Posted in VIA outs $49 Raspberry Pi-alike
gpu
does it have one?
Posts by spencer
249 posts • joined Thursday 7th May 2009 09:41 GMT
Posted in Evernote
Re: Forgot to mention.....
My point was that the review does not mention that you *have* to register. Surely that's something worth knowing?
Fair point on the exporting.
Posted in Evernote
Forgot to mention.....
that you have to register for an evernote account. Which is why I won't use it.
Also I hear it's non trivial to export notes into something useful - you know, keep and store the data you've created
Re: @spencer
My mistake - I was looking at 11" screens - please disregard!
Re: @spencer
I can't find anything with a 13" screen with >=900 vertical pixels. Could you link me?
Re: What is the point?
What would you call a toys-r-us screen? The previous mobile chips AMD released for netbooks (brazos) usually had screens that are the same resolution as ultrabooks.
Re: upto
I'm sure the claims are overstated, they always are, regardless of which manufacturer makes them.
....But also it's pretty daft to make these sort of comments when you haven't even tried the hardware yourself, which I'm guessing you haven't because it's not been released yet.
Posted in Google Drive Issues on Mac
Re: Trolling is the new form of reporting and reviewing!
Joke is on him then, I can't see any ads on the forum pages...
Posted in Google Drive Issues on Mac
Not a great service
It's the first of the 'cloud storage' type services I've tried to use. It's not that great to be honest, but then I don't think dropbox would be much better.
As for your review - If you set the same set of morals on this software onto the software/hardware that you wrote the piece on I don't think it'd pass.
Posted in Linux 'internet of things' gizmo ships
Too expensive.
Rasberry pi can be retrofitted with this stuff and probably cased in rubber for half the price.
Why is this so expensive???
Posted in UK government says no to turbo e-bike
Re: Silly regulations killing an exciting technology field dead.
Yes - really.
I was there 2 years ago, guangzhou and nanning, and they were omnipresent.
Is there the possibility that they have been banned in central shanghai?
Posted in UK government says no to turbo e-bike
Re: those desperate to own a Turbo will have to travel to the continent to do so
it's still illegal to actually go over 15mph on a battery assisted cycle, and if you don't pedal it's classed as a moped and you need a license for it.
Of course you can import one for off road purposes...
Posted in UK government says no to turbo e-bike
Silly regulations killing an exciting technology field dead.
If you go to China, you'll see E-bikes all over the place, ridden by people young and old, and being sold dirt cheap.
Over here you have to pay over £1000 at the very least for something that can go 15mph at the very most (and it has to be pedal assisted). All thanks to UK regulations.
It's a shame because this is a very clean and cheap way to quickly transport people around cities that's been killed in the UK.
Posted in TDK BA100 earphones
Not bad
In terms of specification they seem to have (albeit slightly) better numbers than Shure headphones you can get at this price, except for the noise isolation. If you want that then I find Shure to better better than any others.
Beagle Board.
...Cost's around £120 according to the site. If it's based around that board then it's going to cost more than the Rasberry, so what's the point?
Posted in Belkin Keyboard Folio case for iPad
£400 + £100
That bumps it into Transformer Prime price territory...
Re: the move to real linux for phones
1. not going to happen anytime soon (not until all GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA and mind you WiFi patents too expire, in any case)
Confusing hardware and software I think.
GPS
Why not use it as a compliment to the many other methods of finding out where you are.
E.g, Road signs, a map, asking someone, stars, compass, etc etc.
Re: Elop wrong?
The advantage of ARM chips is that they don't use battery if you're not using it.
If you profile your phone energy usage you'll find it's the full length screen that will be eating most of the battery.
If you don't turn on internet and the massive full length screen all the time then your phone will last longer than a Nokia 3310!
Re: help help
Android for tablet computing. Ubuntu Desktop for when you plug a monitor and keyboard in.
Like the Motorola Artrix, but more useful.
Posted in HP Pavilion dm1-4125ea 11.6in netbook
Re: Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
Actually the specs are what makes this interesting.
Decent capability for not a lot of dollar, this is a good thing, no?
Posted in HP Pavilion dm1-4125ea 11.6in netbook
Re: Poor Battery life
From the article.
"Battery life doesn’t let the side down either. Looping PCMark05 I got 2 hours 50 from a full charge. Looping a 720p MP4 video using VLC I got to the five hour mark. Without playing videos and in more balanced day-to-day use you will see 8 hours easily even with the screen brightness at 75 per cent."
Posted in HP Pavilion dm1-4125ea 11.6in netbook
Glad you finally
...reviewed a decent netbook.
All the ones I've read previous complained about the lack of innovation in this field whilst completely ignoring anything that didn't have an Atom chip.
Like the poster above pointed out: this is the real competition for Ultrabooks - these things are capable of HD video, decent screen resolution, virtualisation, gaming (well, ok maybe not amazing gaming) and have a decent battery life to boot - and all at half the price of what the top end ultrabooks are going for.
Alternatives like Silverlight
...which doesn't work on Linux :-(
@Kristian Walsh
"The readership of the Reg is technically literate, but you don't have to work in tech for very long to know that this doesn't always translate into an ability to deal with criticism or carry on a polite argument"
A good example of this would be yourself, in this thread, replying to post making a small observation about enabling the comments section.
Write Populist Peice That Most Will Agree With....
....then turn on the comments section and bask in the glory.
Textbook Orlowski
Posted in Final Fantasy XIII-2
I Love FF8
I hated it all the way from the start to the end, but then a read an article on gameFAQs about the best way to play the game (not gain any XP whatsoever until the very end) and found it immensly enjoyable the second time around.
Also, in FF8 there was a lot of participation in battles, more than FF6, FF7 or FF9. Surely that's part of the whole fun? I lost interest after the battle system became automated - why?!
"Apple is one manufacturer - Android is many, so a comparison is not really fair"
Yeah but the article is about Samsung - a single manufacturer, outselling Apple in the smartphone sector.
I don't see the issue.
splitting hairs
Yes I'm sure the sample size is not 6 but how can you possibly get an idea of the volumes involved without either a bar chart showing the competition (e.g blackberry) for comparison or just showing the numbers?
Numbers
it'd be interesting to see the actual numbers behind the percentages.
Posted in IPTV UK: what's on tonight?
High Latency though.
What if you get half way through your Blu-Ray Hi Def version of 'Meet the Fockers' - realise it's terrible and then want to watch something else?
Bandwidth isn't everything!
Posted in AMD readies answer to Intel's Ultrabook
If it were cheaper with a better integrated gfx chip (think Brazos) then it'd be a win.
Take a guess
I mean, really - just take a look at the spec and have a wild stab in the dark.
GMA500....
...was the best of a bad bunch - All the GMAs were/are shit but this one was shit in a different way.
If you could actually get the thing to work it was good - but that was fairly difficult thanks to bad support and bad documentation.
It's a battle
Anecdotal evidence from one person Vs the opposite claims from someone in the comments.
Who to believe?!?
Posted in Lenovo pitches two-CPU ThinkPad
Don't know what to think of this:
Linux can boot up just as quickly on X86 as it can ARM (with the right settings, distribution, etc). The only reason I can think of is to prolong battery life, but surely with a huge back lit monitor and Wireless/bluetooth etc running would the net power usage be so dramatically different?
Idunno....
Posted in Ultrabook, tablet shipments to surge
£800
....is a lot of cash to spend on a display just to not carry an extra power supply :p
Cheaper and more effective than alternative cloud solutions.
Incorrect analogy
Your analogy is wrong sir.
Allow me:
"Is it ok for me to borrow a copy of some food if I still buy as much as I did before I copied"
Makes no sense, does it.
Posted in Asus Eee Pad Slider SL101
nice to see....
that ARM laptops have finally come about.
Only a few years late. Can't even remember what year the hype was - 2009 was it?
actually...
my 15mins of googling came up with zilch :-(
Unnamed bicycle manufacturer using
I'd very much like to know who's making these Al Sc frames please!
(especially the cheaper non-brand)
Posted in Sony and Ericsson divorce
A good thing for Sony
If they can leverage the Playstation brand into their mobile phones whilst still having the Android ecosystem then they have the best of everything. Also they will have something that will separate them from the rest of the Android pack, possibly creating user loyalty.
too much!
doesn't the Iphone cost £499?
Motoblur
If it has motoblur then it'll run dog slow and have a battery life of half a day.
That's how bad motoblur is.
90%
Wow - I think that may well be the highest ever score for an android handset.
Posted in Android apps now playable on Windows PCs
Because -
The SDK is hideously slow.
I've got a standard spec netbook that can hardly run the SDK.
If this is close to native speeds then it's a win in my eyes.
Posted in Android apps now playable on Windows PCs
Some apps are good enough for desktop.
^See title.
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Time to take a sniff at the coffee, perhaps
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