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Posts by Mark .
1859 posts • joined 18 Jun 2009
Apple to drop chip-baking partnership with Samsung?
Re: @AC 20:30
Your post is entirely nonsense, but I was particularly confused about the claim about ads - sorry, no such thing.
OTOH, when I watch TV, I do see an Apple logo in virtually every US TV programme, due to the ridiculous amounts of money they are spending on product placement, in an attempt to appear popular. Then there's the constant "get this on your iphone/ipad" (that most of us don't have), or the free advertising for Apple in the media.
If you hate ads, then Apple are the number one worst culprit. It's sad the way they've infected a large amount of American TV.
I find it odd that sales are an argument against criticisms - the sales of Windows never stopped Apple fans criticising it for years.
But yes, maybe that's why Apple remain a 3rd place company.
And not this nonsense about Android updates - I'd have thought that the Apple maps fiasco would finally show that it's better that companies take the time to test new updates for each device, rather than rushing it out just for a marketing headline. But I severely misunderestimated the ability for Apple fans to continue to twist everything to praise Apple.
I couldn't care less whether I have the very latest revision of an OS, because what I have works fine. I mean, I don't see people here saying we should all run out and get Windows 8 the moment it's released, when 7 works fine. The bottom line is we get features years before Apple users anyway.
I mean sure, maybe if we had to wait years to get basic feature-phone level functionality like apps or copy/paste, we'd be desperate to upgrade to the latest OS version ASAP too. But when the OOTB functionality is damn good anyway, who cares?
And sorry, most of the moaning about Android updates comes from Apple fans like you, who think it's a valid argument.
Re: FFS...
The website does satnav now? Or works offline? Wake me up when you catch up to Google and Nokia.
Woz labels Apple 'arrogant' over iPhone size inadequacy
Re: The right tools for the right Jobs
Wait, wasn't it people telling us that Apple were amazing for making a phone you could do reading and browsing on?
If all you want is a simple phone, then I wonder why you bought the most expensive one on the market.
Many of us want to do browsing on a phone - it's why we don't have a dirt cheap one. And 4.5-5" is the perfect size that's as large as possible, whilst still fitting fine in a pocket, and being hand held. Meanwhile, 10" is the size of a laptop/netbook, with the functionality of a phone.
Plus you're missing the point. No one's arguing against having different sizes, it's the idea of one size fits all. If you want 4", for years Apple didn't offer that, but other companies did, and still do. If you want 4.5", you're out of luck with Apple. Indeed, if you want 3.5", you're now out of luck. And you've also got no choice for a 7" device, unless you're seriously buying something that doesn't exist.
Re: ffs
Tell that to the media, always going on about iphones, even though most people have something else...
And multitouch
Plus if anything, when using a phone one-handed, I have hardest trouble with the region closest to my thumb, so smaller phones are harder to use one handed (unless they're the old style where the screen doesn't take up the entire front, and you only have a few buttons).
But also, what about multitouch?
I've got to laugh that on the one hand, Apple fans have for years praised "multitouch" as the single most important thing ever, just because it was the one thing Apple did first. I'd disagree it's that important (compared with say, touch in the first place), but there you are. But now, suddenly the most important thing is "Using a phone one-handed", because they think it's something you can't do with larger phones, and these days it's Apple's phone that is smaller than most.
So I ask these people, how do I use multitouch on a phone one handed?
Indeed, the biggest problem I have when using a phone one handed is not that the phone is too big, *but that the UI requires multitouch*. Which is why, if anything I think multitouch has been a bad thing - multitouch is sometimes useful as an optional extra, but a well designed UI should not require it, and should be able to be used one-handed. (E.g., I'm glad that Google have finally made it so you can zoom out with single-touch.)
Only Apple could make a phone that is designed to be held one-handed, but requires two hands to operate the UI - and have people praise it for both.
Re: iTunes on Android?
It may pay for them, but I'm glad that not everyone follows the model of profits before customer, high margins rather than lower prices. Perhaps some CEOs care about more than simply making as much money as possible.
Re: @AC 18:53
Yes, yet another thing that works just like that on Android too. And Symbian before that.
German ebook firm aims low with cheap 'n' simple €10 ereader
Only for Android!
"For the moment that phone will have to run Android"
Oh no.
Seriously - after that article the other day saying that developers (a) claim they are mostly motivated by the size of the installed userbase, and (b) yet bizarrely they choose iphone, it's a refreshing change that someone caters to the *actual* number one selling platform for a change.
I really don't get the spin in the article, and the sub-heading, that it's bad to "only" support Android, which has near 70% share. I'm more concerned at all those companies only catering for the ~15-20% of iphone users.
Sure cross-platform is nice - but then, what about all the other platforms, not just iphone? And the biggest non-Android chunk of the market is actually those "feature" phones, e.g., Nokia's S40, that don't get counted in the market stats, despite being smartphones that run apps etc.
Mobile phone downloads now a blip on the radar: ABS
Hardly surprising to us, though maybe a wake up call to all the companies providing "apps" just for the minority of Apple feature phone users. How about "apps" for Windows (and hell, Linux and OS X if you want)? No, not Windows Phone or Windows tablet - but straightforward Windows.
If there's a reason to be using an application instead of your website, then let me do so on my non-phone OS. And if not, then smartphone users might as well use the website too. (Though maybe Apple phones struggle with this? I never understand why they alone get "apps" when they're the least popular platform, perhaps they just can't run them well.)
"iPhone and Android users"
There are more mobile platforms than just two. Of if you only want to mention the most popular for simplicity, it's "Android users". (At 15-20% vs 65-70%, putting iphone on the same level as Android is highly misleading, and other platforms have done just as well as Apple, or better than over the years.)
~Posted on a Samsung netbook. Because you know, it's possible to use PCs in bed before ipads, despite what the media think~
HTC profits lobbed off a cliff by rivals Samsung and Apple
Re: Shakeout
Although note Nokia are still number two in the market - true, they fell from number one, overtaken by Samsung, but it's not so much a shakeout for them yet.
The shakeout is more companies like Motorola, LG - and RIM as you say.
Re: It's now a software and UI battle
Anecdotally, people I know who have criticised the HTC UIs say they would be more than happy if they'd just stuck with the vanilla Android, and with Android 4 being great, there's no need to mess with it unless you can add value.
I'm not sure it's all about software, the last few years have still seen significant useful improvements in hardware, indeed if anything I'd argue that's more so than the software changes (which are now down to minor tweaks). The last year has brought even bigger screens (which even small-size Apple have realised they have to play catch-up on, and it's the primary marketing feature of their latest phone), higher resolutions, better cameras, increasing CPU/GPU/RAM (well okay, Apple haven't improved much in their hardware, but I'm looking at the other companies where the real innovation is). I'm not sure what much has change in software in the last year that's comparable to any of that.
HTC's problem is probably being distinct - even if Samsung are only slightly better on average, it means people wanting Android will go with Samsung. There doesn't seem to be any distinction in other areas either, such as screen size.
That and marketing - either from HTC themselves, or free advertising from the media or other companies (Apple will always be able to sell a few, when every other advert advertises "Try this on your iphone" that most of us don't have.)
It is an interesting issue - the great thing about Android is that it's provided a great standard open OS for any manufacturer, and has done more to popularise smartphones and bring them to the masses than any other platform. Yet far from encouraging a greater spread of choice (as with say, the large number of PC manufacturers), we've ended up with Samsung taking up all the profits (and share - which is what is of more relevance to consumers). First Motorola fell, now it seems HTC are going that way sadly. People criticise Nokia for switching to WP, but for those suggesting they should have gone to Android, it's not clear that would have worked out so well. (Also remember that article saying how Nokia make more profit from their low end smartphones, than Sony-Ericson do from high end Android smartphones?)
"failed to create the same buzz around its high-end products"
It's a shame that all that matters these days is the hype and free advertising given by the media. How about giving a more objective view on the marketplace...?
Though I suppose we should be thankful that at least Samsung/Android now gets some hype, rather than Apple all the time (who seem to get all the hype, despite far fewer sales).
EU green-lights 'copyright land grab' law on orphan work
Whilst I welcome anything that relaxes the overly strict and length copyright terms, it does seem a bit of a double standard. An individual who so much as downloads a song may get his Internet connection cut off and face who knows how much in fines for damages. But companies are given more flexibility to use copyrighted material without permission - and individuals will have a far harder time asserting their rights, since they won't have an army of lawyers to notify the relevant departments - and at worst, they just pay reasonable compensation if they misuse something.
When I see a story off a tabloid using someone's photo without permission (and they seem to think it fair game just to copy off their facebook or whatever), why don't we hear calls for their Internet connection to be cut off?
Reducing the lengthy copyright terms would be a far better and easier - and fairer - solution.
Don't panic, but UK faces BLACKOUTS BY 2015
Re: maybe for england....
Whilst I think that Scottish independence would have many problems, it's not clear why Scottish companies would have to "pay back" anything - that money was from the UK Government which *includes* Scotland up until independence (and Scottish taxpayers also contributed to it). Plus many English/Welsh/NI companies received money too. It seems rather silly to try to work out perhaps decades or centuries' worth of payments, to work out if what should be paid back to whom. Do all the Scottish citizens get all the taxes paid back to the UK too, by that logic.
No, it ought to be clear that the change would be from independence onwards. Scottish companies received money - just as scottish taxpayers paid tax - because they were part of the UK. Independence is not something that is retroactive.
The whole question of currency is a complex one, but I would hope that debate is more mature than "You can't have it". For starters, there's nothing stopping the new independent Scotland to declare UKP to be legal currency, and there's nothing the remainder of the UK can do about it. Of course, a new currency would best be created, and yes it is a complex issue how this is done. (A similar thing applies to a country leaving the Euro.)
"I pretty much suspect the vote would be to eject the continually complaining Scottish and good riddance."
You'd punish the Scottish people, based on disagreement with political leaders? Now who's putting "nationalistic ideals ahead of any form of practicality or indeed common sense"?
Samsung expects whopping $7.3bn profit from mobes
Re: Quite believable
Whilst I like Samsung the most, sorry, I'd take any of those over Apple any day. They all run the same open platform anyway, and they all have decent hardware, rather than Apple's last year spec, where the main selling features are a 4" screen and maps that don't work.
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review
This makes no sense - phones and tablets are the same kind of things, the only distinction being that phones also have the phone functionality. But they do everything that tablets do, and people use them for all those things too.
What on earth is it that is done on "tablets", that isn't done on phones?
I mean yes, if we were talking full blown tablet PCs, that might be one thing, but given people are happy to accept 10" iphones as tablets, this isn't the case.
If 5" is too small to use for Internet, games, software, or whatever else people use large tablets for, then any other smartphone is also too small.
There is a tradeoff between portability and screen size, but there is no magic divide (indeed historically, tablets were small too). Whilst getting two devices is a solution for some people, (a) not everyone is the same - e.g., some people's two devices might be a Galaxy Note and a 10" tablet, or a Galaxy Note and a netbook/laptop - and (b), not everyone wants to faff with two devices.
Having a choice is good. With Samsung, you can pick whichever size of device or devices you like. Unlike a certain company that only lets you pick two sizes, at two extremes of the spectrum.
Why would your friend be ridiculed? Because it's too big? Well okay, but let's ridicule people with gigantic ipads too. (And by source, I bet that means that you ridicule him - sad.)
Re: Voice and Handwriting - again
Only being able to use a bare finger, rather than choice of finger or pressure sensitive pen - how quaint.
And whilst I agree handwriting recognition is limited, voice recognition is far more so. Not that Android can't do that - Android (and Symbian) had voice recognition years before Apple decided to make it their prime marketing feature.
"The screen is bigger, that is all, not higher resolution, 267dpi compared to say 326 of the Nokia Lumia 920 (higher even than the iPhone)."
That's not resolution, that's density. Density is resolution / area. Thus, a completely useless stat for saying which device is best. If someone took my phone and made it smaller, but with the same resolution, the density would increase. But I would consider it a worse phone, as it's now smaller.
At least you mentioned Nokia rather than iphone, as it's Apple and their fans that usually make this the number one most important stat ever, even though it's irrelevant for most comparisons. But it's funny that after Apple made this their single selling point, they've been outdone on it anyway by Nokia (who haven't even mentioned it as a selling point, AFAIK).
Re: price
Yes this is why laptop-sized ipads are so cheap, and those 7" tablets are more expensive. Oh wait.
And you should congratulate Samsung for putting the power of an ipad into the much smaller Note :)
(And although larger devices can have larger batteries, the larger displays tend to hog more battery too.)
Tablet security study finds BlackBerry still good for something
So is there much of this "BYOD" in the UK? And why is it specific to tablets - I mean, I could just as well bring in my netbook/laptop if I wanted to use something different.
Also the claims that tablets are some revolutionary new thing for office workers seems at odds with the idea that we'd rather stick with our mouse and keyboard, and the dislike against Windows 8's touch UI. Whilst I'm not as sceptical of Windows 8 as some (since it does still work with mouse/keyboard, not like itoys), I'd much rather work all day sitting on a good chair, with a keyboard and mouse/touchpad, and looking at a decent sized monitor at eye level.
The idea that I'd rather bring in my own device, so I can work all day hunched over looking at a small screen lying flat or angled on the desk, that I can only use with my fingers, is mad. Similarly with the idea that I might want to do my day's work whilst standing and having to hold it with one hand, using it with another.
Fine if I was say, someone on a factory shop floor and needed to use a device whilst walking around, but that's not what we're talking about here.
Memo to media: You don't get to claim that ipads are some wonderful device revolutionising office workplaces, whilst also moaning about Windows 8 claiming people don't want tablets in offices. Though no doubt you'll try.
Mobe app makers doubt Windows 8 will be worth the hassle - poll
Re: Android is the largest platform!
See what h4rm0ny says - I'm just going by what the respondants themselves claimed.
The revenue claim always seemed a bit bogus to me anyway, as it doesn't explain why iphone is catered for above other platforms for even free stuff.
No, it all becomes clear now - it's most supported because many people *think* it's the most popular. Even though it isn't. And I find that rather sad.
Re: what a sorry attempt to distract
Then we could say the same about the iphone platform in its early years too, as sales were far less than other platforms, and what they are now.
Or we could say the same about OS X versus Windows.
I mean yes, you could try to come up with a metric like "sales per money spent on marketing" but that's really digging into contrived stats, and not something that is important - often money is spent on new platforms with the hope of long term growth; it's not just about advertising what's already selling most (which is why you don't often see Windows adverts, but Apple are desperate to put their platform on every TV programme). Not that consumers should care about any of this, anyway.
Most phone adverts focus on glamour rather than substance; some don't, but I've seen some Nokia WP ads that focus on substance.
Re: Shocker
What is this criticism that MS dare to spend money on marketing? I've seen it a few times now.
Apple have massive advertising campaigns, and have spent the last few years spending who knows how much on getting an Apple logo featured in practically every single American TV show that features a computer, or maybe phone. Take a look sometime - it's not that Macs are simply commonly shown, it's got to the stage where practically every single computer shown in American TV is an Apple PC!
That's before we consider the free advertising - e.g., the six months of massive media hype before the first iphone was released.
Watching TV now - you get an Apple logo shoved at you in every scene. Then when it's a break, you get all the free advertising for Apple too, from "Works on your iphone" (Does it? Like most people I don't have one. What about more popular platforms like Android and Windows?) to "I can check it on my iphone", or just showing an iphone with yet more product placement.
But instead we get criticisms of "MS spend money on marketing".
I like Android, and I have no idea how WP will do. But its sales are still no worse than what the iphone platform was doing in its early years too. Did the market therefore REJECT it, and therefore later iphones would be REJECTED too? And what you describe is what every company does - it's called marketing. (Plus even I know that it has software, and what UIs people like is a matter of opinion - I can't stand anything from Apple.)
Yes I was confused by that - is the article talking about Windows Phone 8, or Windows 8?
Of course Windows RT adds to the confusion, which will start from scratch and not have existing software. But it's odd that people talk about straightforward (x86) Windows 8 as if it will have little software or will have little share, when (a) it'll have the complete back catalogue of x86 Windows software (not rewritten for "Metro", but isn't that what most people here want?), and (b) even if Windows 8 takeup isn't that great, will still be going on most of the 400 million PCs sold a year, as you say.
I saw a BBC article the other day saying that Windows 8 might not have much software, and would struggle to compete with its "ecosystem". I mean, what? The "ecosystem" is MS's biggest advantage - it's just no one called it an "ecosystem" before people started to use marketing buzzwords for a certain mobile platform.
Or maybe these people don't realise that "app" is short for application, and so think that Windows 8 doesn't have many "apps" yet. But in a world where even software developers apparently think iphone is the largest platform when it isn't, it's scary to think what ideas some people have.
Android is the largest platform!
"a large install base is their number-one criterion when picking a platform to write for"
"With that in mind, Apple's iOS for iPhone and iPad continues to be the top pick for developers - 85 and 83 per cent of those polled fancy those devices, respectively"
So they say that, and then choose the iphone platform that isn't, and has never been the largest userbase? Current stats are around near 70% for Android, and 15-20% for iphone. Apple has never had more than that. In the early years, it was far smaller - less than Windows Mobile at one time - yet still got supported most often. Before Android was number one, it was Symbian.
Indeed that's another counter example. Symbian was the number one platform until 2011, but seemed to get least software support. So where were these developers until then, claiming that large installed userbase was so important? Plus the installed userbase (rather than sales) of Symbian is still massive (I get 100 times the downloads on Symbian compared with Android, and there's still a lot of users out there) - possibly larger than the iphone userbase still. So come on, where's the Symbian support, if installed userbase is really the "number-one" criterion?
The usual argument for why iphone is catered for first is allegedly higher revenue, but that comes third.
Sorry, either the survey is nonsense/non-representative, or they're talking rubbish about their motivations. Or worse, they're seriously deluded as to what the actual market share situation is (which wouldn't surprise me, given the press reporting in the last 5 years). (If installed userbase is important, then whilst it's bad for Windows Phone - and iphone - it's good for Windows 8, surely...)
"With its reduced market share position and falling interest in the Windows phone platform, developers are unlikely to tolerate any missteps."
I don't recall people ever making these criticisms of Apple in 2007, even though it applied then just as well.
US data show slump in Apple tablet share
Re: Percentages are irrelevant
Do you think I care?
Sorry, unless you're a shareholder shill, no one cares about profit. Never in the most heated Windows vs whatever debate did someone go "But look how much money Bill Gates makes!" Indeed if anything, making profit was a criticism - it means the products are overpriced, by definition.
Market share matters for lots of reasons - with Android vastly outselling IOS (and Symbian before that), it suggests may the media should stop obsessing about Apple, and maybe companies should provide apps for more than just the minority of Apple users. It also shows up as false all the claims about how Apple would take over the phone market.
Of course, perhaps we could say that all that should matter is what we individually prefer to use - but in that case, I wonder why Apple fans try to constantly quote every irrelevant stat they can find that happens to make Apple look best.
Re: But are they using them?
All that tells us is that www.netmarketshare.com is an atrociously unreliable way of judging market share.
Thank Freeview for UK 4G by mid-2013 - NOT the iPhone 5 nor EE
Re: Strawman much?
Whilst I thankfully haven't heard anyone claim that, just you wait. An Apple device will get credited for everything - we've seen this for smartphones to software. I've seen people saying we should thank them for increasing 3G data allowances, even though 3G was available on phones years earlier. Or the idea that other companies only released Android tablets because of Apple. It really wouldn't surprise me for UK Apple fans to note that 4G came "around" the same time as iphone 5, therefore Apple are to be thanked for being "first" or "popularising" it.
Whilst this may seem a straw man, it's good to have the facts put right, *before* myths start spreading.
Paul Allen: Windows 8 'promising' yet 'puzzling'
Re: Its a new paradigm
"many files open in Metro-only, even when launched from the desktop."
Do you have an example? I'm not disagreeing, I'm genuinely curious - it's difficult trying to extract any actual criticisms from the noise of people disliking any change.
In Windows 7 and earlier, there are some default associations set up, but typically when you install new programs, these give the option to override (and if there isn't an association, it's done anyway - and the option to override is often done as default anyway, so less-techy users will go with that). So if you're someone who installs programs that work with the standard windowed UI, then you'll get the experience you are used to.
But is there an example of a file extension that can't be changed? Or something that works okay with a standard Windows program currently, but would now be changed to the full screen version? I guess an obvious example would be IE - I agree it'd be annoying if the default extension for html files is for the Metro version of IE, and ideally it would select intelligently based on what UI you're currently using. But then, it's irrelevant when you install a new browser anyway...
The things that I stick with the default Windows programs for would be viewing photos, videos and playing music, and I don't see that running full screen for displaying them is a problem (and for music, I believe the modern style music application runs in a sidebar).
I mean, right now, today, if I double click on an image, it opens up in the Windows view *full screen*. Is that jarring? Is that dragging me out of my "multitasking experience"?
I'm not saying it's perfect - I think it's a shame there isn't a way to get the same programs to work with both UIs. I'm just not convinced it's a step backwards.
"You can proclaim from on high that "the new way is better" all you want"
Good thing I didn't say that.
"So not including a way to say "fuck off Metro," bringing back a start menu, banishing the hot corners and re-mapping all the file associations to desktop applications as an easy, integrated option?"
It would be nice to have options to keep the old ways. But then, you don't get that with any new OS, AFAIK.
"But hey, if that's the company you want to worship, that's entirely up to you."
A straw man. I use Linux too, which has had its own share of odd UI decisions (the way Ubuntu changes stuff *every six months*, and no there's not an option to switch it back, or if there is, it involves editing config files and who knows what).
"I, however, am not you."
Exactly, and I am not you, and we all have different opinions. It is not objectively worse for everyone, just as it isn't better for everyone - as with any change, made by any OS.
Perhaps I'm just not as opposed to it, because I've worked this way before - from workspaces in Linux, to "screens" years ago on the Amiga, the idea of having apps on different screens does have some advantages. The idea of having millions of windows all in one screen has really only been a Windows-only thing for the most part.
"pry sourceforge from the grip of my mouse and keyboard."
I use Sourceforge, and I'm a strong believe in the mouse/touchpad and keyboard over touchscreens, see my comments elsewhere in this. Direct your criticisms at Apple, they're the ones who want to do away with such things.
Re: An honest question
Touch is an optional extra. The new start menu is different, and perhaps some prefer the older one, and perhaps it would have been nice to offer an option for the older one, but it is just as much a mouse/keyboard based menu as earlier start menus. They didn't offer an option for the older menus when they were changed in Vista/7 either.
"went over to Linux and I've never regretted it."
But as someone who also uses Linux, I have exactly the same question: how do they get away with changing things all the time? Whether it's the scrollbars, the taskbar, the new Unity start menu (which has a lot in common with Windows 8's), the position of the menus, the way the folder hierarchy/path is displayed in file windows, or even the position of the god damn window close button!
Moreover, in Ubuntu at least, things seem to change every six months, rather than every few years. And the much shorter support cycle means you're forced to upgrade more often.
Sure, it's free, but the principle still exists. I acknowledge Linux has the advantage that you can choose different distributions with different UIs, but then you can install a 3rd party program for Windows to get your classic start menu back anyway, which is easier than changing to a different Linux distribution.
Whatever the reasons why software developers change things around, it is not unique to Windows, and I see it on Linux at least as much.
Re: "Desktop is dead"
Yes - a common assumption is that in ten years' time, everyone's computer will just be their phone, which will then plug or dock into everything else.
But I think that as costs fall, it'll be more likely that people will have multiple devices for every purpose, and information will be transferred across the network. The idea that I should have to faff about with "docking" seems absurd really. Plus more and more non-computer devices will turn into computers, e.g., as we're now seeing with TVs. The PC is not dead - rather lots of other things will turn into personal computers.
Also the media love to twist stats - even if sales of desktop and laptops remain constant (or increase), the effect of tablets and phones rising to that level with mean the share of desktops and laptops will fall. This will be spun as if the absolute sales were falling. (Nokia got criticised for years for "falling market share", even though their sales were actually increasing, and it was just new companies entering the market.)
Re: Based on....
I also find that touch worse than a mouse/touchpad or keyboard as soon as the screen is more than a few inches. It works on a phone as the screen size is pretty much the same size as a touchpad would be anyway, but on a larger screen, you're having to move your arm over a wider area - more effort, slower. That's before we consider laptops and desktops, where having to hold up your arm all day will quickly become painful. (Alternatively, you have the display closer to you or flat on the desk, but then it's a disaster for neck and back problems when you're looking down all day long.)
Despite the Windows 8 hate here, this is a world that offers touch, mouse and keyboard (look at how many of the upcoming "tablets" are actually hybrids, complete with keyboard and touchpad). It's only Apple that wants a world where computing is down on touch-only devices.
The bonus is it's probably more intuitive for someone who's never used a computer before - but once you've got past the one minute learning curve of the mouse/pointer (which is no worse, and probably better, than the learning curve for all the multitouch gestures). And I say probably, because nothing is obvious here - I remember my mum saying she was confused by a touchscreen phone, and preferred having actual keys to press.
The big problem with voice recognition is it's a pain for more than one person in a room (or perhaps privacy issues when in public).
Re: Its a new paradigm
It is a choice - the standard windows UI is still there.
The only forced change is the start menu, and as I say in other comments, it works just as well for keyboard and mouse, and I've yet to see what the actual criticism is? True, I agree it wouldn't be a bad idea to have the option for the older menu, just for people who don't like change or prefer the old version anyway - but that's not the same thing as saying the new version is objectively worse.
I mean yes, I liked that Windows XP had the option to use the 2000 start menu, as I didn't like XP's. But then, Vista/7 changed the menu again, and don't have the option to use any previous start menu (neither 2000 nor XP's). Which was bad (though personally I now like them better than 2000 or XP), but I don't recall people being that bothered about it. Not having the option in 8 seems no worse than that.
Re: If Paul Allen is puzzled ....
Whatever you may say about Windows (8, or in general), the idea that the disruption of moving to a new OS is solved by the disruption of switching to an entirely different platform, is odd.
At least pick something open like Linux. You're just jumping from one big company with a closed platform, to a another worse one that's even more closed and far more of a walled garden, not to mention supporting a company that uses patents on rectangles to shut down the competition. I do find it odd people who think they're hip to be against Windows, then you find they support Apple.
"The probable cause of this is the love that people have for their iPhones and iPads, followed by an assumption that a Mac will be just as brilliant."
Good luck with your last year tech, and oversized phone. The vast majority of people are out there buying Android devices. There is no brilliance, no more so than many other devices.
And Macs are PCs. Even if your anecdote were of any truth, I presume you mean switching from Windows to Macs. And I'd find that rather said.
Most the criticisms here are because of Windows trying to do things like touchscreen interfaces - where at least the upcoming tablets are mostly hybrids - and that some software can only be sold through MS.
Yet we're supposed to be happy if people switched to a company that wants us to do everything on dumbed down touch-only no-keyboard/touchpad devices, and wants all software sold only if it allows it? Sorry, that's a far worse situation. The idea that MS get criticised, whilst Apple praised, is mad.
"likely to accelerate this trend IMO."
People will move to ipads, because they don't like touch-optimised UIs? Sorry, makes no sense at all. And we've been hearing predicitons of Apple's dominance for years, and still, they're massively outsold by Windows on the desktop, and Symbian and now Android on mobile. I'm still waiting.
Re: tweak to the bumper bar, grille and taillights
Be glad it's not Apple. They'd sell you a bike that's the same size and price as a car, with no steering wheel or handlebar, and call it a feature. And fans would love it.
IIRC, the tiles do intelligently scale down to fit more in, e.g., if you're searching through all the programs - e.g., see http://us.generation-nt.com/windows-8-start-screen-zoom-1150911,3180811.html .
"What I've seen ... but from what I've seen ... I will eventually give it an honest try"
Have you actually tried it, or are you just passing judgement before doing so?
Re: Yep
But how did things work better on the Windows 7 start menu?
If you go to All Programs, you just see a long list of names, often categorised by company name rather than application name. Even if the Windows 8 start screen looks a bit of a mess, I don't see how things are better?
Of course once upon a time there was the ability to group the start menu into categories, but you had to do that manually yourself which was also rather awkward and time-consuming, as well as not at all obvious to most users, and I believe that ability went away with Windows Vista anyway.
The way I load programs quickly on Windows 7 is either to select it from the recent list, or just type the name to bring it up with search - and Window 8 works exactly the same way.
Seriously - I keep hearing comments about Windows 8's awful start menu, but having used it, I don't see it, and no one's yet explained the issue?
Samsung adds iPhone 5 to patent battle v Apple
Wow, obviously I upset the Apple fanatics there - maybe upset that Apple are still third place behind Samsung and Nokia?
Sorry, a bad marketing mistake doesn't mean Nokia's camera technology is therefore bad. That's basic logic.
Anti-Nokia FUD from the media yet again.
The advert was showing the benefits of optical stabilisation. Even if their marketing team messed up, that doesn't change the technology - there have already been plenty of third party demos that show the benefits.
(I have a Samsung Galaxy, which I love - but I don't deny that Nokia's camera phone technology is number one, and is far more innovation than "let's make a 4" device, and screw up maps" that you get from a certain other company.)
US court lifts ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
I drag and drop music to my Sansa player or music and videos to my Galaxy Nexus (and if I wanted to use software to manage it, I could use anything of my choice that supported the MTP standard). I play music or videos across the network to my LG TV from a variety of operating systems and devices using the open standard of DLNA.
I was horrified to read through a Richer Sounds catalogue recently, to see how many of the audio products, despite not being Apple products, catered only to the minority Apple users. There were devices that you could connect an iphone to (now incompatible!) There were mentions of Apple-specific terms that I presume was some networking thingy that gave me no idea as to how it would worth with anything else.
Even if I did have some Apple products, it's still ridiculous to require *all* the devices that I might want to play from to be Apple. And even if I did, it seemed nonsensical - if I have a portable mp3 player, I'd rather let that sit in my coat pocket, not have to dig it out to play music from home, plus from at home, and I'd rather use a full size UI on computer. Nor would I want to take a tablet or phone and physically connect it to the speakers - what if I wanted to use it? Haven't they heard of wireless?
So I thought it interesting that, due to the audio industry's obsession with Apple, I actually got far better and far more open support for playing audio, through my smart LG *TV*!
Walled garden isn't always about DRM. It simply means being locked in, e.g., you've already invested time learning how to use it, or downloading or buying software which now won't work on anything else. (The OP didn't even say that Apple had more of a walled garden, just that it's an effect that would harm Samsung when their products were banned.)
"but still free to import your own media"
You do realise that with "walled gardens", the issue is getting your media etc out, onto another platform? Indeed, typically walled gardens do make it easy to _import_. The fact that you have to use their special itunes software, encouraging people to have all their media managed by Apple's software, which then makes it harder for people to transition elsewhere, is a perfect example of that.
Not sure why a grandmother is taking as typical of a computer ignorant person, if that's what you mean - seems sexist at the least. But older people can and do just as well use other makes of products, and in fact, of all the people I see flashing Apple logos around, it's never grandparents. The "your grandmother can use an ipad, unlike other products" is just a myth.
Re: Apple have already won
Believe it or not, some people may want some kind of device - computer, tablet, phone, or whatever - and then choose from the available options.
Consider, what phone do you have? Now, are you telling me that if that exact model of phone didn't exist, you wouldn't have any phone?
Re: Apple have already won
Indeed, I was thinking, surely any damage estimates aren't just a matter of lost sales, but also the long term effect of having reduced share in a massively growing market?
Typically sales don't just appear out of nowhere, they grow with time, and there is a cumulative effect (more sales means more people talking about it and telling other people, more people writing software, more media coverage, which means in turn more sales). Any lost sale isn't just a loss of that profit, but a potential reduction therefore in future sales.
Shouldn't the products be banned until the trial is held - I mean, isn't that what happened to Samsung's products here? Or is it one rule for them...
Samsung can simply pay a few million to Apple if it turns out they lose the case.
Analysts slash Ultrabook sales estimate by over 50%
Re: All Ultrabooks seem to fail.
OOI, where can you get the specs you want with the size/portability of ultrabooks? Are there other high end portables that do?
(Personally I'm happy with netbooks for portability, and a less portable high spec laptop for my main use - but it seems odd to criticise a device for not having enough power, when the only laptops with that extra power don't have the same portability. It's not a fair comparison.)
Re: Well who would have thought it?
I agree, though actually I think a lot of the tablet offerings are tablet/touch versions of netbooks, rather than "ultrabooks" (or high end ultra-portables), so I think they are learning. (The proposed prices might be higher than netbooks, but that's to be expected with additional features of touchscreen and being a tablet hybrid - they still seem cheaper than high end ultrabooks.)
I.e., they're mainly going for things like Atom and lower resolutions, but doing so at a lower cost, because that's good enough for most people. The Surface is one of the few going with high end specs - and thankfully yes, it's also matched with a high resolution.
So millions, growing to tens of millions is a runaway success if it's Apple (referenced here with devices that have nothing to do with high-end laptops, as someone points out above), but a "cock-up" if it's Intel?
Also remember that Intel win on every x86 laptop sold (whether or not it's their "Ultrabook" brand), and will also do so on the competing MS Surface or x86 tablets too. The "Ultrabook" is just a way to add to this - partly marketing (simply to sell more x86 laptops), but also financial (since they also apparently get a bigger cut for each one sold). Seems pretty sensible to me.
Plus, what's wrong with selling less but with a higher profit margin? That's what the Apple fans tell us is great about Apple, isn't it? It may be that far more people are buying sub-£500 less portable but still good enough x86 laptops, but I can see the point that they don't make as much profit. This way Intel get the best of both worlds - large sales, but also additional profits from high end premium products. Indeed that's the way a lot of markets work - get the profits from the people buying the high end products, then get mass market with the lower end.
Steve Jobs resurfaces in Hong Kong
Re: Hmm...
and gets lots of free publicity from the media.
Re: Could we build a mausoleum to house him?
I will be remembering October 5, the 51 week anniversary of the tragic death of a great computer pioneer.


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The recent political chatter about "Obamacare" before the Supreme Court of the United States got a great deal of media attention. President Obama added fuel to the fire when he declared, "Ultimately, I am confident the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress."
For someone who was a law professor those words were absurd. Even if a bill passed unanimously in the house and senate, it could still be overturned – if the law was in violation of the Constitution.
Nelson Rockefeller's nomination for Governor in 1958 was partly an upstate revolt against the continued domination of party affairs by the Nassau Republican organization. Rockefeller was a man who always had bigger fish to fry, and throughout his almost 15 years as governor, he often went out of his way not to step on the toes of the touchy Nassau GOP. That's why Nassau is the only large New York county without a state office building. Respect the turf.
Just before taking office, Rockefeller announced that State Senator William Hults would be Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, but not until the end of the 1959 legislative session, so that Glen Cove, North Hempstead, Oyster Bay and a sliver of Hempstead wouldn't lose their Senate representation until 1960.
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Written by Michael A. Miller Friday, 04 January 2013 00:00"Give us back the old-fashioned town meeting where one can ventilate his views in a demonstrative way upon all matters of political interest," lamented the Oyster Bay Pilot newspaper in April 1891, days after the town elections. "This ballot reform business has largely killed out the enthusiasm of these annual occasions where the fate of the town, of the state and of the nation is determined."
The Pilot, now part of this newspaper chain as the Enterprise-Pilot, was expressing a popular viewpoint. The state's new Town Law set down new requirements and procedures for voting at multiple polling places in the large the towns. It also laid the groundwork for the slow transformation of a board of officers that met once a year to audit financial records into more of a legislative body that could take independent action without taxpayer consent. Across 250 years, the annual meeting was the basis of Long Island self-government, and "a sort of annual fair for men and boys" according to the recollections of one Oyster Bay old-timer in 1931.
The suburbanizing towns had more residents, more of everything than anyone had intended. Direct democracy gave way to republican representation.
That phrase, "annual meeting" is a familiar one to those who comb public notices and meeting agendas. It still exists in some parts of state law, most notably referring to the "Annual Meeting and Election" of our school districts each spring. "Annual Meeting" is now mostly a synonym for "voting day." Many elected officials and members of boards of education probably don't realize that this is not just some legalistic jargon, but a literal description dating back to a time when local voters met and decided pretty much everything.
Town meeting was the legislative branch of the town. Every spring, qualified town electors met at a designated meeting spot to make policy, pass resolutions, draft men for special tasks and jury duty, and elect officers to carry out the people's decisions. The officers would make reports on how well they had carried out tasks from the last meeting. Citizens had the right to bring up any legal proposal and have it considered, and could call special meetings to handle urgent business in between annual meetings.
In the sixty years after the Civil War, public education included a heavy dose of "civics," practical instruction in the workings of the government. New York's textbooks fairly gushed over the "pure democracy" of town and school government, in which "the people themselves are the government." Citizenship, students were taught, involved both the duty of allegiance to the government and entitlement to reciprocal protection. The annual meeting was an idealized laboratory of citizenship. Women meeting qualifications could vote in school and town elections years before the 19th Amendment.
Eligible voters in special districts had their own annual meetings. Incorporated villages always had presidents and trustees but also had village meetings, which had to approve larger expenditures. Because school funding was always controversial, the schools have always been required to get voter approval for basic financial decisions. That is why we still vote on annual school budgets.
In some districts there was a local tradition of very active annual meetings. At the 1930 Elmont meeting, the budget session went far into night as agitated taxpayers pared down office supplies and clerk salaries. In a 2 a.m. coup de grace, they eliminated the entire salary of the district's supervising principal. Five years later, in the same district, scores of voters staged a walkout to protest the board's failure to publish all budget figures in advance, and there was a string of fistfights.
Some readers will recall that until the late 1960s, most school districts had two evenings of voting. Technically, the annual meeting was for budget approval and the election of school trustees was held the next night. At this point, the two processes have been merged.
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Downtown Toronto
Stay: Most of the city's hostels are found downtown. Some top rated ones include: Backpackers on Dundas, Clarence Castle and the Canadiana Backpackers Inn.
Visit: Walk to the CN Tower, Hockey Hall of Fame, ROM, AGO, see the Blue Jays, Raptors or the Leafs depending on the season.
Shop: Check out the Eaton Center or if you prefer shopping outside Queen West has many big chains like Club Monaco, Zara and Gap. Chinatown and Kensington Market are great for cheap finds and vintage. Bloor street is for label hounds and designer divas.
Food & Entertainment: The Entertainment district is downtown with the main strip on King West. Check out a musical or grab some dinner all on King or hit a club. Grab some Indian buffet on Queen Street and stop in at Horseshoe Tavern for a live show. If you want to be seen and spot celebs head up to Yorkville and try Sassafraz, the rooftop patio at Hemmingway's or the street level patio at One Restaurant.
Toronto West End
Stay: Although there are mixed reviews you can stay in the West end at Marigold International Travellers Hostel
Visit: The Art & Design district is found in West Queen West and there are plenty of galleries including the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.
Shop: West Queen West is littered with boutiques, keep walking up Ossington to find vintage shops like I Miss You Vintage or keep heading west into Parkdale Village for local jewellery designers at Made You Look.
Food & Entertainment: Get some fish & chips at Chippys across from Trinity Bellwoods Park or head up Ossington for some of the city's hottest restaurants, and then dance the night away at Sweaty Bettys. Parkdale Village has a few theme bars like Stones Place; get cheap beer at the Rhino.
Toronto East End
Stay: There are a couple of top rated B&Bs just before you cross the Don River, but if you are looking for hostels you can try the Leslieville Home Hostel.
Visit: Once you cross the DVP there are few touristy sights, but you can see the Ashbridges family home and Riverdale farm. Or visit two of Toronto's multicultural neighbourhoods, Greektown and Little India. Even grab some groceries at East China Town.
Shop: Check out The Danforth for boutiques like Tabula Rasa and Social Butterfly. Or stay along Queen Street for more boutique shopping from Riverside, Leslieville and the Beach. I recommend Studio We in Leslieville there are 2 locations one for women and one for men.
Food & Entertainment: Try Lynn Crawford's restaurant Ruby Watch Co and live entertainment at the Opera House, both in Riverside. Have an afternoon beer on the Patios in Leslieville and the Beach or ice cream and gelato from Eds Real Scoop.
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I would add Bluffers Park to the East side list. It is further from CBD, but accessible with public transport + short walk or bike ride
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I live one block from the Marigold hostel on Dundas Street West in Toronto. Please do not recommend this place to your readers. It is more of a welfare halfway house than a hostel, and plays host to every seedy aspect of life that a traveller can imagine (NOT in a good way). I have talked to backpackers coming out of there that say they have never seen anything quite as bad. Sorry, true story.
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I travelled to Toronto from New York City last month, with 4 other friends. We found that instead of renting a car we just took taxi cab every where and split the cost of the ride. There is a nifty website taxi ride trip calculator http://www.395taxi.com . I loved hanging out with friends and seeing the sites in Toronto.


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David Norfolk is practice leader with responsibility for development and governance at Bloor Research International. He is on the committee of the BCS Configuration Management Specialist Group. Last month El Reg published an article by me that introduces the concepts of configuration management. You can read it here. In this …
examples please!
CM tools, and CMDBs, tend to be large and expensive. They also tend to embed workflows, that, for better or worse, tell you how to do your job. They are also a bit like insurance, in that they cost a lot and you only get the benefit in an incident.
CM is an approach that depends entirely on the organisational size and culture.
Any real-world examples of CM success in small, medim and large organisations? Which tools? Costs? Timescales?
Re: examples please!
CM tools, and CMDBs, tend to be large and expensive.
How much do you have to shell out for CVS, Subversion, or git?
Yes, there are commercial products, ranging from "so small as to disappear in the IT budget of any moderately-sized organization" to "pretty damn expensive". But it's also quite possible to do perfectly adequate change and configuration management with free tools and relatively little in-house administration.
They are also a bit like insurance, in that they cost a lot and you only get the benefit in an incident.
I use CM every day for all sorts of non-"incident" purposes.
Re: examples please!
I use CM for all sorts of work - writing articles, obviously any code, but also configs for machines.
People doing DevOps are applying CM to deployment processes and machine configurations.
Various successful examples at www.bcs-cmsg.org.uk from past events and conferences.
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Back to School: The New VTech Kidizoom Smartwatch
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I've seen this on a few blogs now! It looks so cool! Thanks!ReplyDelete
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that is so cool! does it tell time? lol Chandra Christine O'ConnorReplyDelete
The photos of your son are very cute! It is an adjustment for children going from half days to full days but I think your son will do wonderfully. I remember the trouble that my parents had teaching me to tell the time. This watch looks as though it will make that so much easier for you.ReplyDelete
love thisReplyDelete
Your son must feel pretty cool
wow..in my day we just had rubber bands and pretended they were watchesReplyDelete
This looks really cool!ReplyDelete
Wow kids are lucky these days!ReplyDelete
Vtech always comes out with interesting toysReplyDelete
how cool is that!! Toys have come such a loong wayReplyDelete
Wow, watches are so high tech these days.ReplyDelete
- Victoria EssJuly 29, 2014 at 1:12:00 PM EDT
Your son is BEAMING haha! What a great looking watch!ReplyDelete
Wow what a neat watch! I am sure my niece would love it! Love the picture of your son, so cute! (Judy Cowan)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 29, 2014 at 9:49:00 PM EDT
Bailey Dexter I have heard about these online but never knew or read a review on them. Now I will be putting on the Chirstmas list for the kids! ThanksReplyDelete
- DARLENE WNovember 25, 2014 at 6:34:00 PM EST
I have been checking this out and appears it would be great for my two 5 year old grandsonsReplyDelete
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2014 Club La Santa City of Salford 10K
2014 Club La Santa City of Salford 10k
We had a fantastc time of the 2014 Club La Santa City of Salford 10k. Over 3,500 runners took to the streets of Salford, to raise money for some great causes and compete in one of our biggest 10k's yet.
Mohammed Abu-Rezeq, from Altrincham and District Athletics Club, triumphed in the men's field with a time of 30 minutes, 58 seconds, following his second place finish last year.
In the women's race, Stockport Harriers and Athletic Club's Run Sinclair crossed the line first in a time of 39 minutes and eight seconds.
To check your chip time, please head to www.tdl.ltd.uk
You can also see photos from the day on our Facebook page. Official photos from the day's events can be found at: http://www.sephotos.co.uk/index.htm
Take part in the 2014 Club La Santa City of Salford 10k. This is one of the most popular 10k runs in the North of England, with nearly 3,500 entrants in 2013. The nice dry, crisp weather, coupled with the new fast start made for some good PBs.
We are pleased to announce the race has a new sponsor, Club La Santa in Lanzarote, the World's number 1 sports and activity holiday resort. This enables us to enhance the event further and all finishers will receive a Club La Santa technical sports tshirt and a commemorative Club La Santa finishers medal.
The Club La Santa Salford 10k route starts on the Piazza between The Lowry Theatre and The Lowry Outlet Mall, and heads on closed roads westwards along Broadway, along a wide carriageway, allowing runners to get a fast start. The route then turns back into MediaCityUK, past the BBC North offices and across the bridge into Trafford Park. After a tour of Trafford Park, the route comes back across Millennium Bridge onto the Salford side, and a loop along the side of the Quays to the Watersports centre, before finishing in front of all the cheering friends, family and supporters in the Piazza.
In 2013, the Salford 10k saw a new mens champion, TesfayeDebele from Bradford Airedale in a fantastic time of 30:09. Last year's winner Mohamed Abu-Reseq of Altrincham was second, with Salford's Stuart Robinson third. The ladies 10k was won by Rachel Burns of Liverpool Harriers in a great time of 35:58, with Kirsty Longley of Liverpool Pembroke in second and Gwen Kinsey of Stroud + District in third.
The 2014 race will start at 10:15am and we have been promised by Metrolink that the trams will be stopped on schedule to allow the race to get away on time and in safety.
Download the Club La Santa City of Salford 10k route map here.
Your 10k entry could win you a week in the sun!
For all runners who enter the Club La Santa City of Salford 10k, you will be entered into our prize draw to win a week's stay in the World's no.1 active sports holiday resort, Club La Santa! If starting the race is not enough to get that heart pumping, we will be announcing the lucky winner when all runners are at the line up start!*
Our winner will be chosen at random on race day. This will be done through race numbers. The prize consist of a one week stay at Club La Santa for 2 people in a one bed sport apartment during the following dates: Sept 9-30th 2014, Dec 1-17th 2014, Jan 4th-31st 2015, June 1-30 2015.
Changes to the 2014 Club La Santa City of Salford 10k
For 2014, we are making a number of improvements to the Salford 10k as it continues to grow and be more popular.
- A Metrolink presence in the Race HQ to ensure the tram line is suspended to allow the runners to cross the track in safety.
- A brand new sponsor, Club La Santa. Which means all runners now receive a technical t-shirt and commemorative medal!
- The City of Salford 5k will currently not take place due to the complexities of the whole event growing.
- Speedier collection process for the medal and t-shirt.
- More music at the event.
This is in addition to many of the other existing elements of the event including:
- Chip timing.
- Web results.
- Water station on route plus at the finish - in the event of a very warm day, additional water will be available.
- Massages, as provided by local physios.
- Event photography service.
- Route markers every 1km.
- There is car parking (payable) available at The Lowry Outlet Mall and at the MediaCityUK car park nearby.
The minimum age for participating in the event is 15 years old.
Address of the event: The Lowry Plaza, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ
Prizes for the 2014 Club La Santa City of Salford 10k
There will be cash prizes for the first 3 in each of the men's and the women's categories of 1st £250, 2nd £150, 3rd £75.
Also, prizes for the Vet categories.
Please note, if you win a prize in the overall places, you do not qualify for your age group prize.
Our sponsors
Club La Santa UK
Located on the beautiful volcanic island of Lanzarote, Club La Santa is the number 1 sports and activity holiday resort in the World.
Spend your days training hard on the bike, participating in one of the free fitness classes run throughout the day or laze by the pool with a beer!
The great thing about Club La Santa is you can do as much or as little as you like, making it the ideal place to train, improve and relax.
Catering for all abilities and levels of sporting standards, it is the holiday complex that has something to offer for everyone.
A new multi million pound extension opened in April 2014, with the addition of nearly 100 new Suites next to the Lagoon and Club La Santa now boasts three 50 metre swimming pools, alongside a range of new and upgraded sports facilities.
Learn more about Club La Santa here >>>
Smooth Radio North West
We are very pleased an excited to announced our new partnership with Smooth Radio North West.
In addition to sharing exciting news and race announcements, the 'Smooth Street Team' will be joining thousands of runners at the Club La Santa City of Salford 10K handing out merchandise and taking photos of the event.
Commenting on the partnership, Jamie Griffiths, Group Brand Programme Director for Smooth Radio said: "This is a fantastic opportunity to get out and about in the region and we're proud to support a fantastic event. With thousands of runners coming together in Salford and Aintree it's the perfect way to round up Summer in the North West ."
Enter the 2014 Club La Santa City of Salford Salford 10k
The entry fee is currently £15 which represents a £10 saving on the standard entry fee. Furthermore there will be a £2 discount for UK Athletics Club members. (Please note there is a cost of £1 for postage and packing for the Race number and chip to be sent.)
Download the Club La Santa City of Salford 10k route map here.
Corporate Challenge
The City of Salford 10k Corporate Challenge is open to all businesses to enter a team of runners, with the first three runners home from each team to count towards the Challenge. It is great for staff motivation and firms can use the event to raise money for their chosen charitable cause.
Run for Charity
Each year, runners raise thousands of pounds for good causes and you can run for whatever charity you wish as part of the City of Salford 10k run.
Thanks also to Salford City Council to their support and assistance in establishing this event over the last five years and along with the support of The Lowry Outlet Mall, Metrolink MediaCityUK, the Lowry Theatre and Trafford Council.
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So for the fifth year in a row, Parents has made their selections based mainly on safety. They chose according to performance on government and industry crash tests, and whether or not the vehicles offer the latest safety technologies. They also road-tested their picks looking for a "perfect mix of performance, reliability, comfort, and bang for the buck." Also factored in were how easily car seats fit and how much room there was for all that stuff parents find themselves hauling around on a daily basis.
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Fleury suggests alternating between a small line and a "V" all the way up the nail, working toward the tip. For some variety, you can switch which side you start from and the direction of the lines. You can even start from the top corner of a few of your nails, but be extra careful not to smudge!


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