I don't know what that means, Gud.
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Grrr. My HDMI cable seems to be on the fritz. it just keeps going out. I wiggle, I glare, I wait, then poof. Any idea why this happened? Haven't moved the TV since it was installed. Cable's maybe a year and half old?
Because they do? I replaced mine a few months ago.
Mynocks chewing on the power cables.
Okay, not just me then. Newegg? Recommendations?
My HDMI cable seems to be on the fritz.
Mine is too. Sudden blackout for about four seconds, then back. The cheap ones I bought aren't holding up well, either. I need to order some good ones.
What I mean is that iOS feels like an appliance to me--like a video game system. You have discrete applications that you run but you interact with the applications, not so much the operating system. Android exposes the file system and I feel like I could install a command shell, hook up a keyboard, and it would be a linux distribution (which I realize is pretty much the case).
What Android does that doesn't feel like a computer OS is the widgets. That's basically why my tablet is a Samsung and not an iPad. I don't want icons on my spaces--I want those spaces to be doing something. That's why I upped the form factor of my phone instead of my MP3 player, and despite anything the App Store might have over Play Market or whatever stupid name it has, it's widgets and file system access for me.
I've had desktop widgets on Windows, and OSX, and and KDE.
They're more useful to me in a touch screen model, so I'd expect them to take off more with Windows 8, with those lines blurring. The offerings now--not as useful as half of what's on my phone, nor as integrated with the main applications.