The Official Technology Thread

[Bender]

No offense but when someone purchased an item the last thing they want to do is buy an alternative

You've never returned something that didn't work or didn't suit your needs and purchased an alternative instead?  That is, absolutely, something that people do.

especially a far, far, far worse alternative.

Personal bias, much?  Just because you think it's a "far, far, far worse alternative", doesn't mean that it is, or that others think that.


He wanted suggestions, I gave him one.

Yeah, but if someone likes a product and is looking for a solution to an issue with the product, don't you think it makes more sense to figure out how to get the issue resolved without having to bring back the product?

If someone bought a car in otherwise great working order and didn't like the style of hubcaps, would your first suggestion be to buy a different car?

Also, the Nexus isn't "not suiting" his needs or not doing what it's supposed to do. Flash was killed by Adobe some time ago, and this is where the issue lies - getting a Playbook won't miraculously make Flash work.

I've owned Apple, Android and RIM products in the past, and I used to sell these products for a living so I'd like to think I have a good handle on the technologies we're talking about. It's up to the user, but I would argue the main reasons of picking one type of device over another are specs, aesthetic and app support. To be honest it's mostly a wash between the first two, but RIM has, in all honesty, fallen flat in the app department, the Playbook was a smidgen away from going the way of HP's TouchPad and if someone were to ask me, I would honestly say that I can't recommend an OS from a company in as precarious a position as RIM is (for example what will happen to app store purchases if RIM no longer develops its own OS in a year or two?).

 

[hockeyfan1]

http://www.techvibes.com/blog/canadians-privately-browse-the-internet-as-americans-2013-03-05

 

[hockeyfan1]

Now, how about this...the "MeCam"...

http://www.zagg.com/community/blog/this-tiny-flying-camera-follows-you-around-and-films-your-every-move/?

 

[hockeyfan1]

Incredible but true...and lucky...

http://www.zagg.com/community/blog/how-an-iphone-saved-the-life-of-a-soldier-fighting-in-afghanistan/?

 

[hockeyfan1]

Volette last pizza, anyone?  Pizza vending machine (invented by Italians) claims to make "la pizza fresca" in under "tre minuti" (tree minutes).  The ingredients are all "freschi".

Video is in http://www.zagg.com/community/blog/pizza-vending-machine-makes-fresh-pizza-in-less-than-3-minutes/

 

[maplesyrup]

Uhhh... That was about pizza? I was a little distracted there.

Edit: Either way, pretty cool... I hope yoo don't mind that I just shared that on twitter.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Uhhh... That was about pizza? I was a little distracted there.

Edit: Either way, pretty cool... I hope yoo don't mind that I just shared that on twitter.

No problem.    Viva last pizza! 

 

[hockeyfan1]

How about this for breakfast...a toastcr that imprints an image from the web onto your toast!

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672092/a-toaster-that-burns-the-morning-news-onto-bread

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Weird, didn't ootp fall under the sports interactive banner at one point, the guys behind the sensational football manager, who also tried a hockey manager game through I wanna say Risto Rhems the guy behind eastside.

That flopped despite being a solid game IMO.

That's the commercial EHM game that I referred to, yeah. I didn't play it too much, but it has a similar look and feel to this game.

Thanks for the link Carlton, I picked it up and lost maybe 8 hours to it over the weekend, lots of fun, but seems very easy.

 

[Leafaholic99]

Anyone here have the z10 blackberry? I am wanting to get it but am unsure if I can adjust to a touch screen keyboard. Might need to wait for the q10.

I have a torch 9810 and it has a touch keyboard plus a physical sliding keyboard. Iam trying to use the touch keyboard on my current phone now to see how it works for me, not bad so far but I am making a lot of mistakes blah lol

 

[Bullfrog]

I've got an iphone; didn't take long at all to get used to. I certainly wouldn't give up screen real estate to get a true keyboard.

 

[Zee]

Anyone here have the z10 blackberry? I am wanting to get it but am unsure if I can adjust to a touch screen keyboard. Might need to wait for the q10.

I have a torch 9810 and it has a touch keyboard plus a physical sliding keyboard. Iam trying to use the touch keyboard on my current phone now to see how it works for me, not bad so far but I am making a lot of mistakes blah lol

Z10 has some cool predictive typing features. If you can go and play with one in a store try it out.

 

[Bates]

I am in same boat with Torch now but wanting to upgrade. Wife has Z10 and I have say it's a very good phone. No issue at all with keyboard but I do find the phone a little too big for my liking. The keyboard is very easy to type on and gets faster everyone you use it as it adapts to you. Phone is also very fast for Internet.

 

[Leafaholic99]

So I picked up the z10 today and have been in love with it since I got it. I'm making a few mistakes with adjusting to a touch keyboard but the auto correct is amazing.

 

[leafsjunkie]

I picked up the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Epic is all I have to say. 1.6 ghz Quad core goodness, Micro SD Card slot (up to 80gb storage), 2gb ram, huge screen, multiple apps can run at once on the same screen, fully customizable.  IMO, best phone out there hands down.

 

[Corn Flake]

I picked up the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Epic is all I have to say. 1.6 ghz Quad core goodness, Micro SD Card slot (up to 80gb storage), 2gb ram, huge screen, multiple apps can run at once on the same screen, fully customizable.  IMO, best phone out there hands down.

Nice phone. I have the S3 and love it... also have the Galaxy Tab 2 and love it as well. 

Wondering what the S4 is going to be like.. it's just about to come out.

 

[leafsjunkie]

I picked up the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Epic is all I have to say. 1.6 ghz Quad core goodness, Micro SD Card slot (up to 80gb storage), 2gb ram, huge screen, multiple apps can run at once on the same screen, fully customizable.  IMO, best phone out there hands down.

Nice phone. I have the S3 and love it... also have the Galaxy Tab 2 and love it as well. 

Wondering what the S4 is going to be like.. it's just about to come out.

Yes, I looked at the S3, good phone too!! (I used to have the first Galaxy S captivate). I think they said the S4 is coming out in May (but most likely delayed a little), it'll be quad core processing as well, it also may come with the new OS Keylime Pie (the Note II has Jelly Bean), that phone will be awesome, I would have held out for it but my battery was dying in my old phone and my plan was up and ready to get an upgrade. I didn't feel like getting a new battery when I was going to upgrade soon anyways. I am glad I went with this phone though, it's amazing (I also looked at the LG Optimus G 2600, but only 16gb with no SD Card slot, you can't take off the back and replace battery, came with ice cream sandwich etc... But it had some pros too, but those pros were still outweighed by what the Note II can do).

 

[hockeyfan1]

I picked up the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Epic is all I have to say. 1.6 ghz Quad core goodness, Micro SD Card slot (up to 80gb storage), 2gb ram, huge screen, multiple apps can run at once on the same screen, fully customizable.  IMO, best phone out there hands down.

Same here.  I previously had the Iphone 4s (still do), and don't get me wrong, IOS6 is excellent but after having used the Note 2, I cannot fathom myself going back to the smallish Iphone screen.

For everything that the Note 2 can do, it is quite incomparable.  Best smartphone I've had so far.  Thank you, Samsung!

 

[Zee]

I picked up the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Epic is all I have to say. 1.6 ghz Quad core goodness, Micro SD Card slot (up to 80gb storage), 2gb ram, huge screen, multiple apps can run at once on the same screen, fully customizable.  IMO, best phone out there hands down.

Same here.  I previously had the Iphone 4s (still do), and don't get me wrong, IOS6 is excellent but after having used the Note 2, I cannot fathom myself going back to the smallish Iphone screen.

For everything that the Note 2 can do, it is quite incomparable.  Best smartphone I've had so far.  Thank you, Samsung!

For android phones once you go Nexus you won't go back. My wife has the S3 I have the Nexus 4 and I much prefer Google's vanilla android over the customized Samsung touch wiz. Just cleaner look overall and things are more smooth.

 

[Deebo]

I picked up the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Epic is all I have to say. 1.6 ghz Quad core goodness, Micro SD Card slot (up to 80gb storage), 2gb ram, huge screen, multiple apps can run at once on the same screen, fully customizable.  IMO, best phone out there hands down.

Same here.  I previously had the Iphone 4s (still do), and don't get me wrong, IOS6 is excellent but after having used the Note 2, I cannot fathom myself going back to the smallish Iphone screen.

For everything that the Note 2 can do, it is quite incomparable.  Best smartphone I've had so far.  Thank you, Samsung!

For android phones once you go Nexus you won't go back. My wife has the S3 I have the Nexus 4 and I much prefer Google's vanilla android over the customized Samsung touch wiz. Just cleaner look overall and things are more smooth.

I found the battery life to be a problem on my nexus 4.

Maybe because I turned the LTE on.