Design
How many millions was the design firm paid to add a multi-coloured "Song" to the end of the logo?
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Many years ago, my uncle explained his friend was having some issues with his brand new Atari ST and could we go around and take a look.
I got there and my uncle's friend was very proud to show off his new purchase, but explained that whatever he did, the mouse pointer just did not move... I flipped over the mouse, removed the piece of packing tape over the ball, and all was fine.
Oh that sounds like an interesting project, and cheap compared to the equivalent from Yubico.
"you will also need the following extra hardware:
a Segger J-Link JTAG probe.
a TC2050 Tag-Connect programming cable.
a Tag-Connect TC2050 ARM2010 adaptor
optionally a Tag-Connect TC2050 retainer clip to keep the spring loaded connector pressed to the PCB.
Although OpenOCD should be supported we encountered some issues while trying to flash a firmware with it. Therefore we suggest at the moment to use a Segger J-Link probe instead. This guide does not cover how to setup the JTAG probe on your system."
yyyyeah... ok not so cheap. I'll buy another Yubikey instead.
Are people naive enough to think Ring are the only connected camera maker (or any other app maker for that matter) using analytics? Is this any more concerning than accepting cookies on a web page? Solution - Something like Pi-Hole?
The "Police accessing cameras" was nothing more than looking at videos in the neighbourhood app that people have publicly shared. Solution - Don't share what you're not happy for everyone to see.
The hackers accessing cameras seems to have been down to people using the same weak passwords for everything and other site user databases getting compromised. Solution - Enable 2 factor auth and don't use the same password on everything.
Ring aren't entirely blameless in any of this of course, but everyone else seems to be sitting happily in the shadows at the moment while Ring takes all the fire.
Had mine for a week and pleased I bought one.
It was this or the Nexus 5 for me. Sure the Nexus is much faster than the Moto X, but the Touchless controls, Active display, and better battery life swung it for me. Plus I was coming from a Nexus 4 and fancied a change.
The touchless controls make voice commands actually useful for the first time ever IMO. I've never seen the point of voice commands when you've got to unlock the phone and have it there in your hand anyway. Being able to set a reminder for myself for the following morning when I suddenly remember something when I'm in bed and the phone is the other side of the room being a great example!
One thing I miss is the photosphere from the Nexus. I suspect you may be able to sideload the Nexus camera app, but then I'd lose the extra features I like from the Moto's own camera app I expect.
There are companies such as A Shade Greener who will fit solar panels free of charge (if your house is in a suitable location etc. etc.), the caveat being they pocket the money from any surplus electricity generation.
I did see something on a television program a while ago (one of those Grand Design type ones) where a couple were building a green home. IIRC they said the solar panels were actually pretty poor, and that fitting a small wind turbine made a huge difference. Of course not many people would be able to erect one in their gardens I expect due to planning permissions?
I was given a Cube PC a few years ago, it was pretty good to be honest. I'd always built my own systems for years but these days it's just not as cheap as it used to be buying all the bits yourself, and also, I just can't be arsed.
I have no affiliation with them but I just bought my new PC from http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/ Unlike most manufacturers who'd use cheap motherboards/PSU's etc, the i7 PC I specced from UK Gaming Computers used all the parts I would have picked myself anyway.
Possibly due to Remote XUL support being removed (by default)?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_4_for_developers#Remote_XUL_support_removed
I have a similar issue with accessing webmail from my hosting provider. Their response was that their webmail component they use is written by a third party and there are no plans to change/upgrade it.
I'm surprised that it doesn't have gapless support, the S9 didn't initially but was added in a later update, so it seems odd that the J3 wouldn't have it (sure it's not just buried in the options somewhere?).
Still happy with my S9, watching videos on it on regular long train journeys is fantastic. I've had a few Cowon's and the sound quality is always amazing. Their user interface design isn't up to much, but the J3 looks like an improvement on that front.
I've had one for a while now, and after being a lifelong Nokia user I'm loving it.
To answer a couple of questions, it's Android 1.5. Latest rumours suggest that Samsung will be skipping 1.6 and releasing 2.0 in Q1 2010 (I believe this is the same for the HTC Hero, although there are unofficial 1.6 firmwares available for that so I've heard).
The "sync notification" alert tone mentioned in the article can be turned off in the settings menu, the headphones one I don't know, I've not tried.
Yes the Samsung NPS software is crap and doesn't really work apart from to update the phone, but as someone has already pointed out, contacts and calendar etc. is synced with your google account anyway. So there's no need for the app's sync features. You can of course still access the SD card on your computer as a removable disk too.
Camera crap? Well, yes. But that's the same for all the current crop of Android phones, but I think it's OK, certainly in daylight.
Poor battery life? Not for me, I've had over 100 hours between charging and the phone was still at 30%. If you've got background data syncing, wifi, gps, loads of twittering facespace widgets updating every 10 minutes then yes, it's not going to last long.
One possible cause for the big battery drain is apparently if you're using the frankly terrible case that samsung provide with the phone. It keeps the camera button pressed down and prevents the phone from going to sleep.
Do I regret getting it? Not so far, so long as Samsung continue to provide updates to last my 18 month contract period I'll be happy. The HTC offerings do seem to have better support though.
With more and more manufacturers releasing Android phones I think things can only get better.