Posts by Bad Beaver

Worst demo ever

So much potential, so little delivery. It's for video goshdarn, don't show me near static content. And correct them colors! Bleh!

Here's to Science.

You gotta love it.

They can keep it

I'm a big fan of the Mac Mini line but this one is a total turd. Too little, too late, too expensive, shitty graphics performance, glitchy, plus you have more clutter due to the external drive you will need unless you source all your content from the fruit itself. I know it is increasingly uncool to buy physical media but I do like it. It gives me more options at better prices. Unless that option is bluray of course – thank you oh so very much – which, being a bag of hurt, also commands a 3rd party external drive and pricy software on OS X.

I'm in TEARS

You brought back a time when I was only halfway through my single digits, yet I do remember my father proudly showing off his "state of the art" CAD system to me. It came with this newfangled thing called "a mouse" and everyone in the office had a hard time getting used to it.

Utilitarian and boxy?

You make it sound like it was bad thing!

Anyhow, as long as MS cannot get the Mac sync right (and we like to sync PIM data offline here) it is just no sale.

Cannot be unseen

I had to check all the older calendars for good measure … but I still cannot decide which one features the worst PS-desasters.

Yawn

To me, iPad mini is the first iPad that comes at a usable size, as in it is bigger than my phone but not so big that I could not just schlepp a Macbook Air instead which is a real computer that can get real work done. In fact, iPad mini would have been a great thing to replace my trusty Apple Newton MP2100 (which still runs like a charm on AA batteries, unlike certain other devices with built in obsolescence, thank you very much).

Like, three years ago, looking at the specs. So I'd rather buy a Galaxy Note II if I had to.

Face it: These days, Apple is being out-innovated by Nokia, out-featured by Samsung and now out-designed by Surface (no chance to play with it yet). When I saw the marketing video for the iPad mini I could not help but laugh. "Look, we worked really really hard… so that this thing could still be an iPad … but smaller!".

Regardless, they will sell loads and loads come XMAS and schools / students will pick them up by the boatload.

Yes, you need an APP for that. Don't have an iPhone? Well, fuck off, will you?

So I need an iPhone now in order to turn on the lights, yes?

So Philips, certainly not a company I associate with incompetent product design per se, cannot come out with a networked lightbulb that can be operated via a simple web interface – maybe in addition to a few apps for a FEW phones.

No, it has to be an iPhone and maybe, maybe later Android.

Sweet fancy Moses, whatever happened to open standards.

I've said it before and I will say it again: DO NOT tell your potential customers that you do not care to cater to them because they did not buy the phone you think to be the hot shit. It - is - a - bad - marketing - move. People also tend to remember companies who tell them to fuck off. And not in a good way. Is this really so hard to understand?

Never again

iMacs are nice machines overall but I sure as hell will not get another one if I have to pay for it. Too expensive for the single point of failure they have been designed to become. Also, I do live in the past and love to get stuff on shiny little discs. And I am not paying extra so that Apple can promote its own business model.

Darn

Yeah well, stuff adds up… and up… the trick is to sell it in time.

Unless it has good memories attached, like my big box of Apple Newton Stuff, complete with two MP2100s, ultra fancy protective leather gear, more cables and adaptors than you can shake a stick at and software that came on PCMCIA. The cool thing is that I can just put batteries in the Newtons and they work like the day I left them, only the buffer that runs the clock will have run out.

Bloody excellent

Nuff said :D

Still the best test

iPhone 5 clearly loses out to the Galaxy S3 by several seconds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rofgMueCOqo

More respect for the dead, please.

Thank you.

Caffeine is a hell of a drug. Just try quitting.

Caffeine is a wonderful stimulant and has a number of positive qualities. It is also superbly addictive and highly tolerance building. It is a drug and just because it is legal does not mean that it is safe or good for you in large quantities. Duh.

I used to be a heavy user of caffeine in all its wonderful forms, and for what it's worth: Ever since I limited myself to one strong cup in the morning I do notice several positive developments.

This includes: More balanced mood, improved mental focus, better quality of sleep, and yes, LESS EYESTRAIN.

So if you do suffer from glaucoma, a painful pressure in your eyes or general eyestrain, mood swings, irritability, messed up sleep patterns or the inability to "think straight" without a couple 100mg of C8H10N4O2 in your system – try lowering your dosage. Just like quitting nicotine it is not exactly a pleasant process at first but I assure you it is worth it.

Yadda yadda same in a new box – clearly deserves 90%

If I ever need to explain the facepalm and its application to a young padawan, I shall dig up this review.

OTOH, I welcome the iPhone 5 and all its coverage as the best piece of escapism for the month of September. The world is goind down the drain, muslim street riots, civil war imminent (read German news latetly?) – but iTards to the rescue! Your spendiness will save our every ass. Thank you.

Obvious choice

Works offline without a hitch, knows every nook and cranny (awesome if you're on foot), full of great features – Nokia navigation all the way.

hahahaha

See, Apple, people actually lust for you to put new and exiting stuff into your products. Take that as a free hint.

Return of the old order

Nokia – building impressively innovative phones with unique features

Apple – building shiny thing pretty No. 32

I am really not too keen on WinPhone but it cannot be missed: While Nokia just did away with wires completely in a phone you can operate with gloves on, Apple merely reinvented the plug and found a new way of selling you a chunky $29 adaptor. There is nothing new or impressive about the iPhone 5. It's the same thing but a little slimmer and a little faster. And no NFC in 2012? Hello? It is like they are not even trying. I am used to better things from Cupertino but maybe those days are over.

Duh

Having my tinfoil head on too. It's just too obvious. If they really cared to "fake", there would be no visible van. It's a tech demo with no disclaimer, period. Anyhow, it's advertising. It should not be considered real unless it specifically says so.

Overall, I cannot believe the hype this crap is seeing. The human race is facing some very real and dangerous issues lately. Some niggle about a PHONE is Not. One. Of. Them. I am also sick of "haters" wanting to see Nokia "fail" who obviously have zero clue about how competion is supposed to improve their frickin' existence in this wonderful system we decided to live in. All this stupidity makes me sick to the bone.

Man up, will you

El Rel is pretty much the only place that keeps on whining about the "sharp corners" of the N9/L800/xx models. I use the N9 every day and have yet to have complaints. If at all, the corners make the phone more grippy. They certainly do not hurt – and I don't have a coal miner's hands.

Anyhow, nice show for Nokia. It's a good bundle of very cool stuff and usefull additions and innovations and all looks stunning.

Apple will have to show up with something very nice in order to truly surprise. "Look, we made it even thinner but hey, you now need an adapter to use all of your old stuff and hey, we also make you change your SIM yet again for no good reason" may just not cut the mustard.

Straight from StarCom

That was my first thought, followed by "rotate the seats, dumbass". Anyway, the primary notion that this thing inspires is … doubt. It just does not seem to be an efficient way to operate.

App needed?

If I need a store-specific app on my phone for this to work then they can take it and shove it.

On the bright side, I just got me a nice little NFC accessory to go with my Nokia N9. That first bonk-to-pair gives you a very pleasing "21st century moment". Pleased as punch.

So YAY! for NFC and BOO for apps.

I say it will have NFC

and I BET you it will be "revolutionary" and every 'tard out there will think Apple invented it. Which is fine with me, as it will mean more stuff to tap-pair with for my Nokia N9. Unless suddenly you need an iPhone app for all things NFC as you need for everything else these days. People are to damn lazy.