Jobs is out

[swake]

The reason Google bought Moto is to ease themselves of patent infringement suits which Apple has been on the warpath about.  Mainly that, anyway.

You might want to look at what Moto Mobility does other than phones and think about what Google might want to do with that.....

[jne]

Personally, I  can see no problems with our android pad, and with the keyboard (all still fits in my wifes purse), it got us to quit laptopping cold turkey

[custosnox]

Personally, I  can see no problems with our android pad, and with the keyboard (all still fits in my wifes purse), it got us to quit laptopping cold turkey

I might have to check into pads next semester, ya know, for "school".  I'll look a little deeper on android's, but I will admit that Android has been an unstable base for a phone.  While not real bad, mine rarely crashes, but a crash at the wrong time when doing a big research project can be a very, very bad thing.  So then it goes from a very minor annoyance to a big issue.


As far as the patent stuff goes, the biggest patent (or copyright as this case is) nazi I've seen is George Lucas, yet I've never seen him manufacture evidence.  You know, because this pad has identical proportions to ours... as long as you stretch it this way and that... so it's violates our patent.

[Hoss]

I might have to check into pads next semester, ya know, for "school".  I'll look a little deeper on android's, but I will admit that Android has been an unstable base for a phone.  While not real bad, mine rarely crashes, but a crash at the wrong time when doing a big research project can be a very, very bad thing.  So then it goes from a very minor annoyance to a big issue.


As far as the patent stuff goes, the biggest patent (or copyright as this case is) nazi I've seen is George Lucas, yet I've never seen him manufacture evidence.  You know, because this pad has identical proportions to ours... as long as you stretch it this way and that... so it's violates our patent.

My question is this:  why are you using a smartphone for doing research on a project?  I wouldn't even do that with an iPhone.

[Hoss]

And now it appears that Apple likes to 'modify' photos of other devices to fit it's claims of copyright infringement.  If this is true, wow...

http://www.droidmatters.com/news/samsung-says-it-has-compiled-27-doctored-pictures-in-apples-complaint/

[custosnox]

My question is this:  why are you using a smartphone for doing research on a project?  I wouldn't even do that with an iPhone.

I was referring to using a pad.  With the somewhat temperamental behavior of the Android OS, I don't think I would want to risk a research project to a pad ran by it.

[Hoss]

I was referring to using a pad.  With the somewhat temperamental behavior of the Android OS, I don't think I would want to risk a research project to a pad ran by it.

Good point.  But personally?  I wouldn't use a pad for research.  Probably a netbook or small notebook.  And I'd use Windows.

[Hoss]

You might want to look at what Moto Mobility does other than phones and think about what Google might want to do with that.....

I know exactly what they do outside of phones.  But I still say this was a play to alleviate the copyright/patent infringement suits.  Especially now since it's come to light that Apple likes to 'tinker' with demonstrative evidence.

[sgrizzle]

Technically images in a PowerPoint presentation put together by apple's legal team looked "about the same size"

Because.. Ya know... Everyone who uses PowerPoint makes sure the images are perfectly proportioned.

[Hoss]

Technically images in a PowerPoint presentation put together by apple's legal team looked "about the same size"

Because.. Ya know... Everyone who uses PowerPoint makes sure the images are perfectly proportioned.

But when you're making spurious copyright infringement claims, it would behoove you to get your technical stuff down.  Just sayin'...

[sgrizzle]

Here's Google's way of doing business:

August 17th, 2011: Launch new photo social network called "Photovine"
August 18th, 2011: Release Photovine mobile app, but not for Android.
August 26th, 2011: Shut down new photo social network called "Photovine."


I'm starting to think Google's MO is "throw sh-- at the wall and see if it sticks"
Other recent notable steaming failures:
Google Wave
Google Buzz
Google TV
Google Latitude

Honorable Mentions:
Google Music
Orkut

[nathanm]

I'm starting to think Google's MO is "throw sh-- at the wall and see if it sticks"

That is precisely their plan. What's wrong with that? It's better than doing the same old sh-- like everybody else.

[Hoss]

That is precisely their plan. What's wrong with that? It's better than doing the same old sh-- like everybody else.

Exactly.  That's why Google is where it is.

I'm beginning to think Scott is more of an Apple fanboy than I thought...

[nathanm]

I'm beginning to think Scott is more of an Apple fanboy than I thought...

Once you're at the point of berating Google for trying new things to make Apple look better for having not done anything new in several decades, you are a talking duck.

[Townsend]

Looks like we're bringing pocket protectors to a gun fight today.

Mount up.  We're taking out the AV club.