Couple a days ago I guickly tried Samsung Note. Although for my personal use I wouldn't want a phone with such a huge screen but I still feel its a great phone for those who want to have small tablet and phone in one. The pressure sensitive pen is totally awesome which is major plus for the device. iPad would really benefit from pressure sensitive stylus...
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Nope, after watching the commercial I thought you needed the stylus. Thats probably a good thing though, people will lose their stylus, Samsung needs a good "plan B".
Maybe Samsung should have emphasized that the stylus was just an option a little more in the commercial? Hmm... I really don't care to be honest. It didn't seem to offer anything new, just a bigger screen.
They did show that stylus was not necessary, you do not see them taking pictures with the stylus.
No, not saying that at all. But there's a subtext to the "you can walk right in and buy one of our phones, whereas you can't do that with the iPhone" message
That subtext is... "errr.... why?"
There's many possible answers to that question, but the one that leaps out most prominently is "Because more people want the iPhone"
Well, have you seen a lot of phones or tablets with Wacom digitizers integrated on their screens?
You should probably actually read those articles. The first one called it "insane" and said it was enjoyable because of the music.
The second one, philly.com, the greatest judge of tv commercials
(does that work here? )The third offered no opinion on the commercial, not sure how that means they think it's good
and the fourth (ignoring the fact that its on midwestsportsfans.com) is written by a basement blogger which for some reason you discounted just two posts ago....strange how suddenly these are ok.
I've had a Nintendo DS since 2006 (Original, Lite, and DSi) and I always lose that damn stylus. At least Samsung make considerable sales off replacement styli.
You should probably actually read those articles. The first one called it "insane" and said it was enjoyable because of the music.
The second one, philly.com, the greatest judge of tv commercials
The third offered no opinion on the commercial, not sure how that means they think it's good
and the fourth (ignoring the fact that its on midwestsportsfans.com) is written by a basement blogger which for some reason you discounted just two posts ago....strange how suddenly these are ok.
Didn't bother opening the links, their existence is enough to prove that not MOST people make fun of the ad like you stated.
And please enlighten on how my comments are biased.
To be honest I don't recall. I just remember the dude in the striped pants playing the guitar and people running around with a large phone, small tablet with a stylus. Once I saw the stylus I thought "now I would lose that on day one!".
Sorry I didn't analyze the commercial, it wasn't a life altering event; it fell somewhere between me grabbing another handful of chips and sipping my beer.
Don't get me wrong: I want Samsung, Motorola and all of the other companies to put out great stuff and to continually innovate: I want Apple to worry and compete for my business. Competition breeds excellence!
People wanting your phone /= People standing in line for your phone..(Note this statement doesn't work in reverse obviously)
But of course you knew that, just keep letting hyperbole drive you instead of facts
You should probably actually read those articles. The first one called it "insane" and said it was enjoyable because of the music.
The second one, philly.com, the greatest judge of tv commercials
The third offered no opinion on the commercial, not sure how that means they think it's good
and the fourth (ignoring the fact that its on midwestsportsfans.com) is written by a basement blogger which for some reason you discounted just two posts ago....strange how suddenly these are ok.
His links, along with your links just prove exactly what is going on in this very thread. People reacted differently to this commercial.
Again THIS COMMERCIAL IS NOT AIMED AT PEOPLE COMMENTING IN THIS THREAD
A feature that enables you to take a step backwards in the tech world. You can type much faster than you can handwrite. That's on a digital keyboard or otherwise.
And exactly why is a step backwards?
Yes, you can type faster but can you paint better with a finger? Can you point better with a finger?
Something that is used on the thing you're bashing?
If you don't read the links, how or why would you know what they say? That doesn't make sense. Like I said, two of those are immediately discounted (by your standards) because they're written by a basement blogger, or a place that shouldn't be judging tv commercials. One of them gives ZERO opinion on the commercial, just pretty much states what the commercial was, and the last one calls it insane and says it was enjoyable only because of the music. So again, you're not exactly proving your point.
And how are you biased? Easy. When I posted my links you discounted them for silly reasons like "the author is an idiot", "the author is a basement blogger", and "redmondpie shouldn't be judging tv commercials", yet when someone else posted links, you not only didn't even bother to read them, but you also ignored the fact that three out of 4 of them should be discounted because by your own standards they should not be writing about tv commercials or are not credible sources.
I have no problem admitting my bias toward a commercial that I think sucked, what's the difficulty in admitting yours?
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It's something that people think consumers care about apparently.
Pressure sensitive touch panels, just watch any Wacom video on Youtube, it's amazing.
dead/dying disk - most likely
Exactly - if a Windows system locks up for 30 to 120 seconds from time to time, especially if you can correlate it with disk access - you have a failing hard drive.
A standard SATA/IDE drive/controller will go into reset/recalibrate/retry loop when a drive error occurs. It will try this for a minute (give or take) before returning an error for the IO.
If you get these pauses, check the event log (type "eventvwr" at an administrator command prompt) for "device timeout", "controller timeout" and other similar error messages. (And from your description, it sounds like your "C" drive is OK, but one or more of the other drives is failing.)
Note that "RAID edition" drives have a different retry algorithm - they'll retry a few times (in a fraction of a second) and then return an error for the RAID system to handle.
Exactly - if a Windows system locks up for 30 to 120 seconds from time to time, especially if you can correlate it with disk access - you have a failing hard drive.
A standard SATA/IDE drive/controller will go into reset/recalibrate/retry loop when a drive error occurs. It will try this for a minute (give or take) before returning an error for the IO.
If you get these pauses, check the event log (type "eventvwr" at an administrator command prompt) for "device timeout", "controller timeout" and other similar error messages. (And from your description, it sounds like your "C" drive is OK, but one or more of the other drives is failing.)
Note that "RAID edition" drives have a different retry algorithm - they'll retry a few times (in a fraction of a second) and then return an error for the RAID system to handle.
Why would I bother reading them if OP said they were positive. Once again, these links prove that not everybody thinks the ad sucks, bloggers idiots alike.
You obviously never tried a pressure sensitive panel, they're amazing
Ok, so in other words when bloggers/idiots alike say it's ok, it's fine. when they say it's not ok, they "shouldn't be judging TV commercials". Got it. No bias there.
You should probably actually read those articles. The first one called it "insane" and said it was enjoyable because of the music.
The second one, philly.com, the greatest judge of tv commercials
The third offered no opinion on the commercial, not sure how that means they think it's good
and the fourth (ignoring the fact that its on midwestsportsfans.com) is written by a basement blogger which for some reason you discounted just two posts ago....strange how suddenly these are ok.
The first also placed the ad in the "Winners" category.
The second, philly.com, is from a daily newspaper in Philly. Are there requirements to be a TV commerical judge anyways?
The third had a poll and if you look at the results, it was overwhelmingly positive.
And fourth, even if its on some random website, it still shows people like the ad.
The use of a Wacom digitizer for phone and stylus IS something new.
Ok, so in other words when bloggers/idiots alike say it's ok, it's fine. when they say it's not ok, they "shouldn't be judging TV commercials". Got it. No bias there.
Is it that hard to understand? I initially stated your article was pointless because it was not credible.
Then you changed your argument saying it did not matter because MOST people thought the same.
The links posted only prove the contrary, not MOST people think like you.
Can you paint better with a finger? no. You can paint better with an easel and a paintbrush. You can point better with your finger. I'm bashing it because it adds a 1990s technology that its competitors know no one cares about. Apple, Motorola, LG, Nokia, and even Samsung have made billions selling phones by abandoning the stylus. The idea that now Samsung thinks it's a new feature is ludicrous. They market a pen which you can lose and make no mention of Wacom technology. We all laugh because it's evident that no one wants a stylus, no matter what silly Japanese niche technology is employed to run it.
Yes, the first one is the one that I said they found enjoyable. I didn't dispute that they liked it.
Who sets requirements for judging TV commercials? aerok apparently, since redmondpie.com shouldn't be judging them, but philly.com is ok.
The poll on the third one shows the same story here. The people who vote on these polls are the same type of people who overwhelmingly support an obviously silly commercial.
Yeah, I know, but aerok thinks basement bloggers don't count. Actually let me rephrase that, he thinks they don't count if they don't agree with him.
Right. Because the only thing you'd use a stylus for would be writing? There are loads of applications I could see a stylus (esp one that is pressure sensitive) being useful. Artists, Doctors, Business People doing presentations, and anything else that takes more precision and levels of pressure not provided by a 1-level finger.
It's ok if you want to dismiss the stylus because you wouldn't use it. But to say that it's a step backwards only makes you look like you're living in the 90s, not Samsung...