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"iPhones an high end Android phones are free on bigger contracts (£45 per month). Have to pay some cash if you want a smaller monthly tariff. Entry-level Android phones are free on £15 per month contracts. Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"iPhones an high end Android phones are free on bigger contracts (£45 per month). Have to pay some cash if you want a smaller monthly tariff. Entry-level Android phones are free on £15 per month contracts. Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"In the UK Android phones are entry level phones. You get them free on any cheap contract. The high end Android phones are pretty much the same price as iPhones, free on higher contracts, but very decent Android phones are about 1/3 the price of an iPhone. Not surprisingly, Android phones are very popular. :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"In the UK Android phones are entry level phones. You get them free on any cheap contract. The high end Android phones are pretty much the same price as iPhones, free on higher contracts, but very decent Android phones are about 1/3 the price of an iPhone. Not surprisingly, Android phones are very popular. :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"uvox: Regarding cost, I'm not sure Android competes all that well on high end. What I can tell you is in the UK Android has dominated the entry level phone. You can get a contract for less than 1/3 the price of an iPhone. You can get a pay-as-you-go phone on Android. I think this has had a very big impact on the uptake of Android in the UK. Can't comment about other countries. Jake: Being pedantic here. Your text suggests that iPod was the first, but there were plenty of generic MP3 players around when the iPod was released. Trouble was, nobody was offering the end-to-end experience like Apple did with iTunes + iPod + Marketing Budget. Having said that, it certainly feels like Apple invented the MP3 player, and the smartphone and the tablet. History is written by the winners. :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"uvox: Regarding cost, I'm not sure Android competes all that well on high end. What I can tell you is in the UK Android has dominated the entry level phone. You can get a contract for less than 1/3 the price of an iPhone. You can get a pay-as-you-go phone on Android. I think this has had a very big impact on the uptake of Android in the UK. Can't comment about other countries. Jake: Being pedantic here. Your text suggests that iPod was the first, but there were plenty of generic MP3 players around when the iPod was released. Trouble was, nobody was offering the end-to-end experience like Apple did with iTunes + iPod + Marketing Budget. Having said that, it certainly feels like Apple invented the MP3 player, and the smartphone and the tablet. History is written by the winners. :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"That dude's got skills!" - Tim Hall

"That dude's got skills!" - Tim Hall

"I need one of these. I could just put my whole house in it and start from scratch... :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"I need one of these. I could just put my whole house in it and start from scratch... :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"Hi. The video quality is great. Can't stand the guys voice though. Makes me wince. Not sure why. Just freaks me out. :) Waiting for an ear ring with one of these things on. A casual scratch of the ear and you'll target someone for elimination. Mu ha ha ha... etc. Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"Hi. The video quality is great. Can't stand the guys voice though. Makes me wince. Not sure why. Just freaks me out. :) Waiting for an ear ring with one of these things on. A casual scratch of the ear and you'll target someone for elimination. Mu ha ha ha... etc. Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"I laughed so hard at the end. The video is shot very well. Gives the machine some personality. I love this machine. It reminds me of Homer Simpson on the hospital bed, "bed goes up. Bed goes down. Bed goes up, Bed goes down..." Can't wait for the next upgrade. I suggest a flame thrower. :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"I laughed so hard at the end. The video is shot very well. Gives the machine some personality. I love this machine. It reminds me of Homer Simpson on the hospital bed, "bed goes up. Bed goes down. Bed goes up, Bed goes down..." Can't wait for the next upgrade. I suggest a flame thrower. :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"It depends if you are commercial blogging or not. Most of us Oracle bloggers are not blogging commercially, so we don't obsess about the title and summaries of our posts quite as much. I don't even write an excerpt for my posts. Looking at those feeds that do provide just summaries on Orana, it seems the vast majority use the "show the first few characters" approach to their summary text. This is not the same as writing a specific excerpt for syndication to draw people in.Commercial bloggers will invest a considerable amount of time in picking a title and writing an excerpt to get maximum attention and draw numbers to the full article. If you are spending a lot of hours and only a couple of hundred people are using the feed is it really worth it?I guess this is what Jake is saying. In relation to costs, remember, feeds have to be served, so they are using computing resources (database and app server). If enough content skimmers are hitting your feeds (then I guess you are really cool)..." - Tim Hall

"It depends if you are commercial blogging or not. Most of us Oracle bloggers are not blogging commercially, so we don't obsess about the title and summaries of our posts quite as much. I don't even write an excerpt for my posts. Looking at those feeds that do provide just summaries on Orana, it seems the vast majority use the "show the first few characters" approach to their summary text. This is not the same as writing a specific excerpt for syndication to draw people in.Commercial bloggers will invest a considerable amount of time in picking a title and writing an excerpt to get maximum attention and draw numbers to the full article. If you are spending a lot of hours and only a couple of hundred people are using the feed is it really worth it?I guess this is what Jake is saying. In relation to costs, remember, feeds have to be served, so they are using computing resources (database and app server). If enough content skimmers are hitting your feeds (then I guess you are really cool)..." - Tim Hall

"If Google are to be believed, this sort of content will not drive searches since they prioritize original content over syndicated content. In the past it would have worked great, but now... meh..." - Tim Hall

"If Google are to be believed, this sort of content will not drive searches since they prioritize original content over syndicated content. In the past it would have worked great, but now... meh..." - Tim Hall

"Confirmed "We City" addict. Nuff said! Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"Confirmed "We City" addict. Nuff said! Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"I agree. If you have a Facebook or iPhone app you seem to get millions of VC $ these days. History tells us it will all come crashing down around us and the only survivors will be those with a sound business model. As you mentioned though, by that time most of the founders will have run off with their buyout cash and won't care, ready to start bubble 3.0. Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"I agree. If you have a Facebook or iPhone app you seem to get millions of VC $ these days. History tells us it will all come crashing down around us and the only survivors will be those with a sound business model. As you mentioned though, by that time most of the founders will have run off with their buyout cash and won't care, ready to start bubble 3.0. Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"Hi. Not sure if I would pay more for the higher res screen. I'm just saying the screen is the most important thing about a tablet. Having the option of a screen that is twice the res of the iPad 2 could be a pivotal factor for some uses. I know that goes against my price point argument, but different people have different requirements. :) I take your point about the Android browser, and I am annoyed about the agent detection on iPad forcing you to mobile app when the regular app is more suitable, but the iPad browser is good enough in most cases. So we come back to price point again. Do I want to pay more for a mildly more effective browser compared to a perfectly adequate one for less. Factor in the marketing hype telling me that God wants me to own an Apple product and the answer is no. :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"Hi. Not sure if I would pay more for the higher res screen. I'm just saying the screen is the most important thing about a tablet. Having the option of a screen that is twice the res of the iPad 2 could be a pivotal factor for some uses. I know that goes against my price point argument, but different people have different requirements. :) I take your point about the Android browser, and I am annoyed about the agent detection on iPad forcing you to mobile app when the regular app is more suitable, but the iPad browser is good enough in most cases. So we come back to price point again. Do I want to pay more for a mildly more effective browser compared to a perfectly adequate one for less. Factor in the marketing hype telling me that God wants me to own an Apple product and the answer is no. :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"Hi. Not sure if I would pay more for the higher res screen. I'm just saying the screen is the most important thing about a tablet. Having the option of a screen that is twice the res of the iPad 2 could be a pivotal factor for some uses. I know that goes against my price point argument, but different people have different requirements. :) I take your point about the Android browser, and I am annoyed about the agent detection on iPad forcing you to mobile app when the regular app is more suitable, but the iPad browser is good enough in most cases. So we come back to price point again. Do I want to pay more for a mildly more effective browser compared to a perfectly adequate one for less. Factor in the marketing hype telling me that God wants me to own an Apple product and the answer is no. :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"Hi. Price: If I did not have an iPad already, I would consider the iPad 2. I don't think you can underestimate the price point to casual buyers. Most don't factor in, or care about additional costs when they are making their initial purchase. You certainly don't expect to pay more for a product that is "considered" inferior to an iPad 2 from a marketing standpoint. I don't think I would consider anything other than an iPad 2 in the current climate. I'm sure Android 3.0 will gather pace, but at the momentum and price are certainly in Apple's favor. If apple are serious about not releasing iPad 3 this year, then the Kal-El Chipset could hurt them badly. If a bunch of tablets are released in Q3-Q4 that have double the resolution of the iPad 2, that could swing things drastically. Killer App: It's all about the screen for me. I spend the majority of my time on the iPad in a browser. The screen size is the limiting factor for me. Apps etc are of less importance to me. Although I've..." - Tim Hall

"Hi. Price: If I did not have an iPad already, I would consider the iPad 2. I don't think you can underestimate the price point to casual buyers. Most don't factor in, or care about additional costs when they are making their initial purchase. You certainly don't expect to pay more for a product that is "considered" inferior to an iPad 2 from a marketing standpoint. I don't think I would consider anything other than an iPad 2 in the current climate. I'm sure Android 3.0 will gather pace, but at the momentum and price are certainly in Apple's favor. If apple are serious about not releasing iPad 3 this year, then the Kal-El Chipset could hurt them badly. If a bunch of tablets are released in Q3-Q4 that have double the resolution of the iPad 2, that could swing things drastically. Killer App: It's all about the screen for me. I spend the majority of my time on the iPad in a browser. The screen size is the limiting factor for me. Apps etc are of less importance to me. Although I've..." - Tim Hall

"I did a full on LOL when I saw it. What it really needs is a sign that says, "Don't flick this switch!", and when you do it scythes off your fingers... :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"I did a full on LOL when I saw it. What it really needs is a sign that says, "Don't flick this switch!", and when you do it scythes off your fingers... :) Cheers Tim..." - Tim Hall

"The one that focuses on the entire US is amazing. There's this point where it just hits critical mass and goes nuts. The European one seems far more gradual in comparison." - Tim Hall