Re: Technology and Gadgets Thread

by **Schuy1** on Tue 5 Jul - 15:57:23

Hi Guys,

Breaking News:

Sony just signed up with this Aussie company called Audio Pixels Limited ....... their Invention enables the production of speaker products that deliver performance that is many orders of magnitude better than conventional speaker technologies, all in an affordable package that is only one millimetre thick.

Check them out here: http://www.audiopixels.com.au/index.cfm/audio-pixels/

Might pay to buy shares in them maybe??

Looks like the days of BIG speaker boxes are gonna be really over !!!! cheers

by **Rus-Evo** on Wed 6 Jul - 12:59:12

I thought that to get bass, you needed to move a lot of air (hence the big cones for bass). So how does this stuff work?

by **Rus-Evo** on Wed 6 Jul - 13:02:18

Sorry Schuy1, but that product description looks like it was written by a marketing guy.......who has been sniffing the same products as the promoters of the USF1 team.

I mean "many orders of magnitude better"....&......."affordable"

by **Schuy1** on Wed 6 Jul - 14:57:39

Yeah Rus - I reckon it is written by some marketing guy ...... after all, it is NEW patented technology, so I guess at this stage we are not going to get a whole lot of info re the workings of the speakers - only on how good the company shares are to invest in!!

Time will tell, I guess.

by **Mach** on Thu 7 Jul - 0:00:34

Schuy1 wrote:Yeah Rus - I reckon it is written by some marketing guy ...... after all, it is NEW patented technology, so I guess at this stage we are not going to get a whole lot of info re the workings of the speakers - only on how good the company shares are to invest in!!

Time will tell, I guess.

WHAT!!!!!! BETTER STOP MY STOCK BROKER!!!!!!!!!!

by **Rus-Evo** on Thu 7 Jul - 3:00:45

Stuff like thats a huge gamble. take a punt but only if u can afford to loose it. You seem like a gambler Mach;)

by **Mach** on Fri 8 Jul - 0:19:31

Rus-Evo wrote:Stuff like thats a huge gamble. take a punt but only if u can afford to loose it.)

Truer words were never spoken!

Rus-Evo wrote:You seem like a gambler Mach;)

Very perceptive mate....it stopped after I graduated from college. Working for all that money wasn't fun to loos at the horse track, poker and billiard tables Cool

by **MissFinn** on Tue 12 Jul - 1:31:51

http://www.flixxy.com/my-blackberry-is-not-working.htmhttp://www.flixxy.com/my-blackberry-is-not-working.htm

This is it...
It's just not working.... Rolling Eyes

by **WebHead** on Tue 12 Jul - 8:19:28

I see today in the news that Apple is now suing HTC. Rolling Eyes

by **PURIST** on Tue 12 Jul - 9:44:27

I just don't like Apple.

by **Rus-Evo** on Tue 12 Jul - 12:40:15

I dont like Apple due to:

1, Over priced
2, Over hyped
3, Over restricted

I repect Apple due to:

1, Rebranding the smartphone into something I want
2, Rebranding the tab so as to practically reinvent it.
3, Their OSs and apps on mobile devices appear to work very well

So I hope they invent/reinvent/rejig some other idea so that I can wait 18mths to get a nice inexpensive version from a 3rd party copier.

by **Rus-Evo** on Tue 12 Jul - 12:41:40

Would the Smartphones (that seemingly everyone has) be the same without Apple and what they did for the iphone?

Im not sure. Credit where credit is due........the smartphones I saw before the iphone came out dont seem to cut the mustard,

by **MissFinn** on Tue 12 Jul - 13:34:22

WebHead wrote:I see today in the news that Apple is now suing HTC.

Easy you can even sue me, after breaking my own promise. Wink

I bet at Apple wins 8-4 over HTC...

by **WebHead** on Tue 12 Jul - 18:31:58

You would have to sue yourself, I would think, if you broke your own promise. Laughing

There were plenty of high quality smart phones pre-apple, but they cost quite a pretty penny. The App market is a great new thing we can credit them for. Competition is always a good thing in any market. Something that Apple is beginning to strangle with their disingenuous law suits.

I am quite certain that iPhone will eventually go the way of MacOS, where Android becomes the Windows platform of mobile phones. The hardware-locked-to-software approach is an inferior business model long term (IMO), and a tough pill for me to swallow.

And I exhibit iPad as proof that Apple can sell anything they put their label on. I can't imagine not having buyers remorse after falling for that one. Laughing

by **arizal_adl** on Wed 13 Jul - 5:45:22

Remorse on having iPad? Not me, nor my whole family, especially my 2-year old. Its amazing to watch her navigate thru iPhone/ipad, while struggling with my BB.

by **Rus-Evo** on Wed 13 Jul - 6:02:52

Any one using the new Opera Mobile browser yet? Im not hating it so far, its a bit smarter than before

by **PURIST** on Wed 13 Jul - 6:17:45

Rus-Evo wrote:Would the Smartphones (that seemingly everyone has) be the same without Apple and what they did for the iphone?

Im not sure. Credit where credit is due........the smartphones I saw before the iphone came out dont seem to cut the mustard,

I agree. I give Apple credit for making the smartphone the way it is, especially in the interface and the application fronts. However, it seems very often that they try to kill their competitors. We, the consumers, need competition to get better products and to receive better service. They try to build Apple empire, which annoys a lot of people including me.

by **WebHead** on Wed 13 Jul - 7:38:05

arizal_adl wrote:Remorse on having iPad? Not me, nor my whole family, especially my 2-year old. Its amazing to watch her navigate thru iPhone/ipad, while struggling with my BB.

Yeh, I saw a kid playing a game on an iPad on the tram going to the Melbourne GP. Completely oblivious to his surroundings. My little cousin is 9 years old and I bet he couldn't find his way home from school, he just plays games the whole way in the car. Heck he plays games whilst walking through the shopping mall.

But that is a separate, different issue. Wink

by **lightmas** on Wed 13 Jul - 7:49:05

PURIST wrote:
Rus-Evo wrote:Would the Smartphones (that seemingly everyone has) be the same without Apple and what they did for the iphone?

Im not sure. Credit where credit is due........the smartphones I saw before the iphone came out dont seem to cut the mustard,

I agree. I give Apple credit for making the smartphone the way it is, especially in the interface and the application fronts. However, it seems very often that they try to kill their competitors. We, the consumers, need competition to get better products and to receive better service. They try to build Apple empire, which annoys a lot of people including me.

They have been taking lessons from Microsoft, who like to kill competitors, but Apple did indeed move things on, making it more mass market. The UI is very nice and an idiot could use it.

by **arizal_adl** on Wed 13 Jul - 7:50:02

PURIST wrote:
Rus-Evo wrote:Would the Smartphones (that seemingly everyone has) be the same without Apple and what they did for the iphone?

Im not sure. Credit where credit is due........the smartphones I saw before the iphone came out dont seem to cut the mustard,

I agree. I give Apple credit for making the smartphone the way it is, especially in the interface and the application fronts. However, it seems very often that they try to kill their competitors. We, the consumers, need competition to get better products and to receive better service. They try to build Apple empire, which annoys a lot of people including me.

That blame is probably for the competitors not being able to match Apple. Just like RBR right now.

by **arizal_adl** on Wed 13 Jul - 7:52:01

lightmas wrote:
They have been taking lessons from Microsoft, who like to kill competitors, but Apple did indeed move things on, making it more mass market. The UI is very nice and an idiot could use it.

I thought Microsoft usually bought their competitors rather than killing them.
You are not saying I am an idiot, are you?? mrgreen

by **lightmas** on Wed 13 Jul - 8:45:58

hmmm..no ha

Yea they usually buy there competitor then close it I think

by **Rus-Evo** on Wed 13 Jul - 10:02:57

I want to tether an iTouch to my Vodafone 845....... the phone is so small I could carry both easily when I needed to........ then I would have Android and Apple apps, as well as GPS and 3G. Only thing is that Android phones that are probably almost as good as an iTouch are now only about $100 more than an itouch..... so a better phone is likely the smartest bet. Would also be better for satnav

If I do take the darkside it would only be with an itouch......no other apple tempts me........ the forbidden fruit lols.

by **lightmas** on Wed 13 Jul - 10:05:13

I had an ipod touch Smile

by **Schuy1** on Wed 13 Jul - 10:17:46

I have a new iPod Touch 4G

... addicted to playing High Noon - cool game!!!! Laughing