I started using X240 a week ago. I am usually not a complainer. I concurrently used X220 and Macbook fine. But I could not like the click pad on X240. I think the trackpad/trackpoint on X240 is simply a failed experiment. As someone who is fine with trackpoint or trackpad on Macbooks, I can't see how anyone can like this click pad thing.
1/3 webOS team has already quit. webOS as it currently is only the result of the CES deadline forcing LG to go with webOS rather than LG team. Even after success of webOS TV, LG is still going with LG team. webOS team's morale is low. They got lucky with launch. With the way things are, it's only going to get worse.
Anyone know more of the story? This sounds fairly one sided.
I know nothing about this and I'm just guessing, but I'd imagine that after Palm sold to HP and then at various times under HP's reign, a lot of people left. Perhaps a few stuck around that were handcuffed, in fact I'm sure some did but I'd guess a lot of high quality probably left.
Then when LG stepped up, it seems like it must have made for a somewhat difficult situation, HP's handcuffs would normally be paid out, right? So it's up to LG to renew as part of the sale, right? So I'd have expected another exodus but I'd also expect maybe some nice reasons for key people to stick around, no idea what these numbers would look like but I'd expect bigger than HP offered. Then as things under LG went on maybe those incentives didn't seem as appealing or something. Perhaps HP paid too much and the new incentives weren't as appealing.
Ironically, I'd think as for putting the product in front of people, the LG situation would be as good as the WebOS team has ever had, LG sells a lot of well made hardware products, they're serious. What I'd really think happened is WebOS's core team was depleted under HP, they sold it to LG, never reloaded and now there are gigantic demands on them that they simply cannot satisfy. That's rough, LG should double down and help them get some new talent that's hungry.
The idea that WebOS was going to "change LG" seems interesting...
Sure, the greatness of LGs webOS may be, if this article is accurate, a result of pure luck.
However, from LGs advertising it seems like they are very aware that the simplicity is webOS' biggest asset. I don't see any reason why that focus would change, even with a Korean team.
It seems only 2G connection is crackable. Are we safe as long as the device is on 3G/4G network? We should just disable cellular radio when you see the device is on 2G suspiciously in the middle of city(around demonstrations, I suppose)
I'm just going to quote the GitHub README here: "Although A5/3 withstands passive eavesdropping, it can be bypassed by deploying an IMSI-Catcher which can force a mobile device into 2G mode and downgrade then the encryption to A5/1 or disable it."
Here is the best hint I can give you: LEAVE YOUR PHOEN AT HOME when you really have to participate in demonstrations! The main reason why the use of IMSI-Catchers, Stingrays and alike is such a popular tactic for law enforcement agencies is because people are not SMART ENOUGH to think ahaed and leave their phones at home!
No solution for you? Well then, at the very least make yourself your own signal blocking pouch to fully block all Silent SMS: www.killyourphone.com
That's not exactly true. In Canada government-backed Interac Flash [1] made many merchants accept NFC-enabled cards (debit and credit). I personally use it quite often (e.g. when buying groceries at Metro stores) and not only is it convenient for customers, but also I'm sure it has strong business case and good ROI for the merchants since it allows serving customers faster with shorter lines and fewer cachiers.
I can't exactly speak for the entire Europe, but in Poland almost everybody has a Visa PayPass card, and you can pay with them pretty much everywhere now. It is also not uncommon to see someone pay with his NFC-enabled phone.
