I smell a Darwin Award nomination here...
Hmm, all this iPxx integration. Do they not have Android in the Fatherland? Do they not know there are more Android than Apple users?
My EVO's USB port isn't unique. How about a reeling USB cable with a set of adaptors and a size adaptable surface so you can just press your smartphone in. A bigger version would work for a pad.
Or almost as good, and not dependent on size- a Bluetoothed amp with an HD radio tuner and many nice, smooth, well placed surfaces on the dash and seat backs to attach a suction cup.
Smartphones and pads are sounding the death knell for built in entertainment and navigation systems in car- and likely private planes as well.
I have a Watchdog unit from Bullydog that plugs into my OBD II connector under my dash. It monitors virtually all engine functions. It's a simple step to come up with an app that integrates a Bluetooth transmitter plugged in the OBD II connector to an app that ties together that to the Google navigation app and Just GPS app to give a driver a vast amount of information from any pad or smartphone.
(... or maybe it's just everyone at BMW has an iPhone?)
My EVO's USB port isn't unique. How about a reeling USB cable with a set of adaptors and a size adaptable surface so you can just press your smartphone in. A bigger version would work for a pad.
Or almost as good, and not dependent on size- a Bluetoothed amp with an HD radio tuner and many nice, smooth, well placed surfaces on the dash and seat backs to attach a suction cup.
Smartphones and pads are sounding the death knell for built in entertainment and navigation systems in car- and likely private planes as well.
I have a Watchdog unit from Bullydog that plugs into my OBD II connector under my dash. It monitors virtually all engine functions. It's a simple step to come up with an app that integrates a Bluetooth transmitter plugged in the OBD II connector to an app that ties together that to the Google navigation app and Just GPS app to give a driver a vast amount of information from any pad or smartphone.
(... or maybe it's just everyone at BMW has an iPhone?)
I'm sure the girls will dig her at Draper- and they offer substance abuse counseling as well!
Jut a few random thoughts on this....
My sister and I got both got smartphones at the same time- a couple of months ago. I, an EVO, and her (and my brother in law) a Droid. I've been connected for a decade, but they confined there net use to work, since the phone company won't come far enough out to give them DSL, and there is no cable. I knew the capabilities of tech, and have been telling people that the satellite media cable, et al, will all go the way of the tube 13 channel TV as the Net will replace it in the end. So., I was looking for a true multimedia handheld device and jumper on the EVO. Alternately as I told my sister what the Droid was capable of she was in a word, amazed. She had a vague general idea, but the particulars wowed her.
So there we were, sitting in a Cracker Barrel, eating and playing with our phones- Dad included with his Blackberry. Sis then observed that the she could now understand why people get engrossed in these things and seemingly withdraw in the most public of places. Later in the evening it was confirmed when we went to a steakhouse in Athens, GA. All of us suddenly noted how many people were fiddling with iPhones, Androids, and Blackberries- while eating, or waiting on a table- glued to the tiny screens.
It's all what you do with it, I reckon. Last night, I - being a bossa nova and samba freak- was exploring Brazilian radio stations. Looking for Mambo as well, I came across Radio Havana on my radio app. They were going over yesterday's US economic news, and it was pretty much what I'd have gotten from Bloomberg, or the WSJ. The humor of irony...
I've met people in life I'd have never known otherwise, and often wound up face to face with them. I've explored and researched things that I might have never gotten into
I've always said, It a big world, With the net I know how big, and intricate it really is.
But then I've also had (more than I care to admit) days of mindlessly chatting, and reading fluff- and not getting out of my underwear until 3 in the afternoon.
The mobility of smartphones and pads is changing that. I've perceived that for myself last few months. I used to be housebound to the desktop at home for the most part- or on a more limited scale, searching for wi-fi on the laptop. I never lugged the laptop around much, because I'd worry about it getting swiped, having to find wi-fi on the road, and then finding the space to flip it open, etc, etc. One was severely tethered, either to a desktop at home or office, or finding a useful wireless connection with a laptop. Now with a smartphone I can do whatever, wherever. So I do get out a lot more.
I demonstrated it to myself the other night. While working and running ahead, I got curious as to what sort of stock the Evansville, IN Porsche dealer might have. Before, the idea would have to occur to me at home, Or I would have to carry the laptop, pull off and find wi-fi. But I had the EVO, so i did a quick search, and had the location in seconds. When vacation comes I'll just bid on one of the services in the afternoon, as I can ascertain on the road where I'll be wanting to spend the night. Much better than worrying over whether I get to to a certain location at a certain time, or if I could have gone a little farther. The EVO makes the impromptu easy. It slips in the shirt pocket and mounts conveniently to the dash.
So if I'm in the diner, it's to eat- and ask her what she's reading there...
My sister and I got both got smartphones at the same time- a couple of months ago. I, an EVO, and her (and my brother in law) a Droid. I've been connected for a decade, but they confined there net use to work, since the phone company won't come far enough out to give them DSL, and there is no cable. I knew the capabilities of tech, and have been telling people that the satellite media cable, et al, will all go the way of the tube 13 channel TV as the Net will replace it in the end. So., I was looking for a true multimedia handheld device and jumper on the EVO. Alternately as I told my sister what the Droid was capable of she was in a word, amazed. She had a vague general idea, but the particulars wowed her.
So there we were, sitting in a Cracker Barrel, eating and playing with our phones- Dad included with his Blackberry. Sis then observed that the she could now understand why people get engrossed in these things and seemingly withdraw in the most public of places. Later in the evening it was confirmed when we went to a steakhouse in Athens, GA. All of us suddenly noted how many people were fiddling with iPhones, Androids, and Blackberries- while eating, or waiting on a table- glued to the tiny screens.
It's all what you do with it, I reckon. Last night, I - being a bossa nova and samba freak- was exploring Brazilian radio stations. Looking for Mambo as well, I came across Radio Havana on my radio app. They were going over yesterday's US economic news, and it was pretty much what I'd have gotten from Bloomberg, or the WSJ. The humor of irony...
I've met people in life I'd have never known otherwise, and often wound up face to face with them. I've explored and researched things that I might have never gotten into
I've always said, It a big world, With the net I know how big, and intricate it really is.
But then I've also had (more than I care to admit) days of mindlessly chatting, and reading fluff- and not getting out of my underwear until 3 in the afternoon.
The mobility of smartphones and pads is changing that. I've perceived that for myself last few months. I used to be housebound to the desktop at home for the most part- or on a more limited scale, searching for wi-fi on the laptop. I never lugged the laptop around much, because I'd worry about it getting swiped, having to find wi-fi on the road, and then finding the space to flip it open, etc, etc. One was severely tethered, either to a desktop at home or office, or finding a useful wireless connection with a laptop. Now with a smartphone I can do whatever, wherever. So I do get out a lot more.
I demonstrated it to myself the other night. While working and running ahead, I got curious as to what sort of stock the Evansville, IN Porsche dealer might have. Before, the idea would have to occur to me at home, Or I would have to carry the laptop, pull off and find wi-fi. But I had the EVO, so i did a quick search, and had the location in seconds. When vacation comes I'll just bid on one of the services in the afternoon, as I can ascertain on the road where I'll be wanting to spend the night. Much better than worrying over whether I get to to a certain location at a certain time, or if I could have gone a little farther. The EVO makes the impromptu easy. It slips in the shirt pocket and mounts conveniently to the dash.
So if I'm in the diner, it's to eat- and ask her what she's reading there...
There are thousands of books and billions of words written on Japanese aggression before and during the war, the dilemma of using the Bomb, and World War II itself. I just wish to bring up a couple of points to consider before one jumps to conclusions one way of another. I feel they are worth keeping in the back of the mind on this, the 65th anniversary of Hiroshima.
Americans were mystified by the Japanese in World War II
While disapproval and some disgust were levied against Japan's adventures and successes in China and Southeast Asia before the war, the attack on Pearl Harbor truly stunned the American people. The Japanese had been thought to be thoroughly "westernized". Admiral Togo had thrashed the Russian fleet in 1904. The Japanese had been one of the Allied Powers in The Great War, playing a role in defeating Germany in the Far East. Japanese had become literally students of America in the 1920's and 30's, attending university and working in US firms.
So on the morning of December 7th, 1941, Americans knew that the US and Japan were in talks, ostensibly to smooth over differences- a hoped for peaceful solution. Such was the perception of the average American. Early in the afternoon (Eastern time). that was shattered. By the end of the day the US Pacific fleet was crippled with most of the capital ships heavily damaged, or on the bottom. By the end of the week, America, Britain, and the Dutch in Indonesia were reeling from Japanese attacks. By the end of the month it seemed India and Australia were in serious danger of being overrun. In the American mind, we were outraged and angry- the Japanese had deceived us. Powerless to stop the onslaught for the moment, shocked, and fearful of continental attacks- the US government decided to imprison Japanese-Americans in an ignonimous "feel-good" action.
As the Pacific war ground on, there were incidents that further confused and angered Americans toward the Japanese. Atrocities toward POW's surfaced, most famously exemplified by the Bataan Death march. At Guadalcanal, Japanese soldiers seemed to be surrendering to Marines, only to blow themselves up when face to face. As the US went further in the central Pacific, mass Japanese civilian suicides stunned US soldiers. On Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Japanese children were killed by their parents, before the parents took their own lives. Entire families joined hands and leaped off of cliffs rather than be captured by Americans. US soldiers didn't know, of course, that the Japanese commanders had instigated these events with false stories of American debauchery and cruelty- there were only a handful of ragged defenders left after an invasion, anyway. What seemed apparent from these events? The Japanese were a people who were not only suicidal facing defeat, but more than willing to take as many with them as they could.
The World in 1945
The horrors of the the War, and the possibility of more horrors toward and at its end, grew the desire for a swift and sure solution to the conflict. The year revealed the full impact of the Holocaust. The deadliest air raid ever was launched against Tokyo. From Wikipedia:
The first pathfinder planes arrived over Tokyo just after midnight on March 10. Following British bombing practice, they marked the target area with a flaming "X." In a three-hour period, the main bombing force dropped 1,665 tons of incendiary bombs, killing some 100,000 civilians, destroying 250,000 buildings and incinerating 16 square miles (41 km2) of the city. Aircrews at the tail end of the bomber stream reported that the stench of burned human flesh permeated the aircraft over the target.
The New York Times reported at the time, "Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, commander of the B-29s of the entire Marianas area, declared that if the war is shortened by a single day, the attack will have served its purpose."
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were indeed horrific, but so was Tokyo- and without an A-bomb.
It also seemed plausible that Uncle Joe and the Red Army might not stop at Berlin, but proceed to Paris, Vienna, and Rome as well. Some show of force might be needed by the West.
So mystified, angered, and terrified by Japanese behavior during the War, facing a very realistic million Allied casualties in an invasion of Japan's home islands- with the Soviet Union threatening to take more to its west and east- it is understandable why Truman decide to use the Bomb, and the American public breathed a sigh of relief on its use.
The A-bomb deaths were terrible. but there were others in World War II. A Jew executed at Babi Yar? A wounded and starving American soldier in the Philippines bayoneted to death by his Imperial Army guards because he collapsed? A child incinerated instantly in the Hamburg fire raid? A frozen German soldier in the ruins of Stalingrad? I don't know that any of these is more "redeemable" than the rest. Thank God I don't have to make a judgement.
Nonetheless the A-bomb is a potent symbol of war to keep in out minds when government officials glibly toss out Chomskyesque phrases like "body counts" and "collateral damage". War, if it cannot be avoided, should be the very last of last resorts. It is beyond a waste.
We should not forget the power of forgiveness and the power of time to heal. The Marshall Plan rebuilt Europe and Japan. Of course there were primarily geopolitical considerations, but it also had an element of pentenance about it. We Americans are now avid consumers of manga and fans of Nintendo and the Skyline GT-R. Japan digs baseball and Hollywood movies. Horrors of the past evolved to close friendship for later generations.
The Bomb- and it's aftermath- demonstrates much of humanity.
Americans were mystified by the Japanese in World War II
While disapproval and some disgust were levied against Japan's adventures and successes in China and Southeast Asia before the war, the attack on Pearl Harbor truly stunned the American people. The Japanese had been thought to be thoroughly "westernized". Admiral Togo had thrashed the Russian fleet in 1904. The Japanese had been one of the Allied Powers in The Great War, playing a role in defeating Germany in the Far East. Japanese had become literally students of America in the 1920's and 30's, attending university and working in US firms.
So on the morning of December 7th, 1941, Americans knew that the US and Japan were in talks, ostensibly to smooth over differences- a hoped for peaceful solution. Such was the perception of the average American. Early in the afternoon (Eastern time). that was shattered. By the end of the day the US Pacific fleet was crippled with most of the capital ships heavily damaged, or on the bottom. By the end of the week, America, Britain, and the Dutch in Indonesia were reeling from Japanese attacks. By the end of the month it seemed India and Australia were in serious danger of being overrun. In the American mind, we were outraged and angry- the Japanese had deceived us. Powerless to stop the onslaught for the moment, shocked, and fearful of continental attacks- the US government decided to imprison Japanese-Americans in an ignonimous "feel-good" action.
As the Pacific war ground on, there were incidents that further confused and angered Americans toward the Japanese. Atrocities toward POW's surfaced, most famously exemplified by the Bataan Death march. At Guadalcanal, Japanese soldiers seemed to be surrendering to Marines, only to blow themselves up when face to face. As the US went further in the central Pacific, mass Japanese civilian suicides stunned US soldiers. On Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Japanese children were killed by their parents, before the parents took their own lives. Entire families joined hands and leaped off of cliffs rather than be captured by Americans. US soldiers didn't know, of course, that the Japanese commanders had instigated these events with false stories of American debauchery and cruelty- there were only a handful of ragged defenders left after an invasion, anyway. What seemed apparent from these events? The Japanese were a people who were not only suicidal facing defeat, but more than willing to take as many with them as they could.
The World in 1945
The horrors of the the War, and the possibility of more horrors toward and at its end, grew the desire for a swift and sure solution to the conflict. The year revealed the full impact of the Holocaust. The deadliest air raid ever was launched against Tokyo. From Wikipedia:
The first pathfinder planes arrived over Tokyo just after midnight on March 10. Following British bombing practice, they marked the target area with a flaming "X." In a three-hour period, the main bombing force dropped 1,665 tons of incendiary bombs, killing some 100,000 civilians, destroying 250,000 buildings and incinerating 16 square miles (41 km2) of the city. Aircrews at the tail end of the bomber stream reported that the stench of burned human flesh permeated the aircraft over the target.
The New York Times reported at the time, "Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, commander of the B-29s of the entire Marianas area, declared that if the war is shortened by a single day, the attack will have served its purpose."
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were indeed horrific, but so was Tokyo- and without an A-bomb.
It also seemed plausible that Uncle Joe and the Red Army might not stop at Berlin, but proceed to Paris, Vienna, and Rome as well. Some show of force might be needed by the West.
So mystified, angered, and terrified by Japanese behavior during the War, facing a very realistic million Allied casualties in an invasion of Japan's home islands- with the Soviet Union threatening to take more to its west and east- it is understandable why Truman decide to use the Bomb, and the American public breathed a sigh of relief on its use.
The A-bomb deaths were terrible. but there were others in World War II. A Jew executed at Babi Yar? A wounded and starving American soldier in the Philippines bayoneted to death by his Imperial Army guards because he collapsed? A child incinerated instantly in the Hamburg fire raid? A frozen German soldier in the ruins of Stalingrad? I don't know that any of these is more "redeemable" than the rest. Thank God I don't have to make a judgement.
Nonetheless the A-bomb is a potent symbol of war to keep in out minds when government officials glibly toss out Chomskyesque phrases like "body counts" and "collateral damage". War, if it cannot be avoided, should be the very last of last resorts. It is beyond a waste.
We should not forget the power of forgiveness and the power of time to heal. The Marshall Plan rebuilt Europe and Japan. Of course there were primarily geopolitical considerations, but it also had an element of pentenance about it. We Americans are now avid consumers of manga and fans of Nintendo and the Skyline GT-R. Japan digs baseball and Hollywood movies. Horrors of the past evolved to close friendship for later generations.
The Bomb- and it's aftermath- demonstrates much of humanity.
Nothing new in this. Satellite pictures have been used by tax assessors for quite a while now.
I first heard about this a few months ago from a Cincinnati radio station. For a while now, Hamilton County has been using sat photos to look for all kinds of improvements- pools, garages, outbuildings, home additions, even fences. Anything to boost that appraisal value and collect a few bucks extra in property tax. The bills obviously surprised a lot of folks.
This surveillance is pretty much a routine practice all over. So there can be sticker shock on the next, prompt, reappraisal.
P.S. They don't have to use Google, indeed they can use what Google uses, government satellite pics- in the public domain. So if you block your property on Google, that's a big red flag for an assessor- who will simply go to NOAA's or the USGS site. Or more expediently, send someone out in person to inspect. Blurring would be a big neon sign. As to bureaucrats spending long hours poring over pictures, that's a myth as well. I can easily scan my town and county in couple of hours, the viewers help find "points of interest" readily. Just takes a sharp eye.
I first heard about this a few months ago from a Cincinnati radio station. For a while now, Hamilton County has been using sat photos to look for all kinds of improvements- pools, garages, outbuildings, home additions, even fences. Anything to boost that appraisal value and collect a few bucks extra in property tax. The bills obviously surprised a lot of folks.
This surveillance is pretty much a routine practice all over. So there can be sticker shock on the next, prompt, reappraisal.
P.S. They don't have to use Google, indeed they can use what Google uses, government satellite pics- in the public domain. So if you block your property on Google, that's a big red flag for an assessor- who will simply go to NOAA's or the USGS site. Or more expediently, send someone out in person to inspect. Blurring would be a big neon sign. As to bureaucrats spending long hours poring over pictures, that's a myth as well. I can easily scan my town and county in couple of hours, the viewers help find "points of interest" readily. Just takes a sharp eye.
Funny, I read this and wondered why Number Two had allowed Macs into The Village...
Is Two friends with that "walled garden" guy Jobs? Does this mean Six demands Android?
Is Two friends with that "walled garden" guy Jobs? Does this mean Six demands Android?
Just so you know, public libraries are, overall, the biggest consuming entity of all media in the US. Not to mention the most reliable. So publishers, et al, heavily court library sales. They even give them a nice discount. The legality of free lending libraries for all media has long been established. I started in the seventies taping library albums for myself
I mean, how many people are actually going to buy "La Dolce Vita" anyway?
I mean, how many people are actually going to buy "La Dolce Vita" anyway?
So let me get this straight. The UAE, particularly Dubai, is striving to become one of the world's great financial centers- definitely the financial center of the Middle East. To do this, quarter mile high office buildings go up, luxury hotels and high-end shopping malls are constructed. All this resulted in yet one more world debt market crisis that almost brought world finance to it's knees.
So dead Blackberries help the UAE develop into the next New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, or London how?
So dead Blackberries help the UAE develop into the next New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, or London how?
Why not tie this in with Google Goggles? Shoot the scene and call up the "History" option...
My EVO takes calls better than my old Samsung Rant. I get service where I never used to- and one dropped call since getting it on introduction day
My EVO is simply a better phone than my Rant. Is Apple making a better phone?
A lot of stock pickers and money manager types claim most who buy iPhones feel the phones feel the phone function is secondary- but then they probably are sitting on billions in Apple stock, not wanting it to dive, but climb
My EVO is simply a better phone than my Rant. Is Apple making a better phone?
A lot of stock pickers and money manager types claim most who buy iPhones feel the phones feel the phone function is secondary- but then they probably are sitting on billions in Apple stock, not wanting it to dive, but climb
Okay so it's a two off, one for Coop and one for Gable...
1935 Duesenberg LeGrande SSJ. Gary Cooper's is the gray one. Gable's had the Ram's Horn manifold, good for 415HP suppposedly...
1935 Duesenberg LeGrande SSJ. Gary Cooper's is the gray one. Gable's had the Ram's Horn manifold, good for 415HP suppposedly...
It's interesting. If you go through the recent reviews of smartphones and the iPad, there is a fair conclusion to draw:
Apple items are very desirable to the populace because they work easily out of the box. Apple is dominant because they appeal to regular folks due to ease of use. Android devices get slightly dissed, because they have geek appeal and are modifiable- and some view the adding of apps to improve performance as a disadvantage.
One goes through posts of, "just add this, or that and the Android will whip the iPhone" Android detractors retort with "I don't have to do any of that". The antenna problem however, has had all sort of convoluted and intricate "solutions"- rivaling the "fixing " of Android devices.
Was it Verizon that ran the ad with two guys in the diner, doing a vital download that crashed, since they were on AT&T? One wonders if one of the iPhone's competitors won't do something similar. Someone drops a vital business call because they cant figure out how to hold the iPhone 4 with or without their hands full....
Apple items are very desirable to the populace because they work easily out of the box. Apple is dominant because they appeal to regular folks due to ease of use. Android devices get slightly dissed, because they have geek appeal and are modifiable- and some view the adding of apps to improve performance as a disadvantage.
One goes through posts of, "just add this, or that and the Android will whip the iPhone" Android detractors retort with "I don't have to do any of that". The antenna problem however, has had all sort of convoluted and intricate "solutions"- rivaling the "fixing " of Android devices.
Was it Verizon that ran the ad with two guys in the diner, doing a vital download that crashed, since they were on AT&T? One wonders if one of the iPhone's competitors won't do something similar. Someone drops a vital business call because they cant figure out how to hold the iPhone 4 with or without their hands full....
I'm all for skipping this high-dollar interfacing stuff with devices that will likely be tossed in a year or few.
We'll all be carrying our own data devices anyway- with pads and smartphones, so gizmos from car makers are on the verge of old hat.
Let's do this instead...
A standard high quality amp with stereo Bluetooth (and/or an AUX jack) and a really decent equalizer- HD/advanced AM radio tuner optional. No CD, no GPS/nav, no DVD- pretty much utterly devoid of gizmology. For those on a budget, just put an AUX jack on the standard AM/FM radio.
... and give us decent, flat, convenient smooth dash surfaces for the suction mounts of our iPhones, EVO's and Droids. Decent nooks and crannies for iPad and (the future) Notion Ink mounts.
I never use the CD player in the car, save after I first buy a CD (which is now a rare occurrence). The CD gets imported into iTunes immediately. Radio functions are now handled by WunderRadio on my EVO- which also handles navigation. Using the AUX jack in conjunction with good placement of my phone makes calls hands free. A built in tuner would be a good backup, though.
It seems silly to be stuck with a CD player many, if not most, will never use- just to get an AUX jack in a car, or to have to waste cash on a GPS/DVD unit for a Bluetooth connection...
We'll all be carrying our own data devices anyway- with pads and smartphones, so gizmos from car makers are on the verge of old hat.
Let's do this instead...
A standard high quality amp with stereo Bluetooth (and/or an AUX jack) and a really decent equalizer- HD/advanced AM radio tuner optional. No CD, no GPS/nav, no DVD- pretty much utterly devoid of gizmology. For those on a budget, just put an AUX jack on the standard AM/FM radio.
... and give us decent, flat, convenient smooth dash surfaces for the suction mounts of our iPhones, EVO's and Droids. Decent nooks and crannies for iPad and (the future) Notion Ink mounts.
I never use the CD player in the car, save after I first buy a CD (which is now a rare occurrence). The CD gets imported into iTunes immediately. Radio functions are now handled by WunderRadio on my EVO- which also handles navigation. Using the AUX jack in conjunction with good placement of my phone makes calls hands free. A built in tuner would be a good backup, though.
It seems silly to be stuck with a CD player many, if not most, will never use- just to get an AUX jack in a car, or to have to waste cash on a GPS/DVD unit for a Bluetooth connection...
Google better independently check out all these home brew apps before releasing them. It'll be a disaster if Androids start crashing, getting infected, or become bricks. Manufacturers and service providers won't care for that sort of action either. Steve Jobs would eat it up, though.
I'm all for Google's open platform over Apple's walled garden- but with this piece of software (malware?), some sort of overseeing is mandatory...
I'm all for Google's open platform over Apple's walled garden- but with this piece of software (malware?), some sort of overseeing is mandatory...
@dixiehwy25: @dixiehwy25:
Navigation did crash later- avoid location finding on Android 2.X phones until there is a fix
Navigation did crash later- avoid location finding on Android 2.X phones until there is a fix
The latest iteration of Google Maps seems to be crashing a lot of Android 2.X phones. My HTC EVO after its last HTC update started randomly crashing and rebooting- often repeatedly. I did notice that after a reboot, if I "taskbarred" Taskiller (killing the bulk of startup apps) the EVO behaved perfectly. So the next step was to, as I tried apps, see which one(s) crashed the phone.
Randomly piddling with apps today, I called up Maps. Crash and reboot, Tried again. Crash and reboot. Tried Maps with and without updates, Crash and reboot. Finally after many tries Maps di work until I shut it down.
So it is a hit or miss proposition, but the glitch is more likely to hit.
I checked the reviews of the updates on the Market. Many Androids of different makes had similar troubles. All seemed to have an Android 2.o variant. Also Maps is on the startup menu on my EVO, and I would guess many more, not to mention being tied up with many other apps. More chances for crashing, possibly a reason for the randomness of the crashing
As a side note, Navigation seems unaffected...
#tips
Randomly piddling with apps today, I called up Maps. Crash and reboot, Tried again. Crash and reboot. Tried Maps with and without updates, Crash and reboot. Finally after many tries Maps di work until I shut it down.
So it is a hit or miss proposition, but the glitch is more likely to hit.
I checked the reviews of the updates on the Market. Many Androids of different makes had similar troubles. All seemed to have an Android 2.o variant. Also Maps is on the startup menu on my EVO, and I would guess many more, not to mention being tied up with many other apps. More chances for crashing, possibly a reason for the randomness of the crashing
As a side note, Navigation seems unaffected...
#tips
"There outta be a law..." and in these cases there really should be. It can also be very simple.
Award a fixed amount (say 2X) per individual download of the record companies' average proceeds from each title transferred.
How does it work? It's simple.
You take an average value of percentage of the record companies' take on each retail download across the legitimate sites. Say the record company gets 60% at iTunes and 40% at Amazon. that makes for an average of 50% royalties. Apply that to the average price of each download in question. Then multiply by 2.
So, a person illegally downloads say 200 songs with an average retail value of $1 each. The record companies cut would be $100 on legitimate retail sales. $100 x 2=$200- what the violator pays for illegal file sharing.
This would clear the court dockets, make awards reasonable, and still have a punitive effect. If after this you're still stupid enough to download thousands of files, then you are probably stupid enough to rob a bank while the cops are inside cashing their paychecks.
I'm no fan of record companies, but they do have legitimate property rights to their material. A law like this would keep things far more reasonable.
Award a fixed amount (say 2X) per individual download of the record companies' average proceeds from each title transferred.
How does it work? It's simple.
You take an average value of percentage of the record companies' take on each retail download across the legitimate sites. Say the record company gets 60% at iTunes and 40% at Amazon. that makes for an average of 50% royalties. Apply that to the average price of each download in question. Then multiply by 2.
So, a person illegally downloads say 200 songs with an average retail value of $1 each. The record companies cut would be $100 on legitimate retail sales. $100 x 2=$200- what the violator pays for illegal file sharing.
This would clear the court dockets, make awards reasonable, and still have a punitive effect. If after this you're still stupid enough to download thousands of files, then you are probably stupid enough to rob a bank while the cops are inside cashing their paychecks.
I'm no fan of record companies, but they do have legitimate property rights to their material. A law like this would keep things far more reasonable.
This phone isn't really for us, it's for emerging markets. For regular workers in India, China, or Kenya, our cellphones are unattainable. There is a huge battle for sales out there in the rest of the world where Nokia is #1. Nokia has been having difficulties in their smartphone programs, and I'm sure the Motorola is using this unit to gain share on Nokia's present weakness.
Don't forget, to the average Chinese or Brazilian, this "cheap" Android would be a revelation.
Why sell it here? Well tightwads are always around- just grabs a few more sales to amortize the expense.
Don't forget, to the average Chinese or Brazilian, this "cheap" Android would be a revelation.
Why sell it here? Well tightwads are always around- just grabs a few more sales to amortize the expense.
Maybe the next hacker can create a virtual Dust Bowl with a Woody Guthrie soundtrack that will sweep all thorough Facebook. Then everyone can pile all their virtual worldly goods in, and on, their virtual Prius and Teslas and head for virtual California on the virtual Route 66 where rumor has it the streets are paved with virtual gold...
