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Ben.geek.nz Forums » Recent Posts http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ en-US Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:08:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/search.php onefabknitter on "The iPad Killer App" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/the-ipad-killer-app#post-2260 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:29:17 +0000 onefabknitter 2260@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">onefabknitter</span></div><p>like the iphone, you probably turn the ipad and the scientific calculator activates:P cant wait!</p> AJ on "Review: Blackbox C18 Noice Cancellation Earphones" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/review-blackbox-c18-noice-cancellation-earphones#post-2241 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:18:19 +0000 AJ 2241@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">AJ</span></div><p>Ben,</p> <p>can you please comment on the relative cancellation of noise from the M14 and C18? It looks like the M14’s have more active canceling but the C18’s have more passive and therefore a higher total cancellation in terms of dB’s.</p> <p>I am less worried about the purity of the sound as I am with removing as much background noise as possible!</p> <p>Cheers</p> rob-nz on "Android robo-truck" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/android-robo-truck#post-1894 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:17:47 +0000 rob-nz 1894@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Cool!</p> <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/android-robot/#ixzz0hbsRt05f" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/android-robot/#ixzz0hbsRt05f</a> </p> Stu on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1893 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:21:49 +0000 Stu 1893@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Stu</span></div><p>Seems Tivo just posted a big loss too.</p> <p>For the quarter ended Jan. 31, TiVo posted a loss of $10.2 million, or 9 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $3.6 million, or 4 cents a share.</p> mihaela on "Learning from the Vodafone HTC Magic Debacle" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle#post-1878 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:08:22 +0000 mihaela 1878@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">mihaela</span></div><p>jocul asta este cel mai tare joc <img src='http://www.ben.geek.nz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':grin:' class='wp-smiley' /> <img src='http://www.ben.geek.nz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':smile:' class='wp-smiley' /> <img src='http://www.ben.geek.nz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> <img src='http://www.ben.geek.nz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' /> <img src='http://www.ben.geek.nz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt=':cool:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p> Ben on "Learning from the Vodafone HTC Magic Debacle" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle#post-1877 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:08:20 +0000 Ben 1877@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <blockquote><p>Today, for reasons yet unknown, Vodafone NZ has completely removed the HTC Magic from sale in New Zealand. They’ve removed all mention of it from their website, and removed existing stock from store shelves.</p></blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/2009/07/learning-from-the-vodafone-htc-magic-debacle/">Learning from the Vodafone HTC Magic Debacle</a></p> <script type="text/javascript">AKPC_IDS += ",";</script><p class="akpc_pop">Popularity: unranked <span class="akpc_help">[<a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/popularity-contest" title="What does this mean?">?</a>]</span></p> James Robertson on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1838 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:07:25 +0000 James Robertson 1838@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">James Robertson</span></div><p>beyond the already mentioned restrictions, the distribution channel and channel partner was wrong from the outset. Who trusts Telecom? even prior to the X failure, it took over two weeks of serious contemplation prior to moving to telecom. Notice the box box retailers are selling an alternative called Magicbox or magicstar or something like that… This is where Tivo should have gone. to the retailers selling the TVs. I have Tivo, but do not use the CASPA service, to cumbersome, slow, plus costly. I had sky, but chose to give it up for Tivo, as in the end I simply wanted freeview with recording capabilities. Ok it cost a lot, but no ingoing subscription fees to contend with.</p> Russell Brown on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1834 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:38:00 +0000 Russell Brown 1834@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Russell Brown</span></div><p>As well as the unhelpful retail setting, I wonder if the word of mouth has been a problem. TiVo does things most of the other devices in the market don’t — streaming to other devices, for example — but they’re not the things consumers most want. MySky’s functionality is tightly circumscribed, but it’s also very simple. I gather I’m not the only one to have found TiVo’s “award-winning” UI irritating in comparison.</p> Richard on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1833 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:27:14 +0000 Richard 1833@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Richard</span></div><blockquote cite="#commentbody-24947"><p> <strong><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/#comment-24947" rel="nofollow">Ben</a> :</strong><br /> Yeah goddamn lazy pirates. I always laugh when I find myself berating the quality of … er… someones shared home movies … when I’m watching them. </p></blockquote> <p>Oh, I get the HD ones for shows that are worth it. I guess the restof the world doesnt have the problems we have with traffic counting to a artificial limit so choose the old codec for compatibility. 180-200 of h.264 seems better, but is rare and is often transcodes for “ipod” etc so look worse than the 350 meg one.</p> <p>Still no excuse for the poor quality of stuff from caspa on the tivo.</p> Ben on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1832 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:59:16 +0000 Ben 1832@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <blockquote cite="#commentbody-24946"><p> <strong><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/#comment-24946" rel="nofollow">Richard</a> :</strong></p> <p>Worse than a lousy 350 meg sub SD divx which is the format of shows I normally get since the scene is stuck in retro-codec land for non HD stuff.</p> </blockquote> <p>Yeah goddamn lazy pirates. I always laugh when I find myself berating the quality of … er… someones shared home movies … when I’m watching them.</p> Richard on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1831 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:55:08 +0000 Richard 1831@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Richard</span></div><p>Seems stupid they choose to restrict by ISP to get the content. Guess its all that regional crap that broadcasters do so that people are driven to piracy as the working alternative happening.</p> <p>Also I have seen the quality of the streaming stuff. Real bad. Worse than a lousy 350 meg sub SD divx which is the format of shows I normally get since the scene is stuck in retro-codec land for non HD stuff.</p> Tim on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1830 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:54:00 +0000 Tim 1830@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Tim</span></div><p>I did the calculations and they were crap.</p> <p>Went with a MySky package instead and its honestly been one of the best things I’ve ever brought</p> Ben on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1829 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:53:56 +0000 Ben 1829@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/#comment-24941" rel="nofollow">@James Robertson</a> Yeah I’m sure the calculation works for selected individuals. I was thinking more about the overall calculation as a business proposition. I just can’t see it ever getting enough sales to pay back the investment.</p> Dylan Reeve on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1828 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:48:46 +0000 Dylan Reeve 1828@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Dylan Reeve</span></div><p>No the programme guide is available through any internet connection. However all other internet services (on-demand content) is exclusive to Telecom Broadband connections.</p> <p>Personally I thought the service was pretty much doomed as soon as the price point and exclusive Telecom deal was announced. Before that I thought it was borderline given it’s inability to support Sky TV. </p> <p>There are things that TiVo does that my MySky box doesn’t (most notable being networking) but the price, Telecom tie-in, limited channels and poor on-demand offering rule the TiVo well out of contention.</p> Chainsaw on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1827 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:38:34 +0000 Chainsaw 1827@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Chainsaw</span></div><p>I just had a look at the Tivo website. You need telecom broadband to get the programme guide it seems. Are there any DVRs out there that can utilise the Freeview guide to record programmes? You know, one touch stuff?</p> James Robertson on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1826 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:29:30 +0000 James Robertson 1826@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">James Robertson</span></div><p>I did the calc, but at the end of the day, I wanted Freeview, EPG, multi-tuners and something that would wireless stream from my pc. ok so its not actual streaming, but the solution ended up suiting us very well. Its not my perfect solution (which would be home built HTPC) but is fine for what I need and keeps Mrs very happy for daily soaps etc using season pass</p> Ben on "Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising#post-1825 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:29:28 +0000 Ben 1825@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <blockquote><p>I seriously wonder at the decision making behind releasing something like TiVo, let alone TVNZ investing millions into it. It’s a fringe device at best, hobbled by ISP exclusivity, and with no point of difference other than the brand name. A back of the envelope calculation should be enough to pin that as a losing proposition from the outset.</p></blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/2010/03/surprising-tivo-uptake-is-unsurprising/">Surprising TiVo Uptake is Unsurprising</a></p> <script type="text/javascript">AKPC_IDS += ",";</script><p class="akpc_pop">Popularity: unranked <span class="akpc_help">[<a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/popularity-contest" title="What does this mean?">?</a>]</span></p> Bruce on "Hey Orcon, can you hear me now?" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/hey-orcon-can-you-hear-me-now/page/2#post-1741 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:47:14 +0000 Bruce 1741@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Bruce</span></div><p>Managed after 47 hours to get Orcon to “hear me”. Problem fixed shortly thereafter. Turned out to be a corroded junction up a pole on the local loop, that finally packed up in Wednesday’s rain. The VisionStream PoleMonkey said he was surprised we had any ADSL at all; couldn’t work out how we managed to get a circuit through it. The issue for Orcon isn’t the fault (stuff breaks and shit happens); it is the contortions I had to go to to be “heard”, and get some feeling the fault was being investigated.</p> Jojo on "MIXing about with Windows Phone 7" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/mixing-about-with-windows-phone-7#post-1706 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:09:24 +0000 Jojo 1706@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Jojo</span></div><p>Check out <a href="http://www.visitlasvegas.com/vegas/play/music/headliners/" rel="nofollow">who’s playing Vegas</a> … what a smorgasbord of smorg! Looks like you’ll miss the New Kids on the Block, so it’s a choice between Cher and Barry Manilow. You know you can’t smile without him. </p> <p>PS I had mis-remembered the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbyoioenmsA" rel="nofollow">hydroslide-through-the-shark-tank</a> as being in Las Vegas, but alas it’s in the Bahamas (and if I can just squeeze “pyjamas” into this sentence, I’ll have five words ending in -as, which is indeed a bunch of -as). Things took a turn for the meta there last year when a shark tragically <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/18/shark-commits-suicide-on-waterslide/" rel="nofollow">jumped</a> itself!</p> Bruce on "Hey Orcon, can you hear me now?" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/hey-orcon-can-you-hear-me-now/page/2#post-1692 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:08:19 +0000 Bruce 1692@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Bruce</span></div><p>Have had broadband with Orcon and phone with Telecom for some time now. Moved phone to Orcon unbundled service last week and nothing but problems since.<br /> 1) ADSL router drops connection at random and reconnects after a few seconds. Sometimes hours apart, one cluster two days ago where it dropped the connection every couple of minutes. Behaving itself today but line speeds well down on what we were getting before we went unbundled.<br /> 2) Phone line fine at first, increasing static over a couple of days now all dead. No dial tone. No nothing. Have been trying to get Orcon to look at it for several days now but <a href="mailto:support@orcon.net.nz">support@orcon.net.nz</a> seems to be an empty hole. Now had no phone for 40 hours and they just aren’t taking me seriously. XT has never been out for thls long, and at least you only have to wait a cfouple of hours for 1-2-3. Moving the phone line was a BAD move.</p> rob-nz on "MIXing about with Windows Phone 7" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/mixing-about-with-windows-phone-7#post-1691 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:23:23 +0000 rob-nz 1691@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>WINCE - an inspired acronym that fully desribed the user experience with a minimum of redundant text! :-)</p> <p>Vegas Eh? Hmmm Where you staying?</p> <p>Take a walk down the boulevard from Ceasers to the Luxor, passing Bellagio, Alibaba, Paris, MGM Grand Excaliber etc....</p> <p>That's good for several hours of immersion in the most over the top exhibition of shameless comsumption and excess anywhere on the planet.</p> <p>Take a Gondola ride INSIDE the Bellagio Hotel Casino and grab a gelato.</p> <p>Have a bite at Planet Hollywood in the Forum arcade under Ceasers Palace.</p> <p>Take the Rooftop rollercoaster at NewYork New York.</p> <p>It's a shame they've dismantled the bridge of the TNG Enterprise at MGM, you used to be able to sit in Picard's chair, but still worth a look.</p> <p>Take in one of the shows that run continuous seasons there, like Cirque de Soleil</p> <p>Get out into the desrt if you can... </p> Ben on "MIXing about with Windows Phone 7" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/mixing-about-with-windows-phone-7#post-1690 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:21:28 +0000 Ben 1690@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/#comment-24917" rel="nofollow">@GTRoberts</a><br /> Are you saying previous full screen apps run fine on WP7? Or do you mean CE5 apps run on CE6?</p> GTRoberts on "MIXing about with Windows Phone 7" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/mixing-about-with-windows-phone-7#post-1689 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:16:16 +0000 GTRoberts 1689@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">GTRoberts</span></div><p>Oh I forgot to say, full pre-emptive multi-tasking IS in Windows Phone 7 (Yes I’m intentionally dropping the Series bit because its just silly).</p> GTRoberts on "MIXing about with Windows Phone 7" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/mixing-about-with-windows-phone-7#post-1688 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:14:26 +0000 GTRoberts 1688@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">GTRoberts</span></div><p>WinCE 6.x is an entirely different beast to 5.x. Anyone who thinks otherwise obviously doesn’t know or understand WinCE and Remember WinCE is not Windows Mobile.</p> <p>Expression Blend / Sketch with Silverlight for UI development, XNA for 3D / games or dedicated apps.</p> <p>Quite a number of previous “full screen” apps like TomTom, Xkrakt, etc run perfectly fine.</p> <p>Given there are ~50K WinMo apps… it is a ballsy move but I also agree with Ben, its the correct move.</p> Ben on "MIXing about with Windows Phone 7" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/mixing-about-with-windows-phone-7#post-1685 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:14:37 +0000 Ben 1685@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/#comment-24914" rel="nofollow">@Stu</a><br /> Again, all rumours and whispers, but I’m led to believe that it’s a complete re-boot of the platform. I won’t be surprised if the UI dev is based around WPF and/or Silverlight.</p> <p>In the same way that the iPhone has UIKit for “basic” apps, and OpenGLES for 3D apps, I’m wondering if WP7 will have WPF + some 3D framework.</p> <p>I’m sure there’s some historical kernel stuff in there, but they’re definitely dropping support for all legacy WinMo apps. Ballsy call, but it’s the right one in my opinion.</p> Kit on "MIXing about with Windows Phone 7" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/mixing-about-with-windows-phone-7#post-1682 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:50:28 +0000 Kit 1682@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Kit</span></div><p>1) How easy/intuative is that “hub” system to use in practice. Does a lack of multi tasking REALLY effect an otherwise great looking system</p> <p>2) Just ask yourself “What would Hunter do?”</p> Stu on "MIXing about with Windows Phone 7" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/mixing-about-with-windows-phone-7#post-1681 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:46:15 +0000 Stu 1681@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Stu</span></div><p>I wonder what’s changed from a development pov in Win Mob 7? I haven’t developed Win Mob for several years, but it was always a pretty awful exercise – particularly when it came to the UI. Are app developers going to be able to salvage everything the currently have and just re-skin their app UI for Win Mob 7? Or has the core functionality changed underneath? Is it still based on a sort of retarded half cousin to the Win32 API?</p> <p>The Grand Canyon is an impressive piece of nature that’s for sure. You won’t regret visiting it.</p> Ben on "MIXing about with Windows Phone 7" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/mixing-about-with-windows-phone-7#post-1680 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:46:14 +0000 Ben 1680@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <blockquote><p>I won’t lie to you: I’m excited. It’s my first trip to Ameristan, and I’m hoping to get some hands-on time with some Windows Phone 7 gear.</p></blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/2010/03/mixing-about-with-windows-phone-7/">MIXing about with Windows Phone 7</a></p> <script type="text/javascript">AKPC_IDS += ",";</script><p class="akpc_pop">Popularity: unranked <span class="akpc_help">[<a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/popularity-contest" title="What does this mean?">?</a>]</span></p> Anthony on "Navman MY500XT: Bouquets and Brickbats" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/navman-my500xt-bouquets-and-brickbats/page/2#post-1651 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:27:16 +0000 Anthony 1651@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Anthony</span></div><p>Navman MY500XT is terrible</p> <p>GPS Unit<br /> a. does not include have major locations such as Sydney Airport<br /> b. Does not sync with Iphone 3G Bluetooth<br /> c. Extremely limited range of local services in the directories (Petrol, food, parking, tourist etc) compared with other GPS units</p> <p>Navdesk software<br /> d. POI uploader does not work (CSV files are not imported. Additionally, the software does not allow you to import POI descriptions (only lat/Long locations)<br /> e. Unable to import locations from previous GPS units<br /> f. Unable to plan trips from the software to load onto the GPS (other GPS software brands make this basic function available)<br /> g. Unable to add places from the computer to load onto the GPS (other GPS software brands make this basic function available)<br /> General support<br /> h. After contacting Navman 40 times, via webpage (one webmail per problem) and phoning customer support I have not heard back although they promised to send further information</p> Phil on "Hey Orcon, can you hear me now?" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/hey-orcon-can-you-hear-me-now/page/2#post-1648 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:31:16 +0000 Phil 1648@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Phil</span></div><p>Hurray! Just got a response on my support call. Now I’ll have to wait and see if the execution is as good as the promises. </p> <p>I’d like to be more positive but the comedy of errors experienced over the last 6 months does not permit this.</p> <p>Thank you Duncan for moving this along.</p> rob-nz on "Apple lawsuit against HTC" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/apple-lawsuit-against-htc#post-1646 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:56:42 +0000 rob-nz 1646@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Possibly, although a lot of owners of recent high spec HTC Winmo 6.5 phones (like HD2)may be disappointed when it comes to upgrade time.</p> <p><a href="http://bitURL.net/?xt65an" rel="nofollow">http://bitURL.net/?xt65an</a> </p> Ben on "Apple lawsuit against HTC" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/apple-lawsuit-against-htc#post-1645 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:50:37 +0000 Ben 1645@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>I was wondering if it's a pre-emptive strike against Windows Phone 7. I'd imagine that the initial WP7 devices will be built by HTC. </p> rob-nz on "Apple lawsuit against HTC" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/apple-lawsuit-against-htc#post-1642 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:29:25 +0000 rob-nz 1642@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>As everyone no doubt knows by now, Apple has launched a patent infringement lawsuit against HTC.</p> <p>Engadget has done a review of the 20 listed patent infringements and it makes interestting reading.</p> <p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/apple-vs-htc-a-patent-breakdown/" rel="nofollow">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/apple-vs-htc-a-patent-breakdown/</a></p> <p>A couple of things are fairly obvious; this might be filed against HTC, but the number of OS level patents cited suggest Google and Android are squarely in Apples sights.</p> <p>Second,the suits are filed in two different jusisdictions, the ITC and the US District Court. The different patents listed in the two filings are also interesting for the glimpse they give into apple's strategy here.</p> <p>Lastly, it's interesting that multi-touch didn't get a look in. It may be that Apple realised that the prior work of the likes of Geoff Han and Microsoft in this field might make it a difficult barrow to push. </p> Glen Barnes on "Video: Kitchen Gadgets" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/video-kitchen-gadgets#post-1628 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:57:51 +0000 Glen Barnes 1628@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">Glen Barnes</span></div><p>The KitchenAid <a href="http://www.kitchenaid.com/product/KICA0WH.uts" rel="nofollow">Ice Cream attachment</a> is a must as well. I pretty much make up ice cream every few days – The latest batch is mascarpone plum ice cream.</p> M Freitas on "The iPad Killer App" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/the-ipad-killer-app#post-1627 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:20:48 +0000 M Freitas 1627@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name">M Freitas</span></div><p>Thanks. You are good too.</p>