Example: my new Droid comes bundled with a 3ft USB to microUSB cable. 3ft is way too short to reach behind my desk for charging or connecting to my computer's USB port. Upgrading to 6ft would have cost 15 cents, maybe less (the difference in retail price is 18 cents on Monoprice).
- Tudor Bosman
This is one thing that Apple does right: they understand the out-of-the-box experience.
- Tudor Bosman
To be honest, the cable I got with my iPhone was 3ft, which is, like you said, too short. I'm constantly ripping out the iPhone from the connector when I try to view it when it's connected to the computer or the wall charger.
- Mark Trapp
Great! Significantly faster than the G1. Better screen. The keyboard will take a bit of getting used to. The default notification sound is a robotic voice saying "DROOOoooooID", thankfully easily changed.
- Tudor Bosman
The screen is absolutely beautiful. YouTube videos over wifi (bandwidth detection?) are sharp and clear.
- Bill Strathearn
Also, it's the first phone I had that does email right; it can easily handle multiple email accounts (two Gmail accounts, both using the Android Gmail client; one IMAP account, and one Exchange account). It seamlessly merges the contacts from the different accounts (and also my Facebook friends) and allows me to configure different notifications for the different accounts.
- Tudor Bosman
from Android
What about the keyboard - heard it was kinda janky. Though my number one concern is Twitter (need to demo Twittdroid) then UX of 1. mail and 2. SMS
- Mona Nomura
The keyboard isn't great. It's not bad, but I think the one on my old G1 was *slightly* better. It's no Blackberry, it's no Sidekick (the Sidekick had the best keyboard, but it was also huge and clunky). There are two different email clients -- one for Gmail (which is awesome, and supports all Gmail features in a very Gmail-y way), and one for other accounts (IMAP/POP, Exchange) which I...
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- Tudor Bosman
I'm actually excited to play with one tomorrow - it sounds a lot more promising than the Pre.
- Mona Nomura
Contact integration is really great. You get an address book (which is automatically synced with your Gmail, Facebook, Exchange accounts), and, once you select a contact, you get a list of options (based on where the contact was imported from) -- call / SMS the phone numbers on the account, send an email, chat with them in Google Talk (it shows the Google Talk status right there in the...
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- Tudor Bosman
The wall charger is a generic USB charger, with a USB charging port, which is nice: you can use it to charge any USB-chargeable accessories. The phone comes with a standard USB-to-microUSB cable that can be used for either charging or data transfer. This cable is only 3ft long, which is a pain; come on, Motorola, bundling a 6ft cable would have cost you, what, 15 cents more?
- Tudor Bosman
Major turn-off in real estate listings: HDR photos.
And I don't know anything about the rumors that Verizon would be charging extra for Exchange support; it just worked for me out of the box.
- Tudor Bosman
Wait till you get auto-upgraded/charged as they determine your traffic includes Exchange packets. I would like to say I'm being facetious, but I wouldn't put it past VZW. Otherwise, (this part is sans any sarcasm) I'm glad you're enjoying the new phone! 8^D
- Chieze Okoye
I actually have an iPhone app called PushGmail that pushes Gmail and separately, I have an Exchange (MS). Then I forward all my Gmails to my main. To conserve on battery, I thoroughly filter and skip inbox on my Gmails...
- Mona Nomura
Remember, remember the fifth of November, / The gunpowder treason and plot, / I know of no reason / Why the gunpowder treason / Should ever be forgot.
I had a thread in my email inbox with the subject "Windows 2003 64 Bit memory utilization". The email client on my phone shortened that to "Windows 2003 64 Bit me"
"President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year. The order will be finalized on Monday, Obama said, completing a process begun during the Bush administration."
- Tudor Bosman
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Mark: as part of the immigration process, you need to have blood and urine tests to check for certain communicable diseases (such as syphilis). All other diseases on the blacklist can be cured, so you get treated, retake the blood test, and you're good to go. Except HIV - if your HIV test comes back positive, you are barred for life from entering the US, and if you are in the US at the time, you get deported.
- Tudor Bosman
from Android
Interesting start for an immigration reform.
- Ozgur Demir
There's the story of a woman jumping down the street, head looking up at the sky, shouting "SIX! SIX! SIX!" with each jump forward. A man walks by and stops, watching. He asks her what she's doing. "Try it. It's fantastic. Here, stand next to me, look up to the heavens and jump along with me, yelling with each jump." She's cute and clearly having a good time, so he agrees. They both...
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- Kevin Fox
Windows Me on my laptop upgraded last week ! yea!!!
- L Stephen Cleary
So far, it looks shiny and works well, except for download speeds which went down to 4Mbps from 16Mbps. I'm now downloading (slowly) a few updates (including an update for my network card driver) and will play around with various TCP settings.
- Tudor Bosman
So it turns out that the networking problem had nothing to do with Windows 7. It had everything to do with our two piece of sh*t switches (both Netgear GS605 v2; stay away from them -- and from now on, I'll avoid all Netgear products). It turns out that my network card ran at 100Mbps under XP and 1Gbps under W7, and the switches slow down to a crawl if 3 or more of their ports are at 1Gbps.
- Tudor Bosman
I couldn't believe it so I reproduced it in different configurations, using either the two switches in turn or together (daisy-chained), and using XP, Windows 7, and Snow Leopard. The transfer rate is fine if two of the ports run at 1Gbps (and the others at 100Mbps); once the third port goes 1Gbps, the point-to-point transfer rate goes down by a factor of 6.
- Tudor Bosman
Replacing the switches with D-Link switches (DGS-2208) solved the problem. And the D-Link switches are sweet: 8-port 1Gbps switches, with 9K jumbo frame support, for $60 at Fry's.
- Tudor Bosman
"By installing Java, you will be able to experience the power of Java"
I might regret this, but I ordered the Windows 7 Family Pack upgrade for the 3 PCs in our household (my desktop, Jeanette's desktop, and her laptop); should be delivered tomorrow.
I guess, I don't feel that strongly about which network I'm on. GSM is nice, but too expensive to use for anything meaningful when abroad, so meh.
- Tudor Bosman
Tudor, it's only expensive if you use your native SIM. The advantage is being able to use your phone with a local SIM.
- Cristo
"People who use marijuana for medical purposes and those who distribute it should not face federal prosecution, provided they act according to state law, the Justice Department said on Monday in a directive with political and legal implications."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
"Iran's negotiators have toughened their stance on the nuclear programme, signalling that Tehran will refuse to go ahead with an agreement to hand over 75 per cent of its enriched uranium."
- Tudor Bosman
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"Satellite photo of what is believed to be a uranium-enrichment facility near Qom. Photo: REUTERS"
- Tudor Bosman
"My satellite recorder got a bit confused," notes David Harvey, "but the new description of The Daily Show seems rather apt, though."
- Tudor Bosman
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: "This uplifting and intriguing drama depicts the life of a group of intellectuals, who risk their lives by protecting the national security and military secrets."
- Tudor Bosman
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Hate. "User passwords must be 8 - 12 characters long and must include 3 of the following 4 character types, an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, a number and a special character (excluding %, \, ", <, >, ^, ], {, and } )"
Could be worse. Right after I left the last place I worked went with "min 15 chars, 2 upper 2 lower & 2special char. *shudder*
- Liana Shanes
Here I have to change passwords every 90 days and it won't let me reuse any of the last 12 of them. I think it also forces 8 chars, with at least 2 digits. Which is bloody stupid, of course, but hey. The funny thing is that I intentionally got all the different passwords I have to know synced up on schedule, so I can change them all at once (to the same thing, because hell, the whole...
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- Otto
Love. :) That's why Roboform's, 1password's or GRC password generator come in handy. #a7RiXv*y3A842L57!
- Dr. Apps
from twhirl
There shouldn't really be a limit on character length right? I always thought it's more secure the longer it is and I hate when websites tell me my password is too long.
- Andrew Trinh
from iPhone
This has reminded me to reinstall 1Password.
- Spidra Webster
I've never thought to trust an app with all my passwords, what if I'm at another computer and rely too much on this app to remember my passwords or lose the app completely?
- Andrew Trinh
from iPhone
What we really need is a system like SecureID, but free for both users and developers. Something that runs on the iPhone.
- Otto
Agree, Tudor. Really annoying, and that you have to change them every 3 weeks (corporate logins anyway).
- Kol Tregaskes
"The World Series of Beer Pong (WSOBP) is the largest Beer Pong Tournament in the world in number of participants and cash prizes offered. It has been held close to or in Las Vegas since January, 2006."
- Tudor Bosman
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