Posts by imaginarynumber

Re: Leading the pack

i7, 8gb RAM, 512GB SSD- prices direct from manufacturers

MBA 13"= £1,579.00

Duo 13"= £ 1,868.99

Difference= £290 and not the £500 being quoted

And those that are risk adverse, if you want 3 years of cover

£1,777.99

£ 1,943.99

The difference drops down to £166.

And what doe the extra cost get you that the Air doesn't have?

NFC

GPS

WiDi

Ethernet support/WiFI hotspot

A higher resolution touch screen with a digitizer pen.

(optional 4G)

Re: batter life "The Duo 13 lasted just shy of 9 hours (8 hours 55 minutes) on our battery rundown test," (source PC Mag).

BTW the Vaio Pro 13 uses the same PCIe flash and costs less than the Air 13. The duo 13 also uses the same and I expect that as more manufacturers release haswell devices the adoption of PCIe will increase.

I guess that if Sony want to entice the typical Air owner they need to ditch the gorgeous screen and opt for a dimmer, lower resolution one which will give battery life an even bigger boost.

Re: But why?

all manufacturer's quoted battery lives assume battery saving jiggery pokery.

I guess that you are referring to the Duo 13.

The Pro13 with the sheet battery is still cheaper than the MBA, results in an equal weight and longer life but does make the unit slightly thicker than the MBA.

Personally I don't need that extra capacity every day and like the option of sacrificing weight for battery life as and when it suits me. Although I would prefer the option of just having an extra removable battery.

If the Air had a comparable screen, it's battery life would be far, far less impressive. Again we have devotees defending the use of a lower resolution screen- "Apple understand that battery life is the most important thing, no one cares about weight and resolution quite as much. They can plug in a gazillion screens via Thunderbolt,.. blah, blah, blah". I guess resolution is no longer important since Apple lost that pissing contest to the pixel. (btw that was not aimed at you, I have seen that defence used a lot recently).

My Windows phone asked me to "create" my own password. I don't recall it selecting one for me.

Re: Yep, I agree

"How about how did your upgrade from Winmo7 to 8 go? "

WinMo stopped at 6.5...

I don't see what your point re WP7 upgrading to WP8 is. What is the point in baking features such as NFC into the WP7 settings and confusing people when NO WP7 phones support it?

WP7 is currently sitting at WP7.8, the look'n'feel of WP8 but without the hardware requirements.

How many first gen iOS or Android units support all of the features of the latest OS?

"The apps from IOS1 work fine still, no more money, these Windows CE ones don't seem to...."

WinCE (ARM) apps still work on WinMo units, they were never designed to work on Windows Phone. Most were written before WP even existed. To date I have not come across a WP7 app that will not work on WP8. The vast majority will work on WP8 but wont be able to take advantage of the newer hardware features of WP8 (eg NFC). There might be a couple that won't work properly, eg those that make calls to the FMradio class.

Your iOS1 app example is also flawed, many developers will not allow you to download older versions of apps that will run on older versions of iOS.

Re: Laptops and Notebooks

Sorry Bill, a typo on my behalf, I intended to say back in 2010 and not 2000.

Re: Luxury?

The most I ever paid for a phone was about £800, it was largely made of plastic and assembled by Samsung (on behalf of B&O).

At £800 it was not a luxury phone where as at £15 000 I would assert that the Vertu is a luxury phone.

How much does an iPhone cost, what percentage of the shell is titanium?

Re: Air?

And durability? If so the iphone wont be included in the Sexiest Phones of all time...

Re: Dear Microsoft

And which vendor has 800,000 tablet specific apps?

Re: @AC 7:54

I agree with you.

The fanbois seem to have forgotten that before the iphone there was Windows Mobile and not just BB and Symbian.

I could do far more on WM than one can on iOS and indeed more than on WP.

Some of those features were removed by MS for fear of upsetting Apple. I can't click on phone numbers in websites anymore, why? I could in 2004 but seemingly Apple decided to patent it and MS and Apple have a "let's be friends" clause.

The sooner Apple piss of back to the wilderness the better.

Re: Forced to Innovate? Good!

"Apple do actually do the camera connection kit BTW - it's not internal but you can copy files onto the device."

Yeah, iWhatevers are so perfect that you HAVE to use the kit. I had the misfortune of trying to get 3 gigs onto an ipad using iTunes. After 6 hours I had managed to transfer two thirds of the images.

Re: @Steven Roper

"Although Apple is not for me they have always done a fantastic job of making computing accessible to non-technical types"

Apple's dumbing down of computing isn't necessarily a good thing.

Re: Xerox is a business, not a religion

Apple paid to visit PARC, not to take whatever they wanted. Do you not recall Xerox trying to sue Apple (whilst apple were engaged in suing MicroSoft) ?

When I pay to go to the cinema, I do not expect to be able to record the movie, make some edits and then burn it to DVD and flog it on market stalls up and down the country.

Re: Prior Art

Would that be akin to a computer firm called apple, assuring another called apple that is in the music business, that the former would never enter the music industry.

Personally I have no problem with apple registering the leaf, but how long before they claim that footwear is jewelery?

Re: ANY salesman will try to sell you something that his company sells

I agree with the sentiment of your post but the Apple staff already push the over priced extended guarantee, it's called AppleCare...

Re: Called it

Did Dyson then go running to aneighbouring court and then smear Vax there and then have the gaul to boast about winning a case that legally should not have existed?

Re: Why not put the last nail in the box and leave the worms alone?

"He paid for it, Then MICROSOFT stole it. Get your history right. Its not his fault Xerox sold it cheap"

Erm... he stole it AND then was forced to pay for it.

Who needs history when you have Applefication?

Re: AC trash talk

Yes but only by apple and the uniformed members of the press

Apple didn't need a crystal ball. The fact that the USA and Canada use entirely different frequencies is common knowledge.

If you want to sell products directly in a nation state you are legally oblidged to adhere to the rules of that state. If you don't agree with the rules then let customers import your products themselves.

Re: US Government Agencies Ignore Security Threats...

????

So you would prefer your email to take 15 unencrypted hops instead? Erm... that would be an additional 14 points of (potential) failure...

Do you recall what time you notified them? tnx