Posts by Big_Ted 791 publicly visible posts • joined 8 Jan 2010
WP8 may not be Android...
But if they have icons with round corners, or one of the other ridiculous patents the US patent office has granted Apple, they will have Apple coming for them.
Read the news, Apple and MS have a mutual "we will not attck each other on patents" agreement already....
"No, the real Windows Phone 8 advantage is actually that it's not iOS or Android"
What a load of rubbish, the big advantage Windows 8 has is that it looks like window 8Phone. Once people get used to Windows 8 on a new pc they will not be worried about the look of it on a phione, and the fact that it will be simple to sync phone to pc to skydrive etc without being remotely techically n=minded is a plus to them.
Add to that the aps they will use on their pc will be that same on the phone and people will be happy to use it.
No matter how much techies hate the lost of the start button and the tiled start window in its place your normal home user will be quite happy after the initial shock.
As to Windows Phones being made by HTC etc, so what? most will be the same or similr to the Android model but with a different OS on being the main difference, that would cover them so that say the Galaxy S3 if banned because Apple get it block on some UI patent will still be imported but with windows on instead and can easily be set but Samsung so the Android can also be installed by the owner to make dual boot.
What OS it runs, all I want to know is does the phone work properly as a phone, is the camera great, hows browsing email etc, how fast is it changing between apps/browser/email etc.
On top of that price per month over the contract period including cost of phone.
From what I have read this phone would be great apart from windows 8 unless its much better than winphone 7.5 at switching and lack of multitasking etc.
At this time the only 2 that are acceptable to me are Android and if its as promised in the demos and up to the job blackberry 10/X.
Because iOS is not an OS you can purchase and Apples tablets can only have it on them so is not classed as an OS so much as an interface in the same way as an epg on your tv etc.
Also Apple are not trying to displace and destroy all other browsers but are simply saying that you can do a browser for their iOS but it must conform to the same api's etc as safari.
Not the RT version but the x86 version ?
There is already an OS that doesn't allow it unless their standard is followed, yes Apple's iOS.....
However as windows 8 pro is not a closed garden and will be freely available to purchase surely it should be required on it as well.......
Meh as its only 250MD a month data http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/09/06/amazon-kindle-fire-hd-8-9-with-4g-lte-and-50-a-year-data-plan-coming-november-20th-for-499/
But it comes with Lovefilm, does that mean Amazon finally have an app for Lovefilm on Android ?
If so I know a lot of people who will want it on their Nexus etc. Just hope they release it generally or it can be grabbed for side loading, Would make a subscription to Lovefilm worth thinking about.....
@Joerg
Yes it tells me that Apple are a monopoly on their OS and so can stiff those who want an iOS device and rip them off profit wise.
It also tells me that compotition in Android devices means that the profit margins are lower so we as consumers are getting a better deal for out money.
As to MS & Rim boy dream on MS have a powerful chance of success purely on enterprise wil IT departements likeing the idea of phone, tablet, laptop & desktop having a unified system to support.
Rim also are not dead yet, they are growing in some new markets and once BBX finally arrives with new phones etc could become the new cool for the younger market as BBM is perfect for them and the new OS is so slick it makes iOS look even more like a Vtech learning UI.
Apple start the hype to ensure long ques outside the stores for the press to report on....
Stage 2 will be a non rebuttal from Apple not saying there isn't a shortage but also not saying there is.
Amazingly within a week the "shortage" of iPhones will "magically" in a "revolutionary" way disappear and box loads will be available everywhere they are on sale.....
Cynical me ? Never...
How dare you, believe it or not it is possible to have non conservative or extreme right views and still be a techie.
If it wasn't for the early inventors of the net being socialist in their views we would have a net that is purely owned and run by big business rather than the open system we have now.
Of course net neutrality must be good as the other choice is bias and with it being left to bog business we get things like AT&T banning Facetime on Appple kit........
This only applies to the good old US of A.
At least in the EU we are more inclined to ensure companies don't have the power to do what they want. This sort of thing will only benefit big business, companies like Apple, Google MS etc can afford to put pressure on BB providers and ensure they get the bandwidth they need to have their service run at full speed whilst others are left with whats left of the bandwidth.
And as to the sticks getting better speeds, thats only so their second/third homes get updated BB so they can watch porn on their own private site whilst all the others in the area are limited to Fox news 24/7 live stream.
Lastly, protect IP ? come on, this is the biggest disaster in the making of the lot. It will end up with MS, Google and Apple having all the books, films, art etc that are out of copyright and you having to pay for them to download or view. I can foresee the whole of the Library of Congress and Smithsonian collections etc being online and an Apple site that you pay for through the nose. Google etc are already starting down this road and it will come much faster if the Reps get in.
Well lets see, the iPhone was an innovation as it was unlike almost anything else out there.
The iPad was an innovation, look at what passed for a tablet at the time and compare them.
Innovation is different from new patent able hardware like say the LTE wireless chips, its look at what is there now, improving it and making something that is better and hopefully more desirable.
Lets be honest here, I don't like Apple kit myself but they are a great design company who understand how to make something that just works and is easy to use. If I was asked to recommend a tablet to a total novice I would have to point them to an iPad. For anyone more technically minded I would advise them to look at Android due to its non walled configurable UI.
And if you want a simple media device that you can use for browsing and email etc then the 64GB Playbook at £129 at the moment has to be considered, I took my goddaughter down to Curry's for her to try one and she loved it. Her touchpad will be going on ebay soon to finance the change. If as has been reported BB10 gets to the playbook it will be even better.
Its down to what you want to use it for really and already having a BB its a perfect fit.
um the 2 year thing is with the retailer, ie if its a phone from O2 on contract its them that are required by law with the 2 year bit.
Sale of goods act is the other one you could use but again only with the company you purchased from not the manufacturer.
Get in touch with them unless you purchased direct from Apple.
Require all computers to be sold with a "Nanny" system installed so that you need to log in to be able to access various stuff.
That way the kiddies can have their login which has a whitelist of sites they can visit and you can turn off chat, mail etc if you want, then your login that has full unfettered access to everything, it could then in the event of a non kiddie house have a choice once logged in to disable the login process.
It is down to the parents to decide what their children can see and use not the state or campaigners no matter how well meaning, lets make it simple for all parents to take control and leave us the adults free to make our own choices without having to be recorded on a database etc as someone who enjoys porn or anything else "adult" on the net.
The government could set up a site that lists all child safe sites with easy download to the computer if they want to be involved but to demand I must say I like porn etc is at the most basic level an infringement to have my own opinion on a subject and the right to keep that opinion to myself.
I have made numerous posts against Oracle here and elsewhere, I use Googles services for search Docs etc plus have made a few quid over time finding real bargains via shopping or miss prices and buying stuff to fleabay.
I should be added surely in such a broad request by the judge.
A court held in Silicon Valley and just 10 miles from Apples HQ with a jury picked from people who live in Silicon Valley found in favor of the local mega corp on most things.......
This should itself be grounds for an appeal as to have been fair it should have been held away from Apples home turf, even north California would have been fairer.
I for one don't think its to have a thinner phone but to have a bigger battery, also a larger screen, what ? do they have to "copy" Samsung and HTC etc to produce a phone that people want to buy ?
The iPhone 5 would have been a great product to release a year ago but as normal Apple do an annual update to such in the previous owners to upgrade to the newest shiny which means they are out of date on release day when compared to what others have built into the hardware.
I expect a lower spec camera, lower spec processor (ok it will be perfect for the OS as it is now) and the same UI even if the srcreen is bigger so the icons are bigger rather than using the extra space to have more on screen. Its just an upgrade and nothing new, magical or visionary. Add to the the new OS is so social network oriented and for me this is the worst time to buy any iDevice no matter what it is.
I for one welcome this sort of thing. If this is to be included into all tariffs then the app itself should be net and device neutral, ie Facetime should also be made available to android and windows etc.
As long as its an Apple only product then I see no need to support it. As has been said in the article skype etc all are available so its not video calls that are being blocked only an inefficient app from a closed ecosystem.
And so the move to control everything takes another step.
Next they will patent your online shoping to decide what you should eat.
This is so near the bottom of my want list its several galaxies away. Why would this work in the real world, especially with a family, just imagine, the moment we would find out who shot JR and it switches to a documentary on hideous diseases......
What utter rubbish.....
If you want to pick a tech innovation as the greatest in the last 10 years then its the ARM chip.
Its low power to high speed SOC is what makes all the current phones and tablets etc possible.
Along with so many other uses its impossible to name them all......
FFS.....He's a time traveler, he is bound to bump into them in the past.
Add to that we know there are still some of the new daleks still around. Plus they could always bring some in using dalek time tunnel tech.....
Bringing back Davros would be a stretch but all else is possible.
Don't bother with tehering myself, just use wifi hotspot
If you are going to tether then chack out PDANet http://mobiputing.com/2011/05/pdanet-3-0-lets-you-hide-android-tethering-from-your-wireless-carrier/ It hides most tethering from carriers, however it might still be obvious if you use loads of data too often.
Then the Huawei is a great phone.
ICS is in testing and should be rolled out soon so it can only get better.
Got one for my sister using a £15 voucher from tesco and used the saving to unlock it.
If you have any clubcard vouchers then you can double them in value to get one from Tesco now.
For instance Dyson, when they first came out with their cyclon tech it was new and non obvious so a patent should be issued.
As for design patents then people keep on that cars have 4 wheels etc but when a company come out with something like the ABS they should be able to patent the method they use.
However a phone can only be designed in certain ways, firstly you need to be able to hold it to your ear or in your hand in a way that you are not likely to drop it. A screen is always either square or rectangular with or without a keypad. The shape or the phone is restricted by these 2 things alone as being rectangular. Add to that the fact that rounded corners are obvious as they are less likely to catch when putting into a pocket etc, even the first ipod had rounded corners for this reason and I don't remember any case from Apple going to court over others producing an mp3 player with rounded corners.
The iphone is an ipos touch with built in phone, the ipad is the ipod touch made much bigger.
OK we can applaud Apple that the iphone was a great product for what it was if you were willing to pay for it and it forced others to look again at what they were producing and to improve their kit. The ipad was a game changer in that it caused the acceptance that tablets had a place in peoples lives and was for the time an amazing bit of kit for the price, most people had been predicting a price tag of around $1000 not the price that it came out at.
However there is nothing new or amazing on the design side about either of these products, add phone facility or make it much bigger than the ipod touch which they are based on is not patentable.....
Apple produce very little themselves so couldn't do anything like this so its obvious that because Samsung decide that its a good idea to spread its ability to produce chips to various parts of the world as a method of not being caught out due to weather or political problems ie the floods that knocked HD production are of course only doing it due to Apples patent spat.
Intel have plants all over the world but no one thinks its due to any other reason than being in the best place possible economically and for distribution and safety of diverse locations.
If this was because of the court case don't you think they would have made the announcement a week before the jury was selected ?
You do realize that until recently the spectrum was used for analogue tv don't you....
They could hardly have sold it years ago. Even now there are still things to sort out re overlapping signals etc. Only EE with the 1800 Mhz can roll out straight away without problems. Its just a question of what they need to replace mast wise etc that will limit the speed of rool out. I have read that they will have 4G dongles by the end of the year so looks good to me.
Because I have an unlimited SIM BB card already and I can stream etc all I want without restriction. It was a limited test they did just over a year ago and I got it with a Xoom tablet. Its from talkmobile so uses Vodafone network.
I stream nearly 30 gig during the olympics and had done the same in the past.
4G/LTE is designed for high use like streaming etc, and if its less than £50 a month is worth it to me to replace my BB SIM and home BB as it will be around the same price but have the advantage of much better coverage due to 1800 MHz being better for much longer distances than current 3G plus I can take it anywhere around the house etc without the worry of WiFi signal strength through solid walls.
If the price is right and unlimited means unlimited then its bye bye home Bb and hello to this.
I get a great signal at home and my contract is up in a couple of months. Just need a SIM and a WiFi router that has 4G built in and I'm set.
If however streaming is not possible etc then I see no point in this as HSPA+ is good enough for streaming at the moment and would only change to be able to use instead of current mobile and home BB.
As to if EE should be allowed to do this, I say why not ? why should we all be limited just to suit some business, its just the same as Apple trying to ban Samsung or Moto trying to ban Apple, it limits my choice for no more reason than it suits the business's.
Bring it on and lets see what the roll out / price etc will be.
I will grab a glowlight version the day its available.
The only thing I hate about any reader is that those little lights that clip on just don't work well or are just awkward.
The built in light is a great added extra for me.
Best of luck to them if they can do online books as well at Kindle prices or better.....
A complete ban on all Apple 3G enabled items being imported to the US along with all other kit if possible for every possible reason.
And then a ban on all items with Android on the basis of UI and look and feel and all other disputes.
Ban all of them on every possible basis them tell them the ban stays until they sit down, sort it out and agree a final settlement on all current and future possible actions on all patents currently disputed in court and in other disputes, ie Moto or Samsung on FRAND with all others etc etc.
Then maybe we can get back to innovation rather and spending so much time looking at each others kit for the tiniest reason to seek a ban.
"What most EULAs actually boil down to is "if the person selling this objects to how you use it then they'll give you your money back and then stop you from using it". Even this is dubious in the case of software running on a stand-alone computer."
Try telling MS
They have now added a clause that you agree that no class action is possible when you agree to their EULA.
And remember they always had the clause that you had purchased a single use only license for say Windows and could not sale it to anyone else.....
Did the HP touchpad fire sale get into these figures ?
The drop in price on the Blackberry certainly did.
So how much of the drop was down just those ? If you add to that the explosion in cheap tablets from China such as the Ainol Elf then of course you will see a big drop in the average price. Google with its Nexus will most likely add to that as well in the next 12 months as others have to compete with it to sale.
it looks like Apple are saying that because Samsung copied the iphone/ipad they should get a third of all their profits even those from blu ray players and tvs etc......
Mind you they are usualy rectangular and with rounded corners so I supose they feel they have the right to it.
If they win the case, and I don't think they should on the basis I don't think the patant is valid, then they should only get a "fair" reward per unit on those items sold that they tried to get banned and not any other phone / tablet etc sold by Samsung.
The judge should also state at the end of this case that this only applies to those devices and no others made by Samsung or any other maker....
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