Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 27th Sep 2010 22:17 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Is Research In Motion still, well, in motion? Heck yeah they are. They just unveiled their long-awaited tablet, christened the BlackBerry PlayBook. It's got a dual-core 1Ghz ARM processor, and it runs... QNX! This alone already makes it the most awesome tablet ever.
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You do realise that unlike Apple, most companies are not averse to SD expansion slots, right? I'd much rather have an SD slot which I can continuously upgrade than soldered-on 16GB without the ability to upgrade - save for buying a new device, of course.
Please sir, can we have both?
Member since:2005-07-06
You do realise that unlike Apple, most companies are not averse to SD expansion slots, right? I'd much rather have an SD slot which I can continuously upgrade than soldered-on 16GB without the ability to upgrade - save for buying a new device, of course.
Amazing how you fail to explain to me why I should pay close to the same price for an inferior product. Take this:
http://www.vodafone.co.nz/shop/mobileDetails.jsp?skuId=sku6920077&v...
Only upgrade is via a mini-sd slot, the result? even if I wanted to upgrade to 16gb (which is the largest mini-sd available) I would end up paying more than a 16GB iPhone 4:
http://store.apple.com/nz/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone?mco...
So I end up paying close to $1200 for a Blackberry plus upgrade card (16GB is going to be the largest mini-sd) or I could pay $1099 for a iPhone 4 - around $100 cheaper. Then add on that- are you going to receive a new OS like how iPhone 3GS did? I doubt it.
So you're saddled with a more expensive phone that you can't upgrade the OS and limited expandability due to technical limitations of sd-mini technology
Member since:2005-06-29
I call it hatred because there is absolutely no reason what so ever not to ship it global on day one - put up a f--king website and allow people to purchase it anywhere around the globe.
Laws.
Legal requirements.
Testing procedures.
Supply problems.
Insufficient production capacity.
Lack of a supply chain.
No support structure.
Insufficient raw materials.
Insufficient manpower.
Want me to go on?
Member since:2005-07-06
Laws.
Legal requirements.
Testing procedures.
Supply problems.
Insufficient production capacity.
Lack of a supply chain.
No support structure.
Insufficient raw materials.
Insufficient manpower.
Want me to go on?
Legal requirements.
Testing procedures.
Supply problems.
Insufficient production capacity.
Lack of a supply chain.
No support structure.
Insufficient raw materials.
Insufficient manpower.
Want me to go on?
Then stop whining that Apple is mopping the floor with you. If you want to beat Apple how about producing a comparable experience - there is should be no reason in this day and age for me not being able to purchase a device unless the company is being a grade A cunt and refuses to sell it internationally.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/22/13 22:23 UTC
"Sony gave the PS4 50% more raw shader performance, plain and simple (768 SPs @ 800MHz vs. 1152 SPs & 800MHz). Unlike last generation, you don't need to be some sort of Jedi to extract the PS4's potential here. The Xbox One and PS4 architectures are quite similar, Sony just has more hardware under the hood. Weâll have to wait and see how this hardware delta gets exposed in games over time, but the gap is definitely there. The funny thing about game consoles is that itâs usually the lowest common denominator that determines the bulk of the experience across all platforms. On the plus side, the Xbox One should enjoy better power/thermal characteristics compared to the PlayStation 4. Even compared to the Xbox 360 we should see improvement in many use cases thanks to modern power management techniques." AnandTech does its usual in-depth thing.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/22/13 13:38 UTC
"The Verge has learned that HTC's Chief Product Officer, Kouji Kodera, left the company last week. Kodera was responsible for HTC's overall product strategy, which makes the departure especially notable on the heels of the global launch of the make-or-break One. It's not just Kodera. In the past three-odd months, HTC has lost a number of employees in rapid succession." I really hope HTC pulls it together.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/22/13 13:30 UTC, submitted by JRepin
"It is with huge pleasure that the Debian GNU/Hurd team announces the release of Debian GNU/Hurd 2013. This is a snapshot of Debian 'sid' at the time of the Debian 'wheezy' release (May 2013), so it is mostly based on the same sources. It is not an official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release." Important note: 75% of Debian packages are supported bu Debian GNU/Hurd. Impressive.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 22:06 UTC
"The first killer app was VisiCalc. This early spreadsheet turned the Apple II from a hobbyist toy to a business computer. VisiCalc came with room for improvement, though. In addition, a new architecture and operating system, the Intel-based IBM PC and MS-DOS, also needed a spreadsheet to be taken seriously. That spreadsheet, released in early 1983, would be Lotus 1-2-3, and it would change the world. It became the PC's killer app, and the world would never be the same. On May 14, IBM quietly announced the end of the road for 1-2-3, along with Lotus Organizer and the Lotus SmartSuite office suite. Lotus 1-2-3's day is done." Impressive 30 year run.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:45 UTC
"There's a disconnect between how Apple CEO Tim Cook sees his company's tax strategies and how some members of the US Senate view it. That became clearer than ever today after Cook and two other Apple executives testified before Congress, explaining why they're holding most of their international income in Irish subsidiaries like Apple Operations International, which declare no tax residency anywhere in the world. AOI hasn't filed a tax return anywhere in the world for the last five years, yet it earned $30 billion in income from 2009 to 2012, according to a Senate report released yesterday." Just because something is legal, doesn't mean it's just. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and many more - these companies might not be breaking any laws, but it's obvious to anyone that what they are doing is scummy.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 15:53 UTC
The new WebKit Opera for Android has been released. "Opera 14 for Android is built on top of Chromium 26, with a total overhaul of the UI in native code, making it fit well with the latest Android design guidelines. Go get the build from Google Play or point your browser to m.opera.com, and give it a spin!"
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 22:43 UTC
The Verge pointed me to a blog post by Leap Motion - which reveals how their Kinect-like motion control works with Windows 8. "From the second you plug in your Leap Motion Controller, you'll be able to browse the web and interact with your computer just by moving your hands and fingers in the air. With Leap Motion technology and Windows, you can do everything that's possible with multi-touch inputs - without actually touching anything. This also means that existing applications in Windows 7 and 8 will respond to your natural hand and finger movements. Soon, we'll show you how Leap Motion will work with Mac OS X." Quite cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 21:50 UTC
PocketNow interviews Marc Dillon, and there's an interesting note about why Jolla is keeping the display properties under wraps: "We're leaving some of those details out because we do understand that there are a lot of really big players in the market and they tend to take certain components in the market and dominate them. We created the ability to actually be able to run Sailfish on multiple hardware displays and be able to swap components, so this is part of the demand and supply planning phase. We are committed to this industrial design which is a 4.5-inch display, an 8 megapixel camera on the back and a front-facing camera at the front, and the exact specs of the display we'll provide when we're close to delivery." Something you rarely hear anything about.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/19/13 23:15 UTC
"This is my NeXTstation Turbo Color booting the Mac System 7.1 Operating System using a hardware add-on called 'Daydream'. The Daydream has a Mac ROM and a few custom ICs in it and hooked up to the NeXTs DSP port. Turns your NeXT into a full fledged 68k powered Mac." So cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/19/13 23:11 UTC, submitted by Drumhellar
"The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1, the first feature update of the NetBSD 6 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, as well as new features and enhancements. Please note that all fixes in the prior security/bugfix updates (NetBSD 6.0.1 and 6.0.2) are also in 6.1."More News »
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But hey, does anybody else notice there is no mention of hard disk capacity *AT ALL*? With 1 GB RAM it is only to be expected that the HD will be much more spacious, but it doesn't say anywhere what the actual volume is.
If it is anything like the blackberry mobile phones it'll have bugger all space; even their high end Storm only comes with 256MB built in memory. For Christ sake, its 2010 and people are still bundling only 256MB on a phone worth as much as an iPhone?! I'll bet my bottom dollar that it'll have the same woeful amount of memory as their phones will and charge the same price as the iPad.
Apple competitors never cease to disappointment me in almost every way they put a product out there; from the lack of Android 2.2 upgrades to the anaemic space included with their products, and their refusal to ship globally because of their hatred of international customers. I call it hatred because there is absolutely no reason what so ever not to ship it global on day one - put up a f--king website and allow people to purchase it anywhere around the globe.
Edited 2010-09-28 14:24 UTC