Posts by Babbit55

Hey mobile firms: About that Android thing... Did Google add a lockout clause?

Re: Oh, this old chestnut

@Loggie,

You mean like you can with Android?

Sony sucker-punches Xbox on price, specs, DRM-free gaming

Re: Well done Sony.

The Xbox one idea of digital sales limited resale ect could go 2 ways.

Positive:- we get a "Steam" type offering with lower cost games and great sales with some pro owned market style stuff on both our Physical and Digital titles, and lets face it will that be different on the Steam box when that comes out?

Negative:- we get gouged and have to pay £50+ for games we cannot resale.

If the forma happens it could be good for Microsoft and us gamers and lets face it who in general doesn't like steam? Or the Latter that could end badly for Microsoft

Police 'stumped' by car thefts using electronic skeleton key

Re: Sonic Screwdriver

@Richard 31

My comment was to the sonic screwdriver comment. If you watch Dr Who you know that the sonic screwdriver cannot open a "Deadlocked" lock

Re: Sonic Screwdriver

This is why you should dead lock the car!

YES, Xbox One DOES need internet, DOES restrict game trading

Re: Used games

Almost my entire game collection is used, and CEX has managed to build a very successful chain of stores JUST selling used games, so I would say a good amount, even places like Asda and Tesco now sell 2nd hand games!

Re: @Hairy Spod

Also on Steam brand new titles come out for significantly less AND they have awesome sales. Will we see 75% reduction on games for this? No, they will still be £45+

All major UK ISPs prepping network-level porn 'n' violence filters

Re: Baby steps

I am all for the blocking of illegal sites, though last time I checked it wasn't yet illegal to look at porn

Baby steps

So with this coming into play, how long until the Great British Firewall is setup? Does the automatic blocking of content not go against some European legislation or even human rights somewhere?

How Microsoft shattered Gnome's unity with Windows 95

Re: Desktops will never disappear

Desktops will be around for a long time still, it is laptops that tablets will replace. The desktop will still be a main work device/ proper gaming device, with your "Lapblet being the portable consumption device.

FLABBER-JASTED: It's 'jif', NOT '.gif', says man who should know

Re: Pardon?

May I just point out that is would actually be pronounced JIF in the English language since the G is followed by a I as in Giraffe.

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Review: Sony Xperia SP

Most mid range Sim free phones would be that expensive, high end phones are more than double that price, for example the S4 is almost £600!

on a contract you could get that for free on some of the lower tariffs.

Steve JOBS finally DEFEATS the PC - from BEYOND THE GRAVE

My Nexus 7 has a keyboard case, no need for a mouse really though with the touch screen though you could use one

Re: Hybrids

I was playing with the Asus w510, seems like a nice piece of kit, maybe on the small side at 10.1in though I am not sure I would want much larger for what is really designed to be a portable device

Hybrids

You have to wonder what these hybrid devices count as. I am actually quite keen on something like a Asus Vivopad smart though it would need significantly more HDD space to replace my work machine.

App gap flap: New York's e-cabbies FOILED AGAIN

De Ja Vu?

Could this just be another case of another aging model trying to stay the hand of technological advances in a digital age?

Gaming app ENSLAVES punter PCs in Bitcoin mining ring

Re: Why not...

Because would you use a program that maxed your VERY power hungry GPU (this is a competitive gaming program so the rigs will be monsters) constantly meaning the power bill was huge AND your VERY expensive GPU has its operating life shorted significantly

Apple fanbois' accidental bonking ruled too obvious by watchdog

Call me paranoid

Though aren't some of Apples patents much more obvious and if this was a Apple patent would it be considered too obvious too?

Review: Disgo 8400G 7.9in Android tablet

I have had a cheap unbranded Tablet before for sub £150, it was plagued with issues. Half the time you couldn't get wireless, it crashed randomly and the advertised 8 gig ended up being 4! It got returned for a full refund and I got a Nexus 7 instead, my personally experience would go with the old you get what you pay for.

Google's Page drops the A-bomb: Google Glass runs Android

News?

Why would a google "Smart" product run anything else? especially if it will sync with a google phone?

More Brits ditch Apple tablets for Amazon, Google, Samsung kit

Re: Everyone keeps forgetting...

Just because people choose not to buy apple products does not make then "Jealous poor" I have a iPhone as a work phone and I got my wife a iPhone too, I personally hate the thing, it is great for things like browsing and apps and stuff, it is awful at 2 key thing i use it for though. Making phone calls (Call failed pisses me off especially when i have an almost full signal!!!) and sending text messages. (I have dyslexia so rely on auto correct that is woefully inaccurate)

Re: Everyone keeps forgetting...

Apple is overpriced and makes its money by ripping off its consumer base?

Re: 20% already own a tablet...

I actually think we will see a growth of tablets with a drop of laptop sales, desktops will always keep there place for serious work like high end graphics and gaming, the tablet with attachable keyboard will soon make the laptop a thing of the past.

Re: cost

Being in IT Sales I find having a 7in tablet loads better than lugging my 17in HP brick of a laptop around with me for meetings, Tablets are very handy for more than just casual games and reading books.

Re: @Steve

I would have to disagree, the android ecosystem is now very well integrated. When I picked up my Nexus 7 i just logged into my google account, it setup my contacts from my phone and setup all my apps, it even setup my wireless from all taken from my HTC Desire C, I can even go to the google play website and download apps to my devices easily, not sure what more integration you may need?

Malwarebytes declares Windows 'malicious', nukes 1,000s of PCs

That explained why after running a Malwarebytes scan my pc got crippled and I had to do a system restore!

Hardware hacker unifies 15 retro consoles in format frenzy

Shut up and take my money!!!!!!

Microsoft brings back Windows watch after Apple seeks 'flexible' bod

Re: meh....

I remember when "Skipping" a track you didn't like meant fast forwarding the cassette!

Thing is as tech moves on a wearable "Wrist" computer with something like a holo display may be kind of awesome, however current tech it would just look kind of sad

Ofcom: Parents, here's how to keep grubby tots from buying Smurfberries

Re: "The firs developers that do this will make a lot of money".

The problem is people don't want adds though also won't pay much more than a pound for a app, when was the last time you downloaded a app for £2/3?

Sonic the Hedgehog

Re: screenshots wrong

Well sonic generations was kind of a rehash of the old games (while AWESOME none the less). Watch it with point that out, I did earlier and got my post deleted?!?

that was a debug mode i think, sonic 2 was done thought the sound test with dates akin to releases

Re: Not Sonic's first appearance in a Sega game...

Rad Mobile wasn't it?

Microsoft leads charge against Google's Android in EU antitrust complaint

Re: Huh?

Funny, just checked on my Nexus 7 (you know the stock android one?!?!) and I can disable all the google stuff, even the play store

Re: Hang On

Thing is, do you REALLY want more options while setting up? I dislike the browser choice thing for IE too, if I want Chrome, I download it. I don't want to spend ages choosing all my default apps when I buy a phone, I just download the ones I want and disable the ones I don't. Simples!

Re: Forcing users to choose the Chocolate Factory's map, email and video services

Did you really say and mean Google is competing unfairly by forcing people to use Android on a Android phone? really?

Huh?

Last time I checked didn't Winmo default to using Bing search and Bing Maps and Nokia to Nokia Maps??? isn't this the pot calling the kettle black? I mean hell Apple dictate you use Apple Maps and Safari though with all these if you really want you can change them!

Office for Android, iOS pushed back to late 2014?

Re: Who cares anyway ?...

I don't know, I find it easy enough using my Nexus 7 and the case I have with a built in keyboard and the touch screen to be just as good as using my lappy.

How I nearly sold rocket windows to the crazy North Koreans

Re: Its an Apple (tm) put up job

Well Jobs did want Thermonuclear war vs them and google!

Osborne slashes growth forecast by half in bleak economy statement

Re: To fix the problem

Actually all for being part of the EU, no idea where I am going to vote though really doubt it would be UKIP though. To be honest all the major political parties at the moment are unappealing!

Re: To fix the problem

That is because it is only part of a solution, that's the bit about fixing benefits and the benefit culture, I also think we need to spend more on growth and industry like this high speed railway, also the minimum wage needs raising too to encourage people to get into work.

You don't cut to grow, money in for money out, we have a real problem with people thinking it is fine to live on benefits and to pop out kids for money. There is actually someone with 11 kids and lives on benefits and has for the past 7 years getting over £600 a week! I am in a well paid sales job and don't get that kind of money!

To fix the problem

We need to sort out benefits! Cap child benefit at 2 kids and just give job seekers food stamps, and if someone is found the be defrauding the benefits office disallow them from ever claiming again. Also make it a requirement to actually have worked in the UK for a period of time before allowing someone to claim!

LG: Oi! Samsung's not the only one with eyeball-tracking smartphones

LG announced it first, the one first to market would be the S4

We shall CRUSH you, puny ROBOT... with CHESS

I don't know, some of those CAPITCHA images are almost unreadable! I think a chess move may actually be easier!

eBay: Our paid Google advertising was a total waste of money

So you're telling me if I google "ebay" then ebay will be at the top??? if I google some other smaller company name like say "Forbidden planet" that too is the top, not even a paid add too!! How is this news?

What about if I googled online auctions? ebay aren't top then so in this case a paid ad may actually be beneficial!

Multimillionaire Brit games dev wants your cash for Shroud of the Avatar

Re: multimillionaire seeks funding?

I think it is more about seeing if the market is there, also why spend your own money when people are so willing to just give it to you!

Amazon yanks SimCity download from store

Re: Online for single player is BS

Funny, while my steam was in online mode and I don't have a internet connection it asks me if i wish to boot in offline mode, sure if you don't have your login saved you do need to login first.

Re: Online for single player is BS

Actually, if you have your password saved and it cannot connect it will ask if you want to start in offline mode

Tech titans: Give it a rest with the SEP injunctions, wouldja? - economists

Rather than just FRAND why not all the crap patents? This business by litigation era needs to stop

Apple: OK, we tracked your every move... but let's call it a caching bug, m'kay?

Hmm!

Isn't this the main reason people bash Android/Google and praise Apple because they supposedly don't track you!