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I've supplied a seperate subnet unabated through the proxy via the firewall for guests to use, but I control its use with the encryption key. It is obviously seperate from the work domain so corporate email is still not provided on non corporate devices.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
It is generally used for presentations, auditors etc.
I agree that looks rather grim.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
Good thing you are already using virtual environments , ESXi 5, so that allows you to cheaply deploy new servers (price of OS is still bellow price of hardware).
Obviously I agree that in your case deploying a new server just to support the newest BB devices and OS is not one of your priorities.
Not ESXi - the full paid for version used with VCentre - I blew my last decent achievable budget on virtualising the estate and replacing our ageing MAS1000 SAN - upgrading the OS at the time (2009) put the budget beyond acceptable!Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Free version of XenServer for us. We don't tend to buy thinks like VMWare!
Especially if you can live with MS HyperV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
That would mean buying Windows licences!Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
My word this has all get very technical... I'm out of my depth :p
I thought this was amusing, although I wouldn't want to pay the bill!
BBC News - Kent village paying French mobile call chargesQuote:
Residents and visitors to a Kent village are racking up extra charges when their mobile phones connect to French networks.
The bay is blocked by the white cliffs from receiving UK signals and people in the village sometimes get connected to the French network depending on atmospheric conditions and the weather.
Nice little beach 'hut' cafe down there, and I always get 'that text' as does 'er indoors!Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
True, and on top of that Windows 2008 Server licenses, which SGWilko tries to avoid right now. But still cheaper then VMware, but also less powerful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Bloody French, they should stop extending so far outside their Hexagon.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Seriously, how is that possible? In mainland Europe if I leave the country of my provider I get maximum 5 kms of coverage, sometimes even less.
Because the signals travel across the sea quite easily as they have line of sight to the coast.
So everyone should set their phones to manually chose the provider when they travel to this place and then enjoy a day without being bothered by anyone! Good idea!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Seriously though, they might want to install a transmitter in the town to make sure they avoid such issues.
In the awesome town of Oradea, when my carrier takes a break an Hungarian carrier would welcome me instantly... But the border is 10 km from here.... It's odd that the French network could reach that far.
The French are the best, there's no questioning of that! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
Older readers may remember that One-2-One used to give free calls within your own dialling code, or in neigbouring codes. Why they based it on landlines I'll never know, but anyway. I spent an evening in Sheerness making loads of calls, which should have been free it falls into the area next to mine. I didn't bank on the transmitters on top of flats on Southend seafront, just 8 miles away as the crow flies - and that was when you'd pay 30 or 50p per minute for non-inclusive calls!Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
It's a bit more than 10km to France but not a huge deal more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
I'm gonna skip 2008 and move right on to 2012 if I get my budget. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
That seems like a good plan. Also your chances to get budget for an up to date OS are better then for the previous version.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
Oohhhh, One 2 Weekend tarriff! In the days when mobiles were still rather bulky, and you could only send texts cross networks by manually inputting a belgium message centre number!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
Ah, them were the days. Credit card size SIM cards too, and an extending aerial.
Motorola M301 for me! The battery alone was the size of 3 iPhones. I was so glad when I switched to Orange and upgraded to a Nokia 5.1, which felt futuristic in comparison.
Well the S4 is now here and I have to say its very impressive. Looks a nice device and Samsung have certainly taken note of the demand for better quality hardware in terms of material choice and or appearance. I might end up back on Android at the end of next year when my contract is up as I would never rule it out. I would like to see more effort going into app development as iOS is still the leader in quality app's IMO, and I feel Android is let down somewhat in this department. Having said that I think Apple are due a major overhaul of its software and I'll be interested to see what this brings.
Samsung Galaxy S4 release date, news and features | News | TechRadar
My only gripe about the S4 is its size. I felt the S3 was too large for my tastes and still do when I play with my friends phones. Sort of hoping the quality continues as we see here, but the demand for massive screens cools off a bit. Its going to be a tough choice for my next upgrade, but that's way off yet thank goodness. :)
Everybody seems obsessed with this eye-scrolling trickery (which if it's anything like the temperamental "smart stay" on my S3 will be switched off sharpish by most users), when actually there are some far more geeky improvements which will have more real-world use. The screen for starters is genuine full HD, 1920x1080, the same pixel count as a full HD TV. That means no scaling of video content so it should play back even smoother. But I think the real killer could be Samsung Knox, the equivalent of the Blackberry's enterprise software which keeps your personal and work stuff totally separate. IT managers are - rightly or wrongly - somewhat paranoid about allowing Android devices on their networks, this should completely eliminate that fear. From the outside this doesn't look like a massive leap from the S3, but internally it looks very interesting.
Well, i have what is essentially a wp8 gs3 and the screen size is fine, in fact I'd hapily have a bigger phone, you soon get used to it.
That used to be the case, in fact it was embarrassing how many major companies trumpeted their iOS apps while leaving Android out in the cold, but is that really the case now? Apart from the woeful iPlayer, can you think of any useful iOS app that doesn't have an Android equal?Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I can only go on my experience from changing to iOS from Android Dave. I'll list the apps I use where I have noticed a difference, be it in appearance, extra features, or stability. Endomondo, and Tapatalk both seem less laggy on iOS and I've noticed the interface on Tapatalk contains a different layout. The Halifax banking app used to let you put your password in and security pin only to close itself down and ask you to submit an error report. Its not done this as yet since my switch. The Facebook app on Android went through so many changes and shortly before I switched they had it nailed. It wasn't as fluid as I'm getting now but was fine. Towards the end it was updated and was virtually unusable to which it often closed itself down and again the dreaded feedback/error report box would come onto the screen. The play store used to take up to a minute to load on my HTC. I know it was loading a fair amount of data concerning marketing and app's but still. With good connectivity and a phone that was clear of clutter and widgets running in the background, I just didn't think it was as polished as it should have been.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
I know these types of issues vary between Android phones and the higher end phone you buy, the better performance you will often get. I don't accept that excuse because the purpose of designing an operating system to deliver it to the range, not allow it to under perform on phones that are still relatively new but quickly replaced by a better model. I'm sure the experience is very different on the S3 however, but will the performance suffer like mine did in 12 months time? I think they need to address the fundamental issues users have, rather than focussing too much on the next release. Its all great releasing the new must have phone, but when you are stuck in a 2 year contract and suddenly your phone is incapable of running the OS, I think its unacceptable.
This sounds like a rant but I really do think I'll be back on Android in the future. I just hope it sorts itself out sooner rather than later. :)
Bugs on Android are always going to be more common just due to the fact that Android and apps have to run on a variety of hardware. Same as Windows on PC is regarded as being less reliable than OSX, just because of the variety of setups Windows has to run on.
S4 looks very impressive, I think if I was after a new phone at the moment I'd be looking at that. Trouble is now you think - well I'll wait and see what the next iPhone is like - then, well I'll wait and see what the next Samsung is like ;)
That's the vicious circle we are in now. A couple of years ago I held off on an upgrade because there was nothing that took my fancy. Now there is plenty of choice, almost too much! I think if I was considering the S4 right now, I's wait and see what the S4 mini is like. I don't have deep suit pockets on a daily basis and really do think phones are focusing on maximum screen size rather than realistic usability. I know the rumour mill is suggesting the next iPhone will be significantly larger, but I do hope they produce a 4 inch screened model alongside it like we have right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Well, back after an intense and exhausting two month travel halfway across the world, I have to say I am not that impressed by the S4. Of course I ruled out flexible displays long ago, but I was expecting it to be much, much better in all departments. For now I'll stick to my S3 and be on the lookout for something more impressive.
In fact if I was gagged, put under hot water and forced to make a choice now, I'd go for the Xperia Z most probably.
To be honest from what I have read from initial feedback is that they predict most of the software features on the S4 will soon appear on the S3 and lets face it the S3 is still a stunning device with plenty of power. Whether or not S3 users will jump up to the S4 for a slightly bigger screen and a bit of chrome down the sides I do not know. I do think if anyone was considering the S3 as an upgrade, they may as well consider the S4 now, be silly not to.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
Yep, for my needs it's more than enough for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Exactly. The S4 will be available for pretty much the same contract as the S3 and an iPhone 5 in the US and UK very soon now.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
No point in getting an out of date flagship anyway. I reckon you'd get used to a bigger iPhone or a galaxy s4 in no time henners.
Possibly, I may have no choice if that's the way things are going. I'll just have to make sure my wife is with me on nights out so she can carry it in her handbag lol. A mate of mine has the Galaxy Note 2 and although he loves it for general use when at work and at home, he admits its far too big in some situations. He didn't have it with him last weekend for instance when myself and a few if the lads went out. I think he got fed up by how many times people said 'where's your laptop?' You try getting the Note in a pair of skinny jeans and walk normally! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Don't get me wrong it's got some pretty decent hardware upgrades, but if I had an S3 and knew most of the features would come in the next update, I wouldn't be rushing out to get it. It doesn't look much different to the S3 either. That wouldn't bother me so much because iPhones run along the same style principle which makes them date less quickly. A tactic possibly Samsung are also using when building the Galaxy brand. It'll still sell well but whether or not it'll do as we'll as the S3 will remain to be seen. I'm not a Samsung user so couldn't give a reliable opinion on whether its a big enough jump or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
Am I wrong or is it true that nearly everyone wants to upgrade their smart phone to have a better toy? ;)
You're not wrong Valve I think most people these days will upgrade as soon as their contract is up mainly for a new toy. I include myself on that :)
I don't care for many of these new features that are coming out on these new "smart" phones.
What is missing in your current smart phone that you would wish for?
Give me more battery life,better video and pix quality ( and I'm a happy customer on this end and I'm sure it will get better), a universal video codec and finally better (lower) prices for phones and a more reliable and dependable service.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21791023
Well, there's no point in buying last years flagship model IMHO. For me there were only two phones I would have considered, I really did want a 920, but the Ativ S has a few bits of wow factor too. The screen really is rather fantastic and the battery is great, leave the wifi, bluetooth, 3g and GPS active on my Lumia 800 and you'd find that by the evening it needed a charge which wasn't ideal if you were chatting on facebook. With my Ativ S, I can do all that and use the phone loads during the day and still have at least 40% battery by the time I jump into bed. If I only use it lightly and switch everything off that drains the battery, I could have another 30% battery left. If there was a Windows Version of the galaxy S4 available then I would have bought that, but most of the new features aren't applicable to Windows Phone.....Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
You know I made fun of the Note quite a bit, but a coworker has one and after going from a 3.7" Lumia 800 screen to a 4.8" Ativ S one, I have to say that size is everything and for my next upgrade I'd consider something Noteish in size. Luckily I have no friends so would never really have to suffer the embarassment of making a call on it :pQuote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I don't use half the crap on my current phone. I wish I would have picked the slightly thicker phone with more battery life, but actually for my use it's more than enough.