Re: We have all been there...

Great as it is to know better than everyone else Steve, you might not be aware some of us use the internet for important things.

Re: Ooh, syndicate

A simple refresh for hi-res displays would be enough for me! There is an open-source project, but I'm not sure what exactly they have created.

Re: I know why I dislike the google

Bad the google.

Re: Adobe, Autodesk, the Mafia...

Nobody is stopping you from using open-source alternatives. Hell, nobody is stopping you starting a project. If you all put your $1000 into a pot, that would buy some great developers.

>>It's another good example of how the law doesn't keep up with reality.

No it's another example of people being dicks and wasting my taxes.

almost impossible to enforce

One of those rules that is almost impossible to enforce unless you are so un observant you don't see the plod next to you.

You mean like how it's impossible to enforce car-pool lanes? Oh wait... they do enforce those.

Re: yeahbut

I didn't know that was a right, I thought it was an opinion.

Re: Here we go again...

What about import duty?

Loads of people work a 9-5 job and then have 6 hours free in the evening.

Re: Uh huh.

And how are you going to watch that ripped version on your phone in a hotel when you didn't think ahead to copy it on?

Re: UltraViolet, classic bait and switch

Didn't you just copy-paste that from the last UV thread Paul? It's almost like you're some kind of lobbyist.

Re: Never use Ultraviolet code

That's probably because you never leave your bedroom?

Re: UV filters

I know Netflix USA and UK have different content, but does the digital world work on the same regions system as DVD/BD?

Re: Uh, 16GB?

Buy an iPod classic then.

The point of a nano is you trade size for space... and you can very easily swap what albums are on. Every few days, every week, even every evening if you want.

16Gb is quite a lot of albums.

Re: They still make these ?

My phones have had MP3 support for ages, but I've never really felt comfortable using it as a MP3 player. I don't really even know why, but I would say I find the dedicated UI on my old 3rd/4th-gen nano is preferable to using it on my phone.

Re: Has there been a paradigm shift and nobody told me?

I think it's something called the "inter net"

If a product takes as long to develop as MS-Office but has 1/10 the user-base, it stands to reason it will cost 10X more.

This is the case with most pro creativity tools... look at Quark Express, Maya, 3DSMax, etc. I don't know if any of them ever tried dropping the price massively to see if many more started buying, it's not hard to imagine even normally moral folk would struggle to pay £2k for a software tool especially a freelancer.

Re: Missing from the review.....

It might be iTunes only on this device but historically that's definitely not the case. There are several free/open-source tools (for Windows at least) although which versions of iPod they can use varies. I use the very minimal SharePod program.

Re: Missing from the review.....

So go read a review on a specialist audio site :)

Re: Poor choice of materials?

The back isn't glass, who cares it it gets scratched?

Re: Poor choice of materials?

I took it to mean easy to scratch during assembly, i.e. on the inside... the outside is regular Gorilla (2?) glass isn't it?

Wait for other companies to release Windows tablets? This isn't like Apple, other companies can create their own WinRT tablets. That includes the companies who are creating Android tablets... they can make Android/MS versions of the same basic spec if they want.

Why would throwing in an x86 chip cost an extra £400?

Re: "full blown OS"

So Android is also not a proper OS?

Re: that's ..

I hope you know more about engineering than you do politics and religion.

Re: £80 for a keyboard?

I was disappointed about how expensive accessories are for this, fair enough if the base model is a premium spec but don't try to make a profit on keyboards if you WANT people to use that format.

Re: Didnt Pre-ordered mine last night

Well MS don't have the bulk purchase discount Apple do. But maybe they want to compete on features at the high end, not be another cheapo product - they want people to not simply buy because it's cheaper than iPad. That's a reasonable angle to take, IF it works.

@Charlie Clark

Did you actually have a point or did you just want to see you name on the internet? My anecdotal evidence is as valid that of the person who owns 7 Android devices.

And whether Google make money through iPad is irrelevant to the point that they ARE failing to get into the tablet market. If the newest devices gain a foothold, how many years has that taken and how many $billions?

Re: Buddy, can you spare me a price point?

>>An iPhone and an iPad are two different beasts. One's a phone for starters :)

A 3G iPad is basically a phone. An iPod touch is basically an iPhone with no phone.

Re: you're happy living inside your Google Bubble?

I'd be more worried if I had to resort to using EasyJet.

Re: I think we all know the cause of his symptoms

There are scientific flaws in what you propose. The effects might be cumulative rather than instant - only after being exposed for an hour is detection possible for instance.

Re: What a surprise

If the entertainment industry thought the research that piracy led to more sales, they would stop whinging. They quite like money.

Re: Buddy, can you spare me a price point?

Just because the iPod is smaller doesn't mean it should cost less. An iPad is on par with an iPhone in cost, so iPod and iPad-mini being the same is no big deal.

Like they say, get a tablet. Many of the problems e-ink solves - reading outside and eye-strain after protracted reading - are far less of an issue for reference books which you would nearly always look at inside for a shorter period.

Re: Touch input?

I wonder. Could MS "do an Apple" and bring an existing but unpopular tech to the masses... we all thought tablets were daft until iPad showed they can be useful. Maybe, just maybe, W8 could do the same for touch-screen PCs.

I think it's pretty unlikely too, but you never know.

Re: Scamsters

Such a scam, expecting you to pay to use the car-park!

If such car-parks have barriers, they could presumably stop you getting in if you have outstanding bills... so whether the invoice is legally enforceable would be moot. That's what I would do.

Re: Just as towns are discovering that free parking

I don't know, my town is served by a few multi-stories and all streets are metered but you still struggle to find a space at the weekend.

You must live somewhere grim :)