Posts by Tom 35

Re: Was there a survey?

When I tried playing with it I was wondering why it kept trying to make me log onto my Microsoft Account. Now I know why...

Re: Can you blame them?

I had a couple apps on my Nexus 7 stop working with the 4.2 upgrade. Took 2-3 days for them to release upgrades to make them 4.2 compatible. Since then other apps have been upgraded to add support for the new 4.2 features. My Nexus 7 now works better then it did before the upgrade.

You may have a bad app or something but the Nexus 7 works fine with 4.2.

Re: Curious

Don't know if this qualifies as "do anything useful" but...

http://gizmodo.com/5932789/necomimi-brainwave-cat-ears-review-why-you-need-psychic-cyborg-animal-ears

Re: Why the downvotes?

When I was still using my iPod touch 2G I found I used dropbox a lot for files iTunes didn't like.

Now with the Nexus 7 I can still use dropbox, or a standard USB cable (cheap) or a USB Stick / Drive with a USB2g adaptor and the Nexus Media Importer app (no root required).

And it's not linked to only one computer, no "do you want to wipe out all your stuff" if I plug it into a different computer that happens to have iTunes on it.

And I could remove quicktime (quick? HA!) from my computer.

Re: Possible explanation

Has China claimed to own it yet?

Re: Just updated...

The old one was kind of crap, and didn't use it much. The new one has been un-installed. That was not an update.

Re: Never mind the UIs

Download the latest update for my Blu Ray player.

You get the updates to the DRM so the latest FOX discs will play.

3-4 'new" services you never wanted (Darts TV, Basket Weaving, Poker...)

But the basic stuff still just sort of works.

Even if it's not converted to electricity

It can be mixed with natural gas and burned for heat.

A landfill not far from me pipes methane to a local factory that uses it to reduce the amount of natural gas they use.

Yes

And once the "think of the children" system is in place it will be simple to add a list of stuff they don't like that will be filtered for everyone with no opt-out.

Re: Yet another hack at pushing BYOD.

"So we have now decided that the only way to make changes in a company is to use a back door/low level trick of getting the employees to "override" the upper management decisions"

More like MS will give free tablets to upper management and tell them there will be no problem* using it with the company systems.

*as long as all your software and servers are the latest versions.

Re: Agreed. They should at least have reviewed both, and it's also odd...

Yes they just mention in passing that the Synology can be expanded easily, and then don't say anything for any of the others. I would think that was a major feature that should be covered for all of them. Don't care how much ram they have, I want to know how they work!

They have cats too

They like lizard and bird more then rat.

Re: I recall and article...

Yes Hydrogen can be extracted from urea (see my first post). They are working on a system for the military, but it's not just the electricity (produced from a fuel cell) that makes it worth while, it also produces drinkable water (and Ammonia as a waste product).

Re: Twisted Garbage

I've not looked at what they say about the windows 8 version, but it's Security Essentials renamed and installed by default, and they push Security Essentials as a replacement, and say not to run it and another AV program at the same time.

Re: Who wrote the laws

Brown envelopes will be passed around and the wealthy will continue not paying tax. Might even get a new loop hole.

I suspect that will be an outcome.

TV, Go loud - mute, go on too long - skip,

You forgot one that I "love". Show the same ad more then once in an ad break, or more then twice in one program.

I've seen them run the same ad twice every ad break for an hour, some times twice in a row.

"I think the point is to live according to the character and social norms outlined in the Quran"

What group have the correct interpetation?

Most of the established religions are just as bad, each group sure they are the only ones going to someplace good, while everyone else is going someplace bad.

Re: PostScript Rendering should be a solved problem.

How else can they keep people on the upgrade treadmill?

Re: Several decent, fully featured Office suites on Android already

You think Office for (not)WindowsRT will be the same as Office for Windows feature for feature?

I guess they could cripple Office 2013 so it's the same as the RT version, just like they made Windows 8 look like a phone, but that would not go over well!

Re: "Apple has launched an overpriced and under-specced turkey"

I hold my Nexus 7 like that all the time while reading on the subway. One hand to hold on to a pole, one for the Nexus. Very secure, not going to drop it if someone bumps me or they slam on the brakes. I can even turn pages with one hand.

Re: Microsoft to buy another dying company

Having all their eggs in one basket they are an easy target for greedy content companies. Your making money, give it to us!

Disney just added some of their crappier movies to the Canadian Play store. You can now "buy" Cars 2 but the download costs more then the DVD/Blu Ray combo at Amazon. That's just stupid, it's also typical.

"Nexus 7 Repairability Score: 7 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)"

The iPad mini gets a 2.

They say "Battery replacement can be accomplished without soldering—or even a screwdriver." for the Nexus 7. I've replaced iPod batteries and it's a bugger of a job.

Re: I don't know if this says something...

I seem to remember reading that there is an Angry Birds movie in the works...

So Game: The Movie is not that big a surprise.

That ANYONE would want to watch such a movie is more of a surprise.

So I would think it shows VERY bad taste in entertainment rather then gullibility.

Re: this reminds me of my favourite statistic

Good thing they didn't look at kids who read comics on their smart phone while listening to rock music...

Why should google devices have the monoply of google only services?

I have a Nexus 7 and it did come with all the Google services. But I had no problem installing a different email client, video player, browser...

I'm not locked to Google only. That's one of the big reasons why I bought the Nexus and not an iThing. It will take a while and maybe a service pack before I know if (not)WindowsRT is like Apple or not. Will it be IE only for example?

Re: @AC OP

That would be great. Just have to give the cops an iPhone and they would hardly have to do any work at all...

Where did Siri find the info?

Fail?

If we take what you say as true, Apple still didn't invent it, and Android still didn't copy it from Apple.