When they introduced the new site, your entire old payees list was simply deleted. Not there, not carried over, new database.. gone. Called them up and they said.. uh, tough.
Seeing as a smartphone is no good if you spend your time micro-mananging power user. They've put a heroic battery in the damn thing, and for this, Motorola should be highly commended.
It also has that neat Webtop gimmick, like the Atrix.
Couldn't have put it better, or more simply. People who read The Sun don't actually care about current affairs, which is funny, because they're buying a paper.
It was glaringly obvious we were never out of trouble since 2008, but the financial guys are all too ready to say we're technically not in recession when the figures show a vague trend.
Of course we're in trouble, and anyone can tell you things have been getting steadily worse, rising prices, no rise in salaries, cut backs in services and so on.
.. You know it. It'll be exactly like the Consumer Preview, and be an absolutely unusable mess, with duplicate control panels, duplicate browsers, duplicate ways of managing tasks.
Microsoft, there are no family-friendly words I could use to describe Windows 8.
We're already at the stage where we have hardware that's more than good enough to display small games on a phone as a distraction from your day.
I wouldn't even want extremely high powered hardware in a phone - I'd rather the phone was about the power of, say, dual core Krait, and no more, just getting process shrinks, therefore better battery life, and cheaper.
I never want to plug my phone in to use it as a games console. It's just too 'disposable' for that. You might be playing on your Xbox 360 still, when it came out years ago. You probably replaced your phone several times. It would be a huge faff.
In all honesty, even my single core Snapdragon in my Desire HD with Adreno 205 is adequete for anything I actually want to do on my phone, which is to say barely anything graphically intensive. If I had better hardware, I'd still be doing the same.. that is to say, not playing anything graphically intensive, because the form factor is tiring, and touchscreen controls are utterly hopeless.
In summary, for tomorrow, I'd be more excited with longer battery life and less costly handsets with today's performance, than a pocket Xbox 360.
Hahaha, I know. They buy a slim phone and then clad it in gaudy plastic. Almost every iPhone I see is like this.
I've never used a case for my phones. Then again, I'm pretty sure if I used a case on my Sony Ericsson P990, it would have made a suspicious bulge in my pocket, more than it already did. Great phone at the time though.
The 3D gimmick is simply a way to make you buy a new TV when you really, really, don't need one. It's painfully obvious this time. At least with HD you could really see the difference, although admittedly for a long time everyone was just watching SD broadcasts and pretending it looked better. There was also a tragic period where everyone had 16:9 TVs but were watching 4:3 content stretched. God, those were dark days.
3D is just a really costly version of that. Most content will be 2D.
This is the right phone, specs wise, size wise. Nobody wants a 4.7" beast, and Tegra 3 is a worse performer than Krait in this phone, so specs wise, this one has it on the money: 4.3", 1.5GHz Dual core Krait.
But then, what's this? Small battery? No microSD slot? Oh dear, that means this an entirely uninteresting handset.
More manufacturers need to look at the Motorola RAZR MAXX. Huge battery yet still incredibly thin, and oh look, it still manages to have a microSD slot.
There are various addons to do this already, and a built in toggle is predictable:- Metro does not work below 1024x768. So yep, pull out a 1024x600 netbook, and on a machine with a tiny screen which would be ideal for Metro, you get no Metro, only the desktop.
I very, very much doubt it will be an exposed option, though.
Odd then, that World of Warcraft continues (even though it is on the decline) to be the most subscribed to MMO of all time.
PC gaming is far from dead, and good old Valve with Steam has given it a shot in the arm over the last couple of years.
The upgrade cycles are very easy to keep up with these days, because the 360 and PS3 are the standard to which games are held, so there's no pressure to get the latest and greatest. PC gaming right now is not expensive - far from it, the games are far cheaper than their console counterparts.
I'd say my most anticipated of the year involve things like GTA 5 and Guild Wars 2. I would definitely reserve a place for Assassin's Creed III, though, because I've been thoroughly enjoying the series so far. Max Payne 3 and Resident Evil 6 will also warrant a purchase in my books.
But yet another Halo game, not even made by Bungie? Generic faceshooters and football games? Nah.
Monkey Island was a remake in the purest sense. The gameplay is exactly identical. At any time you can press a key to view the game as it originally was. I was completely happy with that.
That's not a bad idea actually, get it to run a very CPU and GPU intensive routine rendered off screen, with a comforting full screen image of a water bottle.
Yup. It's pathetic, really. Seems only Motorola have it right with the Droid RAZR Maxx.. stick in a gigantic battery from the factory so the thing is still incredibly slim..
I don't know about that, the N64 could be considered an over the top piece of hardware at the time, and the GameCube was no slouch given its competition.
I think this is a bit of nonsense. CDs have a huge dynamic range, it's just that nobody makes use of it, mastering their CDs right up to the point of clipping, these days. Then they claim you need better quality media! Then, they'll just compress everything to the point of clipping on that, too.
CDs are fine. The people who master audio are not.
SIM cards tend to still be packaged in the exact same way - they come on a credit card sized piece of plastic that you then break away the normal SIM card from.
It's still backwards compatible with the full-size credit card style (unless there are networks that don't do that now).
Normal SIM cards are small enough. Stop arsing about with shit nobody wants, phone companies. Thanks.
Actually, the guy talking about the plastic covers was likely closer to the real answer. Just make the thing obtuse and awkward, and you'll end up taking it to the deal every time.
That it has a 3GHz PowerPC quad-core, an ATI graphics chip and either 768MB or 1GB RAM in a shared configuration.
So essentially, it's an Xbox 360 with a bit of extra RAM, specs wise. The graphics chip could be a bit of a boot up the arse, specs wise, but I don't know of any other details.
If we then claim that having a pint or two may counter the effects of sitting down, we come to the startling conclusion that we should be drinking at work.
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Bunch of clowns
When they introduced the new site, your entire old payees list was simply deleted. Not there, not carried over, new database.. gone. Called them up and they said.. uh, tough.
That would require..
The presence of said functionality.
I don't think Windows 8 has any.
Military use
I love the idea that it wouldn't be allowed, but deadly firearms would be.
Re: Battery Life
http://www.technipages.com/how-to-reset-droid-razr-if-frozen.html
Holding volume down and power for 10 seconds seems to do it.
Re: is there a hardware reset switch?
Hold volume down and power for 10 seconds for a hard power off.
Re: remember
Misplaced cynicism. Sorry, but this one actually does have a battery unlike all other smart phones.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5533/motorola-droid-razr-maxx-review-18x-the-battery/2
Re: Looks cheap
Yes, gorilla glass and kevlar, sounds cheap
Re: Wot! No beanz?
I agree on the hash browns front, but more critically, that looks like toast. To make it right it would need to be fried bread!
The one I'd have to recommend
It's all about that battery.
You haven't mentioned Webtop and the dock, though. Has all the same nifty stuff in that department as the Atrix.
The only downside to this device is that it makes you think everyone else's batteries are pathetic.
My Desire HD with 1230mAh looks like a watch battery in comparison.
Fine. Agreed.
Imperial is a mess, discard at will..
Other than our pints of beer. Remove the "pint" designation from the glass if you must, but serve us 568ml every time.
Sorry, one thing
They do differ, in that they provide lousy battery life
Save time
www.ninite.com
Just use that when setting up a PC. Makes things so much nicer.
Re: Don't start...
Even in mainland European countries, screen sizes are often in inches. Who knows why.
If it's like the first two..
Bring it on.
Razr Maxx would be my choice
Seeing as a smartphone is no good if you spend your time micro-mananging power user. They've put a heroic battery in the damn thing, and for this, Motorola should be highly commended.
It also has that neat Webtop gimmick, like the Atrix.
Re: I have a better idea
Damn, you beat me: this all sounds a lot like Solaris zones.
Re: Resolution
What? I'd prefer 1920x1200, but 1920x1080 is absolutely fine.
The guy above me..
Couldn't have put it better, or more simply. People who read The Sun don't actually care about current affairs, which is funny, because they're buying a paper.
It was obvious
It was glaringly obvious we were never out of trouble since 2008, but the financial guys are all too ready to say we're technically not in recession when the figures show a vague trend.
Of course we're in trouble, and anyone can tell you things have been getting steadily worse, rising prices, no rise in salaries, cut backs in services and so on.
Re: what bit of .co.uk don't you understand?
Hm, AC, plus, the guy you replied to had "nz" at the end of his username.
I wonder, if, possibly, he's from New Zealand.
No chance
.. You know it. It'll be exactly like the Consumer Preview, and be an absolutely unusable mess, with duplicate control panels, duplicate browsers, duplicate ways of managing tasks.
Microsoft, there are no family-friendly words I could use to describe Windows 8.
Hm, odd
There was me, thinking that standalone units were obsolete now, seeing as everyone Android device includes turn by turn for free.
Pointless
I actually think it's pointless.
We're already at the stage where we have hardware that's more than good enough to display small games on a phone as a distraction from your day.
I wouldn't even want extremely high powered hardware in a phone - I'd rather the phone was about the power of, say, dual core Krait, and no more, just getting process shrinks, therefore better battery life, and cheaper.
I never want to plug my phone in to use it as a games console. It's just too 'disposable' for that. You might be playing on your Xbox 360 still, when it came out years ago. You probably replaced your phone several times. It would be a huge faff.
In all honesty, even my single core Snapdragon in my Desire HD with Adreno 205 is adequete for anything I actually want to do on my phone, which is to say barely anything graphically intensive. If I had better hardware, I'd still be doing the same.. that is to say, not playing anything graphically intensive, because the form factor is tiring, and touchscreen controls are utterly hopeless.
In summary, for tomorrow, I'd be more excited with longer battery life and less costly handsets with today's performance, than a pocket Xbox 360.
Costly..
How exactly do you make an execution expensive?
How much is a piece of rope or a 9mm round? Christ...
Re: What does it matter what its made of
Hahaha, I know. They buy a slim phone and then clad it in gaudy plastic. Almost every iPhone I see is like this.
I've never used a case for my phones. Then again, I'm pretty sure if I used a case on my Sony Ericsson P990, it would have made a suspicious bulge in my pocket, more than it already did. Great phone at the time though.
People want.. new content, not '3D' content?
Colour me surprised, no really.
The 3D gimmick is simply a way to make you buy a new TV when you really, really, don't need one. It's painfully obvious this time. At least with HD you could really see the difference, although admittedly for a long time everyone was just watching SD broadcasts and pretending it looked better. There was also a tragic period where everyone had 16:9 TVs but were watching 4:3 content stretched. God, those were dark days.
3D is just a really costly version of that. Most content will be 2D.
Oh dear, HTC
This is the right phone, specs wise, size wise. Nobody wants a 4.7" beast, and Tegra 3 is a worse performer than Krait in this phone, so specs wise, this one has it on the money: 4.3", 1.5GHz Dual core Krait.
But then, what's this? Small battery? No microSD slot? Oh dear, that means this an entirely uninteresting handset.
More manufacturers need to look at the Motorola RAZR MAXX. Huge battery yet still incredibly thin, and oh look, it still manages to have a microSD slot.
Re: How can they do this when...
To be fair to some degree, I think the cookie tracking law is a piece of EU legislation
Re: Double insult
Well, I'm certainly not stepping in to defend Fosters.
Re: Ability to turn Start Screen OFF?
There are various addons to do this already, and a built in toggle is predictable:- Metro does not work below 1024x768. So yep, pull out a 1024x600 netbook, and on a machine with a tiny screen which would be ideal for Metro, you get no Metro, only the desktop.
I very, very much doubt it will be an exposed option, though.
Tegra 3?
Oh dear. I thought with the new dual core Krait, Tegra 3 had been put to rest. Apparently not.
I don't want a Tegra 3 phone, thanks.
Re: "We'd have a PC games list for a start."
Odd then, that World of Warcraft continues (even though it is on the decline) to be the most subscribed to MMO of all time.
PC gaming is far from dead, and good old Valve with Steam has given it a shot in the arm over the last couple of years.
The upgrade cycles are very easy to keep up with these days, because the 360 and PS3 are the standard to which games are held, so there's no pressure to get the latest and greatest. PC gaming right now is not expensive - far from it, the games are far cheaper than their console counterparts.
Relatively generic lists
I'd say my most anticipated of the year involve things like GTA 5 and Guild Wars 2. I would definitely reserve a place for Assassin's Creed III, though, because I've been thoroughly enjoying the series so far. Max Payne 3 and Resident Evil 6 will also warrant a purchase in my books.
But yet another Halo game, not even made by Bungie? Generic faceshooters and football games? Nah.
Re: Monkey Island remakes
Monkey Island was a remake in the purest sense. The gameplay is exactly identical. At any time you can press a key to view the game as it originally was. I was completely happy with that.
Re: Remake
You say that, but the Monkey Island 1 & 2 remakes are absolutely glorious.
Re: Double insult
Ah yes, truly the worst of the cheap lagers.
Re: Stop grumbling about the iPad excess heat...
That's not a bad idea actually, get it to run a very CPU and GPU intensive routine rendered off screen, with a comforting full screen image of a water bottle.
Re: Lazy publishers, Silly subscribers
I wouldn't say PNG was a crap format, by any means. Just be thankful it wasn't handed out in JPEG.
Oh Crapita
What a pathetic company...
Spec is fine
We don't need crazy quad cores just to browse the web.
That said, the cost is too high.. and Honeycomb? Oh dear.
Slash £150 off and toss ICS on it and you have a nice piece of kit.
Re: WTF?
Yup. It's pathetic, really. Seems only Motorola have it right with the Droid RAZR Maxx.. stick in a gigantic battery from the factory so the thing is still incredibly slim..
Re: Being pedantic....
Actually, yes, pretty much.
I always remember a pint as being 568ml off the top of my head.
You mean.. 1080p at last
Because current consoles almost always draw at 720p or sub-720p resolutions to keep the frame rates reasonable.
4K x 2K? Haha, god no. Maybe for a menu, but no chance for a game.
Re: Reliable?
That's because they're cheap junk.
You're always better off trawling ebay for cheap old Dell Latitudes..
Re: Innovation
I don't know about that, the N64 could be considered an over the top piece of hardware at the time, and the GameCube was no slouch given its competition.
Re: CDs not compressed?
I think this is a bit of nonsense. CDs have a huge dynamic range, it's just that nobody makes use of it, mastering their CDs right up to the point of clipping, these days. Then they claim you need better quality media! Then, they'll just compress everything to the point of clipping on that, too.
CDs are fine. The people who master audio are not.
Re: Thoughts
SIM cards tend to still be packaged in the exact same way - they come on a credit card sized piece of plastic that you then break away the normal SIM card from.
It's still backwards compatible with the full-size credit card style (unless there are networks that don't do that now).
Normal SIM cards are small enough. Stop arsing about with shit nobody wants, phone companies. Thanks.
Re: Could someone explain to me...
Perfect weight distribution! Probably.
Actually, the guy talking about the plastic covers was likely closer to the real answer. Just make the thing obtuse and awkward, and you'll end up taking it to the deal every time.
Well, the rumour is..
That it has a 3GHz PowerPC quad-core, an ATI graphics chip and either 768MB or 1GB RAM in a shared configuration.
So essentially, it's an Xbox 360 with a bit of extra RAM, specs wise. The graphics chip could be a bit of a boot up the arse, specs wise, but I don't know of any other details.
Re: Does going to the pub for a quick pint count?
Ah, I like where you're going with this one.
If we then claim that having a pint or two may counter the effects of sitting down, we come to the startling conclusion that we should be drinking at work.
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