FYI: HTC ExtUSB connector and USB cables

News wrote on [Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:03:32 -0400]:
> Larry wrote:
>> John Navas <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>
>>> Apple has recently hired Benjamin Vigier as its new product manager
>>> for mobile commerce. According to LinkedIn, Vigier joined Apple in
>>> July 2010. He is an expert in near field communications (NFC), working
>>> in the field since 2004.
>>>
>>> His most recent position was as a product manager for mFoundry, a
>>> mobile wallet, payment and NFC at US mobile payments specialist. There
>>> he conceived and managed both the PayPal Mobile service and Starbucks'
>>> barcode-based mobile payments service.
>>>
>>> He was also responsible for the development of mobile wallet
>>> applications for two top US mobile network operators and an NFC wallet
>>> application for a top three US bank.
>>>
>>> MORE:
>>> <http://www.examiner.com/tech-gear-in...-hires-near-fi
>>> eld-communications-nfc-expert-mobile-commerce-coming-soon-to-iphone-1>
>>> or <http://goo.gl/6njz>
>>>
>>
>> Will Ipad/Iphone owners all have to have chips injected into their necks
>> before the goddamned ****phones will dial out?
>>
>> That's coming, people.....just wait. You read it here, first!
>>
>
>
> Watch the fanbois willingly line up for 'em.

Wasn't this a Futurama episode recently?

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On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:29:51 -0700, in
<[email protected]>, SMS
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 16/08/10 8:16 PM, Larry wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> Will Ipad/Iphone owners all have to have chips injected into their necks
>> before the goddamned ****phones will dial out?
>
>It's always about monetizing the platform. Google is doing the same
>thing, even though they aren't the ones selling the Android devices.
>
>Saw my first iPad yesterday, my neighbor's kid had one.
>
>I asked the mom about it and she said her friend had bought the non-3G
>iPad when it first came out, then wanted the 3G model when it came out,
>so she traded her the old non-3G model for a Louis Vuitton purse. Very
>cool device. The kid had already figured out how to use it, and the kid
>is only 3. The analysts were right. This is a must-have entertainment
>device for kids, replacing the mobile DVD player. ...

Must have? Replace a $100 DVD player with a $500 iToy?
You must be oblivious to the current economic situation.

--
John

"Assumption is the mother of all screw ups."
[Wethern’s Law of Suspended Judgement]

SMS wrote:
> On 16/08/10 8:16 PM, Larry wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> Will Ipad/Iphone owners all have to have chips injected into their necks
>> before the goddamned ****phones will dial out?
>
> It's always about monetizing the platform. Google is doing the same
> thing, even though they aren't the ones selling the Android devices.
>
> Saw my first iPad yesterday, my neighbor's kid had one.
>
> I asked the mom about it and she said her friend had bought the non-3G
> iPad when it first came out, then wanted the 3G model when it came out,
> so she traded her the old non-3G model for a Louis Vuitton purse. Very
> cool device. The kid had already figured out how to use it, and the kid
> is only 3. The analysts were right. This is a must-have entertainment
> device for kids, replacing the mobile DVD player. Pretty funny on the
> drawing app she was using that you erase the screen by shaking the iPad
> like an Etch a Sketch.


Surely, Ohio Arts patented the screen shake. Nasty lawyer letter to follow.

In article <[email protected]>, John Navas
<[email protected]> wrote:

> >Saw my first iPad yesterday, my neighbor's kid had one.
> >
> >I asked the mom about it and she said her friend had bought the non-3G
> >iPad when it first came out, then wanted the 3G model when it came out,
> >so she traded her the old non-3G model for a Louis Vuitton purse. Very
> >cool device. The kid had already figured out how to use it, and the kid
> >is only 3. The analysts were right. This is a must-have entertainment
> >device for kids, replacing the mobile DVD player. ...
>
> Must have? Replace a $100 DVD player with a $500 iToy?

ignoring the jab, how well does a dvd player get email, read ebooks,
play games, etc.? the entire family can use it.

> You must be oblivious to the current economic situation.

you must be oblivious to the popularity of an ipad.

nospam wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, John Navas
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> Saw my first iPad yesterday, my neighbor's kid had one.
>>>
>>> I asked the mom about it and she said her friend had bought the non-3G
>>> iPad when it first came out, then wanted the 3G model when it came out,
>>> so she traded her the old non-3G model for a Louis Vuitton purse. Very
>>> cool device. The kid had already figured out how to use it, and the kid
>>> is only 3. The analysts were right. This is a must-have entertainment
>>> device for kids, replacing the mobile DVD player. ...
>> Must have? Replace a $100 DVD player with a $500 iToy?
>
> ignoring the jab, how well does a dvd player get email, read ebooks,
> play games, etc.? the entire family can use it.
>
>> You must be oblivious to the current economic situation.
>
> you must be oblivious to the popularity of an ipad.

There must be *some* reason why I don't give a **** about the iPad!!
Maybe because it does not work on Verizon Wireless' system?

I'm also puzzled as to why this is being posted to alt.cellular.verizon.
What's the point?

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:01:08 -0400, in
<[email protected]>, "Richard B. Gilbert"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>nospam wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>, John Navas
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>> Saw my first iPad yesterday, my neighbor's kid had one.
>>>>
>>>> I asked the mom about it and she said her friend had bought the non-3G
>>>> iPad when it first came out, then wanted the 3G model when it came out,
>>>> so she traded her the old non-3G model for a Louis Vuitton purse. Very
>>>> cool device. The kid had already figured out how to use it, and the kid
>>>> is only 3. The analysts were right. This is a must-have entertainment
>>>> device for kids, replacing the mobile DVD player. ...
>>> Must have? Replace a $100 DVD player with a $500 iToy?
>>
>> ignoring the jab, how well does a dvd player get email, read ebooks,
>> play games, etc.? the entire family can use it.
>>
>>> You must be oblivious to the current economic situation.
>>
>> you must be oblivious to the popularity of an ipad.
>
>There must be *some* reason why I don't give a **** about the iPad!!
>Maybe because it does not work on Verizon Wireless' system?
>
>I'm also puzzled as to why this is being posted to alt.cellular.verizon.
>What's the point?

Speculation that iPhone will be coming to Verizon.

--
John

"Assumption is the mother of all screw ups."
[Wethern’s Law of Suspended Judgement]

In article <[email protected]>,
News <[email protected]> wrote:

> Surely, Ohio Arts patented the screen shake. Nasty lawyer letter to follow.

Old enough, I would think the patent had expired. Disney doesn't hold
that many patents so there was no push to extend them into infinity and
beyond like in copyrights. (g).

--
I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator
and name it after the IRS.
Robert Bakker, paleontologist

nospam wrote on [Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:39:12 -0700]:
> In article <[email protected]>, John Navas
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >Saw my first iPad yesterday, my neighbor's kid had one.
>> >
>> >I asked the mom about it and she said her friend had bought the non-3G
>> >iPad when it first came out, then wanted the 3G model when it came out,
>> >so she traded her the old non-3G model for a Louis Vuitton purse. Very
>> >cool device. The kid had already figured out how to use it, and the kid
>> >is only 3. The analysts were right. This is a must-have entertainment
>> >device for kids, replacing the mobile DVD player. ...
>>
>> Must have? Replace a $100 DVD player with a $500 iToy?
>
> ignoring the jab, how well does a dvd player get email, read ebooks,
> play games, etc.? the entire family can use it.

How well can an ipad play DVDs?

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:51:05 +0000 (UTC), in
<[email protected]>, Justin <[email protected]>
wrote:

>nospam wrote on [Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:39:12 -0700]:
>> In article <[email protected]>, John Navas
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> >Saw my first iPad yesterday, my neighbor's kid had one.
>>> >
>>> >I asked the mom about it and she said her friend had bought the non-3G
>>> >iPad when it first came out, then wanted the 3G model when it came out,
>>> >so she traded her the old non-3G model for a Louis Vuitton purse. Very
>>> >cool device. The kid had already figured out how to use it, and the kid
>>> >is only 3. The analysts were right. This is a must-have entertainment
>>> >device for kids, replacing the mobile DVD player. ...
>>>
>>> Must have? Replace a $100 DVD player with a $500 iToy?
>>
>> ignoring the jab, how well does a dvd player get email, read ebooks,
>> play games, etc.? the entire family can use it.
>
>How well can an ipad play DVDs?

To be fair, you can rent movies from the iTunes store, although you have
only 30 days to watch them, and can only watch them within a 24 hour
window, which can be a problem with kids. I call that an expensive
hassle. YMMV.

You can also buy movies from the iTunes store, but that's much more
expensive than viewing Netflix movies on a cheap DVD player.

Must have? Color me not interested. YMMV.

--
John

"Assumption is the mother of all screw ups."
[Wethern’s Law of Suspended Judgement]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...


> >> That's coming, people.....just wait. You read it here, first!
> >>
> >
> >
> > Watch the fanbois willingly line up for 'em.
>
> Wasn't this a Futurama episode recently?

Sure was; "Attack of the Killer App."

It was the second brand-new episode of the season.

--Steve (Futurama geek)


--
Steve Sobol, Victorville, California, USA
[email protected]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:39:12 -0700, nospam <[email protected]>
wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>, John Navas
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >Saw my first iPad yesterday, my neighbor's kid had one.
>> >
>> >I asked the mom about it and she said her friend had bought the non-3G
>> >iPad when it first came out, then wanted the 3G model when it came out,
>> >so she traded her the old non-3G model for a Louis Vuitton purse. Very
>> >cool device. The kid had already figured out how to use it, and the kid
>> >is only 3. The analysts were right. This is a must-have entertainment
>> >device for kids, replacing the mobile DVD player. ...
>>
>> Must have? Replace a $100 DVD player with a $500 iToy?
>
>ignoring the jab, how well does a dvd player get email, read ebooks,
>play games, etc.? the entire family can use it.
>
>> You must be oblivious to the current economic situation.
>
>you must be oblivious to the popularity of an ipad.

My brother won an iPad as a door prize recently. He offered it to me,
but I declined, so he gave it to his kids, ages 6, 12, and 15. He says
they played with it a few times at first, but it's been on a shelf now
for a few months. I guess it's not popular at their house, nor would
it be popular at mine.

--
Paul Miner

On 17/08/10 5:18 PM, Paul Miner wrote:

<snip>

> My brother won an iPad as a door prize recently. He offered it to me,
> but I declined, so he gave it to his kids, ages 6, 12, and 15. He says
> they played with it a few times at first, but it's been on a shelf now
> for a few months. I guess it's not popular at their house, nor would
> it be popular at mine.

My next door neighbor just got one from a friend that had bought the
non-3G one then wanted a 3G one. Her 3 year old appropriated it for
herself. Like any platform with games, kids like it. I would have
thought that your 6 year old nephew would have liked to play with it. My
neighbor does a lot of selling on eBay and thought she'd use the iPad
for that, but it turns out that it's more practical to use a regular
computer for that sort of thing.

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:47:53 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 17/08/10 5:18 PM, Paul Miner wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> My brother won an iPad as a door prize recently. He offered it to me,
>> but I declined, so he gave it to his kids, ages 6, 12, and 15. He says
>> they played with it a few times at first, but it's been on a shelf now
>> for a few months. I guess it's not popular at their house, nor would
>> it be popular at mine.
>
>My next door neighbor just got one from a friend that had bought the
>non-3G one then wanted a 3G one. Her 3 year old appropriated it for
>herself. Like any platform with games, kids like it. I would have
>thought that your 6 year old nephew would have liked to play with it. My
>neighbor does a lot of selling on eBay and thought she'd use the iPad
>for that, but it turns out that it's more practical to use a regular
>computer for that sort of thing.

The 6 year old prefers to play outside, something that is becoming
increasingly uncommon among kids, from what I hear.

--
Paul Miner

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected]d says...

>
> My brother won an iPad as a door prize recently. He offered it to me,
> but I declined, so he gave it to his kids, ages 6, 12, and 15. He says
> they played with it a few times at first, but it's been on a shelf now
> for a few months. I guess it's not popular at their house, nor would
> it be popular at mine.

If his family doesn't want it, I'll take it

I'll even pay for shipping

I'm just curious what the buzz is about. I will never sign up for at&t
cell service, but I can use the iPad over Wifi, right?

If your brother is interested in sending it to me, email me. The email
address listed below is valid.

--
Steve Sobol, Victorville, California, USA
[email protected]

SMS <[email protected]> wrote in news:4c6a80aa$0$22135
[email protected]:

> This is a must-have entertainment
> device for kids, replacing the mobile DVD player.

By the way, for the kids, the entire Disney kid movie collection as far
back as 1930, has been posted in DivX format with beautiful quality, to
alt.binaries.movies.divx for downloading. You'll need WinRAR or clone to
assemble it. Grabit from www.shemes.com is free as a client to download
and decode it while you sleep.....

The very old Disney movies don't even look like film! The pictures are
perfect without a single blemish I can detect.

Of course, you'll need a real computer or mobile device that can render
DivX and about 733MB per movie to store it, not iPhone or iPad. Runs
perfectly under Mplayer on nasty ol' Nokia N800's with or without
converting it to a smaller, more memory efficient format....and looks
wonderful, as downloaded, on any $189 netbook. www.divx.com has free
decoding, playing and the latest codecs that make it simply beautiful, even
blown up to 52" on the Samsung monster monitor....(c;]

Saw Bambi when released in 1952. I was 6! Amazing how you can remember
even bits of the dialog between Bambi and Thumper....(c;] Hand-drawn by
real artists, cartoon movies ARE better.....

--
http://www.energyradio.jo/ English hiphop station in Ammon, Jordan?!
Larry