I didn't say that 'you have to pay for' the iOS upgrades. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
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I didn't say that 'you have to pay for' the iOS upgrades. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Fair dos! Apple do like to over hype stuff tho. They make a couple of small changes which others made ages ago and they are like OMGWTFBBQ it's so awesome!
That's why I called it a marketing move. Then again everyone is starting to do the same so better not get caught in the frenzy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
I use my 6 old Dell Inspiron with Win XP Pro SP3 right now, and I find that it does all I need and see no need to upgrade to Win 7 64 bit Pro (which I have on my other laptop). Maybe I'm old school type.
wouldn't mind but it was absolutely packed ! :crazy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
on a Sunday :eek:
yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
If it were priced only slightly above the Samsung I'd probably have got meself one (iPad 2) yesterday :s
Don't know about where you are but the shopping experience on a Sunday around here - in every shop - is very similar to a Saturday in terms of the number of people there.Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
I just saw the ASUS Zenbook at Costco. WOW!!
These things are going to come down in price by next northern winter when I Hopefully go on my next ski holiday. And I want one of these Zenbooks with me.
I do find it rather irritating that despite Apple's claims of 'everything just works' that photos taking using an iPhone 4 appear either upside down or sideways in most viewing software.
wher I am normally (Germany) shops are mainly closed on Sundays :sQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Cue new thread... :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
Am I lucky I had a flight to catch on the 15th ! :) :p
Guy at work came in with an iPad 3 this afternoon. There was a crowd stood around for quite a while after.
Have to say the display looks 'normal' to me but then I'm used to even greater dpi on the iPhone 4 anyway.
It seems Android is suffering due to the very thing that makes it good, it's openness and availability to all platforms: Fragmentation bomb wounds Android in developer war • The Register
It's the same thing that did for Nokia / Symbian, too many different devices means it's very difficult to write apps for all of them. Whereas with iPhone you only have (pretty much) one iPhone; but that's also a weakness as not everyone can afford or wants an iPhone.
I was slightly bemused yesterday when my (kid's ;) ) iPod Touch 2ndG localised me to within 50m, despite having no phone or GPS :eek: :p
My iPod has a knack of localizing my kid quite readily. Or is it the other way ‘round...? :dozey:
My son and I both have the latest iphone and with the "find your iphone" app I know where he is all the time. I am a confessed stalker and my son just accepts the fact that I know where he is all the time.
It is way cool as a matter of fact. A couple of weeks ago a school mate invited him to spend some time in California and the Arizona desert and it was so cool to see where he was, specially when seen through satellite mode.
i love this technology.
And now that I'm on it, the face time feature (yes, and I know other phones also have it) has completely changed how I communicate with my brother in Florida. it is really a treat.
And now that I can't stop ranting, how about those $600.00 per Share for Apple. I've got none but I'm glad Jag Warrior is loaded. ;)
:s mokin:
I'd say now is a good time to cash them in! I think Apple are in a bit of a bubble at the moment. They are doing very well, but should the iPhone 5 have - for example, an antenna which loses signal when you hold the phone-- there could be trouble!
I just realised that iPod is still available to buy :dozey:
But the question is who buys these devices :|
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Originally Posted by odykas
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I must admit, facetime has its uses.Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
Someone who wants all the features of an iPhone but doesn't need to use it for phone calls.Quote:
Originally Posted by odykas
It does with the iphone in the sense that you both have to have a wifi connection- so we spend time looking at our faces when we are both at home and we can't wander too far out from the "hot spot" or we start freezing or getting disconnected - but as long as we play by the rules, the picture quality is excellent. it is a treat.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
While vacationing in Cancun recently with the wife's brother and his wife, they were using the hotel's wi-fi to facetime every evening with their two teenage boys in Ontario, all for free. The alternative would have been either a long distance call from the hotel or ridiculously expensive roaming charges on the mobile phone.
We live in Calgary and the wife also sometimes uses facetime to communicate with her brother in Ontario. Again, all free and without the hassle of "Skyping" via the computer.
Yes, you need a wi-fi connection, but it is seldom when we are out-and-about where we don’t have a connection gratis (e.g. hotels, airport, campgrounds… :mark: ).
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So Facetime is like Fring? I tried it few years ago when my brothers had it on their old Nokia's. Good fun.
Not sure what Fring does, but Facetime allows Apple users to communicate visually using the devices’ forward-facing camera. All you need is to set up the e-mail addresses as a “contact”. As far as I know, it only works via a wi-fi connection.
Let’s share e-mail addresses Janneppi, and you’ll be able to see my beautiful face :D .
i don't know about other phones but with iPhone you can switch between the 2 cameras that the phone has on each side so you can either show your face or allow others to see what you are seeing without having to turn the phone around and just with the push of a button.. And again, the picture quality is great.
Three problems with that, I don't plan on being a apple product owner anytime soon, i don't want you to have my email adress, and I'm not at all sure you're beautiful :pQuote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Auch, you could have let him down gently. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by janneppi
'kele... :arrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by janneppi
:p :
One of the common situations that always bugged me with my cell phone has been solved by Siri.
I don't know about you but when I'm in the sun light - in other words, out in the streets - I find it almost impossible to read my phone screen and find myself looking for a shade somewhere to get a better view so that I can make a phone call. Now with Siri, all I have to do is ask Siri to make the phone call for me. That's made my cell phone life easier.
Just saying . . .
I think that's the reason Apple is still selling the 3GS model. From what I've read, not that many cell carriers in Latin America and parts of Asia subsidize phones the way they do in North America and parts of Europe. So to grab some share, I guess Apple saw it as beneficial to offer older models at a much cheaper price. I also just read that the iPhone has overtaken the Blackberry in Canada. Ouch! That's gotta hurt. Kind of sad too, when you think about what a promising business that used to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Kind of makes up for the dogs that I've picked over the years.Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
Right you are. The same thing that's happened to RIM could happen to Apple. If they take their eye off the ball and don't keep offering products that the public falls in love with, their earnings (and share price) could fall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
But Apple's P/E ratio, while higher than Microsoft's, is lower than Google's and most other tech companies. It still seems fairly priced. Plus, by adding the dividend, many more mutual funds and money managers can hold it now. As long as it can stay above $540 or so, I'll probably buy call options with any pullback. Remember how Daniel made fun of me when AAPL dropped down to about $320 last year from $360 or so? I told him to buy some calls, if not the stock. I liked Daniel. He should have known that I wouldn't have intentionally steered him wrong. I actually miss the good natured ribbing that Daniel and I used to give each other in our Microsoft vs. Apple debates. Good times. Good times, man. :dozey:
But anyway, the product that I see being their first stumble in a long time is this rumored TV set. I think the set itself will be fine. But unless they can make some rock solid content deals, why wouldn't the average consumer just buy a nice Panasonic or Samsung plasma set? I've considered buying the $99 Apple TV set top box. But then I think, "Why??? What shows will I get with it that I can't get now?" Instead of buying back their own stock (at $600 per share or whatever), I think Apple should use a chunk of that money to buy into a network, studio or production company. Sure, maybe that would be a dumb use of the money, but they have to get good content somewhere. Not just the crap movies that nobody wanted to see when they were in the theaters the first time. And right now, the content providers don't seem all that willing to make a deal with Apple... or anybody else.
And another thing ( :D )... why do I have to subscribe to cable or DirecTV to get HBO? Make a deal with Time Warner so that I can buy HBO a la carte. Make two or three deals like this and make it a package deal that I can buy through iTunes. Then I'll cancel DirecTV and buy this Apple TV plasma/HD set (that will be twice as expensive as the competition), but lets me pipe in EXACTLY what I want using my broadband connection, without being ripped off for stuff that I never watch.
I'm not quoting Daniel here to give him a hard time or an "I told you so". I really miss Daniel. I felt like we had some spirited, but good debates. I found it to be fun and interesting. But when I saw the linked news story, I could only remember that someone (didn't remember who until I searched the thread for the quote) in this thread telling me that RIM was "not hanging on for dear life" last year, whereas many others thought the handwriting was on the wall over a year ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I'm not happy to see RIM struggling like this, with the stock only popping today because traders now see it as valuable only because it may now be a takeover candidate. I feel like more platforms, more competitors, improve the breed. Competition forces innovation. If there is only one dominant player (like Microsoft in the PC OS market), then you end up with junk software and products.
Too bad for RIM. Too bad for their loyal customers and investors. But any company that gets lazy, fails to innovate and doesn't keep up with the demands of the market, runs the risk of "hanging on for dear life". It doesn't matter if it's GM, RIM, Apple or Microsoft - no one can stay king for long if they get lazy.
RIM Weighs Bleak Options
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Research In Motion Ltd.'s RIMM +7.06% new chief executive faces two bleak options: Attempt a bold turnaround of the embattled BlackBerry maker, or find a willing buyer. Neither will be an easy task.
RIM said sales of BlackBerrys fell sharply in the latest quarter, leading to the company's first revenue decline in seven years. Its subscriber growth rate from the previous quarter also hit an all-time low of 3%. And two of RIM's top officers stepped down, leaving RIM's executive bench as shallow as it has ever been.
Meanwhile, morale has flagged amid the unrest, according to executives inside and outside the company.
At a dinner meeting in February between RIM's chief technology officer, David Yach, one of the executives who left Thursday, and chief information officers from companies and government agencies, including the Department of Defense, the mood from the RIM side was somber, according to a person who attended the dinner.
"It was like going to a wake," this person said.
Here's a dumb question for non-Apple users...
Do non-Apple tablets require anti-virus software? Are they susceptible to viruses similar to a PC :?:
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Because they are so locked down with apps unable to write outside their sandbox there isn't much in the way of viruses for iOS. I've never heard of any.Quote:
Are they susceptible to viruses similar to a PC :?:
Thanks.
So there's no worries when web browsing the 'net?
so long as you don't google billy's missus... :erm: :andrea:
Nah cos you can't run executables in the same way as you can with proper machines. That's not to say a virus is impossible, just that it's extremely difficult to get one to do anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
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Originally Posted by schmenke
I don't think it comes so much from browsing. But from all that I've read (and why I'll never have an Android device), some of the apps are the viruses/malware.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
New Android Malware Gains Root Without Permission
Android's Open Nature Makes It Easy Malware Target: Total Defense
I guess because of the open nature and lack of oversight on the Android app marketplace, a large percentage of the apps are apparently disguised malware. I guess that's why an IT guy at a previous company told me that they didn't allow Android devices on the company network. Apple and Microsoft devices can be infected too. But for whatever reason (better oversight and review, I'm guessing), it's not happening at nearly the same rate as with Android. And RIM devices seem pretty safe. If I can find one for $50 or $60 bucks in the next few months, I'll probably buy a Playbook just to have something to play with at the track. Plus, it'll probably be a collector's item soon. :D
iOS has two protections against rouge apps. Firstly that the only way you can get an app is first have it approved by Apple. And if it gets past this part it's contained within it's own environment so it can't damage the rest of the OS