http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:51:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145654 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:46:58 +0000 Dick Everyman 145654@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>None of them will last as long as the Rosetta Stone. Just check out its applications!</p> <p>Rosetta is a dynamic binary translator for Mac OS X that allows many PowerPC applications to run on certain Intel-based Macintosh computers without modification.</p> <p>You have to hand it to those Ancient Egyptians </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145579 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:32:40 +0000 theumpire 145579@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Beware flies! I have an HP TouchSmart PC, and a fly walked across the screen yesterday; selected four lines of my work in progress so that when I typed the next character, it all disappeared. Technology is going too fast for a wrinkly like me.</p> <p>Thank the Lord for Control-Z. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145546 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:11:22 +0000 Idiot 145546@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I agree about the Apple v Android thing - I just wanted to pass on a little advice based on experience. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145538 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:37:03 +0000 waylandsmithy 145538@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Before this descends into another forum Apple/Android war, I'd say the Apple is likely to be slicker, but the Nexus is better value. Also, the Apple is too wide to hold in one hand if you have stubby little fingers. But both Apple and Google are bastards. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145527 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:35:29 +0000 Idiot 145527@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A friend bought a Nexus recently and within a couple of days she was calling me asking if I could help turn the damn thing on again - it was stuck in some kind of sleep mode and it took a google search of forums to get it working (ended up having to hold down the power button for 30 seconds). Say what you like about Apple stuff but their old slogan 'it just works' still holds true, at least in my experience. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145526 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:35:04 +0000 godly1966 145526@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I can’t afford all this new technology so I’ve painted my Etch a Sketch black and pretend to have an iPad, no one so far has noticed. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145525 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:23:23 +0000 The All New Jeni B 145525@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I was really disappointed at the price range of the iPad Mini.</p> <p>Initially, when the rumours of one first started, it was touted to be priced at around the $100 mark. </p> <p>It's an awful lot of dosh for what it is, and I'm a fan of the intuitive nature of Apple products.</p> <p>I think I'll save up for a full-sized one instead. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145520 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:13:02 +0000 sigmund 145520@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>iPads are brilliant for skimming across ponds. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145507 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:20:51 +0000 Carter 145507@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Are I-Pads good for gaming? I am tempted as they are so much smaller than a laptop but if I can't go to Skyrim or Arkham City on one then it's not happening. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145487 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:45:17 +0000 beau-jolly 145487@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I have a mobile device which I use as a camera and alarm clock. Sometimes I think I hear voices.<br /> Just seen a news item saying Waterstones are going to sell Kindles. What's that all about? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145479 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:01:19 +0000 waylandsmithy 145479@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You can lock stuff on the Nexus. There's parental controls for Google Play and Chrome. Plus, you can use OpenDNS on your router to filter content into your house, that would work for all laptops and tablets. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145472 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:29:18 +0000 charlies_hat 145472@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Exactly Seymour - It's Denis Norden Tourettes. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145461 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:46:14 +0000 seymour totti 145461@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Is it just me, or does anyone else find it difficult to pick up an ipad without pretending to be Denis Norden ?</blockquote></p> <p>In other words, (picks up I-Pad and speaks in Denis Norden style) "If you're one of those people...." </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145451 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:53:01 +0000 charlies_hat 145451@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I bought an Ipad a few months ago, and can't stop moaning about it.</p> <p>No Flash supported, no individual user preferences, no parental controls - so kids have 100% internet access. It's just another bloody screen in the house for kids to want to be on.</p> <p>Just a few of my moans.</p> <p>I would say to anyone, <strong>Get a decent laptop</strong> - the 30 seconds log in time is not a great hardship is it ? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145449 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:48:03 +0000 waylandsmithy 145449@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Things to know about the Nexus:</p> <p>- cool reader is a great book-reading app.<br /> - you can't access Google Play with the Kindle<br /> - the kindle has advertising in standby<br /> - a 32gb Nexus is rumoured before Christmas, for the same price as the 16gb. But 16gb is ok if you only plan to stream movies and music from a cloud.<br /> - the Nexus is pretty cool. I like it a lot. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145448 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:40:51 +0000 sigmund 145448@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dmhF1rqaZk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dmhF1rqaZk</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145444 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:34:27 +0000 Stan Laurel 145444@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Wayland, I'm weighing up the Nexus 7 vs Kindle Fire HD. Anything I need to know about the Nexus?</p> <p>[PS: Sigmund - good thread!] </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145442 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:34:10 +0000 sigmund 145442@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A Flash plug-in? I prefer Persil myself. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145425 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:18:22 +0000 waylandsmithy 145425@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Keep your hair on, grandad. Some of us like to hear about new technology. I watched the iPad launch on my Nexus 7, with the help of a Flash plug-in. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145424 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:15:49 +0000 Idiot 145424@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It appears you can operate an ipad by blowing on it, as that's the first thing most people do on picking one up. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145423 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:09:06 +0000 sigmund 145423@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I don’t have a problem with people buying and using their gadgets; what irritates is the media circus around all this stuff. There are more important things. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145419 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:53:42 +0000 Psycadelic Squirrel 145419@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Think it might just have been you Charlie, but now I'll be bloody thinking it too. Hope you're happy with yourself. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145417 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:48:09 +0000 charlies_hat 145417@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Is it just me, or does anyone else find it difficult to pick up an ipad without pretending to be Denis Norden ? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145411 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:34:39 +0000 Tripod 145411@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Me. My iPad is my go-everywhere writing tablet, and I'll be getting an iPad Mini when I've got some cash to spare. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50416#post-145400 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:05:23 +0000 sigmund 145400@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Who gives a fuck? </p>