Posted by martin:

Posted by firefly:

BTW, I access the forum on my cellphone via gprs. I was wondering is there going to be a big size difference between the pages as they are now and the new version, or will they be about the same?

WOW. Just Wow. I have tried to streamline the pages, so they should be smaller.

What is gprs?

You didnt use java did you? just html? Cuz if you did, Im screwed.

Posted by firefly:

In the UK (and most of Europe), you can get GPRS access anywhere. And if you have the right phone (I have a PalmOne Treo, which is a PDA and a phone in one), you can access the internet on it. I dont dl pictures on pages, just raw text, and page outline. The site takes about the same time to load on my phone as it would on 56k, even though my connection speed is lower. Sometimes then can be gliches in the text when im replying to things, but generally its great.

Maybe if you guys are lucky, the US might be able to catch us up technology-wise within the next oh, 5-10 years.

BTW, I sometimes cant connect to the site at all, even from my broadband, but when I do get on, it seems that everybody else has been getting on fine. Any ideas?

[Edited by - firefly on 07/20/2005 11:39:19]

If u didn't know, the Sidekick 2 by T-Mobile uses GRPS. I have one and it's hot fam.

we already have tv and ebooks on phones here. we have the n-gage phone where you can play ps2-type games and even wireless 2 player if you have 2 phones. we have phones here that run windows(pocket edition)! including aim, msn messenger, wmplayer, word etc. EDGE technology can bring your connection speed to over 56k. and im typing this from my car! who needs computers anymore? true, its getting a bit ridiculous, but its fun.

on the flip side, the british government wqnt to start using gps satnav tech to automatically limit a cars engine to whatever the speed limit is where you are. luckily it looks like they won't be allowed to because of privacy laws.
But the technology you guys have in the US is falling further and further behind

Posted by Silverfuel:

Posted by firefly:

Maybe if you guys are lucky, the US might be able to catch us up technology-wise within the next oh, 5-10 years.

If we are lucky, we will be able to catch upto Japan soon where you can watch TV and read novels on your cell phone!!!

Bizzy: The sidekick is good stuff but the bandwidth they give is petty. I want the 3G to catch up already so I can access ultimateknicks from my A630. This website is the reason I get no work done, its an addiction!

Yeah, tha SDK2 is hot. It doesn't support java yet so tha games are weak, but it's a good device. Doesn't beat a PDA, but it's tha closest to one.

Posted by nyballer:

I think it'd be convenient if you could track your past posts. a lot of times since so many threads and replies get posted i don't remember where i posted something and sometimes questions don't get answered- i don't know how feasible that is but i think it'd be pretty cool.

searches, that's how you do it. That will be in the next rev. Searching effectively is not that heard, but to make it work smart takes as little bit of time. It will be in there eventually.

Posted by pizza:

searches would be cool. so would having avatars.

i don't see any real cosmetic changes with the beta. so i guess you're
tuning the engine more so the look. dude at least add more smilies.

sorry, no avatars, they are distracting, IMHO, more than anything and are otherwise a nuisance.

Yeah, so are smileys.