Posts by Tony Smith, Editor, Reg Hardware

Re: Hello !

Plenty of third-party apps let you use whatever media you want on an iPad.

Re: "Buy from amazon.co.uk"

I believe it says 'buy from Amazon' not 'buy the whatever from Amazon'. There's a reason for that.

Re: Bargain

There are no UK Sim-free prices (yet). That figure is the Euro conversion (hence the brackets).

Re:

Because DVDs and BDs are currently much, much more readily available than movie and TV streaming licences.

So there is much more content available to Netflix - or Lovefilm, or anyone else - to send out to subscribers on disc than there is to offer as streams.

Re:

Having an SD slot matters more if there's not much Flash storage.

The Radar only has 8GB; the iPhone 4S has 16GB minimum, and can be had with 32GB and 64GB on board.

Re: Well, duh.

Well, since the "Super" is just marketing bollocks, why would anyone not assume the "+" was also marketing bollocks?

Proof, here, that it is not.

Re:

Yes, but the phone hasn't been released either.

No reason why an unreleased product couldn't be scheduled to appear as to allow it to use another unreleased product.

Re:

'Ads in a paid magazine'... Er... you mean like the paper version, which has both a cover price and advertising.

This is far more common in publishing than the 'give it away for free, pay for it from ads' model.

Re: Is there any chance......

*Read the review* and you'll find that not only does the DS9 have a 3.5mm stereo audio input but also that Philips has released a Fidelio dock with a mini USB port for docking Android phones.

Re: Yet another useful-looking app that I'll never install because of unnecessary permission requests

That's probably forced on the app by Google.

Re:

Steak for dinner with lashings of sauce.

Re:

At current rates, none of our kids will have jobs by the time they enter the labour market, so they may as well start to learn how to piss away their time on gadgets as as possible.

Re: Why is the new Kindle $79 in US and £89 in UK?

The advert-presenting Kindle is $79 in the US.

The version that doesn't present ads is $109, which is £69, give or take. Add in 20 per cent VAT, and that's £83.

So yes, there's a six quid UK premium, but it's not exactly bank-breaking stuff.

Re: Stephen Fry

At least Fry would pronounce 'jaguar' correctly...

Re: Free wifi + overpriced coffee

Stick to the cake then.

Re: Are there not?

Philips is doing docks for Android phones:

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/09/01/philips_intros_fidelio_headphones/

Re: Not for lack of capability

No, that's what developers can do with a very specific chip, from Nvidia.

There's way more Nvidia in that demo than Android.

And there's nothing to suggest other platforms won't be able to do the same when they get Kal-El Tegra-level processors.

Re:

Nah. They'll just bundle the adaptor with Europe-sold iPhones. Apple isn't going to engineer-out the dock connector, and force accessory makers to do the same.

Re: it's all in the marketing

Key phrase you use: "simply selected the most well known".

True, and it shows that the rest are *not* as well known. And that goes double for Asus and companies like it. They may be well known by tech fans, but not by average folks.

Do not dismiss marketing: it's how you sell a f**k of a lot more kit than your competitors.

Re: What would be good...

If you're an Android user, you'll be wanting to keep an eye on Android App of the Week on Tuesdays.

Re: Excellent

No, I think you mean 'the first few series were dreadful'.

:-)

Re: not a very good review, El Reg...

Er... it's not a review, it's a news story. And it has been updated with extra info now we have it.

Re: I didn't mean why this (type of) car or so.

Cars are gaining more and more technology, and the fundamentals of car technology itself are changing.

We think that's interesting and, judging by the reader reaction to our car reviews, many of you folk do too.

Re:

With respect, I don't think we took a sensationalist angle, or tried to make this first report into more than it is: an initial investigation into a curious phenomenon.

Re: Easy comparison

I buy all my books from Amazon for the simple reason that they haven't been all pawed over by browsers in bookshops. Or put back in the wrong place. Or had their spines damaged. Etc. Etc.

Re: Why, if it has an AMD APU....

AMD giving away GPUs?

Re: "Apps" not programs?

Actually, iOS very specifically keeps programs and data together in their own storage structure, inaccessible from other apps.

Re: Does it blend?

Tablets vs netbooks? For me, the tablet is a fraction of the bulk, at lot less weight and displays comics and books it portrait mode perfectly.

This is why I sold my netbook.

HDMI, USB etc? Don't need 'em - got 'em on my laptop. Physical keyboard ditto. But I'd rather pull out my tablet on a plane or on the sofa for a quick read/surf/email than the notebook. Or the netbook.

Re: Re: Why the hate

"No, it's likely to be a highly over publicised, over priced and over rated phone this year."

Par for the course for the whole mobile industry, not just Apple....

Re: Ease of use trumps openness

Changing the Kindle screen saver images:

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/26/kindle_hacking_screensaver/

Re: Just redesign you tablet. Not that big of a deal

It can. It's just Apple isn't after the others yet. If it wins against Samsung, you can bet it will.

Re: only 2 USB ports...

Y-cables are for laptops with low-power USB ports - this one will, I suspect, have a full-power USB port.

FWIW, I have an LG external optical that runs of a single USB port on every machine I've used it with, from netbooks up.

http://www.reghardware.com/2008/12/01/review_external_dvd_writer_lg_gp08/

Re: Am I the only one who wonder...

It's already there. It's called Find My iPhone and it's on every handset from the 3G onward, free of charge.

It's not beyond the bounds of imagination for Apple to use it to find its own iPhones.

Re: untitled

>It would be even better if it had an ethernet port as well for sharing hotel fixed broadband.

FWIW, I use an Apple AirPort Express for that.

Re: The problem with the pogoplug solutions ....

Last I looked, you could also use desktop software, smartphone apps and even both Finder and Windows Explorer.

Re: Eh?

I don't think I mentioned patents at all.

Look up 'trade dress'.

Re: Poor choice of wording...

'Nippers' means kids, as any fule kno, and has for long years past.

Even the Wikipedia page you cite doesn't list 'nipper'. Something close to it, yes, but not the same word.

Re: Has anyone...

Yes. Still awaiting a reply, though.