Go enjoy some Apple thread? Both in their own right have merits and demerits, but are you honestly saying that Google Music is a bad idea?
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Go enjoy some Apple thread? Both in their own right have merits and demerits, but are you honestly saying that Google Music is a bad idea?
Go enjoy some Apple thread? Both in their own right have merits and demerits, but are you honestly saying that Google Music is a bad idea?
Apple are about to release their version, you can bet your bottom dollar it is a lot more polished than Googles venture.
It looks polished enough? Obviously stuff gets updated all the time but the video looks like the product is indeed very polished. I think Oldcoals hasn't actually used a recent Android device at all.... Some folks do like to stand and bang on about the same old stuff even when it's long been sorted.
Will Apple give the user 50GB of storage for their music for free? Hmmmm.....
As for the Google Talk BS, what do you mean why not use MSN etc instead? Talk (now with video chat) is much more convenient for anyone who uses a Gmail account and has contacts added to it since it's all integrated. Means you don't need to install another app just to talk to your buddies.
If you don't have any buddies who use Google then that's another matter though. Maybe get some newer friends
The @Home bit sounds interesting but I don't think it will kick off any time soon with the public. We're only just seeing TV sets sporting Android interfaces and cars with similar being announced so it's a good few years away. Still, it means when it is fully out it will be well received among every day appliances no doubt.
Will Apple give the user 50GB of storage for their music for free? Hmmmm.....
As for the Google Talk BS, what do you mean why not use MSN etc instead? Talk (now with video chat) is much more convenient for anyone who uses a Gmail account and has contacts added to it since it's all integrated. Means you don't need to install another app just to talk to your buddies.
If you don't have any buddies who use Google then that's another matter though. Maybe get some newer friends
The @Home bit sounds interesting but I don't think it will kick off any time soon with the public. We're only just seeing TV sets sporting Android interfaces and cars with similar being announced so it's a good few years away. Still, it means when it is fully out it will be well received among every day appliances no doubt.
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Interesting idea, we need decent wifi coverage for this to work in the UK however...
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I'll just carry my iPhone around. Until networks get decent 3G coverage all over then this is merely something to play with a few times then never use.
Another thing is. When you find new music, you'll almost certainly want to have that saved for offline use. You'll also have to upload your music to Google in order for this to be of any use. I'd spend more time uploading (before the other management) than just syncing my devices.
Another thing is. When you find new music, you'll almost certainly want to have that saved for offline use. You'll also have to upload your music to Google in order for this to be of any use. I'd spend more time uploading (before the other management) than just syncing my devices.
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I for one will be giving it a go when it launches. I find that iTunes is too much faffing about. Yeah of course people can point to iTunes being more mature product but how many large updates that take an age to install must you go through before you think balls to this.
As someone who uses a cloud based service for a lot of my documents on the go, a cloud based music service in snyc with all my devices sounds appealing.
As someone who uses a cloud based service for a lot of my documents on the go, a cloud based music service in snyc with all my devices sounds appealing.
You should know by now that the fanboys never stop. Still it's never as bad as the graphics lot before a card launch.
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I'm on an unlimited data contract with O2 for my iPhone (simplicity, 30days rolling contract) but don't most people have limits for their 3G data?... thus rendering this pretty useless?
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I was speaking with the head of a US On Demand movie service a few months ago who did not realise the data limits and throttling imposed by most ISPs in the UK. It looks like Google and Apple do not realise this also. If companies want the On Demand market to take off, they are going to have to wait for the ISPs to lift their data limits.
Google's business model revolves around failing fast and failing cheaply. They launch workloads of products as quickly as possible, ploughing a relatively small amount of money into each. Those that sink do so without many associated costs, those that swim make millions. As you've pointed out, a lot of Google products are unnecessary or simply bad, but you use Chrome and Search.
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Chrome does seem to have become rather popular, but I wonder how google make money from it? I guess the data that google gets from the users using Chrome is pretty hard to put a price on however, so maybe this is why they have put quite a bit of effort into Chrome?
I don't think they have to make money from every product, they've got enough money rolling in from advertising around the Google web anyway and as per usual, will put that money to use on projects like Chrome and other services (Docs and Talk being the latest updated ones which are very popular).