Digital Lifestyle
Cloudscout
– December 16, 2007 02:54PM
"Digital hubs." iPod and its successors. (iPhone?) Convergence. How ridiculous will DRM get? Yep, put it all together and it just might make for a successful thread.
ddt
– March 26, 2011 02:39PM
Yeah, I would LOVE to know how they developed that model. I've a feeling it was the result of a lot of competing pressures and demands from little fiefdoms in the company, but that's just a WAG.
ddt
John Willoughby
– March 26, 2011 05:23PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
I'd like to subscribe to the paper edition, with special instructions to throw my copy out rather than deliver it. It's like they're bribing you to make their outdated business model appear viable, while actually utilizing their new model.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/2011 05:23PM by John Willoughby.
ddt
– March 26, 2011 05:35PM
Well, I still _prefer_ having the paper version. So there.
Stone agedly,
ddt
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– March 26, 2011 06:04PM
After all, it is handy for wrapping up fish & chips, or breakable items when moving, or as "insurance" for incontinent pets...
Jeff Cooper
– March 26, 2011 07:30PM
Anyone else pronouncing the name of Motorola's tablet "exhume"? Surely I'm not the only person who's thought this?
It's not quite as good as "WinCE," perhaps, but it's close.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– March 27, 2011 03:47PM
The question is, who will inhume the exhume?
John Willoughby
– March 31, 2011 10:45AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
El Jeffe
– March 31, 2011 01:10PM
What a journey.
good luck.
I still think it will be an interesting race for marketshare long-term. Now PROFITS? I think Apple will win out there. But marketshare, not sure.
johnny k
– March 31, 2011 01:30PM
Meet the new Microsoft. As I'm listening to
John Siracusa talk about Apple's strategy tax and pathological need to be self-reliant, I wonder if Samsung will ramp up Bada now. I wonder how carriers feel about this - I don't think they're as used to taking orders as mfgs are. Maybe a couple of carriers and mfgs will split off a new Android branch. The Amazon app store means that Google won't be able to hold the Marketplace over their heads.
All that would be great - it's exactly how open source protects everyone from one company's control.
Cloudscout
– March 31, 2011 01:41PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Yeah, I can see this blowing up in Google's face. They claim to be taking this route to avoid fragmentation. It could end up causing even more fragmentation if it results in an Android fork.
John Willoughby
– March 31, 2011 04:29PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
A whole new OS, Bndroid!
johnny k
– March 31, 2011 05:19PM
Or Androib. The B is for Bargain!
Cloudscout
– March 31, 2011 05:35PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Well, if it's a fork, it will only be partially Android. Half Android. Hemiroid.
ddt
– March 31, 2011 07:28PM
Hm, since "andro-" means "male or man", that'd more really be "half-a-man droid".
ddt
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– March 31, 2011 08:31PM
Eunoid?
Cloudscout
– March 31, 2011 08:51PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Tonight I finally installed CyanogenMod on my Nook Color. I had tinkered with Android running from the Senior card before but now I took the plunge and installed it on the internal memory. This is really cool.
Mokers
(Moderator)
– March 31, 2011 10:04PM
Formerly Remy Martin
Android was less about openness and choice and more about trying to come up with a marketing angle that would compete against apple. Closed is bad, open is good. I don't think the handset makers are going to care either. Less stuff for them to worry about supporting.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– April 01, 2011 12:24AM
Quote
Tonight I finally installed CyanogenMod on my Nook Color. I had tinkered with Android running from the Senior card before but now I took the plunge and installed it on the internal memory. This is really cool.
I read that and got "Tonight I finally installed ...blah blah blah blah... I had tinkered with Android running from the ...blah blah... before but now I took the plunge and installed it on the internal memory. This is really cool."
Cloudscout
– April 01, 2011 04:27AM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Damn you, auto correct. SD card, not Senior.
John Willoughby
– April 01, 2011 09:45AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Yeah, the carriers should
fall right into line.
