Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-12-06 Thread Stewart Marshall
These ad folks are pretty savvy and do a lot of market research before they put together these ads. That is what they are paid for. Occasionally they drop a bomb (pun not intended) but usually they do a very good job. When I first saw the commercial I was intrigued then when they did the

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-12-06 Thread mike
I suppose because I don't put people in groups and decide I'm better than they are. Silly me I look at individuals. On Nov 11, 2009 5:41 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote: No, I took it the same way I'd react to bumpkin. Why the super-sensitive reaction, response? Thank

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-13 Thread mike
http://xkcd.com/662/ On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:28 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:05 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: More aggressive distracted posting from Mike. He can't really pay attention to what you post because he's also in three chat

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread mike
Is there a reason you think you are so much better than other people or is it just a general sense of superiority? You seem to have a horrible view of people who aren't exactly like you. On Nov 10, 2009 10:13 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:20 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
Mike, why the personal attack? This struck me as way over the top and I could see nothing in the post that would indicate your characterization? Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- Is there a reason you think you are so much better than other people or is it just a general sense

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread mike
Did you miss the part where anyone not living in a big city was a rube? Just because someone works outside they are automatically stupid? On Nov 11, 2009 5:13 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote: Mike, why the personal attack? This struck me as way over the top and I could see

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
No, I took it the same way I'd react to bumpkin. Why the super-sensitive reaction, response? Thank you, Mark Snyder Original Message- Did you miss the part where anyone not living in a big city was a rube? Just because someone works outside they are automatically stupid?

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:21 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Did you miss the part where anyone not living in a big city was a rube? Just because someone works outside they are automatically stupid? Hey, I live and work way out in the country myself, miles from any urban area!! Maybe that

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread mike
I apologize if I read you wrong. I hadn't judged the people in the ad nor felt the ad had judged them. So I thought you were, not relating that you felt the ad itself was judging them. On Nov 11, 2009 6:12 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:21 AM,

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread tjpa
On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:44 AM, mike wrote: Is there a reason you think you are so much better than other people or is it just a general sense of superiority? You seem to have a horrible view of people who aren't exactly like you. More aggressive distracted posting from Mike. He can't really

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:05 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: More aggressive distracted posting from Mike. He can't really pay attention to what you post because he's also in three chat rooms, streaming youtube and hulu videos, shopping for gaiters at five different online stores, reading four

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-10 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
For people in my sons age group it is perfect. He is a huge transformers nut. Stewart At 11:31 PM 11/9/2009, you wrote: Thanks, I found four commercials for droid but not that one. I can see the michael bay effect strong on that one, not a good thing. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:26 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-10 Thread mike
This is exactly like marketing that flowery phone on verizon that looks like a compact to young girls. On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote: For people in my sons age group it is perfect. He is a huge transformers nut. Stewart At

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-10 Thread tjpa
On Nov 9, 2009, at 11:26 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ_sOAhoc0o Interesting. iPhone ads are all about what the phone can do. Droid ads are all about everything and anything else. *

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-10 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:20 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Interesting. iPhone ads are all about what the phone can do. Droid ads are all about everything and anything else. I noted the obvious imagery of collusion between Motorola, Verizon, Google and the Pentagon as they collectively

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread mike
You can take screenshots, don't think it's built in though. On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: He might have been wanting to take screenshots You mean like on the iPhone and iPod Touch? That's build-in, no extra app needed. Can Droid do screenshots too? Can

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: You can take screenshots, don't think it's built in though. Speaking of the coming of the Droids, here is what the Motley Fools say about the $100 million ad campaign recently launched on TV. They felt the same uneasy and

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread mike
I must have missed that droid ad. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:44 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: You can take screenshots, don't think it's built in though. Speaking of the coming of the Droids, here is what

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: I must have missed that droid ad. Watch just about any male oriented sports program on major network TV, football, NASCAR, anything macho, and you'll get to see the ad. It is big time jingoistic looking. When I first saw it, I

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread mike
Nope, at least not for me, all I get are a lot of reviews and the iDont commercial. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:44 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: I must have missed that droid ad. Watch just about any male

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread mike
Saw three more linked off engadget, all 'droid does' commercials with a robot theme. Still no go on the ones you are referring to. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:05 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Nope, at least not for me, all I get are a lot of reviews and the iDont commercial. On Mon, Nov 9,

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-09 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:15 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Saw three more linked off engadget, all 'droid does' commercials with a robot theme.  Still no go on the ones you are referring to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ_sOAhoc0o

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-08 Thread b_s-wilk
He might have been wanting to take screenshots You mean like on the iPhone and iPod Touch? That's build-in, no extra app needed. Can Droid do screenshots too? Can it select and save images? Betty * ** List info,

[CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-07 Thread Tony B
Did I miss something? I don't own a cell phone so I'm not real interested in that discussion, and I sure don't want to read the review, but is this some sort of new tech? How and why does a cell phone take pictures of itself? On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:22 AM, John Emmerling jpemmerl...@gmail.com

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-07 Thread John Emmerling
OK, that was tongue in cheek. Read the blog at http://www.goog_1257606783409 *ihnatko. goog_1257606783409*com/ http://www.ihnatko.com/ On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Did I miss something? I don't own a cell phone so I'm not real interested in that discussion,

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-07 Thread mike
A lot of what Andy does is tongue in cheek. I've listened to him for quite some time on macbreak weekly and he is an uber geek on the order of star wars/ADD/comic book/computer gadget fan boy. I posted the review because I thought it was one of the more fair minded ones out there. He is indeed

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-07 Thread db
If they were accurate, some of his critical comments about the Droid were useful to me. db mike wrote: A lot of what Andy does is tongue in cheek. I've listened to him for quite some time on macbreak weekly and he is an uber geek on the order of star wars/ADD/comic book/computer gadget fan

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-07 Thread mike
Keep in mind, not all android phones are equal. Verizon released two droid phones this week, the other may be closer to what you need. Some of the manufacturers like HTC and Samsung are putting front ends on android and enabling more capabilities along with the front ends. On Sat, Nov 7, 2009

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-07 Thread tjpa
On Nov 7, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Tony B wrote: Did I miss something? Its strictly for narcissistic backwoods droids. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-07 Thread b_s-wilk
Did I miss something? I don't own a cell phone so I'm not real interested in that discussion, and I sure don't want to read the review, but is this some sort of new tech? How and why does a cell phone take pictures of itself? Some phones have cameras on the front and back of the phone. You can

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-07 Thread mike
He might have been wanting to take screenshots On Nov 7, 2009 1:26 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: Did I miss something? I don't own a cell phone so I'm not real interested in that discussion, an... Some phones have cameras on the front and back of the phone. You can do video calls if