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Comment Re:Yeah well... (Score 0) 279

by blackmonday (#37280312) Attached to: Steve Jobs, Before the iPad, On Why Tablets Suck

(remember he didn't want to allow any apps at all at first)

There's a big difference between shipping a simpler working product, and the delays caused by shipping a product with full developer APIs, financial channels to pay those developers, LAWYERS AND LEGAL BS, etc. Apple chose to ship a complete product as early as possible.
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Inmates Escape As Guard Plays Plants Vs. Zombies 87

Posted by samzenpus from the prioritizing-priorities dept.
dotarray writes "Everybody knows that there's a certain risk one takes when playing addictive, engrossing games can be trouble when you're meant to be doing something else. The prevalence of awesome games on the iPhone hasn't helped that risk. A Plants Vs. Zombies loving police officer has learned this the hard way after an escape."
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Girl Quits On Dry Erase Board a Hoax 147

Posted by samzenpus from the take-this-job-and-shove-it dept.
suraj.sun writes "It's the same old story: young woman quits, uses dry erase board and series of pictures to let entire office know the boss is a sexist pig, exposes his love of playing FarmVille during work hours." Story seem too good to be true? It probably is, at least according to writer Peter Kafka. Even so, Jay Leno and Good Morning America have already reached out to "Jenny."

Comment Re:Droid Owner (Score 3, Interesting) 289

by blackmonday (#30178492) Attached to: Some Claim Android App Store Worse Than iPhone's
Also, Android phones don't (yet) have dedicated graphics chips, AFAIK. I just got the Samsung Moment, and winced when I ran the included Bejeweled demo. It's one of my favorite games on iPhone, but it's a total joke on Android. You won't find AAA titles on Android, because they can't be run. Don't expect Trench Run or Tiger Woods on the Android or Palm Pre, because it's not a possibility at this moment.

Actually, it's worse for the Pre, because it actually has the same CPU and Graphics hardware as the 3GS, yet the hardware currently does nothing. There's currently no way for a game dev to access it. Lame.

Comment Re:Atom (Score 1) 275

by blackmonday (#30006842) Attached to: Apple Not Disabling OS X Atom Support After All
I just built a hackintosh (Lenovo S10e) with a store-bought Snow Leopard copy - The biggest problem isn't the CPU or the RAM, it's the screen resolution. OS X does not like a 600 pixel screen height. Some system windows don't fit (you can hook up an external monitor though).

As for the commenter who said that Netbooks are only sold with a max of 80GB - not true. Mine shipped with 160GB, that seems to be the sweet spot for HDD based systems.

As far as a nerd project, the S10e Hackintosh is in the "way too easy" category. Cool, huh?

Comment Re:Get a Sansa Clip instead (Score 1) 379

by blackmonday (#27194289) Attached to: iPod Shuffle Finds Its Voice
I have that exact Sansa, and although its a bit larger than the new shuffle, it's the best compromise of "tiny" and "usable". It's a great piece of hardware, and Sears had them for only $35 a few months back. The screen is great, and most importantly the sound is top notch. You get FM with recording capability too, for your NPR needs. I recommend it highly. I'm an Apple fan but the Shuffle has nothing on the Sansa, except size. For me the Sansa is as small as it needs to be.

Comment Owner of both the iPhone and Sirius Radios (Score 1) 397

by blackmonday (#25936437) Attached to: iPhones, FStream and the Death of Satellite Radio
I have an iPhone and 2 Sirius radios. Sirius doesn't have to compete with iPhone. They should use the iPhone to make money. Why isn't there a Sirius app on the iTunes store yet? Have a subscription? Great, listen all day long for no additional cost. (Think Netflix on the XBOX). Don't have a satellite radio? Listen to Sirius for 20-30 bucks a year on your iPhone, including Howard.

This is a no brainer. I'm under the assumption that as soon as Howard retires, the whole company is going down in flames.

Comment Re:Who can afford it? (Score 2, Insightful) 133

by blackmonday (#25929443) Attached to: "Cyber Monday" Expected To Draw Virtual Crowds

my mortgage is now worth more than my house

I don't understand the exact problem with this. Most people go out and buy cars with a 10 or 20 percent down, and they're "underwater" as soon as they drive off the lot. As you make your regular payments, the amount you're underwater gets overcome, over time. It may d=sound hard to believe, but everything will eventually recover a few years down the road. I'm an optimist, mostly because I've been living within my means and renting for the last 10 years.

Feed Engadget: Hands-on with the Palm Centro (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Cellphones, Features

Well, here's the shiny little Centro, in all its slightly-less-than-breathtaking beauty. Truth be told, the phone doesn't look or feel too bad -- we still don't get the gray stripe through the middle, but what can you do? The keyboard is unbelievably tiny, but we'll take it where we can get it. The surface of the cherry red or metallic black phone is quite slick, and we suspect will go tumbling out of sweaty hands like gang busters. Of course, the EV-DO connection was snappy, but the thing we're most stoked about is the fact that Palm has finally eliminated that 2-pixel border around the screen. Hey, no new OS... but that border is gone. The Centro is due mid-October for the shockingly low price of $99.99, which should help push more than a couple of these out the door. Hit the gallery and check out all the hot photos.

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