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I tried suitcase (the cheap version) and several freeware/shareware ones. If you don't need a font server, or are just a home user it's excellent: easy to use, it cleans up the system folder. I'm managing 3800 fonts without any problems.
I was just reading an article that says it doesn't use a normal WiFi system but rather:EVDO is as far as I understand it (part of) Sprint's mobile network. Sprint is an american network carrier. It could be using something like 3g here in Europe. Also as you can redownload all purchases at any time for free I suspect they are linked to the amazon account not to the device?
"Downloads are done via Amazon Whispernet, using the EVDO network"
See http://blogs.zdnet.c...7096&tag=nl.e539 for the article.
I don't know what EVDO is.
Having said that I can understand the idea of having computer manuals and other reference books in this format provided your investment is guaranteed protected - but (and it is a big BUT) the books will be locked to one device - what happens when it dies?
Also I have been stung with eBooks before - what happens when you buy an eBook and need to download it again? As far as I can tell this is supposed to be possible from Amazon but in the past I have been unable to redownload eBooks from Amazon because publishers have withdrawn them from the eBook market.
Given that the library size is limited is there a way to store books on other media (such as a computer hard disk)? It seems to suggest that it doesn't need to interface with computers at all - even to purchase and download books. Does this mean you are relying on Amazon to manage your library within your Amazon account and allow books to be grabbed from your library on the fly?
Finally would anyone choose to read a novel on this sort of device - there is no way I want to lie in bed with a glowing lump of plastic glaring at me instead of a comforting paperback that can happily drop on the floor without problems when I drop off to sleep!-Carol Haynes (November 20, 2007, 12:11 PM)
ThreatFire is dramatically different to traditional antivirus software. Normal antivirus products usually need to have first identified and seen a threat before they can provide adequate protection against it. The protection is then provided via a signature or fingerprint update, which must first be written by an antivirus researcher. This creates a large window of time where threats are undetected and can therefore infect your PC even when you have antivirus software installed.
What's Apple's excuse? I thought system reliability out of the box was the whole point of Apple hardware lockdown (even to the point that you can even get into some of the boxes they produce - they won't even let users change batteries for god's sake!)Apple's not making the money on the software in those cases.-Carol Haynes (November 19, 2007, 05:44 AM)
That's true it's not so much a comment on Songza as it is on the whole beta trend going at the moment. I don't see any beta tag on this however, and no terms and condition or privacy policy so I am going to assume either will be added in the near future.Like free popular beta programs turning into shareware via small print exemptions?
Gee, i hope not Justice!
I failed to see anything about this going into shareware.-dantheman (November 16, 2007, 08:42 AM)
Humanized also many "betaware" programs for free. I believe you shall not be deceived.Like free popular beta programs turning into shareware via small print exemptions?-dantheman (November 16, 2007, 07:44 AM)
Bah. The link doesn't work. I get *my*personal messages, not justice's.That's cos you're missing a cookie:
:-)-Ralf Maximus (November 12, 2007, 04:12 PM)
