LoveFim Stream-Only Package is a Rip-off!!

I've recently signed up to LoveFilm and I thought I should be sharing my foul experience in case anyone is considering to do so.

To be frank I was quite fed up with annoying LoveFilm junk mail put in my letterbox every now and then. I wondered what's all the fuss about? I never knew they too offer streaming options and that is the only reason I'd never considered LoveFilm. Dealing with the hassle of posting films back and forth was simply not my cup of tea.

LoveFilm is owned by Amazon and I've been a big fan of Amazon's services and products for years( including audiobooks from Audible). My pleasant experience with Amazon made me think hmm why not give it a try! Plus it included a 30-day trial and only £4.99/month afterwards for the latest titles from the comfort of my iPad.

Prior to my experience with LoveFilm, I had previously tried Netflix which turned out to be fantastic. In respect to content, Netflix isn't a good choice if you're seeking latest titles, but in terms of having a fairly popular collection of TV series and decent quality of streaming, I am absolutely fascinated by it. The iPhone and the iPad Apps are also very stable and snappy, letting you seamlessly AirPlay to AppleTV.

Back to the LoveFilm story, the iPad App is slow, buggy and never plays on AppleTV. (Choosing the AirPlay only streams the audio over to the TV) and the only option is mirroring from the iPad(which doesn't offer a good quality compared to the actual AirPlay).

Maybe having a buggy app and lack of support for AppleTV doesn't sound like a good reason for dismissing the whole service, but that is not the main reason for me.
Despite all the claims by LoveFilm, only a limited number of movies are available on stream-only package and almost every title I searched for turned out to be a DVD or Bluray Disc only and in order to watch them one needs to sign up for the postal package.Just to give you a taste of what you'll get, out of all Jason Statham movies, only less than a handful of which are available on streaming package.

 

The New IPad is Out!

Apple is just getting more and more innovative and the new IPad is amazingly powerful in terms of graphics and display to some extent almost incomparable to any of its competitors.

1. Retina Display (the same as the one on the iphone 4S) with 2048-by-1536 resolution.

2 . 5 MP isight camera
3 . A5X quad-core graphics chip
4 . LTE compatible
5. 1080p video recording


This is just amazing!!

Steve Jobs

Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do

Here is a tribute to one of the most talented men who truly revolutionised the world by teaching people how to 'think different'.

As an outstanding entrepreneurial idol, he had constantly inspired me since my very early childhood.

He showed the world what real simplification in technology could do and profoundly demonstrated how art and technology can innovatively complement each other.

May he rest in peace

 

Java 7 is finally out!!

Last week I had an invitation into Java 7 release. Missed it since I was living at the other side of the Atlantic.

Obviously, it's always a pity to miss such an event, however Java's still holding up as the most crucial part of my tech life.

Almost a year from last year's JavaOne conference in San Francisco where I met crowds of professional Java developers discussing the next version of Java and how wonderful it would get.

It's absolutely amazing how Java's been evolving over the years and indeed quite thrilling to see it's still the top priority for folks in Oracle as it'd been for Sun guys.

As you could guess (or already know), performance wise, Java 7 is more responsive and amazingly fast.

Garbage Collector seems to be much more improved, especially in terms of concurrency.

Finally there is a major alteration in JDK which has always been my primary point of concern (modularity, abstraction and consistency)

Can't wait to get all coding again!!

Final Flight of the Shuttle Atlantis STS-135

Space shuttle Atlantis is set to liftoff today on the final flight of the shuttle program. It's a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. It will carry a crew of four and the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station. The STS-135 astronauts are: Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Weilham.

Atlantis will launch in 5 hours and 15 minutes.