Posts by nichobe

Google: I don't know why you say Allo, I say goodbye

Wouldn't it be nice

If we could have a Google Voice / Android service that could be the equivalent of iMessage, and then have iMessage and Google Message/Voice allow full-fledged communication. What would be even better is to allow IP calling between the two services, have ti available cross-device/cross-platform. Surely these two behemoth companies realize that their customers are fully integrated within their walled gardens and won't budge so now would be the time to allow this to happen. It would allow us to remove all the other messaging apps we have installed on our devices and really clean things up a lot. At the moment everything defaults back to SMS and maybe RCS in the future but I don't think this goes far enough.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/19/17252486/google-android-messages-chat-rcs-anil-sabharwal-imessage-texting

FIERY DEATH awaits all who stroke mobes mid-flight? Nope, says FAA

This article read a little different

FAA to allow use of electronic devices during 'all phases' of flight

Passengers will be able to keep phones on, although they must be set to 'airplane mode' or have cellular service disabled

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/31/faa-electronic-devices-airplane-flights

David Attenborough warns that humans have stopped evolving

Lyrics from Flagpole Sitta seem appropriate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GBoxdee52A

3D printer spits out CYBORG EAR... but where will you PUT it?

Getting closer.

Today's fish is trout al la creme, please enjoy your meal....

WhatsApp exec: Google takeover? It's news to me

Re: Viber

Agreed!

Oz shop slaps browsers with $5 just looking fee

Passive aggressive much?

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/

Steve Jobs' Apple-powered yacht makes belated first trip

free nanos!

Cheap bastards

Australian Win 8 launch fails to mention business

Nice el Reg app there!

well done

Windows 8: Is Microsoft's new OS too odd to handle?

Long overdue

"new dialogue box during file copying that shows all the underway transfers with options to pause and resume them"

How to get your bust in good shape

I must admit

I had a different vision of what this article was about with that title.

Ocker CANNIBAL DEATH SPIDERS invade Japan!

Maybe

Someone will invent a redback proof toilet seat now.... or auto cleaning one...

Young Frenchwoman desperate for fat pipe tumbles out of window

We have all been there...

And propped up our tablet or phone with a book on the windowsill so it can get a Free WiFi connection.

She just took it to another level... Ground.

The hoarder's dilemma, or 'Why can't I throw anything away?'

Re: And another one here...

I have a box specifically for orphaned power bricks!

It's like a bank, some people deposit others pay out.

Ye Bug List

This really irks me. Page voting inline would be a huge plus. It also would stop it asking you to log in after each vote.

posting pages to google+

When posting links to ElReg articles to google+ an image appears that has no relevance to the article. A quick X dismisses it but it would be nice to include the correct pic when posting.

example

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/07/windows_xp_two_years_until_support_ends/

not sure if its a Register or Google+ issue but it should be looked into.

Top articles - keep up the good work.

Edge-of-space skydiver grounded by ANOTHER bout of bad wind

Re: Evidently

Unaided?.... did you miss the weather balloon, space capsule and oxygen suit?

New Zealand issues Hobbit money

Re: A new munt coin

Ewe cud buy a lut uf chups for theet kind of dosh bro!

Pakistan blocks 20,000 sites in wake of anti-Islam vid

Re: Why would Google remove the video?

Gangnam style is up there....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

SpaceX Falcon 9 flameout leaves commercial satellite in wrong orbit

Frequent flyer

Just give Orbcomm some extra frequent flyer points...

Barnes & Noble Nook HD and HD+ hands-on review

Android Tablet Profiles

When this arrives i will buy.

ITU suggests replaceable cables for power supplies

what about tablets

The ITU and EU should force a standard plug and socket for tablets also!

Manchester is 'PIRATE CAPITAL of the UK'

Re: Progress

you could download a 3d printer blueprint of a car then reproduce it....

Apple's iCloud goes titsup, email evaporates for unlucky 1%

There goes their 5nines...

Wonder how many people will actually notice while drooling in anticipation at a fanboi twitter feed...

Google sneaks in back door, slips YouTube onto iPhone 5

App vs Broswer

The Youtube App on my Android automatically caches followed content for viewing offline..... can you do that with HTML5?

Samsung whips out Galaxy Note II, cam-phone with proper zoom lens

Re: Good article, except for the fact it's not a phone.

Yet.....

HTC takes another punch to the wallet, loses $40m OnLive investment

Simple

Have a removable battery and MicroSD card and watch your sales go up.

Samsung flogs 10 million Galaxy S IIIs in 7 weeks

Not happy!

So i go out to see the Olympic torch relay and am once again taunted by a Samsung party bus reminding me of the fact that i cannot purchase my desired phone Galaxy S3 Blue 32GB SIM Free....

10 million sales would be a lot higher if they actually had stock!

WD: HDD prices won't fall to pre-flood levels until 2013

I bought in october....

http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Western-Digital-6Gbps-Saving-Internal/product/B004VFJ9MK

Google Drive IOS or Dropbox

Neither preferred...

~I have both and use them for different things however, the first one to allow unlimited local syncing with cloud optional will get my vote.

I don't want to pay for storing everything in the cloud, only the stuff i want.

I would like to use my various computers in various locations to retain redundancy.

Currently testing AeroFS and Cubby which look promising.

Samsung frees fanboys from iPhone with freeware

Re: What I don't get

doubletwist blows - doesnt sync ratings and dupes songs

support also is far from good

Re: What I don't get

No! The problem is vendor lock in. Google should make it rather than Samsung so then at least all the other Android phones and tablets could use it also

iTunes isn't perfect but it is a great media player

iTunes sits on my Media center PC and cranks out the beats with 1080p album art and visualisation. I can control it from iPad/iPhone/iTouch/Android Phone/Tablet. My guests can connect to the party mode with all their devices to queue songs etc.

Now i would agree that iTunes has its shortcomings but realistically there is not much else to replace it with that performs as well. Mediamonkey and a few others come close.

Until Google create an installable replacement for iTunes and not some half-arsed web based music player then I would say that there are a lot of people who will stay with iTunes. It even sync's playlists, play count and ratings with Android using the right app.

iPad factory towns in China to finally get Apple Stores

Supply chain issues

i think not...

Everything Everywhere rolls out the 4G astroturf

How about while we all wait.

The networks use this time to fix the existing problems in their current networks...

Oz court blows away cloud PVRs

Customers lose...

again....

Google G-drive app leak sparks 5GB file vault riddle

It needs to be larger than 5 GB

I am up to 20GB free in Dropbox now....

Sync 'n' share startups hawk safer BYOD file-sharing

still looking...

for an open source and free cross platform sync tool that does not use the cloud.

Any recommendations?

i.e. dropbox but without or limited cloud sync.

HTC One X priced up for UK punters

i might have considered this over the S3 however....

- No removable battery

- No MicroSD card support

Nokia threatens to elbow Apple's rival nano-SIM off a cliff

Well Apple...

How do you like them apples?!

Android store spotted in China ... selling iPhones

Re: Probably look-alikes

Even with pictures its difficult to tell according to recent patent suits about rounded corners.

Chrome beats IE market share for one day

Re: Disappointing

Its all about choice in the end. Cross platform availability and account synchronization are possibly two reasons that could explain its rise. Also the billboard advertising that has been popping up all over the place. Chrome isn't spyware as it quite clearly explains that it is going to install, whether combined in another applications package or not. If a user never reads a dialog box before clicking OK or Next then installers are hardly to blame. Frankly I actually like the segregation IE for work and Firefox/Chrome for everything else.

Re: RE; weekday ie use is often not a choice

Interested now?

http://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-templates

http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=187945&topic=1064262&ctx=topic

Re: Chrome on Home PCs

You always get asked if you want to install it, like that stupid Bing Bar. Yes its default ticked on when the install for java etc runs but hey... you can always uninstall it.

Musk muses on middle-class Mars colony

Re: Hmm

economies of scale....

New iPad can't get its Wi-Fi up

Re: sometimes it's just weird

<Roy> [picking up the phone] Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?</Roy>

Man FLIES with Android-powered homemade bird wings

Re: hmmmmm

Well Jodo Kast, people often research using the interwebs and then cite said internet articles

http://www.liutilities.com/how-to/cite-internet-article/

When you look at something that you believe isn't quite right you get thinking and poke around until you can find an explanation.. i.e. CGI, thin fishing line from a crane etc..

I would have hoped that a journalist writing an article would have performed even the most basic critical thinking and investigation.... I guess I thought more of El Reg...

hmmmmm

Does research happen before articles are written?

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/03/21/human-birdwings-and-beyond-5-of-the-latest-hoaxes-the-web-has-to-offer/

Jupiter and Venus get cozy in revealing late-night display

well i never

http://xkcd.com/1020/

Mozilla's app Marketplace tempts HTML5 worshippers

But, Would you...

have to be online all the time to use the apps?

India seeks new supplier for $35 Android tablet

the key here is

that the tablet was build to Indian Specs.... don't blame Data Wind if its slow.