Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
Posted in Android, Fixes/Hacks, Opinion | No Comments »
I have been disappointed with T-Mobiles schedule of updates (lots of posts out there say that Cupcake was scheduled for January 2009) and tired of waiting for the Over the Air (OTA) update, so I decided to take the plunge and root my phone so that I could update it with whatever I wanted, whenever. … These two demands are opposing forces in the software development world: a high-quality and bug-free update takes time to build, and then takes lots more time testing for compatibility with millions of users running thousands of different applications in millions of different ways.
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Posted in Android, Frustrations, Opinion | No Comments »
Problem: The Android operating system for mobile phones has a great deal of potential. However, a lot of this potential has not yet been tapped. This post identifies my wantings with regard to Android. I will keep updating this post as I find new items to address.
A screen shot from the Android emulator ...
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Posted in Apple/Mac, Frustrations, Opinion | 18 Comments »
Usually I post articles that describe how to get around a problem that I had, but this is just about how frustrated I am with Apple's Numbers, part of the iWork '08 suite.
Background
I use a Mac because it is much more stable than Windows. Also, the open source community is well plugged into working with ...
