bravo, nice rant :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DrB0b
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bravo, nice rant :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DrB0b
I never said I want to be in contact all the time. I clearly stated that using technology REDUCES the time I must report to work. Having a capable device and solid connections to networks is how a person can cut their time at work down to 16-20 hours a week. Having ACCESS to your data from anywhere gives you the freedom to be anywhere. I do not answer my phone, respond to an email, voicemail or fax after 3pm. It's about working smarter not making yourself available 24 hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrB0b
I absolutely agree with this. That's the only reason for festooning yourself with these toys. My experience, however, is that 90% of the people who DO festoon themselves with toys don't actually need them at all. The 10% who do need them just use them, they don't make a fetish of them. I have yet to meet anybody who has a desperate, over-riding need for an accelerometer but yet I've met plenty of people who'll happily pay a premium for one (even though they're not entirely sure what it does).Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshuaInMukdahan
<Sent from my accelerometer enabled 3G 4D GSM W-Fi Edge Fifth Generation Smart Phone OLED OMEO OMEOMY UltraPAD with e-ink blackpod androidberry, ya fekkin' pauper!>
Bob are you still spewing crap that no one really wants to hear. If you don't like new gen phones, don't buy one. Pretty simple mate
sent from I phone
Nope. When I'm at my desk, I can work. When I'm out with the family work can get fucked.Quote:
Originally Posted by FailSafe
There's the difference- I don't associate my phone with 'work' (I'm very rarely bothered in my off time re: my business, and if I'm contacted, it's about something important- my staff is very well-trained in that regard)- sometimes I just want to check my email or maybe watch a video or something when I'm bored- it's just a toy to me, and recreational usage is the only thing I'm concerned with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
If I kept getting bothered by work stuff, I would feel the same way as you do.
not everone has the option of walking away from a desk and their job ends there. If I operated like that I would soon be replaced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
Of course, but I was talking about my situation, not 6 billion other people's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riggernot everone has the option of walking away from a desk and their job ends there. If I operated like that I would soon be replaced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
There are two reasons why these folk don't have a smartphone.
Either:
(1) Too expensive (Either they haven't got the money, or they'd rather buy Chang at the supermarket and sip it through a straw at the local park than have to go somewhere where a tip might be involved);
or
(2) The technology is too baffling for them, and they are afraid to admit it.
:rofl:
I agree, I don't see people with smart phones complaining about people that don't have them do you ?
Sent from I pad :)
True, but they do sneer at them at Starbucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rigger
I sneer at anyone who's dumb enough to go to Starbucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by FailSafe
You don't need an iPad to look like a tool there.
No- you need an iPad to look cool there.Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
And god help you if you show up with a Kindle- you'll be considered so uncool you'll have to drink your double-mocha-half-caf outside.:)
Actually Starbucks are very similar to Apple. They've both made fortunes selling over-priced but ordinary shit dressed up as something special.
:)
Interesting, I just switched off the email alerting. If I was bothered I could have set up different behaviour for different times of day.Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
Most of us surround ourselves with stuff we do not need ! I use apple since I misplaced my stone axe. Think last time I saw it, it was embedded in my old PC, which I donated to The Ark.
Apple have developed markets better than their competition. As soon as someone else comes up with a better product I will jump ship, I have no shares in MAc.
No, I can genuinely say that Interesting is not the word that sprang to mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigRed
You sure about that, harry? I don't have a smartphone but I do have a switch in front of me that, if flicked, will fuck up internet access for over three-quarters of the smart-phones in Thailand :) Another switch, across the way, will take Thailand completely off the net. Heh, the kind of things they let us techno-ignoramuses do ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
Oh gawd, another fanboi. But one that thinks "Apple make all the programs for the mac" so this shouldn't take long.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sailing into trouble
:)
Yeah right Bob, I surely believe that.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrB0b
:smileylaughing:
^whatever, harry. I can't prove what I do and you can't prove you're anything other than an idiot. I guess we'll both have to live with that.
Whatever you say, DrBob. You're the man!
:rofl:
Just been watching Apocalypse Now again. It occurred to me that the modern equivalent of the start of the movie, with Willard drunkenly doing his martial arts maneuvers, punching the mirror, and pouring whiskey down his throat would be sitting down at at a desk, downloading amputee porn, masturbating until you couldn't get a hard-on anymore, and sending crazed SMS messages to everybody in your address book. And then sending tweets to say you'd just done all that. How blessed we are to live in this age of wonders:rolleyes:
couldn't agree more,Quote:
Originally Posted by DrB0b
which version is it ? Director Cut ? might need to watch those scenes again, never gets old
It is very ironic that those two reasons seem to be the same as those who actually own a few of these devices as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
Most smartphone owners own them because of
- They are expensive and it helps people with ego issues not feel they have been outdone by others.
- They want to appear to have a solid grip on modern technology (thought they are afraid to admit they don't know how to use it) i.e. not knowing how to kill alerts or schedule phone behaviors as to not interfere with life.
So many people have bought a smartphone and haven't the slightest clue how to use it, and in most cases the most advanced things they have figured out is the fact that you can send an email from the damned thing. Which brings to the fore the biggest complaint, that of making yourself available 24 hours. Don't wanna be available 24 hours you can try these simple 6 steps...
1. Do not post in your signature that you responded via your Android, Iphone or Blackberry - clear sign you will be available 24 hours.
2. Do not respond to emails from your device at 3am - another clear sign.
3. Quit showing off your device to everyone - hence informing them you are available 24 hours.
4. Don't work for a company or employ staff that can't get through their head you are not available 24 hours.
5. Setup your profiles so the phone does not disturb you when you are not working.
6. If all the above fails because you can't figure out how to do any of the above you can go the route my dad has to take and simply power off the device after working hours.
If you can't figure it out with steps 1-4, perhaps you should reconsider why you bought a smartphone and immediately downgrade to a Nokia 3310 utilizing steps 5 and 6 in the meantime. Let's be honest, not everyone is meant to use a device like this and most who do use a device like this do not even have a clue how to do anything other than add a contact and dial out. I guess it begs the question, why purchase in the first place?
And the man with the answer is off work sick.Quote:
I guess it begs the question, why purchase in the first place?
And how perfectly timed, presumably because they want to announce it while he's still with us:
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It's the most eagerly awaited technology product of the year.
Apple is expected to launch its new iPad next week, contrary to speculation of a delay of the latest version of the popular tablet computer.
It is thought the California-based company will unveil the iPad2 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, its preferred venue, on March 2.
Recent speculation about a delay until June was 'simply not true', an Apple insider said, as the firm wants a launch at the same time of year as the first iPad, which went on sale in April 2010.
No release date or price has been set yet.
Talk of the timing of the iPad unveiling comes as reports detailing the faltering health of its iconic chief executive, Steve Jobs, emerged.
Tim Cook, chief operating officer of Apple, is expected to take the stage at the annual shareholders meeting later today in the 55-year-old's place.
Mr Jobs, who underwent a liver transplant in 2009, took his third medical leave in seven years last month.
The iPad was the hottest technology device of 2010, selling nearly 15million units and sparking a slew of copycat devices from rivals.
More than 50million tablets are expected to be sold this year, with Apple capturing the bulk of the demand.
Shares of Apple fell 3 per cent after a Taiwanese brokerage firm said the iPad2 will be delayed as maker Hon Hai faces production bottlenecks due to the device's new design.
But analysts quickly downplayed the report, noting that Apple has been reliable when it comes to its release schedule.
'Apple has a very consistent track record,' said Hudson Square Research analyst Daniel Ernst.
Yuanta Securities had said in a note the iPad2 would come out two months later in the seasonal schedule this year than the first version, which launched in April last year.
According to the note, component makers had to change their production processes after Apple made design changes to the iPad2 before the Lunar New Year at the beginning of February.
Hon Hai declined to comment.
Morgan Keegan analyst Tavis McCourt said investors were overreacting to Yuanta's note, adding that even if a late launch hurts second-quarter sales, he is not changing his expectation for full year sales of 27million iPads.
Manufacturing sources have previously said the new model would have cameras on the front and back of the device and would be slimmer, lighter and have a better resolution display than the first iPad.
The March 2 unveiling was originally reported in an All Things Digital blog report.
Apple declined to comment.
AMD making their own netbooks and tablets now?
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AMD looks to tablets
- Published: 24/02/2011 at 12:00 AM
- Newspaper section: Business
AMD, the US-based processor maker, is expanding into the media tablet and netbook market.
The company is also preparing to launch an entry-price notebook product for the first time, starting from US$200.
Bob Grim, director for client product marketing of AMD, said the company would introduce a new-generation processor, called AMD Fusion Family. The product combines processing capability with graphics in the same chip, called Accelerated Processing Units (APU). It is designed for media tablets, netbooks, notebooks and desktop computers.
The processor will also offer a sleeker design, longer battery life for up to 10 hours and higher definition for desktop and mobile devices all at a lower price than its rivals, he said.
Previously, AMD made processors mainly for notebooks, priced at about $300, and desktop computers. "We are now moving into the tablet and netbook market for the first time, with prices raging from $220-500 a unit."About 35 brands use its processors, including Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, MSI, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba.
Chukkrit Watcharasaksilp, country manager of AMD Thailand, said Thailand's internet penetration was around 26%, though PC penetration is only 14%.
Still waiting for my Asus EP121- they might ship on March 7th (then it will have to be shipped from NY to Thailand).
Hope it's worth the waitQuote:
Originally Posted by FailSafe
:)
the Ipad 2 review, a must see :rofl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct1_r...layer_embedded
another classic
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2011/02/4528.jpg
and another nice one,
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2011/02/4529.jpg
One good thing about the wait was that I got to read a lot more reviews- I think I'm gonna like it- it doesn't matter, really- if the wife ends up liking it I'll never see it again regardless.Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
Gads yes, I have a bloody teenager like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by FailSafe
Looks like the itards might have to put away the kleenex and KY. Doesn't sound any great shakes to me, just trying to catch up the feature list of the competition.
So they've made it lighter and added a camera. Whoop de fucking doo. I wonder how many 'tards will rush to upgrade?Quote:
The iPad 2 is set to be unveiled next week on March 2. But it may have seen a detailed reveal already. Hot on the heels of yesterday's mock-up we're hearing rumors from Engadget with new details. Apparently, the long-expected SD slot is dead as a doornail.
Apple has also killed the higher resolution "near retinal" display. Or it never existed in the first place. That's the problem with these rumors. We only ever have phantoms to go on, so it isn't clear if Apple killed these features or if these were just rumors that never had any ground to them. I tend towards the latter view of things.
NOW the iPad 2 is expected to launch with a beefier Cortex A5 dual-core processor and a hair more RAM, 512 MB. There will be at least a front-facing camera and most likely a rear-facing camera as well. Other than those changes, expect most of Apple's work to have gone into trimming the frame and cutting out some of that excess weight.
The 1.5 pound current iPad is too large for extended, comfortable reading. I think we can expect the iPad 2 to hit much closer to 1 pound, which will once again leave Motorola and the other tablet-makers scrambling to catch up. Would you expect things to shake out any other way?
Finally got a shipping date from Amazon for the Asus EP121 (which I ordered on February 4th)- it should reach New York between March 7th and 11th- I'll have my brother check it out to make sure it's working properly, and it should be in Thailand by the 15th or so- I'll write a report once I get it.
The SD slot should have been there from the start, the camera should have been there from the start, the RAM should have been there from the start.
The sad thing is the improvements the polls showed indicated consumers did not care to see Apple 'trim the size down', the thing is already light and thin enough. The dual core is a good thing, but EVERYONE wanted a higher resolution screen and that was the vote that topped all others in the Cnet poll, and unfortunately another HUGE upgrade that Apple missed. I feel the iPad2 is a fail in many respects, but in most it is just trying to catch up on the initial failures of the original ipad. The camera doesn't mean much to me until it supports Skype, same reason I haven't bought an iphone yet. Get rid of the proprietary software that tries to force everyone I know into Apple and I would support the product. Seriously count the Facetime users then count the Skype users grrrr.
Looking forward to your review Failsafe!
Sounds like its biggest sales will be from retarded ipad owners who constantly feel the need to buy the latest shit Jobs puts out. It takes about a 30 second conversation to make them scurry away with their overpriced snazzy pile of crap and say things like "they don't understand what leading edge technology this is", because other itards tell them its leading edge technology.
I had a friend bring his new iPhone 4 over because he was trying to work out why he couldn't get t'internet on it.
Like most "I bought iphone because everyone told me how good it was" users, he didn't have a clue about APNs, providers, let alone microsim cards.
And more to the point, you can't actually add an APN unless you fuck about, like with sites like this.
What an absurdly abusive thing the iphone is to the consumer.
Having seen one, I almost feel sorry for the morons that buy this shit.
I am quite happy with my iPhone 3G, it's very limited but it serves its purpose
the iPad is a total joke, did they finally put a USB port ? :rofl: