Hah, people playing music on the bus isn't so much of a problem here as a) it doesn't happen so much b) the music they play is better. :) On May 16, 2012 4:41 AM, "Kevin Wright" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 16 May 2012 07:48, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Perhaps in our countries, where we spend big $$ on "smart" phones this >> may be so...but we aren't the majority of phone users globally. >> >> I know that here in Argentina a lot of people prefer Blackberrys to at >> least medium-line Android phones, but more out of habit than anything, >> and the collective noun for smartphones seems to be 'Blackberrys', no >> matter the manufacturer or OS. Which throws me every time. >> >> In fact when I got my Samsung device it was 2/3 the price of the >> cheapest Android, bought on a contract, despite to my eyes at least, >> being 100 times better, so I guess either they can't sell Android >> devices and push the price down to get rid, or they push the >> BlackBerry prices up according to demand, or a combination of both. >> >> Whole groups of friends organise events using BlackBerry Messenger, >> and people relying on the cross-manufacturer equivalent, WhatsApp, >> often find themselves missing some information. >> >> I'm not sure RIM should even try to compete with Apple and Android >> like-for-like. Something new is needed, such as those magical >> unfolding screens that always seem to be in the late prototype phases, >> decent quality speakers on which bass can actually be heard, tactile >> feedback from the screen so you can feel the edge of a button, more >> accurate touch (fingernail?) so that UIs don't have to have comically >> large buttons to be reliable, etc. >> > > > If by "better quality" you mean "highly directional", then I'm all for it. > Anything that means I don't have to endure whatever 5 minute wonder the > schoolkids are playing for each other on the bus this week. > > Better still, why not just remove the speaker entirely and give the thing > 5 headphone sockets? And 5 pairs of half decent headphones that don't > blast so much of the "music" outwards that I can use shazam to identify > what my fellow travellers are listening to? (I'm looking at *you* Apple...) > > I'd also pay good money for a handset with some sort of EMP capability > built in, able to knock out the noisiest devices of everyone else within a > 5 metre radius :) > > > > >> >> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:52 AM, Steven Siebert <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > This months Java Magazine has a relevant article on JavaME ( >> > >> http://www.oraclejavamagazine-digital.com/javamagazine/20120506?sub_id=EoA81h7GiCiZ#pg17 >> ). >> > This article at least provides anecdotal evidence that Oracle or the >> global >> > telecom industry is seeing the near demise of JavaME. Perhaps in our >> > countries, where we spend big $$ on "smart" phones this may be so...but >> we >> > aren't the majority of phone users globally. >> > >> > >> > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 1:28 AM, Russel Winder <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 19:19 -0300, Ricky Clarkson wrote: >> >> > Even BlackBerry (well, RIM) are going to leave Java behind, though I >> >> > have >> >> > to say what Google did is awful for people stuck on a J2ME device for >> >> > the >> >> > forseeable future. >> >> >> >> It will be interesting to see what all the companies I did Java ME >> >> training for last year and previously so they could build corporate >> >> Blackberry apps are going to do now that both Java ME and Blackberry >> are >> >> going down the pan. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Russel. >> >> >> >> >> ============================================================================= >> >> Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: >> >> sip:[email protected] >> >> 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] >> >> London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "Java Posse" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Kevin Wright > mail: [email protected] > gtalk / msn : [email protected] > quora: http://www.quora.com/Kevin-Wright > google+: http://gplus.to/thecoda > <[email protected]> > twitter: @thecoda > vibe / skype: kev.lee.wright > steam: kev_lee_wright > > "My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not > regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current > conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side > of the ledger" ~ Dijkstra > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. 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