On 11/02/2011 06:49 PM, tartbrain wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu<noozguru@...> wrote: >> On 11/02/2011 05:57 PM, tartbrain wrote: >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine<salsunshine@> wrote: >>>> On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Vaj wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Nov 2, 2011, at 5:08 PM, Bhairitu wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Interesting article on Steve Jobs dietary quirks (not too unlike some >>>>>> quirks people have here) and comments by nutritional experts: >>>>>> http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/02/8598251-the-strange-eating-habits-of-steve-jobs >>>>> Yeah, Jobs (whose strange health habits were fairly well known) reminds >>>>> me a lot of TM Org and other New Ages faddists: weird diets, odd >>>>> supplementation regimes, unusual approaches to disease and avoidance of >>>>> modern mainstream healthcare. Often these are taken to obsessive and >>>>> excessive levels: worrying about the latest-greatest supplements or >>>>> dosing up on Indian or Chinese herbs to the point of heavy-metal overload. >>>> It was the carrots-and-apples-for-weeks that >>>> kind of got to me. Besides overload, really >>>> boring. Probably explain his shifting >>>> moods too. Not such a great idea being CEO of a >>>> major company, holding meetings, etc while you're >>>> basically starving yourself. Wonder what his >>>> wife's take on all of that including his >>>> unconventional ideas on his cancer treatment was. >>>> >>>>> Jobs clearly signed his own death certificate with the strange idea that >>>>> he could force a rare form of pancreatic CA into remission through diet. >>>>> Occasionally you'll see someone who gets lucky with such an approach, but >>>>> almost invariably these types just suddenly disappear. Gone. >>>>> >>>>> The only good news in this case is now I may eventually get Flash on my >>>>> iPad… >>>> Really? So then they should work with, say, >>>> Amazon instant videos? That would be nice. >>>> Just one more thing to thank Steve for. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sal >>> Presumably the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire will also play Amazon Instant Video. >>> And for Prime members, much of that library is free. An offer I-tunes lacks >>> (or have I missed that.) Amazon Instant Video recently acquired access to >>> all PBS content. The expands their library a lot -- for quality programming >>> (should one be inclined towards documentaries -- I like a lot of their >>> stuff.) >>> >>> Way cheaper tablet, way cheaper content. And Droid Honeycomb looks great. >> The Kindle Fire will be running Gingerbread Android 2.33 not Honeycomb. > Thanks for the clarification. Can the fire be upgraded to Honeycomb, or is > that a round peg in a square hole sort of thing?
They should skip over 3.2 which is mainly for tablets and do Ice Cream Sandwich or 4.0 which will be better for that device. The Fire only has a 1024x600 screen. But I think the concept is good. My 10" Acer A500 plays Netflix WI and movies from the Android Market at 1280x720p. I can also plug it into the HDMI port of a TV and watch that way. I suspect that after sales lull for the Fire in the spring Amazon may make a video app available for other tablets. MSpot is another movie service available on Android but I haven't looked into it. > And the Fire, as I understand, is Amazons quick to market for Christmas > season. The REAL tablet which they have spend most of their time and > resources developing, and lots of consumer sessions, is coming in spring > 2012. Hopefully that will run the latest version of Droid. The mobile scene is crazy. Google rushes stuff out and breaks things. They feel they have to do that to stay ahead of the pack. They also don't have much senior management and it shows. ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
