watty

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by watty 15y ago
Just because you only use your tablet for media and web browsing doesn't mean that everyone does. I like to play games on mine and the game market is embarrassingly small and will not be growing due to the discontinuation of the Touchpad.
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by watty 15y ago
From what I read the easiest path to getting Android tablet versions to run (Gingerbread, ICS) is to start with the phone version of 2.3.5. It seems that all of the dev teams are taking this approach. Once they finish it will be running t
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by watty 15y ago
Making up lies is an interesting way to get your point across.
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by watty 15y ago
Sure Eclipse could be less resource demanding but outright claiming that it's inferior to 20 year old tools is ignorant.
545.
by watty 15y ago
Because they just wanted you to enter your credit card information!
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by watty 15y ago
same - I was really excited about Sparkle and Big Boss. Apparently they've been dead since last night. They succeeded in getting me to put in my credit card info too!
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by watty 15y ago
What other CMS's do what PineGrow does (complete customized creation without coding)?
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by watty 15y ago
Their advertisement took a stab at PC gaming vs console gaming and then they release a $2,800 device? This puts it in a different market (one that I don't think is very big).
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by watty 15y ago
I really thought this was satire before reading the article.
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by watty 15y ago
He said the Poison Ivy backdoor wasn't advanced - did the attacker create this trojan or is it something available? If it's available, why didn't the virus scanner catch it?
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by watty 15y ago
Flash works great for me on Droid X and HP TouchPad (only devices I own). You seem to be ignoring the fact that older (and even current) browsers, tablets, and phones have varying support for HTML5.
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by watty 15y ago
Well it seems like "Flash" could be replaced with "HTML5" and most of this article would still make sense - many points are arguable whether they apply to either though. Most of these are caused by poor developers rather than the platform
553.
by watty 15y ago
Yes, this annoys me as well. Don't like splash screens and advertisements in Flash? Well you're definitely gonna hate them in HTML5 because they consume more CPU and will be more difficult to block.
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by watty 15y ago
I know my first comment got down voted but perhaps it was because I didn't provide enough details? Apple will continue being Apple - that is they won't change names, they'll continue innovating and creating amazing products. But to say the
555.
by watty 15y ago
I thought the same thing - that'd be called denial.
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by watty 15y ago
Google Music seems to work well (and works great on a TouchPad) but I still haven't gotten 1/50th of my music collection uploaded.
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Reddit user buys HP TouchPad with Android 2.1 running(reddit.com)
3 points by watty 15y ago|0 comments
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by watty 15y ago
I picked up two TouchPads this weekend for my wife and I (but also spent half my weekend tracking them down). I really like the hardware and webOS for browsing, facebook and email but the app selection is severely lacking. I would LOVE to
559.
by watty 15y ago
Found out about this a little late and it's sold out EVERYWHERE. Would have loved a tablet for $99!
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by watty 15y ago
"... and Google"
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by watty 15y ago
No, that's where my analogy fails. The intention was to use an analogy that someone who doesn't understand software development would understand. It only applies to the development aspect and work required - not the ability to make copies
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by watty 15y ago
I don't know, I think it's pretty good and certainly better than yours. I assume you don't write software because that's not how porting works. Mojang didn't do a copy/paste job to create the mobile version they actually had to hire a _se
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by watty 15y ago
If you bought a house would you expect a smaller replica of your house to be free? No, it requires work to build that house just like the original and therefore costs money.
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by watty 15y ago
It's just not how the gaming business works and Mojang would lose money. It's a different game on a different system and probably required a huge effort to optimize code and trim it down to work on a mobile device. They could do a promoti
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by watty 15y ago
I'm guessing he was able to reuse some of his java code in the mobile version (as opposed to a complete rewrite). He probably spent most of his time optimizing - PC Minecraft can bring gaming machines to their knees.
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by watty 15y ago
Here's a recent article that ranks schools on cost vs salaries: http://www.smartmoney.com/borrow/student-loans/which-college...
567.
by watty 15y ago
They're adults and aren't being forced to sign up for an out of state private school that costs 40k a year. Intelligent adults will pursue scholarships and go to school in state for for a reasonable price.
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by watty 15y ago
No, to many non-geeks all tablets appear to be "iPads" and all touch screen phones "iPhones". Apple has had superior marketing and sales but they certainly weren't the first to use a touchscreen display. How many ways can you make a devic
569.
by watty 15y ago
Yep, this baffles me. The iOS product will bring in more ad revenue due to the success of the iPad but I'm surprised that they didn't develop and release an Android version as well. It's a bad sign for Android tablets when Google starts g
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by watty 15y ago
I don't think iTunes U has anything to do with this.

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