Remember the itty-bitty screens on the early home computers? The
small screens were a pain; fortunately, thanks to advances in
computer technology, the screens got larger pretty fast. In my first
temp job in the Washington area, I worked on one of the original
Macs. It was better than a
Tap Fish found a way around this limitation on the touch. Apple knows it.
Apple refunded the $900 fish bill without much of a fight. Thurrott got
satisfaction rather quickly from Apple. He had to call on a iPad Touch that
was under warranty to have someone to complain to since the App store
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:36 AM, John Duncan Yoyo
johnduncany...@gmail.comwrote:
Tap Fish found a way around this limitation on the touch. Apple knows it.
Apple refunded the $900 fish bill without much of a fight. Thurrott got
satisfaction rather quickly from Apple. He had to call on a
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote:
At the present day, I just don't see itty-bitty machines with itty-bitty
screens taking the place of laptops or desktops for serious work, either in
the home or the office.
My brother works for a large, worldwide IT
I hear some developers on various podcasts who have outfitted their cubicles
with dual or even triple 21 to 27 screens, this seems the ideal set up for
this kind of all day long pounding at the keyboard for intense work...15
inch laptop for writing code? Torture.
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 6:09 AM,
15 inch laptop for writing code? Torture.
It's not just torture, it's inefficient, expensive torture. Developers are
*constantly* referring to documentation, code samples, bits of other projects,
and a million other things. Having to flip
back forth while coding is distracting terribly
You will be better served by reading those commentators who are
insightful enough to recognize that the iPad is a new category. We now
need to identify the computer users who fit into that new category.
For creatives the need for a real computer remains. Getting an iPad
does not cause me
Well, a fifteen-inch laptop is still a far cry from an iPad--let
alone an orignal Mac (or an Osborn). I'm sorry your brother and his
co-workers have to use a 15-inch laptop to code on all day; but here,
we're getting into the issue of workers versus corporations, rather
than consumer
I think you are missing one aspect: Windows PCs will be disappearing
at a more rapid rate than Macs. The majority of Windows PCs are used
for low-level tasks that are better served by something in the iPad
category.
Also noteworthy is that M$ was again caught flat footed. They do not
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 9:54 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
For creatives the need for a real computer remains. Getting an iPad does not
cause me to no longer need my desktop. I use the desktop computer for what
it does best and the iPad for what it does best. I won't give up the
desktop. I
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote:
Well, a fifteen-inch laptop is still a far cry from an iPad--let alone an
orignal Mac (or an Osborn). I'm sorry your brother and his co-workers have
to use a 15-inch laptop to code on all day; but here, we're getting
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:14 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
I think you are missing one aspect: Windows PCs will be disappearing at a
more rapid rate than Macs. The majority of Windows PCs are used for
low-level tasks that are better served by something in the iPad category.
Agreed.
Also
I don't think it is that easy to make that judgement.
Just 10 years ago the 17 CRT monitor was considered a luxury.
In those days all coders and programmers sufficed on 15 monitors that
had flicker problems and such.
The 15 laptop (really 15.4) is actually a little larger than the
monitors
I keep getting faster with the iPad's virtual keyboard. I have noticed
that it is far better than the one on the iPhone. Whenever I run an
iPhone app on my iPad (even at the 2x setting) I see that the iPhone's
keyboard is too small and has an awkward arrangement of keys. The
iPad's
Well, maybe the young woman crossing the street while staring at her
smartphone is trying to earn her Darwin Award. She does represent
the market Apple and other smartphone purveyors are targeting: young,
hip, earning decent money, and not concerned yet about saving for
retirement. She's
Capacitor leaks are serious business. When a capacitor blows out, not
only does the device in question die an instant death, it might even
catch fire. So when the New York Times reports on freshly unsealed
documents from a lawsuit alleging that Dell, over the course of two
years, sold almost 12
It also mentioned that Dell was not the only company hit by these bad
capacitors, but also HP and Apple.
Seems Dell made the mistake of trying to cover it up.
Remember it is not the 2 bit problem that sinks you but the 4 star
cover up. (rephrasing words spoken about Nixon)
Stewart
At
Maybe it is a cost-plus contract?
On Jun 30, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
Having to flip back forth while coding is distracting terribly
inefficient. In the long run, this company would probably save money
with bigger/multiple screens.
You are mixing up your own finances with the objective value of a new
technology. I would gladly trade a few meals at an Georgetown Italian
restaurant to pay for my iPad. And I use it for much more serious
purposes than picking a restaurant.
On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:38 AM, Constance Warner
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote:
Maybe it's time for programmers to get concerned about politics and
economics--even, dare I say it, unions. (It won't be easy, but they
probably won't send the Pinkertons with shotguns against you, the way they
did to
Apple should do their own version of M$ Laptop Hunters TV ad. This
time Loren walks out with an iPad, plus gets to keep $400 in cash.
On Jun 30, 2010, at 10:31 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
I feel you are correct on all points. What matters in this regard
is that the huge bulk of computer
But much of the marketing for smartphones concerns just such
convenience issues as picking a restaurant (or a store, or some other
way of consuming); so this isn't my idea. In nearly all the
commercials I've seen, convenience and consumption are the main
selling points of smartphones and
Yes it is there. The default is no controls (as it should be).
I tried the Tap Fish app. There are better and free aquariums
available. Buying additional items takes you to the Apps Store and a
password prompt. The problem may be that once the store password is
entered, it does not have to
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:14 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Apple should do their own version of M$ Laptop Hunters TV ad. This time
Loren walks out with an iPad, plus gets to keep $400 in cash.
The iPad would have probably been all she needed and was looking for
in the first place.
Steve
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote:
But much of the marketing for smartphones concerns just such convenience
issues as picking a restaurant (or a store, or some other way of consuming);
so this isn't my idea. In nearly all the commercials I've seen,
You are putting a negative spin on it. Geolocation is hot and has many
applications. Telling someone that they will never be lost or
bewildered in an unfamiliar neighborhood is a fantastic selling point.
It is a very positive benefit. I have read several stories about
people using their
You make my point exactly. There is a power imbalance here, and
something needs to be done about it.
What to do--I don't know. I'm not a programmer, an employer, or a
union organizer.
The one good thing is, you probably won't have to face a line of
Pinkertons with shotguns. I wish
On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:01 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
But, hey, it's marketing at its best...or worst.
I guess some folks would just rather wallow in misery.
You may go ahead an buy the sad-sack phone. The one with no ringer
because nobody ever calls you and no keyboard because you have
That is pretty much the mantra of advertising until it comes to
Politics and there we get nothing but the ugly.
Stewart
At 12:01 PM 6/30/2010, you wrote:
Well put.
Conspicuous and consumptive consumerism is most definitely a key
component of almost all advertising for cell phones, smart
For any app store purchase, including purchases from inside an
app, you have to enter in your password the first time you make
a purchase, but your password activation only remains good for a
little while afterwards, and in particular will expire after the idevice
goes to sleep. So Thurrott
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:42 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
I guess some folks would just rather wallow in misery.
You may go ahead an buy the sad-sack phone. The one with no ringer because
nobody ever calls you and no keyboard because you have nobody to write to.
My cell phone ringer
Location services are getting huge, even in small use spaces. Using our
phones when I was at the mall to pick up that iPhone 4, we used different
location services offered by our phones to test how accurate they could be,
instead of calling and asking 'hey where are you? I'm in front of the
Now that the news is out about Verizon we can hopefully see a price war.
On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:31 PM, mike wrote:
While my friends iPhone was killer, he cringed a little when I told
him I get more
minutes, more texts and more data for 40 dollars less a month.
News meaning *another* rumor.
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 12:38 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Now that the news is out about Verizon we can hopefully see a price war.
On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:31 PM, mike wrote:
While my friends iPhone was killer, he cringed a little when I told him I
get more
MS already killed the kin, barely out a week? Did the iPhone sales scare
them off their little dangeresque device? It was clearly priced way too
high for the target market. Can this bode well for Windows phone?
On Jun 30, 2010 12:42 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
News meaning *another*
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 5:38 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
MS already killed the kin, barely out a week? Did the iPhone sales scare
them off their little dangeresque device? It was clearly priced way too
high for the target market. Can this bode well for Windows phone?
Looks to me as
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/droid-x-ad-pokes-fun-at-iphone-4-antenna-troubles/
Now Moto is going after Apple...
*It comes with a double antenna design. The kind that allows you to hold
the phone any way you like and use it just about anywhere to make crystal
clear calls.*
On Tue, Jun 29,
Sporty's Pilot shop is advertising aviation training courses for iPad,
iPhone, and Android. So they are used for something more than locating
a good meal.
Ken
I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find
one.
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On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 6:54 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
*It comes with a double antenna design. The kind that allows you to hold
the phone any way you like and use it just about anywhere to make crystal
clear calls.*
Crystal clear calls? I have not as yet heard a crystal clear
call
I liked the fact that they sent a batch of the bad computers to their own
lawyers and refused to make good on the faulty equipment. Talk about
shooting yourself in the foot with a howitzer.
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Stewart Marshall
revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote:
It also mentioned
Yeah a 155 not a 105.
Stewart
At 09:01 PM 6/30/2010, you wrote:
I liked the fact that they sent a batch of the bad computers to their own
lawyers and refused to make good on the faulty equipment. Talk about
shooting yourself in the foot with a howitzer.
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:02 AM,
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 6:37 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 5:38 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
MS already killed the kin, barely out a week? Did the iPhone sales scare
them off their little dangeresque device? It was clearly priced way too
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:09 PM, John Duncan Yoyo
johnduncany...@gmail.com wrote:
It was also trapped between major phone OS releases. It was the last gasp
of system 6 at 6.5 and too close to the release of 7. It was sort of a
missing link phone.
Missing link. Ouch! That hurts.
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