Posts by James 51

RIM don't deserve half the stick they are getting. I hope this new OS does well.

Spent for them or spent by them?

Mine seems to be working fine.

@Ralph5

I think they mean without another piece of kit that costs over £100 (that via apple tv, right?).

RIMs biggest problem is that it is fashionable to knock RIM. That is something they can not control. It annoys me that companies don't release apps for blackberries but I guess they don't want my money.

808

I would have an 808 if only they were available on contract. Made do with a 9320 and playbook instead.

These companies are some of the most profitable on the planet. Are sums this relatively small really going to make a difference?

If I remember correctly they do have some satellites up there with sensors pointing down at the Earth. Mostly climate monitoring stuff.

An 820 with the proper pureview sensor from the 808 with the lens from the 920 would be enough to tempt me when my contract runs out. That's not for over a year though.

For all the reasons you listed to buy one is the reason why I avoid them.

Imagine that lense on an 808.

7" Playbook

Which currys has dropped the price of (again).

Patent

This is stuff worth patenting, not rounded corners (although if spooks invented it first, wouldn't that invalidate the patent?).

NASA TV

Just downloaded the app for my playbook, can't wait.

operating profit of £32m on turnover of £16.3m

@ Titus - That's what I was thinking.

How much of that price is the Windows tax?

Netbooks really shine when you put something like Linux on them. Just a pity you can't buy any without paying Windows tax.

Who wrote the facebook app for BB and the playbook?

The title is too long.

Didn't their government pass a law basically allowing companies to go through people's medical records (suitably anonymised of course *nudge nudge*). That and historically low rates of immigration with a good health care system to keep track of the guinea pigs, walking cash cows subjects means we could be seeing a lot more studies like this being done there.

Of course the ConDems are trying to get similar laws passed here.

Might keep the kids amused for a little while.

DRM - Denying rights management

DRM forces people who are prepared to pay for games into piracy to do prefectly resonable things with the products they have paid for or would pay for if they were available.

we'll be left with BlackBerrys. Again. Heaven help us

Oh come on, they aren't that bad. RIM was one of the few companies with no arrow pointing outwards. Nokia's only one was a settled suit with Apple. Although now M$ have their claws firmly embedded that may change.

RIM must really be on the way out if they're not worth scamming like this. Or that you can have it prompt you when an app is trying to do this and block it is why it isn't in appworld.

You'd think that with that kind of spec they would run S60. Or even Maemo/Meego.

$=£

I have never seen the t1 for less than £110 and it's usually £130.

£600!

That's straying into ultra/sleek book territory.

re: QOTW

If video suspect

If video from NASA channel

then refer to human investigator

else block

end

end

There you go, fixed it.

Wow, hope Oracle is proud of themselves.

Could this be applied to urine samples too?

If it works eventually technology like this could be available in GP practices and virtual eliminate the need to wait for results. Or if your being cared for in your own home on the spot results (assuming the kit is portable). Lots of potential, just needs teams like these to do all the grunt work first.