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by jsz0 15y ago
This article is built on a bunch of assumptions and stereotypes which is terribly ironic given the subject matter. Some of it may be true but some of it just very wrong. Men can expect that their presence at an event won't automatically be
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by jsz0 15y ago
I don't mind the feel of a larger phone in my hand but I do find the larger size a distraction when it's in my pocket.
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It's interesting because the commercial support of WebOS has built a pretty solid SmartPhone and tablet OS which puts it on somewhat equal ground as iOS or Android for now. I can't think of any other parallel where a somewhat competitive pl
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by jsz0 15y ago
I wonder if we'll reach the point where some SmartPhone/tablet makers start flirting with officially supporting multiple operating systems on the same device either to end users or carriers. I can think of a couple reasons why the carriers
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by jsz0 15y ago
This whole article just comes off as tech hipsterism to me. It's like being nostalgic for cassette tapes and conveniently forgetting how bad they sounded, how quickly they wore out, or how often a tape deck would ruin them for you. Put BeOS
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by jsz0 15y ago
Isn't this is just a basic feature of human nature? I'm pretty sure we once had cavemen sitting around the fire grunting/bragging about their awesome hunting skills while other cavemen felt jealous, anxious, or depressed about their own ski
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by jsz0 15y ago
This article is obviously written from a developer's perspective but as an end user my problem with Android is simply that I have yet to find any device I enjoy using. I enjoyed WebOS, unfortunately it was limited by subpar hardware, and I'
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by jsz0 15y ago
Just my personal preference. I don't want or need my SmartPhone to pretend to be a computer. I already have a computer. A SmartPhone just needs to do the most common tasks as efficiently and trouble free as possible. Being as it's a SmartPh
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by jsz0 15y ago
They probably don't expect many people to rush out and replace existing HDTVs. If they get into that market they'll probably do it for the long term. When you're shopping for an Ultra HDTV in the future there will be an Apple model for you
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by jsz0 15y ago
As others have mentioned the back button is kind of a nightmare. Rarely a day goes by I don't accidentally back my way out of an application. That sends me to a long-hold on the Home button to find the application again and sometimes this i
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by jsz0 15y ago
Android is too chaotic for my tastes. The conservative simplicity of iOS just works better for me. I would be more inclined to give WP7 a chance than another Android device at this point.
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People aren't writing novels on their SmartPhones. The typed input from a normal volume of text messages, e-mails, and URLs is actually pretty minute when you think about it. Certainly it would be compressed before being uploaded to their s
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by jsz0 15y ago
Not absolutely safe but safer. It's partly an illusion but I've never had a third party iOS app break my phone. I don't get notification bar ads. I feel pretty safe installing different apps from the App Store. So that's something at least.
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by jsz0 15y ago
There are definitely angry nerds out there but they are in a position of arguing against a better user experience for the vast majority of people who don't want to have malware, a broken OS, their personal data stolen, etc. They should be t
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by jsz0 15y ago
That may be true to some degree but I think for younger people especially piracy is a simple act of frugality. A crime with no perceivable victim that saves you a fair amount of money. Kind of a twisted over entertained version of stealing
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by jsz0 15y ago
If a device has the same form factor and approximately the same price I'd say it's in the same category by most standards. If part of Google's plan is to get ChromeBooks down to $99 or maybe $199 then it might be successful.
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by jsz0 15y ago
Android is a huge step forward from feature phones while ChromeOS is a huge step backwards from real PCs. It's almost the exact opposite of Android in many ways. Android is probably the most capable SmartPhone platform in a booming market.
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by jsz0 15y ago
The number of people being monetized by Spotify is great for the aggregated interests of all the labels on the service but may be meaningless to individual labels/artists. If they are indeed losing record sales and Spotify isn't making up f
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by jsz0 15y ago
Am I missing something? They want space on Apple's valuable digital shelves. It's really no different than selling a product at a retail store in that sense. Some products can do very well being sold directly with no retail partnerships b
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by jsz0 15y ago
Hasn't hurt the gaming industry at all. That's probably where things are heading for general purpose computing.
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by jsz0 15y ago
Common failing of tech writers/bloggers/enthusiasts. A few hundred dollars is of little concern to us. For the average person $300 is a huge difference. They might be scared away of a no-name brand but with Amazon's logo on the thing they w
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by jsz0 15y ago
single area where the 4S beats out the nexus The review doesn't mention it but the GN has a rather weak GPU. Quite a lot slower than the iPhone 4S and actually slower than some of Samsung's other recent Android phones. If you plan to play
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by jsz0 15y ago
People throw the word hate around a bit lightly these days. These things seem like minor annoyances.
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Logitech's Support for the Revue is abysmal That would explain low customer satisfaction post-purchase but does not explain the terrible sales. People just didn't buy the thing. I think the problem is Google TV attempts to give you a more
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by jsz0 15y ago
It looks to me that Google+ is more of a replacement for Blogger than a competitor to FaceBook at this point.
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The risky part is driving people away from Google products and services via uncertainty. Is now the time to put all your eggs into the Google Voice basket? Buy a bunch of Chrome PCs? I understand why they have to do it but it will definite
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Does Apple really think it will have a monopoly in the years ahead? Apple mostly produces software/services for their own hardware but they do have iCloud syncing for Windows as well.
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And if you disagree, have the self-respect to express it with dignity. Someone should tell that to Stallman who often proclaims people who disagree with him are evil.
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The latency of text messages is what killed Google Voice for me. You just can't rely on it and it's really confusing to ask people to text you on one number and call you on another.
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I usually avoid sweeping statements for exactly that reason but I think it's true in this case. If anyone has a good counter argument I'd be happy to admit I am wrong. Just to give you some idea where I am coming from I used Ubuntu on my wo

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