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Forum: Links of Interest 07-09-2010, 09:25 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 8,878
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
developers getting the blame again...yawn

we always get the blame.there are many (debatably) good reasons why we don't optimize as much as possible for battery life, many are the result of compromise.

How about blaming battery developers...
Forum: Series 60 13-08-2010, 07:48 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 10,567
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
Fern?

What's all this talk of ferns (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern)?
Forum: Series 60 11-08-2010, 02:19 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 10,507
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
> Even with more pixels it's easier to use the...

> Even with more pixels it's easier to use the touch interface accurately on the 5230

I'm not sure what screen resolution (more pixels) has to do with the ease of use.
Forum: Series 60 02-08-2010, 04:56 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 12,022
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
B=Byte b=bits

I think the usual understanding is that B refers to bytes and b to bits. Also, base connection speeds are almost always quoted in bits per second, though the amount of data you can transfer is in...
Forum: Symbian OS News 30-07-2010, 10:35 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,071
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
"In other words" that are totally different to...

"In other words" that are totally different to mine...sure.

IMO, it is NOT 'too timeconsuming (and expensive) to rewrite all the graphics code' since, in my experience, it's not necessary to spend...
Forum: Symbian OS News 30-07-2010, 07:58 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,071
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
I'm fairly sure that's pretty much what I wrote,...

I'm fairly sure that's pretty much what I wrote, though with more words. S/W worked just fine for us, though our app isn't particularly taxing, graphics-wise.

IIRC, we did ship with an OpenGL ES...
Forum: Symbian OS News 30-07-2010, 06:10 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,071
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
Not so (IMHO). There are (were) off-the-shelf...

Not so (IMHO). There are (were) off-the-shelf (even free) s/w implementations of OpenGL ES available that work "just fine" on non-accelerated Symbian phones - no extra development effort required. I...
Forum: Series 60 23-07-2010, 08:38 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,146
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
battery tech

I would like to see an article on what is being done to improve battery technology...it seems this is the key to making all these cool apps really useful.
Forum: Symbian OS News 17-07-2010, 11:23 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 14,321
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
If I were a company that sold cases for the...

If I were a company that sold cases for the iPhone4, I would be severely pissed off. I wonder if there are any legal proceedings brewing...
Forum: Series 60 30-05-2010, 01:54 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,153
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
did you trying buying any apps while abroad?

SSIA.

When I went to China, I noticed that almost all apps on the Ovi store (most notably Angry Birds) were not available for purchase in my temporarily altered location. Pissed me off no end.
...
Forum: Links of Interest 12-05-2010, 01:23 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,440
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
Yes, I can read too. Apple:...

Yes, I can read too.

Apple: (8.75-3.79)/3.79=1.3087
Moto: (2.60-1.10)/1.10=1.3636

Perhaps 'relative gains' somehow doesn't equate to 'growth'...begs the question...relative to *what*...
Forum: Links of Interest 12-05-2010, 11:44 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,440
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
Apple?

> with Apple making the most relative gains.

The way I look at the figures, it's Motorola who've made most relative gains - 136.8% vs Apple's 130.8%. Perhaps I've misunderstood the comment...?
Forum: Series 60 24-04-2010, 02:24 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 14,667
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
real or wma feeds

I used to use plain real audio streams to listen to the bbc when I was using Symbian and I use wma on Maemo. Aren't these good enough?

It would be nice to have RDS like features...is that the...
Forum: Series 60 21-04-2010, 01:45 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,901
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
Right. The discussion on the podcast completely...

Right. The discussion on the podcast completely missed this. Of course the labels agreed to it. I doubt there's much piracy of the labels' music since not so many people are interested in western...
Forum: Links of Interest 21-03-2010, 07:15 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,030
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
all Nokia touch smartphones?

not there for n900..would be nice...
Forum: Links of Interest 09-03-2010, 01:52 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,485
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
I wasn't claiming BJ was better...quite the other...

I wasn't claiming BJ was better...quite the other way around...

[edit] I mean, it was others who were claiming <some city> was better than BJ
Forum: Links of Interest 09-03-2010, 12:18 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,485
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
ok...but anyway, LPG is better than regular...

ok...but anyway, LPG is better than regular petrol, I'd guess.



I'm not sure how this is relevant. There is waste recycling in Beijing too, you know...I suppose it depends on how you define...
Forum: Links of Interest 08-03-2010, 11:53 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,485
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
beijing

in my experience, a fair amount (all?) of public transport in bj also runs on lpg (or is that not the same as 'natural gas') and quite many of the buses run on electricity, as does the subway.
...
Forum: Series 60 08-03-2010, 06:45 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,418
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
android w/o google services?

i would like to know how goog android is if you're not willing to use google's services. for example, pretend you have no google account...can you still use email? is there a maps solution?
Forum: Series 60 05-03-2010, 08:48 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,463
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
all n-series phones?

I doubt it'll work on my N900 phone.
Forum: UIQ 04-02-2010, 03:52 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 15,247
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
I think it might well be quite difficult for 3rd...

I think it might well be quite difficult for 3rd party developers to make changes to phones running older Symbian firmware.

However, I'd fully expect it to be easier for phone released with the...
Forum: UIQ 04-02-2010, 03:41 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 15,247
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
This is quite important, but the market is very...

This is quite important, but the market is very fickle and respond to price more than anything else, IMO. If Symbian (or manufacturers' devices delivers what they need/want for less money, then it'll...
Forum: UIQ 04-02-2010, 03:19 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 15,247
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
Steve posting anonymously? Gotta laugh :D

Steve posting anonymously?

Gotta laugh :D
Forum: Series 60 30-01-2010, 02:59 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 9,972
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
Well, I could be wrong, if course, but I took a...

Well, I could be wrong, if course, but I took a really close look at it and those grills on either side of the screen didn't actually have speakers underneath them[1]. If you have one and know this...
Forum: Series 60 30-01-2010, 01:05 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 9,972
Posted By davidmaxwaterma
5530

That photo of the 5530 reminds me how it bugs me that the speakers on all smart phones point away from the user. The 5530 looks like it has them facing the user, but it actually doesn't...why? why?...
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