quality of those things. China's making huge strides towards those basics, and much of the population is now starting to look for quality, to the point that organic foods are becoming available in better supermarkets.
It's heading in the right direction... Hopefully they'll tighten things up without going to the extreme we see in the US and the EU, in terms of every little safety requirement and regulation.
The HSG X5A is your ideal device - I had the same requirements when I was looking, and I settled on this unit. It's about 400 grams, has a 7" wide screen format (so it's about half the size of an iPad), plenty good video on-screen (800x480) with 1080p HDMI output if you want it, and with a resistive screen it's perfect for using a pen/pencil/key/finger for drawing on the screen. Plus it comes with Android 2.1 so you have all the book readers available as well as many other good productivity tools.
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Best of all, you can find them on eBay and other sites (Taobao if you're in China, like me) for around $130-$140. VERY MUCH worth the price!
YouTube review video. You can get them for around $140, a little less if you're in China (Taobao is your friend!). Android 2.1, 256 MB RAM, 4 GB Flash, full-size SD slot (32 GB goodness loaded in mine), glass screen, metal body, lasts for at least 8 hours of book reading or at least 2 movies (so far, that's all I've ever used it for at one time, on a long plane flight). Same 7" screen which is great for most uses, resistive screen is plenty responsive (and perfect for doing quick sketches and note taking, which I do a lot of), HDMI output, and it has two USB ports, the mini USB being an OTG port as well. Games, music, movies, books - great little entertainment device for a LOT less money than an iPad.
I work with market forces as well, I make a good little income licensing my ideas. But with the patent law behind me, I can make sure companies and others CANNOT just take and steal my invention. That alone justifies the price of patenting, in my opinion. Yes, it was expensive, but I've made that back and am now "in the black".
The issue, however, is that the consumer doesn't necessarily pay attention to a $40 cost for the HDD in the laptop; they pay attention to the 320 GB storage of that $40 drive. The price may not scale down, but the Gee Bees just keep climbing, and that is where SSD still lags.
You're using the wrong currency. The standard price of DVDs is simply 7 RMB per disc included in the package, and that's for complete strangers without bargaining. The most recent DVD purchase I made was a 16-disc set for 30 RMB, and the quality was fine. If you wanted legitimate DVDs, did you bother asking? They're really not that hard to find, even in some of the less-touristy cities...
Precisely. My DVD guy gets an e-mailed list from me once a week, I stop by later that week when out and about, and I get my stack of what he could find, at 5 RMB a disc. If you want "real" DVDs and CDs, go to Xinhua bookstore or one of the bigger music/book stores downtown.
Heck, you can go buy "real" OSX and iWorks at the Apple store, for cryin out loud!
One thing often ignored is that China respects IP - that's registered internally. If it's external, then it's ignored. Most countries reserve that right, but most have at least a handshake agreement to be nice. China - like India - basically doesn't care if you have a patent or copyright outside of China - it means nothing INSIDE of China.
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For the record, I do hold US and Chinese patents (I am a US citizen living half-time in Shanghai). I've never been able to come close to enforcing any US patent inside of China (but have in the US); however, I have successfully enforced my own Chinese patents a half-dozen times, including against some of the larger still-partially-State-owned companies.
Moral of the story: if you want your shit respected in a given country, make sure you properly declare and define your shit in the country of interest.
All the sources currently used for that purpose are still available. The excess load required by bringing everyone to the US is covered by that half usage of the Columbia River; that's the only increase you need.
Precisely. But that's not peaceful, and it's interfering, so we won't do it - instead, we'll just shovel food and equipment and money to the nation and let it keep flowing to the thugs in control, and wring our hands more. At least until Lindsay Lohan gets arrested again...
In most of the egregious cases - starving children in Africa, destitute folks in Haiti - the distribution is already attempted. It fails at the delivery end when it's handed out, and usually taken by the local thug/dictator. We've already "spent" the resources to get it there, we're just not enforcing the distribution that is supposed to take place.
Exactly. People forget that the US Government gave Tesla $465 million. Toyota comes along, plops down $60 million, and now they'll get a big chunk of that grant as well, either directly or indirectly. Basically they paid $60 million to get access to $465 million from the US Governments. Seems like a good return on investment, to me!
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Thanks for bringing back terrible memories of book reports and Charlotte's Web... Punk.
If you can write programs with just 8 characters, there is NO NEED to go beyond the base ASCII set.
For most nerds, this pat down would be the closest thing to 2nd base they'll ever get...
Not at this point, but the local electronics shop in Metro City (Shanghai, Xujiahui district) says that HSG will have a 2.2 update for the X5A before the end of the year, and it'll be a free install for X5A owners...
First, people concern themselves with just getting food and water and shelter. Once they have that, they start worrying about the quality of those things. China's making huge strides towards those basics, and much of the population is now starting to look for quality, to the point that organic foods are becoming available in better supermarkets.
It's heading in the right direction... Hopefully they'll tighten things up without going to the extreme we see in the US and the EU, in terms of every little safety requirement and regulation.
The market will fix this. Nobody will buy iPhones when they hear about this. And all iPhone consumers in the market will hear about it.
Right?
Except those that hold their phone wrong...
Best of all, you can find them on eBay and other sites (Taobao if you're in China, like me) for around $130-$140. VERY MUCH worth the price!
YouTube review video. You can get them for around $140, a little less if you're in China (Taobao is your friend!). Android 2.1, 256 MB RAM, 4 GB Flash, full-size SD slot (32 GB goodness loaded in mine), glass screen, metal body, lasts for at least 8 hours of book reading or at least 2 movies (so far, that's all I've ever used it for at one time, on a long plane flight). Same 7" screen which is great for most uses, resistive screen is plenty responsive (and perfect for doing quick sketches and note taking, which I do a lot of), HDMI output, and it has two USB ports, the mini USB being an OTG port as well. Games, music, movies, books - great little entertainment device for a LOT less money than an iPad.
I work with market forces as well, I make a good little income licensing my ideas. But with the patent law behind me, I can make sure companies and others CANNOT just take and steal my invention. That alone justifies the price of patenting, in my opinion. Yes, it was expensive, but I've made that back and am now "in the black".
The issue, however, is that the consumer doesn't necessarily pay attention to a $40 cost for the HDD in the laptop; they pay attention to the 320 GB storage of that $40 drive. The price may not scale down, but the Gee Bees just keep climbing, and that is where SSD still lags.
No.
In reality, and I wish I wasn't making this up, Apple became the #1 provider of end-user computers in the US *if* you count the iPad.
And McDonald's is the #1 provider of fine cuisine in the US, if you count the Big Mac...
Quitter.
You're using the wrong currency. The standard price of DVDs is simply 7 RMB per disc included in the package, and that's for complete strangers without bargaining. The most recent DVD purchase I made was a 16-disc set for 30 RMB, and the quality was fine. If you wanted legitimate DVDs, did you bother asking? They're really not that hard to find, even in some of the less-touristy cities...
Precisely. My DVD guy gets an e-mailed list from me once a week, I stop by later that week when out and about, and I get my stack of what he could find, at 5 RMB a disc. If you want "real" DVDs and CDs, go to Xinhua bookstore or one of the bigger music/book stores downtown.
Heck, you can go buy "real" OSX and iWorks at the Apple store, for cryin out loud!
For the record, I do hold US and Chinese patents (I am a US citizen living half-time in Shanghai). I've never been able to come close to enforcing any US patent inside of China (but have in the US); however, I have successfully enforced my own Chinese patents a half-dozen times, including against some of the larger still-partially-State-owned companies.
Moral of the story: if you want your shit respected in a given country, make sure you properly declare and define your shit in the country of interest.
Actually, it's what I do after an especially fiery serving of Kung Pao chicken...
AT&T built a wireless 3G network with apparent stone-age materials...
Give me 13 billion years, I'll let you know...
The phrase "Cruel and unusual punishment" comes to mind...
All the sources currently used for that purpose are still available. The excess load required by bringing everyone to the US is covered by that half usage of the Columbia River; that's the only increase you need.
Check the links - 50 liters per person, per day. That's half the outflow of the Columbia River. Nothing to do with the Great Lakes...
Precisely. But that's not peaceful, and it's interfering, so we won't do it - instead, we'll just shovel food and equipment and money to the nation and let it keep flowing to the thugs in control, and wring our hands more. At least until Lindsay Lohan gets arrested again...
In most of the egregious cases - starving children in Africa, destitute folks in Haiti - the distribution is already attempted. It fails at the delivery end when it's handed out, and usually taken by the local thug/dictator. We've already "spent" the resources to get it there, we're just not enforcing the distribution that is supposed to take place.
Exactly. People forget that the US Government gave Tesla $465 million. Toyota comes along, plops down $60 million, and now they'll get a big chunk of that grant as well, either directly or indirectly. Basically they paid $60 million to get access to $465 million from the US Governments. Seems like a good return on investment, to me!
May as well take the car.
But only if you pass on the donut. It's a problem when people choose the donut and the car, such poor choices could lead to an obesity epidemic.
Then what the hell do I do with the drive through at Krispy Kreme???