Posts by netean 71 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Jan 2008
This is something I simply cannot undrestand, the ipod being arguably top of the line in terms of portable audio players (at least in terms of market share and public perception), but playing and charging are virtually impossible as the interference for the charging is attrocious.
The ipod has gone through what, 6/7 updates and it's still a huge problem.
Well done lg for giving that as an option I say!
As someone who bought a laptop with Vista over a year ago, I I hate it with such a passion - it's such a fecking struggle to use.
File copying is a joke.. startup times a joke... UAC - gah turned that off immediately.
Sidebar.. you're kidding, alkl that memory for...?
I've had to reinstall it twice in 12 months... both times after Windowsupdate! -
Windows 7 has to be better than this... and I'm sure it will be, if my next laptop is a quad core machine with 8Gb of ram and 2 graphics card.
My next pc will run OSX, I'm done with windows!
"A 40 mile round trip on a single charge."
+6-8 charge time
+ top speed of.... 40mph (wow)
this is pretty rubbish.. Basically it's a city car yes?
if you live less than 20 miles from work and want a green solution - GET THE BUS.
If you want a green solution that's faster than this, buy a bicycle!
The ONLY people I can see this being useful for would be city delivery drivers, but being a car and not a van, it's not suitable for that purpose either.
looks to me like it has EPIC FAIL written all over it!
you didn't say what the "fair use" is in this "unlimited" package.
Currently their "unlimited" plan is for 3gb per month.
So basically I can pay my £45 for the dongle, then my £20 per month just to have the pleasure of not being able to use as my main broadband because it's "unlimited" to 3gb.
Alternatively, just find a wifi hotspot or a library!
"hey friend, I'm reading this great book right now.. you'd love it"
"Oh yeah"
"absolutely... hey I'll lend you my copy when I'm done with it"
"but surely this is stealing as I haven't got a license to read the book in my house"
Kindle/Sony: too pricey. cost of ownership too high (especially with kindle)
Does little better than real book (some things less well)
Needs power!
Even with great leaps in resolution - eye strain a plenty!
eBooks are way way way too expensive
DRM is just plain terrible.
I have a nokia n95 and I love it.. its' loaded with all sorts of stuff, gps tracking, sports tracking, games, word docs, pdfs music, videos etc (thanks to my 8gb sd card) - it's a lovely lovely phone/camera/video thingy... but my god, symbian s60 is so damn slow and unstable (using latest firmware btw).
the lack of stability and speed really really let it down badly. So i'm sure the same will be true of this phone also
also, if you want to jailbreak your iphone or ipod touch you'll have to wait a bit.
personally I'm not upgrading itunes nor my touch for as long as I possibly can. ITunes sucks enough and don't see any reason to pay even more money to apply just so I can download the odd application.
I remember orange when they were brilliant - admittedly that was a long time ago now.
sadly now they cripple their phones or at the very least graffiti them with junk. Their customer service is just appauling and they ain't cheap either!
My wife is still with them after signing her life away on an 18 month contract. As a "loyalty" they too are offering her a 10% discount per month when she renews for another 18 months... Not likely!
If I was running a business orange is probably the last company in the world I'd ever use - they're just awful.
loved the idea of a new doctor who.
Loved the high(er) production values, and there have been some really good moments, but overall it's a just a bit... oh, I dunno.. piss poor..
lets not forget the little pilsbury doughboys from the start of season 3
nor the arrival of Catherine Bloody Tate.
Nor the piss poor storylines that have marred every single episode this season (so far)
I never really understand why Britain can't do good Sci-Fi... it doesn't have to the "mickey mouse" genre that we seem to make it.
I for one welcome our new Time Travelling overload, he can't be worse than the current one surely!
having used skype and got rather narked that they "removed" my credit because I didn't use it in time - but when I did use it the latency was just appauling, reminiscent of calling australia back in the 1980s. Like old fashioned "satellite delay".
Call quality wasn't as significantly less than I remember it was back in the 1980s also.
Might be more expensive, but I'll stick to real landlines, or another voip operator (for me it's gizmo or wengophone). as their lag isn't nearly as bad!
mouse works in one usb port, but won't work in any of the 4!
The more I use this god'awful pile of junk the more determined I am to make this my last windows machine.. I'd love to go to linux, but that is just a dogs dinner or a system. Vista is just absolute toss.
Next machine will be OSX compatabile, and if I can afford it, might even be an Apple Mac.
is it just me... I really don't see the need, nor point of TV on my mobile... I have to be sitting down for long enough to watch a whole program (i.e. 30 mins) - err... when I'm doing that I'm at home... in front of the TV already!!!!
all these technologies are great and all, but no one really stopped to think "do people really want it?"
DVB-H = Phail!!!!
I'm applaud the effort for OOo and heck it is free. But Free != good.
every little update requires a complete new download - 115mb each time is terrible for minor updates, couldn't they have a more easily patchable system?
For that matter, when will I be able to download JUST writer - I will never use the other components, so why must I download everything!
Still looks as ugly as sin. I remember Wordperfect 7 looking better than this, and that was, what 10+years ago.
I WANT so much for this to be a great application and for me to like it, but it's slow, clunky NOT M$ office compatible for real world use in many offices.
Handles multiple languages (in the same document) suprisingly poorly- although finally it can spell check in more than one language!
Sadly, despite their best efforts I still think it's a bit naff!
clearly this isn't true.
Creative give firmware updates for Free and they're american
Microsoft give updates for free and their american (service packs anyone!) - and their updates include new software and functionality
I can get bios and graphics card firmware updates for free.
Note: previous Ipods had free firmware updates that added new functionality!
I've just paid nearly £300 my ipod touch, and now they want me to buy a service pack (effectively)
This was my first venture into Apple and so far it's my last. A great product that is hampered by a greedy corporation.
I was reluctant to jailbreak it, but this charge has changed my mind also. a Very very poor decision on Apple's front.
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