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Venlafaxine ER Long-Term Extension Study for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
This study has been completed.
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First received: November 29, 2011
Last updated: February 20, 2014
Last verified: February 2014
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This is a phase 3, flexible-dose, open-label, multi-center study. The subjects who complete the week 8 visit in the prior double-blind study (B2411263) will be eligible to participate in this study. This study consists of 10 month treatment phase and 1-3 week tapering phase. The 2 follow-up visits will be evaluated after 2 weeks and 4 weeks of last study medication dosing.
Major Depressive Disorder
Drug: Venlafaxine ER
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Open-Label Long-Term Extension Study To Evaluate The Safety And Efficacy Of Venlafaxine Er In Adult Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: Venlafaxine Venlafaxine hydrochlorideU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Pfizer:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Number of Participants with Adverse Events [ Time Frame: 10 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Number of Participants with clinical significant vital, laboratory tests, ECG changes [ Time Frame: 10 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Number of Participants with suicidality risk [ Time Frame: 10 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, 17 items (HAM-D17) total score [ Time Frame: 10 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S) [ Time Frame: 10 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Clinical Global Impression-Improvement (CGI-I) [ Time Frame: 10 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report, 16 items (QIDS16-SR-J) [ Time Frame: 10 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Venlafaxine ER
Drug: Venlafaxine ER
Treatment phase: 10 months (75-225 mg/day), oral administration Tapering phase: 1-3 weeks (stepwise dose reduction: 150-37.5 mg/day), oral administration
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Outpatients who have completed 8 weeks double-blind study (B2411263), without major protocol violations or tolerability concerns in the opinion of the investigator.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clinically important abnormalities on baseline (Week 8 of the double-blind study) physical examination, or any unresolved clinically significant abnormalities on electrocardiogram (ECG), laboratory test results, or vital signs recorded before Week 8 in the previous double-blind study.
- Significant risk of suicide based on clinical judgment.
- Use of prohibited treatments
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01485887
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01485887
|Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital
|Inzai, Chiba, Japan
|Nakamoto Clinic
|Noda City, Chiba, Japan
|Stress Care Yoshimura Clinic
|Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan
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|Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan
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|Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan
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|Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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|Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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|Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
|Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Hospital
|Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
|Himorogi Psychiatric Institute
|Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan
|Kuranari Psychiatry Clinic
|Fukuoka, Japan
|Stress Care Yoshimura Clinic
|Fukuoka, Japan
|Tenjin Mental Clinic
|Fukuoka, Japan
|Medical Corporation Toyokokai Tawara Clinic
|Kanagawa, Japan
|Sagaarashiyama-Tanaka Clinic
|Kyoto, Japan
Sponsors and Collaborators
|Study Director:
|Pfizer CT.gov Call Center
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Additional Information:
No publications provided
Keywords provided by Pfizer:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 25, 2014
Additional Information:
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01485887 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 29, 2011
|Last Updated:
|February 20, 2014
|Health Authority:
|Japan: Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
Keywords provided by Pfizer:
Venlafaxine ER
long-term extension
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depressive Disorder
Depressive Disorder, Major
Behavioral Symptoms
Mental Disorders
Mood Disorders
Pathologic Processes
Antidepressive Agents
Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
Central Nervous System Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Neurotransmitter Agents
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Psychotropic Drugs
Serotonin Agents
Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
Therapeutic Uses
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$500K bail for 2 charged in attempted robbery, kidnapping at AT&T store
BY JON SEIDEL Staff Reporter email@example.com May 26, 2013 7:28PM
Prosecutors hit two Chicago men with several counts of kidnapping and attempted armed robbery after they allegedly held captive customers of an AT&T store in the Southwest Suburbs and led police on a high-speed chase Thursday.
Lavell Fort, 20, of the West Chesterfield neighborhood and Stephen Jakes, 26, from Back of the Yards, each face seven counts of aggravated kidnapping and attempted armed robbery. Fort also is charged with aggravated fleeing and Jakes is charged with being an armed habitual criminal.
Cook County Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil ordered each held in lieu of $500,000 during a bond hearing Sunday at the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building.
Assistant State's Attorney Leslie Billings said Jakes and an unidentified man entered an AT&T store Thursday in the 9400 block of Joliet Road in Hodgkins, announced a robbery and put a gun to the manager's head. She said they ordered five customers and two employees to drop their cellphones and go to the back of the store.
One customer got away, she said, by running out the rear door and pulling it closed. The unidentified suspect tried to pull it open but couldn't, so he and Jakes fled. Billings said the five customers left the store and saw Fort in a red Oldsmobile Alero. One wrote down the license plate number and called police.
Billings said Hickory Hills police saw that car and began a pursuit that led west on Joliet Road to southbound Interstate 55. The chase — during which Billings said the suspects drove faster than 100 mph at times — ended when the car crashed into another vehicle at Weber and Boughton roads.
The prosecutor told the judge that Jakes was in the car with Fort, and the men tried to run off before they were caught.

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10 tips for better battery life for Android phones
Summary: Battery life on Android phones is better than it used to be but it can still sometimes be a chore to get through a busy day with juice left in the tank. These tips will go a long way to get you safely back to the charger.
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Keep your phone cool
It's not common knowledge but some folks in the know ensure me that letting the phone get too hot can impact the battery life. I'm told the impact on the battery is particularly noticeable at 95 degrees and above so if you live in a hot climate as I do you'd better keep the phone out of the heat.
If it's very hot outside you don't want to be walking in the heat with your phone in hand, as that exposes it directly to the heat. Keep the phone in a bag or a pocket as much as possible to keep the battery from taking a hit.
If you go to a hot place like the beach, don't leave your phone sitting out in the sun as that will surely suck life out of the battery.
Turn down the screen brightness
This is obvious but worth mentioning. The display on Android phones is the biggest drain of battery, so it makes sense to turn it down as low as possible. This can add hours of life to the battery.
Android phones have an auto-brightness setting that automatically adjusts the screen brightness based on ambient room light. This normally works fine but when trying to sqeeze the most up-time on a charge it is worth turning off. Then you set the brightness manually to the lowest setting that is comfortable to still see the screen. It's worth repeating that this can add hours of battery life on a given day.
Reduce screen timeout
Android phones will automatically dim and then turn off the display after a set interval. It's worth setting this interval as short as possible which will have a good impact on battery life.
Some Samsung Galaxy phones, like my Note 2, have another setting called Smart stay. This prevents the screen from dimming and timing out if it detects the user is looking at the screen. This is a great utility and makes it possible to set the timeout interval shown above to as short as possible. The screen won't keep turning off while you're using the phone, but will do so if you're not using it after a few seconds.
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Oulu city centre minutes from hotel's location on Gulf of Bothnia
A location near the Oulu River, on the Gulf of Bothnia and in the midst of the Oulu city centre makes this hotel's accommodation a perfect choice for any getaway. Enjoy beautiful park surroundings and easy access to the railway and bus stations, just over one kilometre away. The Oulu Airport can be reached in 16.5 kilometres.
Oulu is well known as northern Finland's business, trade and educational centre. Home to a university and high-tech companies like Nokia, the city is also an artistic destination with theatres, symphony orchestras and galleries. Considered the gateway to Lapland, Oulu provides a charming stop on the way to or from the North.
Nearby transport:
- Taxi stand - adjacent to hotel
- Railway and bus stations - 1.3 km
- Oulu Airport - 16.5 km


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has lost a fight with truck engine makers over an earlier decision allowing Navistar International to sell earlier models of its engines with exhaust gas recirculation technology, even though they did not meet federal emissions rules.
The move by U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit this week will have little if any effect because Navistar's current engines meet federal regulations, using the same technology as its competitors, selective catalytic reduction.
Navistar competitors, Daimler, Mack and Volvo, were concerned that allowing the EPA decision allowing Navistar to produce non-conforming engines, while paying a financial penalty, would set a bad precedent.
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Ingesting Assets with the Media Services SDK for .NET
Updated: August 13, 2014
This topic shows how to ingest (upload) content into Media Services. In a Media Services application, ingesting tasks is the process of uploading content (assets, media files, and so on) into the system. The most fundamental content object in Media Services is an IAsset, which is a collection of metadata about a set of media files. Each IAsset contains one or more IAssetFile objects. For more detailed explanation of what an Asset in Media Services is, see Asset.
|Media Services uses the value of the IAssetFile.Name property when building URLs for the streaming content (for example, http://{WAMSAccount}.origin.mediaservices.windows.net/{GUID}/{IAssetFile.Name}/streamingParameters.) For this reason, percent-encoding is not allowed. The value of the Name property cannot have any of the following percent-encoding-reserved characters: !*'();:@&=+$,/?%#[]". Also, there can only be one '.' for the file name extension.
There are a few different approaches to ingesting assets into Media Services:
Create an Asset, create one or more AssetFiles that are associated with the Asset, and then upload the AssetFiles to Microsoft Azure Media Services. Use this approach when working with smaller sets of media files, and when not using a separate upload solution. All examples in this topic are of this type.
Bulk ingest a set of files by preparing a manifest and upload them to Microsoft Azure Media Services using a separate upload solution. For more information on this approach, see Ingesting Assets in Bulk with the Media Services SDK for .NET.
When uploading a large number of assets, consider the following.
The code in this topic shows how to perform the following common tasks:
Create an empty asset
Upload a single file
Upload multiple files from a local directory and display upload progress
To create any asset, first you must have a reference to the Media Services server context as described in the topic Connecting to Media Services with the Media Services SDK for .NET. The context object is represented by the variable named
_context in the following code examples.
Creating an empty asset
Before you can upload a file to the Media Services server, you must create an asset using the Create or CreateAsync method. Both methods take the asset name and encryption option as parameters.
When you create assets, you can specify three different options for encryption:
AssetCreationOptions.None: no encryption.
AssetCreationOptions.CommonEncryptionProtected: for Common Encryption Protected (CENC) files. An example is a set of files that are already PlayReady encrypted.
AssetCreationOptions.StorageEncrypted: storage encryption. Encrypts a clear input file before it is uploaded to Azure storage.
Note Note that Media Services only provides on-disk storage encryption, not over the wire like a Digital Rights Management solution (DRM).
CreateEmptyAsset method shows how to create an empty asset.
static private IAsset CreateEmptyAsset(string assetName, AssetCreationOptions assetCreationOptions) { var asset = _context.Assets.Create(assetName, assetCreationOptions); Console.WriteLine("Asset name: " + asset.Name); Console.WriteLine("Time created: " + asset.Created.Date.ToString()); return asset; }
Uploading a single file
The code in this section does the following:
Creates an empty Asset using the
CreateEmptyAssetmethod defined in the previous step.
Creates an AssetFile instance associated with the Asset.
Uploads the media file associated with the AssetFile into Media Services.
|The AssetFile instance and the actual media file are two distinct objects. The AssetFile instance contains metadata about the media file, while the media file contains the actual media content.
static public IAsset CreateAssetAndUploadSingleFile( AssetCreationOptions assetCreationOptions, string singleFilePath) { var assetName = "UploadSingleFile_" + DateTime.UtcNow.ToString(); var asset = CreateEmptyAsset(assetName, assetCreationOptions); var fileName = Path.GetFileName(singleFilePath); var assetFile = asset.AssetFiles.Create(fileName); Console.WriteLine("Created assetFile {0}", assetFile.Name); Console.WriteLine("Upload {0}", assetFile.Name); assetFile.Upload(singleFilePath); Console.WriteLine("Done uploading of {0}", assetFile.Name); return asset; }
Upload multiple files from a local directory and display upload progress
The code in this section does the following:
Creates an empty asset using the
CreateEmptyAssetmethod defined in the previous step.
Creates an AccessPolicy instance that defines the permissions and duration of access to the asset.
Creates a Locator instance that provides access to the asset.
Creates a BlobTransferClient instance. This type represents a client that operates on the Azure blobs. In this example we use the client to monitor the upload progress.
Enumerates through files in the specified directory and creates an AssetFile instance for each file.
Uploads the files into Media Services using the UploadAsync method.
Tip Use the UploadAsync method to ensure that the calls are not blocking and the files are uploaded in parallel.
static public IAsset CreateAssetAndUploadMultipleFiles(AssetCreationOptions assetCreationOptions, string folderPath) { var assetName = "UploadMultipleFiles_" + DateTime.UtcNow.ToString(); var asset = CreateEmptyAsset(assetName, assetCreationOptions); var accessPolicy = _context.AccessPolicies.Create(assetName, TimeSpan.FromDays(30), AccessPermissions.Write | AccessPermissions.List); var locator = _context.Locators.CreateLocator(LocatorType.Sas, asset, accessPolicy); var blobTransferClient = new BlobTransferClient(); blobTransferClient.NumberOfConcurrentTransfers = 20; blobTransferClient.ParallelTransferThreadCount = 20; blobTransferClient.TransferProgressChanged += blobTransferClient_TransferProgressChanged; var filePaths = Directory.EnumerateFiles(folderPath); Console.WriteLine("There are {0} files in {1}", filePaths.Count(), folderPath); if (!filePaths.Any()) { throw new FileNotFoundException(String.Format("No files in directory, check folderPath: {0}", folderPath)); } var uploadTasks = new List<Task>(); foreach (var filePath in filePaths) { var assetFile = asset.AssetFiles.Create(Path.GetFileName(filePath)); Console.WriteLine("Start uploading of {0}", assetFile.Name); uploadTasks.Add(assetFile.UploadAsync(filePath, blobTransferClient, locator, CancellationToken.None)); } Task.WaitAll(uploadTasks.ToArray()); Console.WriteLine("Done uploading the files"); blobTransferClient.TransferProgressChanged -= blobTransferClient_TransferProgressChanged; locator.Delete(); accessPolicy.Delete(); return asset; } static void blobTransferClient_TransferProgressChanged(object sender, BlobTransferProgressChangedEventArgs e) { Console.WriteLine("{0}% upload competed for {1}.", e.ProgressPercentage, e.LocalFile); }
You are ready to proceed to the next topic: Ingesting Assets in Bulk with the Media Services SDK for .NET.
See Also
ConceptsSetup for Development with the Media Services SDK for .NET
Connecting to Media Services with the Media Services SDK for .NET
Static Packaging
Managing Assets with the Media Services SDK for .NET
Delivering Assets with the Media Services SDK for .NET
Quotas and Limitations
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Charges Faced by Former Municipal Prosecutor Pete Kisken
Light Voter Turnout No Surprise Today
Teri Lehrke is shooting high. But the La Crosse city clerk still doubts citywide turnout in today's primary voting will be much about the seven to ten percent range. Higher, she says, in those city council districts that have primaries. Districts 7, 10, 12, 13 and 15 all have primaries today. The rest of the city of La Crosse has only the state supreme court on the ballot.
In Onalaska, a three year, multi-million dollar school funding referendum is expected to push voter turnout a little higher.
Union Rally in La Crosse
They're rallying in the capitol and they're rallying in La Crosse as well. Union reps are flooding the capitol in Madison this week, trying to blunt plans by governor Walker to cancel many collective bargaining rights of most public workers in the state. Tonight in La Crosse, union reps gather in Riverside Park at seven to rally against the proposed changes that would roll back decades-worth of gains made by unions in negotiations. The proposed changes from governor Walker would affect all public workers except police and fire fighters.
Do Not Attempt This Driving Stunt After Drinking
Among the many drunk drivers collared by La Crosse police this week-end, there was Troy Bjorge, working on his third drunk driving arrest. Police found him stuck in a snow bank on the southside in the wee hours of Sunday morning. The 27 year-old explained it this way to the officer: He was trying to impress his girlfriend by driving his truck onto the snowbank and then backing off. Said he'd done it before but this time, apparently, just went a little too far. And, police say, probably drinking a little too much to be driving in the first place.
Police, Pajamas and a Little Pot
La Crosse police rounded up a drug dealer this week-end in his pajamas. Cops say they used a wired informant to snag Willie McCoy for dealing pot on the southside. They arrested him in his home, wearing just his pajama pants. The 48 year-old denies being a drug dealer, though it's his second arrest in the last year for dealing. And they found the buy money on McCoy and a marijuana grinder in the top drawer of his kids' dresser.
Dome Collapse Affects UW-L Baseball
New video of the Viking's Metrodome roof collapse was to be released Thursday by the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. New MSFC chair Ted Mondale compared the 60-second security camera video of the Metrodome collapse to The Blair Witch Project.
Meanwhile, as folks there continue to discuss building a new roof........scheduling headaches are an every day occurence now for high school and college baseball teams that were to play in the dome this year. Take UW-L's baseball program.
Head baseball Coach, Chris Schwarz. He says they rescheduled about 6 games and double headers....better then some teams that may have to resschedule as many as 15 games.


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A series of concerts by Serbian musicians, under the name Lasciar Vibrare, brings the spirit of contemporary classical music to Studentski grad Cultural Centre.
|Guitarist Uros Dojcinovic | Photo Courtesy of Dom kulture Studentski Grad
The festival began on December 10th with a performance by composer and pianist Aleksandar Simic and his Serafimi ensemble, playing Simic's compositions Under one Roof, Tango for Her and Zodiac.
Simic's musical pieces, as well as the performance by Serafimi, erase divisions of music as 'serious' and 'popular' in an attempt to bring a young audience closer to classical values.
Uros Dojcinovic and the Rocher string quartet also performed on December 12th, with a concert for guitar and strings including compositions by Predrag Milojkovic, Petar Stajic, Dragan Knezevic and Gisle Krogseth.
Concerts included in the festival programme will take place every Wednesday until the end of December, starting at 8pm.
On December 19th the young pianist Ivan Ljuba (known as the first winner of the Serbian Big Brother) will perform several pieces under the theme The Art of Minimalism, including Metamorphosis and Études both by Philip Glass. Ljuba will also perform music from the movie The Piano, written by Michael Nyman, Für Alina by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, as well as Piano Phase by Steve Reich.
On December 26th the Belgrade Philharmonic Brass Quintet will play Trois pieces breves by Jacques Ibert, Kleine Kamermusic by Paul Hindemith, Brass Quintet no 2. by Miguel del Aguila, as well as Eugène Bozza's Scherzo for Brass Quintet.
They are everywhere from the Terazije underground passage, all the way across the Knez Mihailova Street to the Kalemegdan Park, making people happy with music played both for pleasure and money.
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Three cops spanking in mobile user ranking
Yeh, this makes sense!
I have two people I work with pulling thier hair out with three. One who tried to leave, one who joined.
the joiner had such a ballache with them customer service wise.
I'm on o2, rang up to leave on a Sunday, was offered a decent retention, received my working phone + Sim on Monday.
o2 called me up and offered me home broadband. i took it. Its over two months now and I STILL haven't got it. I live in London not Botswana.
As much as Ive lost my patience with this their customer service has been fantastic. I cant fault them, just the incompetance of their tech/BT openreach.
they are well on it and makes the difference from me wanting to <insert potentially incriminating threat similar to one aimed at Robin Hood Airport if you are that way inclined> to being ok with them dealing with whatever the hell they are having trouble with sorting out.
Still, there is a strongly worded letter ready to take aim at them because of the wait as soon as its all sorted out.
Researcher warns of iPhone phishing peril
Aye: A relatively easy problem to solve from a UI Perspective
The page would have to load pretty fast not to see the main safari chrome AND the Phishers implementation.
On Iphone 4/Ipod Touch it would be quite obvious: Web graphics look terrible on a 360dpi screen!
However I think that the solution here is more feedback to the user of the url, some kind of subtle transparent slide in bar that shows the url, until the user interacts with the screen would help.
it would spoil the imemersed experience that Iphone web apps designers have gone for but it would work.
Could the banks possibly do this on the server side using ajax/something else?
Im not security or dev guy but can see how this can be solved in numerous ways from an interaction design/Ui viewpoint.
iOS 4.2: An 'ace' for iPad, a 'meh' for iPhone
I Can't believe I didnt get a brighness control on my phone.
Makes me want to jail break!
The auto brightness just doesnt seem to have any effect so I always readjust when I change lighting situations such as night time or bright sunlight.
Twitter 'martyr' takes airport joke case to High Court
Murderous curry muncher outed on national TV
just Sayin'!
BBC new media boss defends iPlayer Flash, slaps Microsoft
I understand your rage....
But trust me, Its your Service provider, not BBC.
Its just the implementation is very ad hoc: The Service providers identify that users with <Handset> are going to kill thier network because there are so many of said handset on the network capable of doing streaming video very well. iPlayer is one of the biggest in the UK.
You should ask yourself why would the bbc randomly restrict an iphone on o2 but not a droid on voda, for example.
the fact it works on your dongle is precisely because of what you say, they use device//browser ident to do the filtering.
Its your Service provider. Not the BBC.
I wonder if your ISP can tell that your traffic is coming from your laptop instead of your phone.
Private browsing modes in four biggest browsers often fail
Thats unbelievable!
Why would they do that?
Caretaker faces jail for putting abuse images on boss's laptop
Facilities Managers
Facilities Managers can be on quite a decent wedge.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro
So Different from x10Mini??
As '80%??' Above said, Even though the percentage is the same, How can this review be so much more negative than he X10mini Review?
Surely the Pro review can only differ in the fact it has a HW Keyboard.
You cannot Zoom the Browser? Wow, You Can, And its pretty simple to do so, hardly a hidden feature.
Unlocking the screen having to press one of the 3 buttons and then 'unlock' button 'everytime'?
Press the Hardware Unlock/power button on the top of the device.
Sony Vaio M Atom 2.0 netbook
Dodgy Review Ratings
I Just dont get your review rating criteria Reg, and never have, you give such high marks that seem contradictory to what you say in your review. Based on what you have written I would guess at 60% max. but its rated at 70%, which i would say is pretty ok.
the Verdict is a great example:
The combination of a specification at the top end of the scale with Bluetooth and 802.11n wireless included, a price on the right side of £300, an attractive design and peripheral features usually found on more grown up laptops should have made the Vaio M strong competition for the slightly more expensive Samsung N220. However, the Vaio M's failings are just too many and too glaring to overlook. As it stands Sony's first attempt at a bog standard netbook is a decent enough effort hampered by a poor keyboard, weak battery and, evidently, no option to upgrade its 1GB Ram. ®
KIN'ell, Microsoft! Is that a breasticle I see before me?
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Sure Signal not so sure
I cant believe...
I cant Believe People pay for this.
CAn someone tell me who has a fentocell how you felt when you shelled out for and provide your own extra covrage on top of your mobile phone bill and Internet costs?
Why would you do that?
Mobile industry still bickering over apps
One track mind, no stakeholders, no comprimise.
Is exactly why apple succeeded in the first place, they exploited the absolute nightmare the mobile industry is, especially when trying to get people to work together and agree on something that will be mutually good for everyone, which in the end will quite possibly not much different from what customers have delivered to them now, but with a different UI on the front.
Samsung have the volume so they need shooting down as quickly as possible.
my view is one massive wholesale store> Many retail filtered store fronts for anyone who wants to have thier own store.
Simple for everyone.
Brits take iTablet moniker for 12in iPad rival
"But the iTablet runs .... Windows 7."
Which Means it wont really be that touchable because its running an OS Built for Pointer input, and will just infuriate and annoy people as they attempt to complete the same tasks but with a far inferior input device.
Tablets need Full touch OSs for them to really succeed, any that do not have this are a non starter or most of the target market.
. alas, many people will buy such items when PC world jumps on them and they will be left with an even more infuriating experience than they currently have with a full computer running a complex OS.
Adobe to Jobs: 'What the Flash do you know?'
Massive Pressure
My Macbook cooks faster than I do whilst watching porn, err I mean flash video, yet I can watch full on Movies in many other formats with the fan gently tickling my processors neck.
This is my main problem with flash: as the Youtube video abive points out nicely.
I dont have a massive hatred for it: Flash has done wonderful things for the richness of the net, but the seriously need to sort out how much it batters my processor.
so yea, its annoying, but Im all for it not being on my phone if it means my battery lasts longer.
Virgin hails 'free' landline-to-mobe calls
Charged for the Incomings
Junk calls arent really a problem over this side, and we have the 'telephone preference service' which can help alot if you are getting calls.
aside from this, I just cannot get my head around how it was ever acceptable to be charged for receiving incoming calls AND Texts, so much so it seems to be the norm.
Stranded Hartlepool pair refuse coastguard rescue
"s'seized the wood and threw it in the river".
Thats exactly what i was thinking at the start of the article.
Apple's iPad - fat iPhone without the phone
Fucking, FUNNY!!
Steve Wozniak, your time is up
Lets 'ave an article about this, please!
Lets 'ave an article about this, please!
I have to agree with this.
I love the reg for being tongue in cheek, not give a fuck articles (Miss the Ted D stuff) and sarcastic tone, couple with well writing analysis.
But this doesn't seem to make any sense.
West Country pagans tie horses in knots
Jeff Howley better watch himself
They'll be platting his hair next and burning him in massive clotted cream scone made of of Wicker whilst lord Somerset explains that it was the horseplay, and that he was the horse whilst girls of a dubious age dance naked over a cowpat.
Has he not seen what happened to his counterpart north of the borders? Leave these things well alone Jeff!
Google to mobile industry: 'F*ck you very much!'
I dont think the article was trying to imply any sympathy for the ops at all, It was a summing up of the state of play and what each players wants: Thats how I read it.
What you believe the outcome of this action by google to be is mis-led: They have essentially sucked in a large number of equipment manufacturers + Operators with a solid gold promise of 'hey, look what I got over here, Its the solution to all your development woes, and guess what: Its Free!'
Alarms bells should have rang then but they didn't, and many companies have bet the farm on Android and sucked in, Playing Google's game, where Google Made the ball, Wrote the Rules, reffed the and decided when and where you would play.
Then Google begins to decide which players get the power ups first, and which players get to know what is going to happen next, while the rest fight it out catch up style when the ball is finally 'open sourced'
After which, Google decide that they are not just happy reffing the game, owning the ball and writing the rules, but they want to play as well.
The effect this has is potentially enormous. Because google now has the ability to control the a large portion of the Mobile industry by deciding who it tells first about future platform alterations, and will more than likely release its own products based on better platforms than it releases to Licensees first.
God play.
Google open-source boss comes clean on Android
As already mentioned on here Users (real ones, the ones outside of our world) just dont understand what andriod is all about. there are problems reported from Ops ranging from market place to the Andriod's UI archetecture. Its too wildly different and, suprisingly from Google, Difficult to use, for a user who is used to a 12 key feature phone. The paradigm is more of a computer than a phone with little stepping stone inbetween.
Custom UI or differentiator apps help, and also give Manufacturers a unique selling point, but fragmentation, new releases and no roadmap affect and cause lots of effort in regard to customisation and maintenance for the phone maker.
It also seems that Certain Device makers are on Googles bumming list where as others are not. HTC, Moto had 2.0 sets out when the platform was released, yet other Makers releasing or still have phones yet to release running 1.6 who seemed not to have access to, or be aware of exact release dates for Eclair.
Given the take up of Andriod I would quickly say that they have succeeded in following a microsoft style model of SW liciencing to Device makers & Operators (Even though its been thrown at them as 'free and open source') and have or will have many players in the industry reliant on thier SW. Now they are releasing thier own Branded device (Admittedly a HTC set) for general consumption it raises many questions about what thier future plans are and commitment to playing a fiar game without any conflict of interests.
I admire Nokia for Doing thier own thing with Meamo and hope such a platform proves a solid challenger along with iPhone OS (EVen if it is a closed system) and SYmbian, if teh foundation sticks together and manages a redesign of the UX elements.
Sony readies family-friendly internet access gadget
Total Knee Jerk reaction there, Its isnt a iTablet, no where near, its a Sony Chumby. Chumbys are cool. They are a brilliant example of a connected appliance, and thats the future, Mr. AC, you just wait and see!
Samsung's Galaxy stuck in history
Samsung and LG: Dont expect anything
As far as I can see, Samsung, and LG are just technology companies only interested in putting out products quicker than other companies in segments where there is a gap, need or want for a particular tech. they are only interested in the point of sale, afterwards they really do not seem to be interested: and it works, they are 2&3 in the Mobile market on volume but make some of the most difficult to use and annoying phones out of any other top player, but their tech specs sheets and feature lists read like a dream and their products do look good: So people buy them.
They are proper old school and dont seem to give two Lee Myung-Baks.
Yes I Agree, no I Disagree
Exactly Re the 'Manufacturers can customise...' model
But I disagree that customers are not interested in things such as Custom UI Packages and signature applications, I think these are major selling points and differentiators.
Android has a really bad rep at the moment in the mainstream segment because users just dont get or understand it, and these are exactly the types of customers who the Manufacturers and Operators want on thier andriod offerings, so an Application or customisation here and there that solves some pretty suprisingly big UX issues in android or makes it really easy to do online social networking will mean better chance of a happy customer and a customer that goes to you, rather than the guy next door also try ing to palm you off with an android phone.
But as you say, then comes the absolute ballache of branching and maintaining, The work involved I think has probably been heavily underestimated and 2010-2011 will be very interesting to see how the platform changes.
Nokia jacks up Apple patent complaint
A lot of people missing the point here.
Nilay Patel over on Engadget has done a good write up of this when the story first broke about the NOK APPL rumble.
Nokia have a point regardless of this latest round. Otherwise they wouldn't be doing it. In terms of GSM tech, they are not the sole owners of the IP.
There will much more to this than what is reported.
2010 will be interesting!
Video surfaces of alleged Apple tablet
Real, but fake.
If its fake, someone has put alot of effort into creating the Ikea app. Its very slick.
I cant really tell, except that the ui is very very quick and responsive, so putting these two things together, along with the back drop, my guess is that this is a UI Demo video, or something similar, used for sell-in purposes.
In other words, I think its, real, but fake!
AT&T to choke your iPhone
Bill Ray comment Please
Look forward to a Bill Ray Comment on the next 2-5 years of Data usage over mobile nets....
iPhone app transforms speech to text
Completely Different set up
This isnt really about the iPhone. Voice commands are available on many different handsets, Input based voice recognition Is only really possible with server side processing, which is similar to what Google's voice search does, but Nuance a leading here in every sense when it comes to input.
The Reason why this is free I believe is to improve quality and accuracy before selling a paid version. This will be part of a much bigger strategy for them as they move towards offering ODMs very accurate voice recognition systems that can then be sold as a true feature that actually works.
Voice recognition is certainly one of the next big frontiers for mobile devices, IMHO, despite the constraints the act of speaking aloud has in public or private.
Invest in Nuance*
*If you do and shit hits the fan, dont blame me, and just some Commentard!
Gumtree comes over all queer in blocking 'offensive language'
Bootnote is Highly offensive
It sickens me every time I read your otherwise excellent articles and I find your 'bootnote' at the bottom of the page.
Do you not realise how offensive this term is for technical authors, writers, secretaries and other members of the community who on a daily basis contribute to articles or publications by creating marginal notes, annotations, comments & digressions in order to add richness and further depth to the main article?
As a Reader I find this term highly offensive and cannot believe you would write a piece about the offensiveness of language and not even consider your actions when using the term 'Bootnote' which is derogatory and undermines the value of yourself and fellow marginal note practitioners.
This type of flippant use of language contributes to hate and a secular society. And possibly global warming and fundamental extremism within the writing classes.
'Doctor Dark Energy': The Ultimate LHC eccentric?
Doctor Dark Energy!
Sounds like a Side kick of Butter's in South Park when he is Captain Chaos!
Captain Chaos and Doctor Dark Energy...... to the Rescue via Death and destruction sponsored by Osama bin Laden,
No Nook e-reader til 7 December or later
Quality Headline
Well Done,
Mills & Boon will just have to wait.
UK jails schizophrenic for refusal to decrypt files
New Comment functionality
Its like you just read my mind, As I thought, 'dammit reg you really need to get some nice comments functoionality going on, like, Reply, Report, Thumbs up and thumbs down"
Now Im paranoid.
Bullshit / @ 'awitty username' / LozzyHo & Give over the Hand Wringling
Everything that needs to be said, has been said.
"There could be child pornography, there could be bomb-making recipes," said one detective.
"Unless you tell us we're never gonna know... What is anybody gonna think?"
What if there are pictures of children making bombs? what will the daily mail think?"
COTW, You get my vote, Funny shit.
"The authorities had no option. He COULD have been hiding anything, and surely the law CANNOT take refusal as a presumption of innocence. Let's face it, I don't want Al Qaeda suspects doing so either. I don't suppose missing bail hearings, trying to enter countries illegally and having traces of explosive on your hands helped his case either."
Idiot! Thats exactly what the problem is: Dont you see? Read the story, read the comments, you have a right to silience, but yet you don't. Do you believe in your right to privacy, and silence? Do you believe that you should not have to prove your innocence, but should be proven, by the justice system beyond a reasonable doubt your guilt? Do you not understand that they brought nothing of any value to support thier suspicions, that thier suspicions were dropped, but the guy was put away for RIPA offfences even though they had no charge for any actual crime, apart from using his right to silience?
Then you should be seriously alarmed about this story, and what it means for your rights and freedom, because RIPA by all accounts suspends your rights. and I'm no activist, or spend all my days reading about this stuff, but this concerns me, alot.
If your not, then I have no hope for you and your children, enjoy X Factor and stricly, the Jungle and the Dancing on ice, you drone. I hope you do not end up becoming overly paranoid, psychotic, or have a long term mental illness that causes you to have strange behaviour that would make the police question your suspicious behaviour, they outlook isnt good.
Please give over with the hand wringing #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Tuesday 24th November 2009 13:52 GMT
" All the talk of "well what if he didn't have child porn / bomb making plans in his encrypted volumes? What if it was pictures of kittens" is disingenuous and wilfully ignores the facts.
That's exactly what the police asked him to prove, which he could have done by decrypting the files. He didn't. Which rings alarm bells unless you're a committed optimist, which doesn't tend to make you a great detective.
I'm fully aware this'll be jumped on by the "if you've nothing to hide, you've nothing to fear" brigade, but that's not what i'm saying at all. I'm asking how YOU propose to deal with the very real problem of people encrypting child porn / terrorist plans in the modern world. What's the solution? Ask them nicely, then give up if they say no?
If you don't want the police to be suspicious of people who refuse "on principle" to decrypt hard drives after being found with explosive on their hands, after skipping bail, after applying for a passport when theirs was retained etc etc, you're asking them to only pursue criminals they catch with a knife in someone's head and a signed note of intent ("I done it, it was me, i meant to do it, it's a fair cop") "
Thats a good question, what should the Police do about Peados and terrorists encrypting thier data: How about doing thier job properly? If they had, then they would have a case, but they didnt have a case, he got sent down for RIPA Offence, regardless of his strange behaviour. they didnt have a case. just being suspicious of someone doesnt make you a good detective. This didnt end up going to trail on terrorism offences or being a kiddie fiddler, and then get dropped in court because of lack of evidence, with an unencryted hard drive sat in the evidence locker. there wasnt a case to bring to court.
Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too
Or, reads something like:
"so that it, in future, new communications technologies allow creative content to be unlawfully copied in new ways, remedies can be developed and implemented more quickly and flexibly than might otherwise be possible, so that emerging threats can be addressed in a targeted way".
"so that it, in future, new communications technologies allow creative content to be unlawfully copied in new ways, remedies can be developed and implemented with a knee jerk reaction that might otherwise be impossible, so that emerging threats can be addressed in a shallow, ill thought out way that is dictated to us by rights holder organisations so new technology & innovation never gets the chance to change their business models in a way that they cant handle again, preventing any more upheaval, change or pain caused to rights holders organisations, in the form of competition, change, and challenging ideas that they dont have the ability or skill to react to quick enough.".
Or something like that.
Wall-punching Brit gamer foams (milk) at the mouth
OOF That was pretty grim, and I doubt it was a spoof. Even if it was it was far too much. Its funny how on the internet everyone is a cunt, but thought el reg commentards had a bit more to them than to join a world wide chorus of putting a fucked up kid down.
The Response video is piss funny, however.
Making Muvizu: DIY animation is here
is the name you are looking for....
Apple snuffs iPhone app for too much Appleness
Utterly Rediculous
Completely understand thier argument to prevent people taking the piss, but when its to give a coherent user experience, consistency and aid the user's mental model of the system you think apple would be right on it, and not care. ther is a difference between branding and referencing.
What, apart from a legal condition not being present, means they and mactracker can do it on OSX/PC? nothing.
Sort your shit out apple.
Microsoft boots modders off Xbox Live
@Why is it called an xbox 360?
Worst joke ever, Well done son.
Sony Ericsson Satio 12.1Mp cameraphone
@Sarah Davis, Dazed & Confused
Although are right re megapixels, The Camera on this thing is absolutely fantastic. The best Camera on a cameraphone I have ever used, its so quick and the picture quality (ON screen, didnt get chance to chece printed, and on PC) is unbelieveable.
Google embraces Wave's permission chaos
@ Matt 89 & Neoc
Get a New Job. Sounds Grimmers!
Adrian Esdaile, Yes, I agree, in that sense it does sound more natural, let social structures define permissions instead of reliance on technology, inside a business this should not be a problem, and if it is you has some bad people who need weeding out or if such things are the normal order of the day, the place is fcuked.
STRONG REAL SEX? That's not porn, rules ASA
Where is the Offending Item in question?
Quite obviously we need the ability to make our own minds up about the offensiveness of this offending offender, and for you to write such a story without any visual reference is just unacceptable!!
You know what you need to do. Mobil, or it didn't happen!
Scientists flee Home Office after adviser sacking
This Story makes me Angry. A waste of everyones passion and time.
What would happen if we switched the system around and science and evidence ruled over made up policy and side agendas?
Wintel 7 machines freeze out iPhone
2009 and the war continues
The epic struggle between good and evil, the right and the wrong, the loyal and the extremists, forever locked in a geek war of epic proportions, flanked by fanbois on either side, ready to put their lives on the line for their believe in the almighty cause of Apple or Microsoft, never to give in to each others views,
For all eternity the battle rages, throughout the interwebs, never is a message board, magazine or blog post comments thread free from the tyranny and horror of war, a cause that now knows no reason for its beginning, two fundamental forgotten viewpoints clashing like no other.
Innocent commentards mown down in the crossfires of Steves thrown by fanbois too young to even remember Overlord Bill or Grand Master Tog, the Xerox Death Star or the D.estroyer O.f S.ouls.
When will it end? When will it end? There can be only one. It will never end.
Apple's move to kill Hackintosher suit denied
Its my ball and I'll do what I want with it.
The Day Apple open up thier OS run on other machines is the day Quality goes out the window. From a laymans point of view, because they control The hardware and the software, they can guarrentee quality.
The app store & iPhone OS Probably has the same strategy*: Quality control of the user experience is near on impossible on an open system, and the iphone, no matter how good, is on its limit performance wise, and when it starts jittering, crashing, and rebooting (Regardless of what application caused it) customers are going to start getting pissed with thier device, and lose faith in the quality- The argument in my mind is the same for OSX & Third party Vendors.
Apple don't make computers, they make consumer electronics, integrated products, just like every other piece of electronics hardware you have which has a software element, and I'm all for that because it near as dammit gives total control of the user experience under one major stakeholder: The creator of the product
Ive never heard anyone taking legal action against Pansonic because they make it impossible to put thier Microwave firmware on other manufactuers microwave, or because its not possible to flash a Sony ericsson with a Nokia ROM,
why is this any different? It's thier Property, and if they want to keep it to themselves, then fuck you! They should be able to.
Getting the balance right between Interoperability and SW/HW integration is whats its all about IMO, and I know that from A company's perspective its also about market share: And Why not? Thats what competition is all about : A Hypocritical statement when we talk of monopoly, i know, but why doesn't someone else step up and release an OS aimed at normal users? I suppose we have to wait and see about Google's Chrome efforts.
*As well as the huge revenue stream from app sales, of course.
P:S: Re: EULA
My PoV Is from a Sales perspective, not EULA. I Agree with Neoc's Comments regarding support, thats exactly how the EULA should read, but in terms of licensing and allowing others to sell their OS on third party machines: Its totally their choice if thats the way they want to play it.
Regarding the EULA, The majority of users don't want to do crazy things like Install an OS on an another device, or jailbreak, etc
For the minority, they should just do it, fuck the EULA, no one cares as long as you are not making any money out of it, break the rules and get over it. when was the last time you read an EULA properly? What, never? me neither.
Regarding the Mircrosoft comments: The sole reason they have such dominance (And shaky end user experience is precisely because they went down the SW and 3rd party Vendor route.
Facebook hack service smells fishy
Anal Intruder Scam
The Old Anal Intruder Dildo Scam, Money back Guarantee but the guarantee is you will never cask that money back cheque because of embarrassment, or in this case, Illegality.
Nokia brings Braille to SMS
Joke Alert....?
"Nokia Labs has been busy again, this time bringing SMS reception to the blind with a Braille-based text message reader compatible with the company's latest... *touch-screen* phones.
Blind people usually have little difficulty using mobile phones."
The major issue with the Trend for touch screens in consumer electronics there is no tactile or haptic feedback for anyone relying on touch alone to read, use or interface with a human computer interface. Blind people have pretty much been... blindfolded? in thier attempts to enjoy or use the latests devices on the markets.
as an experimental application its interesting, but has no place for a blind person on a full touch device, unless...
.....@Marvin the Martian.
What you are asking for there is the touch screen Holy Grail for both sighted and non sighted use, very accurate tactile, and haptic feedback which have yet to hit the mass market. once we see these on full touch devices I would suggest your solution would be pretty good.
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Consolidated list of best local eats in Maine (lobster, lobster rolls, clams, pies, ice cream)
One of the great things about CH and other food forums is also one of the most frustrating: namely, there's so much information out there that it can be overwhelming trying to sort out the useful recommendations from the bad ones. For every gem of a tip, there are seemingly five others that scream "BEST LOBSTER EVER!!!", only to leave me disappointed when I actually try these spots.
I recently came back from another trip to Maine, and as usual I scoured these boards for eating tips up and down the coast. While many of the threads proved to be quite helpful, it occurred to me that there really isn't a single thread that contains a consolidated list of the best local eats along the coast.
So I've decided to create a thread for this express purpose. Instead of merely listing my favorite restaurants, I've created a category for each specific food that non-Mainers like myself typically seek out when visiting the state, followed by my favorite spots.
I'm asking all of the Maine experts to please add to this list for everyone's future reference. Don't be shy about disagreeing with my picks wherever necessary, but do make sure to include the names and locations of the eateries you feel do a better job of preparing that particular dish. Please keep in mind that I'm looking for the best/elite places for each category - special places that are standouts even in Maine - rather than merely "good for the area" or "better than back home".
Below my list of faves, I've included the names of eateries which I've never visited, but are intriguing based on internet chatter. I'd love to hear from the Maine experts who've been to these spots so that I can confirm that they're worth a visit or OTOH scratch them off my list. I've also included a few spots that (to me) were disappointing, overrated, or simply "not elite" so that you have an idea which places I'm comparing my top picks against. Please keep in mind that some of these disappointing places would be good-to-great outside of the state, but by Maine standards fell short of expectations for various reasons.
Note: For the purposes of this thread, I want to limit the discussion to *local, traditional coastal Maine food and desserts only*. Please save any upscale/gourmet/ethnic/fusion restaurants for a different discussion unless they offer a superlative version of one of the foods listed below.
Also, any business establishment serving food for dine-in or take-out can be listed. This includes Bed & Breakfast inns as well as private homes which sell pies, oysters, or other food items.
Please mention town names and street addresses whenever possible.
Top picks: Waterman's Beach Lobster in South Thomaston and Miller's Lobster Pound in Spruce Head are by far the two best I've ever been to. The lobster at these places is always super fresh, juicy, tender, and flavorful. I can't imagine better, but I'd still love to hear your thoughts about potentially better lobster elsewhere.
Intriguing spots: Muscongus Bay Lobster Company (Round Pond); Round Pond Fisherman's Co-Op (Round Pond); Pemaquid Fisherman's Co-Op (Pemaquid); Broad Cover Marine Services (Medomak); South Bristol Fisherman's Co-Op (South Bristol); New Harbor Co-Op (New Harbor); Allen's Seafood (Harpswell); Holbrook's Lobster Wharf (Harpswell); Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound (Trenton); Cod End (Tenants Harbor); Morse Lobster at Estes Lobster House (Harpswell); Ruth & Wimpy's (Hancock - supposedly has an outdoor lobster pit); Dallas' Lobstah Take Out (Gouldsboro - supposedly has outdoor lobster pit); numerous others I can't think of right now.
Not elite/disappointing/overrated: Young's Lobster Pound in Belfast (I think the lobster is actually boiled, but either way I was surprised that the lobster was not as tender, juicy, or flavorful as Waterman's/Miller's); The Lobster Shack in Cape Elizabeth (I actually thought this was really good the first time I visited Maine, but later I discovered how much better Waterman's/Miller's are); Nunan's Lobster Hut in Kennebunkport (same reasons as Lobster Shack; it's actually not bad at all, but there's so much better up the coast).
Top picks: Once again, Waterman's and Miller's, for the same reasons as above.
Not elite/disappointing/overrated: Young's in Belfast. I've been there twice now, and both times the steamers were small, shriveled, overly salty, or overly sandy. To say they were disappointing is a massive understatement.
LOBSTER ROLLS (please specify type of roll: split-top, side-split, or round)
Red's Eats in Wiscasset (split-top) is still my gold standard, although I'd love to hear recs from those who feel there's better out there. The quality of the lobster is good, the quantity is insane (1 lb. of lobster meat), and they use a toasted/buttered split top roll, just as I prefer. Miller's in Spruce Head also does a very nice lobster roll - possibly tied with Red's for #1 (better flavor but less quantity). The lobster meat was fresher/more flavorful than at Red's, and was piled into a toasted/buttered split top roll. With a little more meat, it would be the undisputed #1 in my book.
Waterman's in South Thomaston has a tasty lobster roll, but I'd like it much more if it were on a split-top rather than round roll.
Intriguing spots: Harraseeket Lunch (South Freeport - overrated?); Allen's Seafood (Harpswell); Holbrook's Lobster Wharf (Harpswell); Dolphin Marina & Restaurant (South Harpswell); Cod End (Tenants Harbor); Bagaduce Lunch (Brooksville); Cape Porpoise Lobster Co. (Cape Porpoise); Crossroads Motel & Restaurant (Pembroke); Ruth & Wimpy's (Hancock).
Not elite/disappointing/overrated: The Clam Shack in Kennebunk (would be great outside of Maine, but not really elite by Maine standards); Lobster Shack in Cape Elizabeth (ditto); Five Islands Lobster Co. in Georgetown (ditto - everyone says it's amazing, so maybe it was an off-day?); Camden Deli in Camden (really awful; maybe it was a bad day? Anyway, I don't understand the hype).
Top picks: Red's Eats in Wiscasset.
Based on their lobster roll, I'd assume the crab roll at Miller's in Spruce Head is good, but haven't tried it. Waterman's in S. Thomaston uses a round roll, which is not my preference, but the crab meat itself was tasty.
Intriguing spots: Jordan's Snack Bar (Ellsworth); Moody's Seafood (Harpswell, with a truck on Saturdays in a parking lot in Brunswick); Allen's Seafood (Harpswell); Holbrook's Lobster Wharf (Harpswell); Miller's Lobster Pound (Spruce Head).
Not elite/disappointing/overrated: The Clam Shack in Kennebunk (would be great outside of Maine, but not really elite by Maine standards); Lobster Shack in Cape Elizabeth (ditto); Five Islands Lobster Co. in Georgetown (ditto); Camden Deli in Camden (blah).
Top picks: Five Islands Lobster Co. in Georgetown is probably my top pick because all fried items (incl. onion rings and so forth) are hand-breaded to order and come with homemade sauces. Not 100% sure, but I believe I had fried full-bellies at Red's Eats in Wiscasset and enjoyed them very much.
Intriguing spots: Bagaduce Lunch (Brooksville); Jordan's Snack Bar (Ellsworth); Just Barb's (Stockton Springs); Crossroads Motel & Restaurant (Pembroke); The Sea Basket (Wiscasset); Harraseeket Lunch (South Freeport).
Not elite/disappointing/overrated: Gilbert's Chowder House (Portland) was flat-out awful for chowder and fried seafood. A complete waste of time and money; I could do far better in Boston or Rhode Island. Never again. Helen's Restaurant in Ellsworth and Machias was disappointing for fried foods in general.
Top picks: Red's Eats in Wiscasset has a terrific fried haddock sandwich on a sesame seeded round roll; I'd assume the regular haddock fish-and-chips is just as good. Five Islands in Georgetown also has good haddock fish and chips.
Intriguing spots: Bet's Fish Fry (Boothbay); Bagaduce Lunch (Brooksville); Jordan's Snack Bar (Ellsworth); Cod End (Tenants Harbor); Just Barb's (Stockton Springs - supposed to have great all-you-can-eat fried Alaskan whitefish).
Not elite/disappointing/overrated: Helen's in Ellsworth/Machias (pretty much all of their fried seafood was mediocre); Gilbert's Chowder House (Portland; see above).
Top picks: ???
Intriguing spots: Bagaduce Lunch (Brooksville); Jordan's Snack Bar (Ellsworth).
Not elite/disappointing/overrated: Five Islands Lobster Co. in Georgetown. This is the only fried dish that I thought was merely ok at this place. Not awful, but disappointing compared with their fried clams, haddock, and onion rings.
Top picks: Five Islands Lobster Co. in Georgetown is still the best I've had - good flavor, not too thick, and the inclusion of corn kernels is a nice touch.
Intriguing spots: I've heard great things about the chowder at Damariscotta River Grill in Damariscotta.
Not elite/disappointing/overrated: Gilbert's Chowder House (Portland; see above); Young's Lobster Pound in Belfast (very mediocre and seriously overpriced).
Top picks: Dolphin Marina and Restaurant in South Harpswell had the best haddock chowder I've ever had. Five Islands Lobster Co. in Georgetown had a pretty solid version as well, but it paled in comparison with Dolphin.
Intriguing spots: Just Barb's (Stockton Springs).
Top picks: ???
The only place I've tried this was at Helen's in Ellsworth and Machias, and I thought it was solid. Not sure if I can list it as a top pick, though, and I definitely wasn't crazy about the rest of their food menu.
Top picks: Dolphin Marina and Restaurant in South Harpswell. Not as good as the haddock chowder, but still very satisfying.
Intriguing spots: The Sea Basket (Wiscasset).
Top picks: Dolphin Marina and Restaurant in South Harpswell had "rope grown mussels", which were fresh and tasty.
Also had mussels at Miller's Lobster Pound in Spruce Head, which were fine but not really spectacular. Maybe an off-day, given how great the rest of their food is?
Top picks: Glidden Point Oyster Sea Farm is a small mom-and-pop operation that sells fresh, delicious oysters out of the garage of a private home in Edgecomb. Make sure to bring a shucker and glove. Note: this is not a restaurant; oysters are only sold for take-out and are meant to be shucked by the customer at home. There are also at least three restaurants on Main Street in Damariscotta that I know of for fresh Pemaquid oysters from the Damariscotta River: Schooner Landing, King Eider's Pub, and Damariscotta River Grill.
BLUEBERRY PIE (please specify if wild Maine blueberries are used, and if blueberries are cooked or fresh)
Top picks: ???
I don't think I can list Helen's in Ellsworth/Machias among the top picks, but I will say that I like their fresh wild blueberry one-crust pie, which has a single bottom crust topped with fresh, uncooked wild blueberries and a huge layer of cream. I didn't like their traditional double crusted pie as much, though.
Also, Waterman's in South Thomaston has a simple but very solid blueberry pie. I don't think I can put it in the "elite" status, but it was definitely tasty. I also had the version at Bartley's Dockside in Kennebunkport a long time ago. I remember liking it a lot, but not sure if I'd feel the same way today since it was one of the first Maine blueberry pies I'd sampled.
Intriguing spots: Dot's Bakery (Round Pond); Cottage Street Bakery (Bar Harbor); Pie Lady (Rt. 3, Bar Harbor).
Note: Priscilla's Pies in Bucksport, which operated out of a private residence on Route 1, is no longer in business since Priscilla passed away last winter. Too bad, because she made a very solid blueberry pie, even if she used a generic store-bought pre-rolled crust rather than a homemade one.
Intriguing spots: Pie in the Sky Bakery (Cape Neddick).
OTHER FRUIT PIES (please specify type of fruit filling, and whether cooked or fresh)
Top picks: Ebb Tide in Boothbay Harbor for peach shortcake. Helen's in Ellsworth/Machias has a good one-crust fresh strawberry pie during strawberry season, but I'm not as crazy about their double crusted strawberry pie.
Waterman's in South Thomaston has simple but solid strawberry and rhubarb pies - not necessarily elite, but quite good.
Intriguing spots: Bagaduce Lunch (Brooksville - strawberry/rhubarb pie); Tall Barney's (Jonesport); Ruth & Wimpy's Kitchen (Hancock).
Not elite/disappointing/overrated: Moody's Diner in Waldoboro. The pies were large but the taste was really nothing special (tried the four-berry pie) A major disappointment to say the least. Maybe an off-day? Dysart's in Hermon/Bangor had perfectly fine pies, but I thought they didn't really live up to the considerable hype. Nothing wrong with them, though.
TRADITIONAL ICE CREAM (not gelato/sorbets)
Top picks: Soft serve strawberry ice cream at Red's Dairy Freeze in South Portland (only available during late June/early July strawberry season). Very highly recommended. Note that the place was severely damaged by a fire earlier this year; hopefully they'll be able to reopen by June 2011, in time for strawberry season. Round Top in Damariscotta is also good; I really like their wild blueberry ice cream (August blueberry season only). And I remember liking Brown's Ice Cream in York, but it's been a while since I've had it so I'm not sure whether it belongs in the elite category, esp. considering how many highly regarded ice cream stands are located in the state.
Intriguing spots: Dorman's Dairy Dream (Thomaston); Shain's of Maine (Sanford) is supposed to have excellent strawberry ice cream.
Top picks: Red's Dairy Freeze in South Portland has a great seasonal strawberry milkshake (only available during late June/early July strawberry season) which uses their soft serve strawberry ice cream (also seasonal).
Top picks: ???
Intriguing spots: The Bluebird Ranch (Machias).
Not elite/disappointing/overrated: Boynton-McKay in Camden. Surprising, because I liked almost everything else on their menu, especially the baked goods. But the pancakes were neither crispy nor fluffy enough; not awful, but definitely not memorable either. An average dish at an otherwise excellent spot.
Top picks: Boynton-McKay in Camden.
Intriguing spots: The Bluebird Ranch (Machias).
TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST (please specify best dishes when possible)
Top picks: Boynton-McKay (skillets, donuts, scones, blueberry muffins).
Intriguing spots: Home Kitchen Cafe (Rockland).
Not elite/disappointing/overrated: The Brass Compass (Rockland) had large portions of above average food, but it really wasn't a standout eatery. Thomaston Cafe was also fine, but not as good as the hype. Dysart's Truck Stop & Restaurant (Hermont/Bangor) had large portions of perfectly decent breakfast food, but it's definitely overrated. It's fine if you're in the area (esp. late at night), but definitely not worth a special trip. Dunstan School Restaurant (Scarborough) is a place I haven't actually visited, but I've been hearing of late that it's overrated, so I'd like to hear from people who've eaten there.
Top picks: Just Barb's in Stockton Springs.
Intriging spots: Home Kitchen Cafe (Rockland).
BED & BREAKFAST INNS (*rate the food only*, not the ambience, charm, decor, views, or friendliness of the owners)
Top picks: ???
Intriguing spots: Kilby House (Eastport); LimeRock Inn (Rockland); Berry Manor Inn (Rockland); Whitehall Inn (Camden; restaurant attached to inn is called "Vincent's"); Hartstone Inn (Camden); Penobscot Bay Inn (Belfast).
Top picks: Boynton-McKay in Camden.
Intriguing spots: Tony's (Portland); Congdon's (Wells; I've seen reports that it might be going downhill, though); Frosty's (Brunswick); Willow Bake Shop (Rockport); The Frog and Turtle (Westbrook); Chase Farm (Friday morning Damariscotta Farmer's Market).
Top picks: ???
Intriguing spots: Harraseeket Lunch (South Freeport).
Top picks: ???
Top picks: Jordan Pond House on Mount Desert Island (popovers).
Intriguing spots: Damariscotta River Grill in Damariscotta (bread pudding and apple cider); The Friar's Bake House in Bangor (run by monks and supposed to have great strawberry shortcake in season); Just Barb's in Stockton Springs (strawberry shortcake).
Region of coast with highest concentration of good-to-great eats: Mid-Coast (especially for lobster and steamed clams)
Region with most disappointments: Southern coast
Region with least amount of chatter on chowhound: Downeast Maine (need way more recs)
Dolphin Marina and Restaurant
515 Basin Point Rd, Harpswell, ME 04079
Harraseeket Lunch
36 Main St South, Freeport, ME
Five Islands Lobster Co.
1447 Five Islands Rd, Georgetown, ME 04548
Gilbert's Chowder House
92 Commercial St, Portland, ME 04101
The Frog and Turtle
3 Bridge Street, Westbrook, ME 04092
Ebb Tide Restaurant
43 Commercial St, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538
Dunstan School Restaurants
591 US Route 1, Scarborough, ME 04074
Jordan's Snack Bar
Hancock Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605
Red's Dairy Freeze
167 Cottage Rd, South Portland, ME 04106
Red's Eats
Main, Wiscasset, ME 04578
Moody's Diner
RR 1, Waldoboro, ME 04572
Sea Basket
RR 1, Wiscasset, ME 04578
Clam Shack
2 Western Ave, Kennebunk, ME 04043
Main Street Cafe
888 Main St, Westbrook, ME 04092
Nunan's Lobster Hut
Mills Rd, Kennebunkport, ME 04046
Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound
1237 Bar Harbor Rd, Trenton, ME 04605
Camden Deli
37 Main St, Camden, ME 04843
Brass Compass Cafe
305 Main St, Rockland, ME 04841
Just Barb's
24 Main St, Stockton Springs, ME 04981
Cape Porpoise Lobster Co
184 Beachwood Ave, Kennebunkport, ME 04046
Penobscot Bay Inn & Restaurant
Northport Ave, Belfast, ME 04915
Ice Cream Wells Rd, Sanford, ME 04073
Tall Barney's Restaurant
Main, Jonesport, ME 04649
Schooner Landing
Main, Damariscotta, ME 04543
Hartstone Inn
41 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843
Whitehall Inn
52 High St, Camden, ME 04843
Muscongus Bay Lobster
28 Landing Rd, Round Pond, ME 04564
Ruth & Wimpys Restaurant
792 US Hwy 1, Hancock, ME 04640
Bartley's Dockside
Rt 9 4 Western Avenue, Kennebunkport, ME 04043
Home Kitchen Cafe
650 Main St, Rockland, ME 04841
Lobster Shack
225 Two Lights Rd, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
re: jackattack
For ice cream, Tubby's in Wayne should be on there too. Nothing like peanut butter-molasses ice cream enjoyed on a deck at the edge of a pretty creek. Want to go there now.
BTW maybe it's just me, but "FRIED FULL-BELLY CLAMS" is a retronym, like "real cheese," and redundant, like "baked fresh dough pizza with crust". The only description you need is "whole clams" or "clam strips".
re: the_MU
Good point about the proper nomenclature for the clams, will make a note for future reference.
re: the_MU
Tubby's now also is in Winthrop. A few tables to sit down inside. Walkable to town beach/park at Maranacook Lake.
re: jackattack
You're right, I really don't have too many ice cream listings. Which is exactly why I'm hoping for plenty of more recommendations from you guys.
As stated in my first post, this is meant to be a collaborative thread in which everyone keeps adding their top picks or OTOH dismissing popular, frequently recommended spots that they feel are overrated. My list of eateries was never meant to be comprehensive in any way, shape, or form.
Thanks for the tip about Brown's Ice Cream in York.
I'm really surprised about your dislike for Gilbert's Chowder House. I've been there probably half a dozen times and have never had a bad meal. Granted, I haven't been in a couple of years, maybe it has gone drastically down hill since then? If so, it's a shame.
Gilbert's Chowder House
61 Tandberg Trl, Windham, ME 04062
re: jackbauer
yes it is that bad especially the "award winning ' chowder.
I'm not sure if this list will help or hinder the "clutter". You're still gonna get the "I think this" and "you think that".
It's so hard to get a "best of". One place will do one thing well one day, and not necessarily so the next. Recent example for me was the haddock sandwich at the Boathouse in Rockland 2 weeks ago. We all know its a great spot for views but the food and service tends to be inconsistent. I ended up having one of the best sandwiches I've had all summer. Huge. Fresh. Just the right amount of batter. 10 bucks.
I also had a great lobster roll at Waterworks Pub in Rockland. Waterworks! Of all places!!
If you boil it down to which places are you most likely to have a good/great experience...I will put my 2 cents in and say I agree with Watermans, I think Home Kitchen Cafe is the best breakfast spot, and you can't get everybody to agree on anything.
Home Kitchen Cafe
650 Main St, Rockland, ME 04841
re: MidCoastMaineiac
I agree! Home Kitchen Cafe rocks! Sharon and Merilyn are fantastic servers, the food is really and truly fresh, best eggs benedict ever, lunch menu is great too, I had the best Reuben I have ever had, the decor is bright and funky, and the food is just really really good. Awesome coffee and they serve wine and beer. I would highly recomment it, for lunch especially. It's the kind of place that just puts you in a good mood :)
Home Kitchen Cafe
650 Main St, Rockland, ME 04841
IMO, it's hard to mess up a steamed lobster. If it's ruined by over/under cooking, well that's usually just a mistake. Same with steamers. That being said, what I usually go for is scenery and maybe price. Price might knock off some very tourist spots like Two Lights or Portland Lobster Co. so... I like Harraseeket Lunch in South Freeport. First, it's real close to people who are spending way too much in downtown Freeport so the proximity to lots of people is great and you really can't beat the view - a beautiful little cove with lobster boats on moorings or unloading at the dock. You're sitting at a picnic bench but that's part of the flavor or the thing.
Best milkshake? Duck Fat in Portland. Yeah, it's $5.00 but it's worth it.
Harraseeket Lunch
36 Main St South, Freeport, ME
Duck Fat
43 Middle St, Portland, ME 04101
re: bob gaj
There is a new cookie bakery that just opened up next to David's 388 on Cottage St in South Portland. Her cookies are large and fabulous. Selection changes daily.
I would add Italian sandwiches.
Becky's in Portland for pancakes
Scratch Bakery in South Portland best bagels ever ( Not Maine Specific but breakfast)
Corsetti's Market North Windham for Italians
Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth for the Fried Clams
Scratch Bakery
South Portland, ME, South Portland, ME
We had some great ice cream at the new MDI shop in Portland. The Thai chili was too weird for me but I thought the Blackstrap Banana and Salted Caramel (two scoops/two flavors is my SOP) were the best I've ever had. It's hard to find Banana ice cream, never mind a really good one.
We usually vacation in the mid-coast area so we liked the Sea Basket very much but recently we dared to go to southern Maine since we just wanted a weekend getaway in June before it got crowded. Thought the ice cream at Sundaes at the Beach was very good but the fried clams and scallops at Mike's Clam Shack were the very best we've ever had. The batter is different than what we're used to, more crumby. Thought the lobster chowder was very good. We went back Saturday for lunch for the $12.95 lobster dinner special. It was decent and came with a big bowl of french fries.
Agree with Waterman's lobster. There's no reason to have french fries with lobstr because I'd rather have room for pie, preferably strawberry rhubarb.
Sundaes at the Beach
231 Post Road, Wells, ME
Sea Basket
303 Bath Rd, Wiscasset, ME
Mike's Clam Shack
RR 1, Wells, ME 04090
When in Eastport, the Quoddy Bay Lobster Pound serves AMAZING everything from a tiny kitchen for takeout or to enjoy at picnic tables. The Lobster Rolls were astonishing. I'm a big fan of Haddock Sandwiches and theirs is pan-seared with a choice of homemade tartar sauce or lemon aioli! It's worth the schlep from Down East.
re: Tipatina
Sounds great. I don't have too many Downeast eating recommendations so this will come in handy next time I'm up that way.
Did you have steamed lobster and steamed clams at Quoddy Bay Lobster Pound? If so, how were they? Or did you just have the lobster roll and haddock sandwiches?
Just to verify, is this the place you're referring to?
Quoddy Bay Lobster Pound
7 Sea Street
Eastport, Maine 04631
(207) 853-6640
Lobster Pound
569 White Mountain Hwy, Milton, NH 03851
re: freshfigs
We actually each had the haddock sandwich (comes with chips and delicious homemade cole slaw and the aforementioned choice of tartar sauce or lemon aioli). These were so good that I started trolling other picnic tables to see what they were eating. The lobster roll looked spectacular as did the steamers. My guess is that everything is just dandy. They also sell fresh fish.
The tables are right by the parking area and driveway, BUT turn your head and look at the Bay of Fundy.


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