What tech did you buy today?

2009-12-02 06:11:11

#3326

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6541|CH/BR - in UK

Winston_Churchill wrote:
konfusion wrote:
Winston_Churchill wrote:
My Dad has had tons of BBs, worked fine for years and just got a Pre. He cant stand the battery life of it, he already got the extended battery pack and he still has to recharge 2-3 times per day. Its a well known, huge problem with them.
I had a Bold last. You can't do crap on that phone. The only reason it lasted so long is because I ended up just using it for calls and BBM - now I actually use my phone regularly, and I have to charge it daily - which I'm ok with... considering getting the touchstone.

-kon
What are you on? The BB is pretty much the standard for good phones. "Can't do crap"? Like 99 out of every 100 business people here use them here. Even lots of regular people (teens, etc) use them

My point is it's a business phone. Apps suck for it, its browser is worse than IE6, and it's unstable in some areas - the actual Blackberry. Besides, you have to pay an additional $10 for Blackberry service.

-kon

2009-12-02 06:20:57

#3327

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|6835|Reykjavík, Iceland.

Holy...fucking...shit...batman....max

2009-12-02 06:37:45

#3328

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6122|Carnoustie MASSIF

Sydney wrote:
Holy...fucking...shit...batman....max

batmax?

2009-12-02 10:37:57

#3329

Benzin: Member; +576|5990

konfusion wrote:
My point is it's a business phone. Apps suck for it, its browser is worse than IE6, and it's unstable in some areas - the actual Blackberry. Besides, you have to pay an additional $10 for Blackberry service.

-kon

Well then you need to better illustrate your points in your posts rather than saying "You can't do crap on that phone." If you want to do a lot of Internet browsing on the phone, yes, it's no where near the best. But if you want to actually be productive with it, it's a tough device to beat.

But you pay extra for Blackberry service? WTF? I know if I get a Blackberry here in Austria, the data plan is actually BETTER than a normal data plan with, for instance, an Android phone.

2009-12-02 11:28:22

#3330

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6730|Toronto | Canada

CapnNismo wrote:
konfusion wrote:
My point is it's a business phone. Apps suck for it, its browser is worse than IE6, and it's unstable in some areas - the actual Blackberry. Besides, you have to pay an additional $10 for Blackberry service.

-kon
Well then you need to better illustrate your points in your posts rather than saying "You can't do crap on that phone." If you want to do a lot of Internet browsing on the phone, yes, it's no where near the best. But if you want to actually be productive with it, it's a tough device to beat.

But you pay extra for Blackberry service? WTF? I know if I get a Blackberry here in Austria, the data plan is actually BETTER than a normal data plan with, for instance, an Android phone.

Yeah paying extra? Blackberry plans here are significantly cheaper than getting other phones with data plans.

I guess I took your "crap" for "something useful". If you want to do "crap" on your phone, get something else. But if you want a useful phone that is productive, a Blackberry is your best bet.

2009-12-02 11:59:03

#3331

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6650|BC, Canada

seems like "what tech did you buy today" should be changed to "the great cell phone debate"

2009-12-02 12:04:14

#3332

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6489

i bought a cable release for my camera.

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2009-12-02 12:05:40

#3333

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|5780|Catherine Black

burnzz wrote:
i bought a cable release for my camera.

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They're really useful for tripod shots when you don't wanna shake the camera.

Doing some low-light photography are we?

2009-12-02 12:19:33

#3334

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6489

yeah, new camera - need a new shutter release. i tried with a tripod, the slightest toch sets the fucker off. kinda like Sambo . . .

2009-12-02 12:21:31

#3335

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|5780|Catherine Black

burnzz wrote:
yeah, new camera - need a new shutter release. i tried with a tripod, the slightest toch sets the fucker off. kinda like Sambo . . .

Gives a shout when you get some pics then, I assume you'll update the flickr thread?

2009-12-02 12:24:17

#3336

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6489

as i can, i have a backlog of San Diego pictures to go thru . . .

2009-12-02 13:11:07

#3337

IrishGrimReaper: Field Marshal | o |; +142|6713|Ireland | Monaghan

Got my stuff! Will let you know how the mouse pad is after some days using it, so far though. It feels pretty sturdy and I like it!

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edit: Forgot the pic lulz

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2009-12-03 12:57:59

#3338

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|6757|Cambridge (UK)

Ordered on Tuesday, not 'today', but anyway...

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2009-12-03 13:20:31

#3339

IrishGrimReaper: Field Marshal | o |; +142|6713|Ireland | Monaghan

Just an FYI for whoever wants to know what the mouse pad is like. It's awesome. Feels good to use, has like a gripy feel to it, in a sturdy way without hindering movement atall! Feels good on your palm too!

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2009-12-03 21:58:24

#3340

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6541|CH/BR - in UK

Winston_Churchill wrote:
CapnNismo wrote:
konfusion wrote:
My point is it's a business phone. Apps suck for it, its browser is worse than IE6, and it's unstable in some areas - the actual Blackberry. Besides, you have to pay an additional $10 for Blackberry service.

-kon
Well then you need to better illustrate your points in your posts rather than saying "You can't do crap on that phone." If you want to do a lot of Internet browsing on the phone, yes, it's no where near the best. But if you want to actually be productive with it, it's a tough device to beat.

But you pay extra for Blackberry service? WTF? I know if I get a Blackberry here in Austria, the data plan is actually BETTER than a normal data plan with, for instance, an Android phone.
Yeah paying extra? Blackberry plans here are significantly cheaper than getting other phones with data plans.

I guess I took your "crap" for "something useful". If you want to do "crap" on your phone, get something else. But if you want a useful phone that is productive, a Blackberry is your best bet.

I can email just as well on another phone. Like the Pre. Most of what I do is over the web - the calendar is integrated much better, my contacts are synced automatically - this phone actually saves people like me time, by not having to chase after contacts like with the BB. I can't think of one thing the BB does well. Even email is just about decent. The only real prominent thing about it is its service, and I've had outages of days of that.

Productivity my ass. It's just simplification. Might as well get a Nokia. Again, name one thing it does better than another phone. One.

And in the UK, from what I've seen, Blackberrys are more expensive because of the additional £5 BB Service charge.

-kon

2009-12-04 00:59:22

#3341

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,810|6097|eXtreme to the maX

400W Corsair PSU - 30A on 12V seemed handy
ECS 9500GT GFX - Hey its better than my X600.... a little... I didn't want a huge noisy card for the occasional gaming, and my case couldn't take much more. Plays BF2 and COD4 10x better.
2Gb Corsair DDR2 RAM, its all they had in the shop....

So I still have the lowest specced rig here amirite?

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2009-12-04 04:29:16

#3342

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6122|Carnoustie MASSIF

Dilbert_X wrote:
400W Corsair PSU - 30A on 12V seemed handy
ECS 9500GT GFX - Hey its better than my X600.... a little... I didn't want a huge noisy card for the occasional gaming, and my case couldn't take much more. Plays BF2 and COD4 10x better.
2Gb Corsair DDR2 RAM, its all they had in the shop....

So I still have the lowest specced rig here amirite?

Depends on your processor, I might be a little worse off than you.

2009-12-04 04:36:04

#3343

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,810|6097|eXtreme to the maX

Pentium 4 3GHz.

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2009-12-04 04:37:45

#3344

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6122|Carnoustie MASSIF

Dilbert_X wrote:
Pentium 4 3GHz.

Yeah, you do have a worse rig than me I used to be running a p4 2.2ghz with 1gb ram, and a radeon 9600

2009-12-04 07:44:08

#3345

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6406|Finland

My 8th 8800. Pun intented.

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2009-12-04 07:58:28

#3346

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6559|NYC / Hamburg

Lol, you get another 8800, while I just got rid of 4 of them

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2009-12-04 08:05:19

#3347

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6189|Winland

max wrote:
Lol, you get another 8800, while I just got rid of 4 of them

How'd you get rid of them?

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-12-04 08:10:04

#3348

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6559|NYC / Hamburg

T32 Winter Blaze Folding Contest

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2009-12-04 12:57:31

#3349

Benzin: Member; +576|5990

max wrote:
T32 Winter Blaze Folding Contest

burn them all up?

2009-12-05 07:49:08

#3350

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6122|Carnoustie MASSIF

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
My 8th 8800. Pun intented.

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Worth getting for my rig?

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