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by barake 16y ago
Something like the #line directive [1] from C# would be useful, though it would only work in pre-compressed JS. The real challenge would be adding support in the various 'developer tools'/consoles. 1: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/librar
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by barake 16y ago
I believe it's 3 days by law, with no real charges. Many carriers allow 30 with prorated usage and restocking fees.
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by barake 16y ago
They are using external partners to literally get these phones in people's hands. Consumers really want to touch phones before taking it home and Google seems to have taken this lesson to heart. Also having an army of blueshirts to provide
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by barake 16y ago
Basically any Android device can be rooted and flashed but how difficult it can be is the problem. The HTC Vision (T-Mobile G2) has a complete copy of it's ROM on board to "restore" if you flash the phone. Motorola has also done a good job
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by barake 16y ago
They moved 1 million units in the first 10 days. Apparently on track for 5 million before year's end.
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by barake 16y ago
Also using digicert. We're a nonprofit and they cut us a nice deal on a wildcard cert.
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by barake 16y ago
Purchases have only ever been via Google in the US, even for those using a T-Mobile subsidy. The big was basically a TMO reseller similar to Amazon or Wirefly.
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by barake 16y ago
Over half our Firefox traffic is still pre-3.6. Not IE6 bad, but it lacks CSS gradients and such.
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by barake 16y ago
IIS7 has a URL rewriting module ("URL Rewrite") that can import mod_rewrite rules. For the most part .htaccess and web.config can provide the same functionality these days.
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by barake 16y ago
Maybe try this utility, assuming you have access to a Windows box: http://forum.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=236589#post...
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by barake 16y ago
There is an Android NDK, but it's meant to give Dalvik stuff some extra oomph.
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by barake 16y ago
Parts of Bing are (were?) backed by Hadoop thanks to Microsoft's purchase of Powerset - all their NLP search technology ran on Hadoop.
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by barake 16y ago
Windows 7 downloads and installs appropriate (and not generic!) drivers if allowed, even decent video drivers.
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by barake 16y ago
But you can no longer buy one subsidized via a T-Mobile contract for something like $189. Unsubsidized phones are a tough sell in the US and really don't make sense on most carriers. Only T-Mobile gives you a discount on service for skippin
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by barake 16y ago
That 3.5G is HSPA+ which has a max downstream of 21 megabit versus 3G (HSDPA) at about 7 megabit down.
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by barake 16y ago
The Motorola Droid is nearly a year old and has lower specs - half the RAM and slower processor. Plus the Droid won't fully support all of the new features in 2.2, such as tethering. Droid 2 apparently launches next week and will be on par
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by barake 16y ago
It always blew my mind how long the F-14 was in service - they were present at the American evacuation from Saigon in 1975.
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by barake 16y ago
Why is the totally electric Nissan Leaf only $32,780? Under ideal conditions it can get 130+ miles to a charge [1] implying it uses better and/or more batteries than the Volt. The trim and finish must be much better on the Volt considering
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by barake 16y ago
It failed due to high plan and device costs plus a healthy dose of internal sabotage. The Kin's market was not nerds - it was your teenage cousin with a QWERTY feature phone that texts approximately one novel per day. Same as the Sidekick t
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by barake 16y ago
That is because there are only really three versions of the framework out there: 1.1, 2.0 & 4.0. The compiler has changed (see: var, LINQ) and libraries have been added but the CLR hasn't changed much. Take a look at how C# implements l
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by barake 16y ago
If you are wanting a single person plan Simple Mobile is a MVNO using T-Mobile's network. Unlimited texts/minutes/data for $60. I think prepaid cards are available via eBay that makes it even cheaper.
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AT&T to count microcell data usage (despite using your home Internet access)(lightreading.com)
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by barake 16y ago
Settings > About phone > Battery use Depending on the item you can see things like time on, CPU total, data sent/received. For example in the last hour my display has been on for 5m46s and that is 61% of battery usage. This may be l
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by barake 16y ago
Android 2.1 and earlier shipped with a kernel that could only see 256MB of RAM, and 2.2 fixes this. A bunch of HTC Passion/Desire/Incredible/Evo users are about to get a performance boost with Dalvik JIT and double the RAM.
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by barake 16y ago
It is pretty rad. I had to swap out my Nexus One a while back and upon logging in to my new device all my contacts, applications and even wallpapers were downloaded automatically. There were a few hiccups like missing custom ringtones but o
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by barake 16y ago
This is one of the neat things about Android: the keyboard is just another application. All you need is the apk file to try this keyboard or any other one - there are even some in the Market like ShapeWriter.
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by barake 16y ago
This is probably the least likely scenario. MSFT is still working on making functional x64 builds of Visual Studio. Even VS2010 is 32-bit. See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ricom/archive/2009/06/10/visual-stud... for details.
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by barake 16y ago
HTC Incredible, HTC Desire and the Nexus One are virtually the same hardware. There are a few differences between them but they are minor. See HTC Hero / Droid Eris situation. FYI the N1 is likely to get updates first as it runs stock Andro
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by barake 16y ago
Handset makers such as HTC and Motorola check that Android works as it should, and fix anything broken before releasing updates to users. Carriers may also be involved in this process. Also there are much fewer hardware combos to support. W
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by barake 16y ago
Floundering, but playing catch up very quickly - the May 2nd release of the SDK was the first to include a dialer interface. It looks like MSFT has finally decided what they want to do about the iPhone/Android "problem".

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