As you mention elsewhere in the article, it's dependent on privacy settings - you can adjust these to completely hide your profile from search results even for registered and logged-in users. Hiding is a doddle.
I called Vodafone twice a couple of weeks ago, asking about an upgrade, and both reps I spoke to had nothing nice to say about the N95. Battery life in particular seems to be a major complaint (the Nokia 9000i I had almost a decade ago sported similar battery life, ffs) as does the uber-buggy OS/app suite.
Not taking Voda's word for it, I asked around, and of the acquaintances I could find who'd one them already, all had sent them back after a week or so as unfit for purpose.
Not quite the near-glowing recommendation this review suggests.
...I'd carry one. And probably buy a pocket protector too. But I don't, and my phone has a calculator built in anyway.
My employer already foists a second phone, two smart cards and two RSA tokens on me, none of which I particularly want to carry, but I do because it's part of the job. If a supplier (which is all a bank really is) wants me to carry more crap around, they can stick it.
Half the appeal of online banking using a web browser is that I can access it from any machine I choose, wherever I happen to be. If banks start to make physical devices mandatory for access, that convenience evaporates in a moment.
Two-factor authentication is fine and dandy, but to be workable it needs to be a) portable, and b) require some common token for multiple services. If I have to start carrying separate tokens around for my job, my bank account and anything else using a similar mechanism, my pockets are going to bulge in no time.
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The more I read about Steve Jobs...
...the more I believe the bloke was a 24-carat world-class arsehole. And this article does nothing to change that.
Proof that the medium ain't all that
Off those ten releases, there's only one I'd bother to watch, and it's not Tron.
What are you trying to prove, that Blu-Ray is as big a white elephant as 3D?
Will it blend?
Can't believe you didn't include the obvious option.
A victory for backwards compatibility
Vista able to run a 13 year old application with no known errors. It's not often you hear that about a Microsoft OS!
"May no longer be able to hide" ?
As you mention elsewhere in the article, it's dependent on privacy settings - you can adjust these to completely hide your profile from search results even for registered and logged-in users. Hiding is a doddle.
Firewire, maybe?
USB isn't the only way of plugging external devices into a computer, after all...
"But will it run Linux"
This man is my new hero. I give it a week before someone starts whinging about how it's too hard to run Linux on an iPhone.
Vodafone seem to hate them
I called Vodafone twice a couple of weeks ago, asking about an upgrade, and both reps I spoke to had nothing nice to say about the N95. Battery life in particular seems to be a major complaint (the Nokia 9000i I had almost a decade ago sported similar battery life, ffs) as does the uber-buggy OS/app suite.
Not taking Voda's word for it, I asked around, and of the acquaintances I could find who'd one them already, all had sent them back after a week or so as unfit for purpose.
Not quite the near-glowing recommendation this review suggests.
If I wanted to carry a calculator...
...I'd carry one. And probably buy a pocket protector too. But I don't, and my phone has a calculator built in anyway.
My employer already foists a second phone, two smart cards and two RSA tokens on me, none of which I particularly want to carry, but I do because it's part of the job. If a supplier (which is all a bank really is) wants me to carry more crap around, they can stick it.
Hardly convenient
Half the appeal of online banking using a web browser is that I can access it from any machine I choose, wherever I happen to be. If banks start to make physical devices mandatory for access, that convenience evaporates in a moment.
Two-factor authentication is fine and dandy, but to be workable it needs to be a) portable, and b) require some common token for multiple services. If I have to start carrying separate tokens around for my job, my bank account and anything else using a similar mechanism, my pockets are going to bulge in no time.
Maybe the answer is a man-bag...
Spoilers, anyone?
Oh great. A review that gives away the ending. Thanks a bunch.