Of course it won't run on iPhone 4. That's part of Apple's strategy, incremental meaningless hardware updates that are forced on you through intentional software barriers. You want Siri (which btw is not even an impressive piece of software...), you will pay the price of a new handset. Oh, and let's not forget that 6…

If your argument on why it's ok to have wear on the internal guts is really "because it'll only be about 15 minutes before Apple releases a new one everyone has to buy" then I can't really argue, that's pretty much Apple's modus operandi and for some reason the iSheeple always do run out and buy the new ones (RE:…

Yikes, where to start...

Depends on what you mean by cost effective. If you mean either dollar or time cost, I think mine wins out easily. With your solution, you have to write a custom DVM implementation for each platform you want to run on. And as anyone whose worked with JVM's before will tell you, you need intimate knowledge of the…

Afraid not, I avoid overpriced, over-hyped toys like Apple's altogether, much less refurbished ones.

"Reconditioned" != "Fresh"... FAIL.

That's not actually true. You could actually write a wrapper that intercepts the Dalvik instruction set and translates it into instructions for the standard JVM. The wrapper, ironically, could itself be written in java most likely. That's actually what I had in mind in my post when i said "some wizardry"... that way…

Sorry, when it comes to all things geeky and A/V, I'm your guy, but I have a serious apple allergy. I wouldn't be able to tell you about the appleTV. I only looked at it when it first came out, and at that time (and i think still), like all apple products it seems, it leashed you to the god aweful iTunes application…

That beats my idea... i was thinking 2 50 Petaflop supercomputers and a trip through the large hadron collider.

My day = made.

Seems to be some confusion here I think i can clear up...

Not viable at all is an exaggeration, but not terribly easy might not be far from the truth. Basically, roku does NOT support DLNA, which is that magic protocol that makes everything on your network see your shared content on your PC. That being said, there are several options for streaming pc content to roku,…

As a former game store worker, I want to be clear that the staff at places like that HATE people who come in to play games with no intention of buying. The consoles are there to help people paying customers decide on games and try the latest offerings. If you come in with not a dime to your name and the specific…

As someone who formerly worked in a game store, be aware that workers HATE people who come in only to play games with no intention of buying anything. The displays are for paying customers who need help finding a game they are comfortable with, not bums without a dime to their name and no intention of purchasing…

An itunes like experience on Android? Why would anyone want that? I'd just as soon commit hara-kiri than use iTunes to manage my music/video collection.