4 posts tagged “apple”
I loath anticipating software releases, especially software I use on a daily bases. Take my web browsing software for example, back in 2006 when Internet Explorer 7 beta was released I risked my priority PC to test the new browser because I couldn't stand waiting on the new features to arrive. (But who could blame me IE7 arrived four years late!) Now I'm stuck waiting on future releases for two beloved apps, although they're not for the PC. Rather, I'm sitting here anxiously waiting updates for my freaking telephone. It's ridiculous how technology can get so intertwined into our daily routine that we flinch at the slightest hint of an upgrade hoping for new functionality and new improved features. Okay, so what gives... What exactly am I waiting for?
Well, unless you've been living under a rock... or simply not keeping up with telecommunication software you should have heard of "Opera Mini". The scaled down version of the much less popular desktop web browser, engineered to operated on smaller portable hand held devices. Now, before "Mini" skyrocketed into fame the Opera company was steadily making progress on the ninth incarnation of Opera Mobile destined for Pocket PCs everywhere. However, with the surge in popularly of its more tiny sibling plus the fact market share for users of smaller less expensive cellular devices out weight the number of more technologically savvy Pocket PC, Palm and yes Blackberry users (a few of you). The company decided to reallocate resources towards furthering development of "Opera Mini" to face the incumbent. The spooky Apple iPhone. Leaving Windows Mobile users once again to twiddle their thumbs until word of development leaks or the project slowly fades into nihility...
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Opera Mini - Hands down the best web browser for the standard cell phone.
Opera Mobile - Hopefully still in development, the beta isn't half bad if you have a Pocket PC or smart phone.
iPhone - Made for people who 10% like technology and 90% suckers for marketing.
I'll end with this report from CNN International predating the release of the iPhone in the United States:
Relying on technology on the daily basis has it's pitfalls, our beloved trinkets of plastic and silicon have the ability to really perform quite a number on our stress levels. Especially on days when it appears as if our gadgets have unionized against us. Persistent trouble shooting, scouring Internet forums for hours hoping to discover a solution simple enough for a programing novice to to understand. Ahhhh the joys of technology.
can't live with it, can't live without it... or can we?
If you're wondering what spawned this post... today I discovered a major undocumented imitation in Final Cut Pro this afternoon, apparently if you want to convert a video from your timeline into a DV-NTSC compressed AVI file you're restricted to keeping the file size under 5GB in size otherwise the codec will generate sporadic errors throughout the newly encoded file rendering it useless! Surely Apple is aware of this flaw, I can only suppose they're ignoring it as the AVI format is typically common on a PC and Final Cut's native format is Apple's own proprietary MOV Quicktime... but of course you already knew that.
Related Links:
Cnet Rage: Unleash Your Tech Fury
Into Tomorrow - Tech Rage Stories
