theBobMcCormick
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Comment · 14 years ago
That's funny, I'm the opposite. I'm generally unlikely to sign up for any site or service that makes me create and record yet another username/password combo.
Comment · 14 years ago
That's not the first page of the site, It's a link to a spec page comparing the different models available.
IMHO, it doesn't differ significantly from this page: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
Comment · 14 years ago
I hear ya. It might be true for some people that they don't need a GPS, but having an always in my pocket GPS whenever I'm in an unfamiliar neighborhood reduces my stress level a lot.
Comment · 14 years ago
Isn't Raspberry Pi also pretty much a proprietary design? Certainly the Broadcom chipset they use isn't available to the general public, nor is information about the chipset available without an NDA.
Comment · 14 years ago
Am I missing something? Those both look like the reading view of every mobile app that has any kind of article reading feature.
Not diss'ing your app btw. The screenshot looks nice. I'm just not sure what the comparison is supposed to be showing
Comment · 14 years ago
Or you could just add a location shortcut to the desktop, which doesn't use any extra battery power.
Comment · 14 years ago
I assume this installs itself as a replacement launcher. In which case it'd be the first thing that come up every time the phone boots. I'm pretty sure the "login" step they show is just on initial install.
Comment · 14 years ago
Actually, there's no need to. Terminal IDE already comes with it's own replacement keyboard.
Comment · 14 years ago
Aside from the new logo, it looks pretty much identical to how the Android Market site has looked for well over a year.
It's also logical that it would resemble the Apple/iTunes store, since they both serve pretty much the same purpose but for different platforms. Barnesandnoble.com and Amazon.com both look substantially similar for example.
Comment · 14 years ago
To be clear, the limit for the main application APK is still 50K. This change allows developers to also host on the Google Market servers up to 2 supplemental files that are up to 2Gigs in size.
Basically, this provides a better supported, more reliable, more standardized way to accommodate the already common idiom where many Android games will, immediately on first run, begin downloading the game assets (graphics, sounds, music, etc).
Comment · 14 years ago
> "If you see one of your best people walking out the door at 6:00 pm, try to think why you haven't challenged that person with an interesting project. If you see one of your average programmers walking out the door at 6:00 pm, recognize that this person is not developing into a good programmer."
Wow! What a horribly shitty attitude. If your "average programmer" isn't spending their every waking moment at work they're not a good programmer?!? Employers with attitudes like that deserve a serious atomic kick in the balls.
Comment · 14 years ago
Sounds like a more generalized, urban version of the Mod Live ski goggles (http://www.reconinstruments.com/products/mod). The Mod Live googles look amazing, but pretty bulky (plus, I don't ski). If the Google glasses end up being half as cool I'd definitely be interested.
Comment · 14 years ago
Google+ has completely supplanted Twitter as a news source for me. With G+, you get actual paragraphs of information (often with pictures, etc). If there's a link, it's a real link, not one of those stupid damn shortened urls's (I REALLY hate those). With Twitter, a cryptic 100 character "message" and a url shortened link.
Good riddance to Twitter. G+ has a lot of room for improvement, but Twitter's lack of usability is mind boggling.
Comment · 14 years ago
Here's an example of a non-porn app being banned: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/20/flashlight-app-sneaks-te...
> Massive amounts of malware are being distributed via, at least the android marketplace, if not Amazon as well.
Amazon's app store is curated exactly like Apple's, so if there is malware in the Amazon's store then the model must be broken.
Besides, as I mentioned, I don't have a problem with Apple curating their app store. I think it's great. A nice mall like shopping experience. I do have a problem with them not allowing side-loading for those more advanced users who would like to side-load apps. IMHO, it seems to me like 90% of the reasons people Jailbrake their IOS devices are things that would be available without Jailbraking if side loading were allowed.
> On the contrary, as I mentioned there is a method to install apps completely out of Apple's control. (in fact, you can do this also with native apps as well using the adhoc distribution method.)
That's rather a bullshit cop-out to claim than web-apps or an "Adhoc" method that's limited to 100 users are either viable alternatives to side-loading.
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