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12/07/09
VMware would really shake things up if it blurred the barriers of hardware. I don't think the carriers will go for it, though. Handset vendors won't care as much, except Apple, whose whole game is "the total user experience" anyway.
12/08/09
(nb Java != JavaScript)
12/08/09
My point is that VMWare would have less work to do as far as supporting basic I/O since it would be piping in a manner similar in all 3 OSes. They are more similar than dissimilar.
12/07/09
There are so many things f**ked the hell up with the wireless industry the ability to load your own OS barely even registers on the radar. How about we start by getting the carriers to discount service for those of us whose devices they aren't subsidizing. Once that happens buying unlocked becomes a much better value proposition, then with the carriers, and their desire for artificial market segmentation, out of the way a multi-boot smartphone might be possible.
People from the FCC / congress, if you're reading this, make it happen.
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The iPhone's hardware precludes the loading of other OSes. One of the core means of doing this is via booting from a microSD card which the iPhone famously lacks.
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Thing is, as fast as we can get some of our phones to move, they are all slow. I mean, compared to desktop space, where you can fly through the internet, download videos in a flash (pun totally intended). I am not in the least bit interested in seeing how Android would run on the specs of a current phone if it had to include a bunch of software to support the myriad of hardware that's out there now. Maybe it won't be too much longer before hardware gets crazy fast, but as long as we're still measuring CPU speeds in "OMG! 1GHZ?!", I'd rather wait it out.
I think you're dead on in a lot of what it's going to take to get there....but when I think back to what the software world was like when my desktop ran on a 600 Mhz processor and 256 MB of RAM, I'm less than inclines to think I want anything but a specialized, heavily tweaked, custom-built piece of software running on my phone. Some of the improvements have come from faster software, sure, but I think we owe a good deal of faster desktops now to faster hardware.
In the long run, I am right there with you. And I think it deserves the call to action now that it will take to get there someday. But I don't think I'd want to see what that would look like in 2010.
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Unfortunately that project seems to have died.
12/02/09
My idea was for a color magazine reader with clickable ads for revenue and the ability to download any participating magazine over wifi. I didn't have touchscreen in mind, but obviously we all know it would work brilliantly at this point. In my head it was thin like the Kindle, but I don't think technology would've allowed it at the time. It would've made me millions.
Hell it doesn't seem like that's stopped anyone yet though. To the blueprints!
12/02/09
More websites have also put still photography on the back-burner; sure, you can say "why do still photos when online video is so easy," but there's something to be said for a beautiful photo for many, and I'm sure I'm not the only one here.
I do think you are right, Jesus, and I do think the dissemination of good writing is better than the dissemination of empty shells that simply look good. But as someone who works in print media (I know, I know, my medium is dying, I'm a dinosaur, etc.), I have to stand up for one point, which is that there is definitely a group of people for whom aesthetics is important, and my fear is that we are approaching a time period when no one will give a damn about things like that anymore.
12/02/09
As technology barriers decrease I'm sure we'll be seeing more and more done focusing on the aesthetics of articles rather than just the subject matter.
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A great article on the topic can be found over at Smashing Magazine (though to be honest, I find that this particular author's presentation is a little too messy, undermining the value of his point) and I'd recommend giving the following sites a look-see:
[dustincurtis.com]
[jasonsantamaria.com]
Though the blogs on these sites have consistent elements like their navigation, the presentation for each article varies depending on the content.
I personally think that this is where Time Magazine should be going. Leave print design to print. Use web design to its fullest abilities and create a true "blogazine" (but don't call it a blogazine, because that sounds stupid)
12/02/09
That alone makes the above image look way too old to be "the next new format".
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Thank you Giz for knowing how a blog should work!
12/02/09
But, they still love spending money on stupid shit like SUV's, tom-toms and e-readers. I'm sure they'll snap up this 'tablet' device that will support these crazy 'digital magazines'.
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I felt the same way about Gourmet Magazine... not that it really stood a chance w/ epicurious and food network these days... but still.
12/02/09
Being able to click the pictures above a recipe and watch a video of it being made, all while being coherently put together in a way that doesnt boggle the mind. Web sites are great for taking in a lot of content. But regardless of which page you are on, it pretty much all looks the same. There is no special attention to the look and feel of the article you are reading, just the same ads you saw on the first page, on this page now, with the same header etc. People love attention to detail and eye popping unique design, whether they know it or not. You simply do not get this on a web site in a per article way at all.
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Instead it will be once they finally figure out how to get around their parent's internet filtering.
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