Jul292010

iPad critics “prize self-direction” and “shun conformity”

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/mytype-study-ipad-owners-are-selfish-elites/16794?tag=content%3Bselector-blogs

Say what!

“The critics don’t get off the hook either, as they are found to be ”interested in video games, computers, electronics, science and the Internet,” while they also “prize self-direction” and “shun conformity.” iPad critics are also typically Linux users. (They wouldn’t be Mac owners, of course!)”

I don’t know how scientific is this study is.

Just a note: I don’t play video games, I don’t use Linux on a daily basis. But the rest match up.

Jul292010

Walmart smart tags

http://www.thestreet.com/story/10817124/are-wal-marts-smart-tags-an-invasion-of-privacy.html?puc=outbrain&cm_ven=outbrain&obref=obnetwork

Smart tags to be used for inventory management, now that’s smart. But with all good things the bad comes with it. Now that you will have these chips people can have readers that will see exactly what you have, that is if you have access to the inventory lists, unless the rfid chips have exactly what it is and what price it is. What it is I can see but price I don’t think so. Privacy over inventory management. Well they could have a little spot on the way out for people to remove the rfid tags from the clothing or what ever they are buying. but no one is reporting where or how the rfid is being placed in the clothing or is it in the price tag? Also will walmart allow the return of merchandise that doesn’t have the rfid chip still with it? I wonder how they have re-stocking done, will they have little re-programmable chips that the workers will be able to reattach to the cloths? I guess in a month or two I’ll find out.

Jul282010

OH NO! Federal lawsuit claims Apple’s iPad overheats in minutes

Apple is in the clear on this one. Check out the specks for the ipad http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ the section on Environmental requirements does state “Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)” And we all know if you leave some…thing out in the sun it will heat up. Wait, OH NO! They don’t say anything about getting water on it! So we don’t’ know if it is water resistant, water proof or what! I can see the law suite being amended to, “Well I took it (scuba diving, shower, pool, etc any water location) and now it don’t work” I like the this one the best that GPS people use “I took it out and the rain got on it.”

At least Apple has 25 billion in it’s war chest, I mean has a little less than 25 billion (bumper gate) in it’s war chest to fend off these and the other lawsuits that are coming. They really are like Microsoft now, a punching bag for everyone. The Apple bubble has burst since they are just like any other company now selling to anyone, not just the select few who think it was cool.

That brings up the thought is Apples coolness over with? Since they have brought a device to the masses and have really taken a huge chunk of the market (24% the last I have read) are they cool anymore? I know they are now having problems like everyone else because the masses act differently than the small group of people they are use to working with. But only time will tell. I know Apple is here to stay, but  either way Apple in my mind is now a big boy which means building for the masses not a select few.
People really need to read the Terms of use of things before they do or say anyting.
Apple.com Terms of use: http://www.apple.com/legal/terms/site.html (I love the big “BY USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE; IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE THE SITE.”
Since You need the Apple.com site to get Itunes and Itunes is needed to put anything on the Ipad you need to know all these items and more. Note this is nothing unusual in it’s self. It’s just like all the others.
Jul272010

The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset

Kill switch on the internet? To stop the evil people from invading and taking over America, we will have one. Intresting. Will they turn off the internet for up to 4 months for anyting else? I don’t know but I would like to think how does this tie into Cloud Computing.

So if your company does cloud computing, think about what this would mean if you had all your documents int he cloud and could not get to them for up to 4 months. Again this is only incase of some kind of terrism right, but what if they did because of something else? Could your business survive? Also I really would like to know if your all business information is in the cloud, it may be time for this to be disclosed on a regular basis.

http://www.elliottwave.com/freeupdates/archives/2010/07/13/-Kill-Switch–Engage.aspx

Jul272010

Windows Phone 7: Why the Missing Features Do not Matter

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/201874/windows_phone_7_why_the_missing_features_matter.html?tk=hp_pop

The above link lists why the missing features matter. Who cares, it’s obvlous that if they are not there, that they will eventually, this is OS verison 1 for the new Windows Phone 7, even though there is a 7 in the name. Where are your blogs about Apples Iphone from back then when it was missing the same features? Mr. Bradley. Why start the fuss, this is a complete redesign of an OS, which is an issue in some respects but come on when you have been around and need to redo something because you can not make the old technologies do what can be done now a days, things have to cut out. Also you can see what people are willing to do with out, remember the Iphone that you seem to be so misty eyed about? The thing that really should be an issue is how Apple has lead the way for Microsoft to have it’s own app store, which is a transmuted form that everyone compalined about Microsoft in the 80s and 90s about, with how they tried to control what was sold and/or used on Window desktops (IE, as an example). Thank Apple for that, it took an underdog to push and get it so that the big guy could do it and no-one will think twice about it now.

Jul272010

“Microsoft Defends Itself Against Security Concerns” Why should it?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364540,00.asp

Microsoft’s OSes has been around for over 20 years. Also Microsoft has been the leading OS used in the world. So why wouldn’t anyone go after them. Apple and Google are still small players compared to Microsoft. Once Apple/Google get enough people to use there products there will be a shift to hackers attacking them. Apple has already started to see that, also people are starting to see blotches because of upgrade issues, there Iphone/Ipad dictatorship over what can and can’t be done on the devices. Google will see the same.

Jul272010

More details about Inda’s 35$ tablet

It seems that everyone is up in arms about the claim of it only costing 35$US. They question it by saying “How can this be?” And people start going on about how the price of shipping and warrentiees and so on will jack up the price. But people have to remember Ipads by Apple only cost around  229$ and that 229$ costs 500$ once Apple gets finished and sales it. So the way I take it is this it only cost them 35$ to build. From there the price can go up or down depending upon what parts they acutally use. That’s what I would like to know, where did or do plan on getting the parts. With Apple the parts have a lot of customization done to fit the form factors that Apple designs demand. But because of the e-waste that is in Inda, is that where they are going to be getting the parts to keep it down? Or are the parts from a some manufacturer?

If they can pull it off, and I could buy for under 100$US with all these features then the future truely would be here. This would almost be the PADD of StarTrek, while not the personal jet packs that were always presumed to be the future, these little devices are what make us the future, in regards to cost, they should be so cheap that you could just give it to a friend like a piece of paper for them to use. I would buy 3 or 4 just to have laying around the house at that price. I would then replace all my physical copies of books, dvd & CD collections, photo albums, etc because I the simple fact of having multiple backup locations at a very cheap cost. 

I hate to think that people are getting up in arms over this because of a language barrior, or marketing statement, or how their reports reported it to the world.

The reason why I like this one compared to the iPad is the price. In the realm of StarTrek the devices seem to be like paper, you give back and forth to people like the device is nothing, no thought into the cost it is only soemthing like a piece of paper to pass to friends. The iPad is just to costly. At the 35$ level or lower I would not have to much of a thought to lend or borrow to a friend to use or to just give since they would be so cheap to replace. But also would I really need to lend to a friend, since at 35$ he/she would have a lot of there own!

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/how-can-india-build-a-35-tablet-more-details-emerge/4138?tag=nl.e539

http://armdevices.net/2010/07/23/indias-35-tablet-is-based-on-my-video/

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/35-tablet-dont-hold-your-breath/9027

Jul272010

Apple gives free bumpers to it’s Iphone 4 buyers, 11 different ways of saying it.

I was wondering about all the different ways that this simple statement could be said.

1) Apple isn’t for just fan boys, non-blinded apple users demand action. Apple placates with free bumpers

2) Apple admits people’s displeasure, gives free bumpers away (note they didn’t really admit failure since they just said they are like everyone else)

3) Apple doesn’t admit failure, but doesn’t want a recall, here’s your free bumper.

4) Free bumpers to those that are “making a call challenged”

5) Apple find outs the hard way, substance before style

6) It’s looks to good it probably is, bumper’s anyone?

7) Hey, were just like everyone else, here’s a free bumper

8) Think different, 6 different colored bumpers to choose from.

9) Phones are different than computers, people care when they drop calls. Get your free bumper here!

10) I wish the “hold it differently” wasn’t said now that we pissed off a lot of people with the usual smarty remark something has to be done.

11) Should have just come with a bumper, it costs less than a dollar to make. Could have made it one of those stylish things that dolls come with that make people want to buy more accessories for it, like bedazzling the phone. So here’s a free bumper to start that accessorizing for all of you.

I’m not sure but these could all be reasons. You never know. Either way people seem to like the product regardless of the downsides to it.

Jul272010

Govt.-Approved iPhone Jailbreaking Won’t Help Users

For normal users of the iPhone this means nothing, but for the un-normal this means a lot. The ability to break out of Apple’s control over what you can do with your iPhone. Again for normal users this means nothing.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/201906/govtapproved_iphone_jailbreaking_wont_help_users.html;jsessionid=16B423764FB0A820ABCF65CF2F53751A

Jul272010

Iphone GPS – Google watch out!

What does the Iphone lack? GPS like the Andriod Phones. So guess what Apple has done? Bought a GPS mapping company that given some time could put the Iphone on an even heading with Andriod’s Google Maps.

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/07/14/apple-buys-3d-mapping-firm-google-maps-rival-on-route/

Below is a link of a company making tracking sofware for the iphone.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jPH5C0ra-sB9Dgxc8mHi58ILSlpgD9H4H2301