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So today I was wandering around the web and I stumbled across the fact that the problem I've been having with my Toshiba DVD burner is a known issue and there's a phone number & a firmware fix. I called them up and they apologized and took responsibility and then asked where to send the firmware. I was baffled and confused by a good customer service experience.
Contrast this with my web host who is pissy at me because they didn't send me any notice about their upgrade, and say that they've taken away multiple ftp login capability as a security measure. Which means that I have to give my primary control panel login to my web developer. Which is less secure! Hellos! Not that I don't trust him; really I do. I just really prefer the ability to track who does what in maintenance. Grump.
It looks like virtual pc can see the Rio device...but I'm not sure how to use it yet. And how did I discover this? By taking this thread's title to heart. Seriously. I punched a bunch of buttons...held my breath...and somehow (magic!) ended up with a virtual pc screen. I hit the usb button, and whahla, there's the Diamond Rio device.
Can't do anything with it yet, but this feels like progress.
And how did I discover this? By taking this thread's title to heart.
So it's probably good that we didn't name this thread, "Sex With Robots is More Common Than People Think."
So it's probably good that we didn't name this thread, "Sex With Robots is More Common Than People Think."
That's very prejudicial of you.
That's very prejudicial of you.
That's hilarious!
My first thought, before reading ita's comment was, "How do we know it's not?"
Mostly, it needs to have the capability of installing external software. Apple is only planning on letting a select few companies write software for it, which makes sense from a stability point-of-view, since they can assure quality control.
I'm waiting to see how true this really is. All that I've seen so far is a lot of conjecture from journalists who have either barely held an iPhone or who have only seen it in a glass display case. Until it is actually released into the wild I don't think there's any way we can know how easy it will be to install third party applications.
Until it is actually released into the wild I don't think there's any way we can know how easy it will be to install third party applications.
I heard that it only runs Apple apps and you can't install anything. But I don't remember where I read that.
It's been printed in a few articles, but there hasn't been any news from Apple to back it up that I've seen. What I've been reading is that since Apple didn't announce third party apps and didn't show any, then it must not run any. That's a pretty big leap.
On a bit more digging it looks like the API for the iPhone is not a public API. This doesn't mean there will be no extra apps, as much as it means that Apple will have a pretty serious amount of control of what extra apps go on the phone and they will probably be distributed through Apple.
Oh, I expect that the iPhone will eventually evolve into my One True Device, with lots of good available software. Probably even to the point that I'd be willing to switch back to Cingular, higher data rates be damned. But I won't be buying it right at the start. I'm on the "wait and see" plan. And if Palm really comes out with a linux-based phone, that may win, because it will bring back memories of my linux computer days. Having at least one place in my life where I'm like "more difficult is better because it's more flexible!" is just fun in a computer geeky sort of way.
