Really, Android "copied" Apple's field of icons? I was using Nokia SmartPhones in 2006 which used the same style. Apple must have a time machine?

We agree that the Aliyun OS is not part of the Android ecosystem and you're under no requirement to be compatible.

However, the fact is, Aliyun uses the Android runtime, framework and tools. And your app store contains Android apps (including pirated Google apps). So there's really no disputing that Aliyun is based on the Android platform and takes advantage of all the hard work that's gone into that platform by the OHA.

So if you want to benefit from the Android ecosystem, then make the choice to be compatible. [It's] easy, free, and we'll even help you out. But if you don't want to be compatible, then don't expect help from OHA members that are all working to support and build a unified Android ecosystem.

Get yourself involved in some Corporate Performance Management stuff (specifically OLAP). This is the perfect intersection of IT and Business/Finance. Think Oracle Hyperion, IBM Cognos TM1, etc. Guys I work with (not me) are currently putting this stuff in at our clients - even the guys without the technical know-how (e.g. they still have finance/technical backgrounds but don't actually build it) have a role in navigating/deciphering and translating whatever bunch of Excel models and disparate systems into Functional Requirements, which get built into Multidimensional structures by the technical guys. I'd start by looking for companies that do this type of stuff - the role name could be anything from Solution Architect to Consultant. Good luck!

1. It would have to be cheap ($100-$150)
2. The screen should be touch.
3. Might the dock supplier need to be include their own Android launcher? Can't see the various different launchers and configurations all fitting perfectly. This would be a problem for people who want to take their phone home and use it but prefer their launcher of choice.
4. Google will have to get into gear for QuickOffice pretty quickly/merge it with Google Docs/pull together all the main bits of functionality missing from each program, make the blur between Google Drive and Google Docs less confusing and improve the overall user experience.
5. Docking/undocking: seamless, no funny business specific to certain handsets.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/27/1917213/patent-troll-now-armed-with-thousands-of-nortel-patents?utm_source=feedburnerGoogle+International&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+(Slashdot)&utm_content=Google+International

FYI Valve have dropped the "Defense of the Ancients" moniker and now more generically refer to it as Dota.

Perhaps Symantec are flagging it as malware because it is using permissions that the app clearly does not need, and it is just some rookie developer that has permission code copied in from some other site?

Since this article is about iiNet and people have been talking about SOPA, I thought it a good idea to post this article published on the official iiNet blog yesterday about SOPA: http://blog.iinet.net.au/sopa-internet-censorship-effort-beginning/

I agree with your notion for Wave - put out too early, cancelled way too early.

Australia is one of the least densely populated countries in the world, so the rollout of a network like this is nothing trivial. Europe is a different story..

Android's browser isn't "Chrome" per se, and is tracked by it's own user agent. So no figures in the wild should be counting it toward Chrome's market share.

Yep. iiNet have been running a fairly extensive "The New No2" (ISP) after a series of recent acquisitions, although this reflects only DSL subscribers, so my comment was in relation to people that might dispute OP's post which stated that Optus was the #2 largest ISP.

Just before someone chimes in with this, iiNet is the 2nd largest ISP in terms of Broadband DSL subscribers - Optus would have more combined subscribers with DSL/Cable/other (which is what OP would be referring to).

Sony received a lot of flak for their Xperia X10 Android devices - with a poor Android release upgrade cycle (very slow updates and stopping updates after Android 2.1), unfriendly attitude to devs, etc. But they've done a complete 180 recently; they reversed the decision of the Xperia X10 phones only getting Android 2.1 and said they'd release Gingerbread on them, as well as unveil the bootloader/unlocking website.

Side Note: I'm currently testing the Xperia PLAY out as a sort-of competition for SE, and the UI is very smooth and responsive. I only used it a few times, but I heard the Xperia X10 (+Mini and Pro) had quite laggy UI, the PLAY and also presumably the Arc are a different story. These are phones that I would recommend to friends now (currently suggest they only purchase HTC handsets and will advise against Motorola / Lagblur). So I just wanted to put it out there that they're changing gears and learning from their mistakes, and they deserve a pat on the back for it.

They *forgot* to read the terms and conditions..