Trying to understand QT Export's size choices
Hey guys, I'm hoping to see if you guys can shed some light on a little thing - it irks me that I don't know this. It's not expressly about an FCE feature, it's more part of the Quicktime Export module, but I figured you experts here have experience with this:
When I choose *Export-->Using Quicktime Conversion* and bring up the dialog, the Size button brings up a pop-up menu of two groups of frame size choices (see enclosed image):
!http://www.geoffkaiser.com/various/export.jpg!
It would look like there's some redundancy here. So for example, what's the difference if I choose "1920x1080 HD" in the upper half or "HD 1920x1080 16:9" in the lower half ?? Are these two groups different somehow?
Just trying to understand....
thanks!
Wow, thank you Martin; that set me off on a google path that seems to have led to the answer.
According to this document from Apple, Quicktime 7.1 introduced the ability to display different 'aperture' settings for showing a movie file. In short, this means that during display, it can crop along the edges of a movie when assuming that the compressor's encoder would produce artifacts out there along the edge. Apparently it can only do this if the movie was encoded with that parameter, hence the extended preset menu in the QT export dialog. The menu's bottom half presets seem to be the ones that add that ability.
This screenshot I took shows two rendered output QT files, both from a 1920x1080 sequence in FCE4. The "Sequence 2.1" used the '1920x1080 HD' preset from the upper half, and "Sequence 2.2" used the 'HD 1280x1080 16:9' preset from the bottom half. I set the two movies to display at the same size, and when bringing up Movie Properties in both and selecting the "Clean" setting under Presentation-->Conform Aperture, the movie from the 'HD 1280x1080 16:9' preset (on the right) becomes cropped (if you look closely). Choosing "Clean" (or any other setting) on the first file (on the left) has no effect.
Soooo, apparently that's it; choosing the presets in the bottom half net you an extra display feature (that can be toggled on or off) when using QuickTime Player 7.1 or higher. Of course there's nothing in the QT Export dialog to tell you this. But Martin I appreciate your efforts in investigating the outputs of each, as it led me to the answer.
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[SOLVED] Trying to understand the "size on disk" concept
Hi all,
I was trying to understand the difference between "size" and "size on disk".
A google search gave plenty of results and I thought I got a clear idea about
it.. All data is stored in small chunks of a fixed size depending on the
filesystem and the last chunk is going to have some wasted space which
will *have* to be allocated.. Thus the extra space on disk.
However I'm still confused.. When I look at my home folder, the size on disk
is more than 320 GB, where as my partition is actually less than 80 GB, so
I guess I'm missing something.. Could somebody explain to me what does
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Thanks a lot in advance..
Last edited by geo909 (2011-12-15 23:17:25)Hi all,
Thank you for your replies.. My file manager is indeed pcman fm and
indeed it seems to be an issue.. In b4data's link the last post reads:
B-Con wrote:
FWIW, I found the problem. (This bug is still persistent in v0.9.9.)
My (new) PCManFM bug report is here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.ph … tid=801864
I submitted a potential patch here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=de … tid=801866
Bottom line is that the file's block size and block count data from the file's inode wasn't being interpreted and used properly. The bug is in PCManFM, not any dependent libraries. Details are in the bug report.
Since PCManFM is highly used by the Arch community, I figured I should post an update here so that there's some record of it in our community. Hopefully this gets addressed by the developer(s) relatively soon. :-)
I guess that pretty much explains things.. And I think I did understand the 'size on disk' concept
anyway
Thanks again!
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I have tried to use File > Export to a folder on my Desk top to reduce the size of my photos and all I get is a blank, grey screen. How do I reduce the size of my pics so I can email them?
Where are you getting this screen? In iPhoto after selecting the File ➙ Export menu option? If that's the case try this:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your Home/() Library/Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences..
You can resize photos outside of iPhoto with 3rd party applications like Resize!.
Click to view full size
With it you can change both the pixel size and file size of the photo to the size that suits your needs. For other such apps go to MacUpDate.com and search for "image resize" to get a list of potential candidates.
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CODEC Support - Red Giant Bullet-Proof Understanding Ingest-Export Sequence Choices?
I shoot with a Canon EOS C100 that records AVCHD internally. I also use a Ninja Blade to record DNxHD at 220 Mps. I find no built-in support for either of these formats in Bullet Proof and Premiere Pro. Is there a reason for that?
I'm trying to understand why the default export is MJPEG. For some reason, I thought that was an old codec no longer used. And it takes forever for Bullet Proof to export it. I have a very fast computer with an X99 2011 v3 chipset and 64 GB RAM, an Areca 12G RAID controller with a 16TB RAID 5 attached. And SSD for backup storage.
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I also still do not understand the reasoning for the complex folder structure coming off the C100. I have read that it is important to leave that structure intact, but I don't see the benefit. Premiere has no use for it, it seems.with the constant changes to adobe's software, its helpful to know which version we are talking about. alot of people ask questions here with older versions of the software...
if premiere doesn't get your footage right when making a new sequence, then choose one that matches the footage the best by resolution and fps. you can also click on the settings tab, when making a new sequence, to customize it exactly to your needs. you can even save this as a preset that will show in the first tab with the default presets, so if you plan on using these media alot, you wont have to remake the custom sequence each time.
im not exactly sure what all you do in bulletproof, so i hinted at prelude since it does let you transcode to alot more codecs. prelude is an ingest program, you can trim clips (but only if transcoding), add metadata & markers, and have it export to multiple locations as the original and/or in different formats. prelude will only show presets when transcoding, so if you need a different one you will have to open adobe media encoder and make a new preset in there. then it will show in prelude. i like red giants software, but bulletproof export codecs seem rather limited. if the pass-through option just copies and doesn't re-encode then that might work for you.
when exporting from premiere you can also choose a preset close to your media and then customize it to your needs. you can even save it as a preset to recall later. i would stick with dnxhd for export, especially if you plan on bringing it back into premiere. dnxhd is very high quality if choosing its high bitrate format. there are several options for dnxhd 220, one should match your Ninja Blade. these are found under the quicktime format and video codec as avid dnxhd. its also available in mxf format.
adobe's presets try to cover a wide range of cameras and media but can only cover so many, new ones coming out all the time... in sequence settings and export you have full control to customize it to your media and needs. -
Trying to understand BtrFS snapshot feature
I'm trying to understand how the copy-on-write and Btrfs snapshot works.
Following simple test:
<pre>
# cd /
# touch testfile
# ls --full-time testfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2012-10-15 12:04:43.629620401 +0200 testfile
Test 1:
# btrfs subvol snapshot / /snap1
# touch testfile
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Test 2::
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</pre>
According to the above tests I'm concluding/questioning the following:
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a) Does it copy the complete file or work on the block level?
b) What happens if the file is very large, e.g. 100 GB and there is not enough space on disk to copy the file to the snapshot directory?
c) Doesn't it have a huge negative impact on performance when a file needs to be copied before it can be altered?Hi, thanks for the answers!
I guess calling it "logical copy" was a bad choice. Would calling the initial snapshot a "hard link of a file system" be more appropriate?
Ok, so BTRFS works on the block level. I've done some tests and can confirm what you said (see below)
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[root@vm004 /]# # df -h /
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sys 0m3.325s
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<pre>
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sys 0m2.977s
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user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.000s
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Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
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user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.000s
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Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 16611328 6505740 8221428 45% /
The snapshot occupied 40k
# btrfs subvol snapshot / /snap1
Create a snapshot of '/' in '//snap1'
# time dd if=/dev/zero of=/testfile bs=8k count=500k
512000+0 records in
512000+0 records out
4194304000 bytes (4.2 GB) copied, 21.3818 s, 196 MB/s
real 0m21.754s
user 0m0.019s
sys 0m3.322s
# df -k /
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 16611328 10612756 4125428 73% /
There was no performance impact, although the space occupied doubled.
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Trying to understand, being prompted the file compression rules on saving, or not
Hello,
I'm trying to understand something, could I ask for your help, please ?
After working on a jpg file, when I want to save it, still as jpg, with my Photoshop CS5,
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While not being prompted any dialog is simpler, and I'll then simply assume Photoshop decides to retain the current image's compression and format rules, I must say I like to be in control, and I'd like to know under what form the file is being saved without having to resort to the much more complex "Save For Web" menu.
Please, would you know WHAT "triggers" the appearance of the JPEG Options when we close/save a jpeg file, in photoshop ? What makes this menu not to appear, what makes it appear ?
If there are trivial file operations/changes/filters that necessarily trigger its appearance when we want to save, something like that ? I've tried a variety of these, but I still can't figure it out, sometimes it shows in the end, and sometimes it doesn't.
Thank you very much if you can help me
Kind regards,
Oliver@ c.pfaffenbichler
These are images from various sources, not just one.
I'm deliberately excluding Save For Web, this completely re-processes everything.
My purpose, precisely, is to know when photoshop takes the decision to retain the image's "rules", and when photoshop decides to pose us the question, how do we want it saved.
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[inxs ~ ]$ lsmod |grep snd
snd_hda_codec_analog 78696 1
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Go here:
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/docs/
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Why that document isn't plastered across the interwebs is beyond me. I only get 11 hits when I search for it... such are the secrets of the ALSA world I guess.
Last edited by pigiron (2011-08-26 18:26:48) -
Trying to understand the code???
Hi,
I am trying to understand the following bit of code, currently the code puts each catalogue into a different row of the table but i want each catalogue to be put in the next column
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%>
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</html>i hope someone could help me to understand this,
thank you for your helpYou've probably already seen these, but here are a couple of links that may help.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform//reference/actionscript/3/operators.html#array_a ccess
http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/Array.html
What's basically happening is that the "for" loop goes through each item in the array. Don't be confused by the fact that two of the items in the array are Strings and one is an Integer - variable i being a String has nothing to do with the data type of the elements in the array.
The following code:
private function createLabels():void
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for(var i:String in myArray)
trace("i = " + i);
trace(myArray[i]);
gives the following results:
i = 0
one
i = 1
two
i = 2
3
From that we can see that the "for" loop is assigning the index number of each array element, not the actual array element ('one', 'two', or 3) to the variable i. So calling myArray[i] is the same as calling myArray[0] the first time through the loop. This type of "for" loop is just a shorter way of doing the following, which produces exactly the same results:
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for(var i:int = 0; n < myArray.length; i++)
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trace(myArray[i]);
Hope that helps.
Cheers! -
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DataFlavor objectFlavor = null;
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if (flavors[f].isFlavorSerializedObjectType()) {
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println("Data is a java object:\n" + transferable.getTransferData(objectFlavor));
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println("Data is an InputStream:");
br = new BufferedReader((Reader)transferable.getTransferData(readerFlavor));
line = br.readLine();
while (line != null) {
println(line);
br.close();
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// Don't know this flavor type yet...
println("No text representation to show.");
println("\n\n");
catch (Exception e) {
println("Caught exception decoding transfer:");
println(e);
return false;
return true;
which you'll agree is very clear, returns me a List of filepaths when I drop files on it. Perhaps naively, I was hoping to get the data itself.
Obviously I can go the route of messing with security settings to allow the applet to open files (eeew) but I'm hoping the actual data is available from Transferable and I'm simply not understanding how to do it.
Thanks for any tips.And don't forget to check this link:
http://www.javaworld.com/jw-03-1999/dragndrop/jw-03-dragndrop.zip
I think with few modifications you can get what you want. -
Mac newbie trying to understand
I haven't learned to think in Mac yet. I'm trying to understand what actually happens to the files that I have imported from my memory card into iphoto and then exported to another folder on my hard drive for use in other applications or on a Windows PC. Are the files moved from the iphoto library and then tracked in iphoto or are they copied to the new folder thus creating two copies on the hard drive? Any of the above?
I am trying to avoid creating duplicates of the originals in order to save space and would like to understand this before I go much further and wind up with a huge mess. I'm thinking maybe I should use image capture to get the photos from the card to a folder and then import into iphoto so the originals would be more readily available for burning cds/dvds for use use in Windows as I will be doing that a lot. How would that work?
That's probably about as clear as mud. Anybody understand and can educate me? By the way, love my iMac.
Thanks.Lonr
Welcome to the Apple user to user assistance forums
And welcome to the Mac
while you will find the Mac very intuitive and easy to use it is different from a PC and there is a learning curve - the Apple tutorials are very helpful - see the right hand column for a list by major topic - http://www.apple.com/startpage/
I'm trying to understand what actually happens to the files that I have imported from my memory card into iphoto and then exported to another folder on my hard drive for use in other applications or on a Windows PC. Are the files moved from the iphoto library
By default (and strongly recommended) the imported photos are copied to the iPhoto library -- there is an option not to do this but it can be extremely problematic and unless you are a very experienced user it is strongly recommended that you use the default of copying all imported photos to the iPhoto library
and then tracked in iphoto
Yes - by default
or are they copied to the new folder thus creating two copies on the hard drive?
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I am trying to avoid creating duplicates of the originals in order to save space and would like to understand this before I go much further and wind up with a huge mess. I'm thinking maybe I should use image capture to get the photos from the card to a folder and then import into iphoto so the originals would be more readily available for burning cds/dvds for use use in Windows as I will be doing that a lot. How would that work?
This will create two copies of each original and is unnecessary - it is better to export the photos you want to use and delete the exported versions after you use them.
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I am facing an issue with SSRS report exporting to Excel.
Issue : Exported file size is too big.
I have a matrix report ( parametrized report ) it fetches data from multiple table.
initially when
1) I select all parameters all values
2) load the report after that
3) exporting to excel
so exported file size was about 10 Mb to 12MB
Now, suddenly from this month exported file size is too big around 62 MB for same data,
I checked on different forums and tried the solutions but it didn't worked,
can anyone please suggest me on this.
My environment is
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SQL Server 2008 R2
Excel 2007
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According to your description, when you export a report into an excel file, the exported file size is too huge. Now you want to reduce the file size. Right?
In this scenario, do you export the report into excel 2003 file? When reports are first exported and saved to Excel 2003, they do not benefit from the file optimization that Excel automatically applies to its *.xls workbook files. The larger file size can
cause problems for e-mail subscriptions and attachments. To reduce the size of the *.xls files for exported reports, open the *.xls files and then resave the workbooks. Resaving the workbooks typically reduces their file sizes by 40 to 50 percent. Also please
try to install the Reporting Services 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 and reduce the merged columns in exported excel file. For more information, please see the links below:
Exporting to Microsoft Excel (Report Builder and SSRS)
problem
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This is not another hate mail, it´s more about trying to understand the facts and motives regarding the OS updates (or lack of).
Hopefully this material will arrive at someone from Sony with enough power to do something about it.
Ever since I can remember, Sony has been THE brand for electronics. I can´t remember a TV or VCR in my house that it wasn´t Sony, and they lasted for LOTS of years.
When a couple years ago I finally had the money (and the need) for a Smartphone, i chose the X10 Mini, which is a great little phone from a great brand, but it´s stuck at Android 2.1... which makes it a crippled android nowadays...
It really bothered me the lack of OS updates, so I chose to buy a Galaxy Nexus, but it´s really expensive in my country. So my second option was a Galaxy Ace 2, but they haven´t arrived to my country yet, so I went with my third option: Xperia Sola, knowing beforehand that it´s a great phone, a great brand, but I might get slow OS updates.
I bought it about 10 days ago when I saw they were starting to roll out the updates.
10 days later I still don´t have my update. And not only that, but I don´t see much light at the end of the tunnel...
I found a thread with the SI numbers that were updated, and there were a bunch on Oct 1, another bunch on Oct 4, and one code on Oct 8, and no other update since...
I also read that those who did get the update, were having bugs with the OS, and also found threads from other Xperia models, whose updates began rolling 3 months ago, and there is still people who hasn´t gotten the update...
As a customer, and a owner/CEO of a small company, I have a really hard time understanding how a HUGE company like Sony can be making such mistakes...
I have been thinking objective reasons, and I can only think of one. I know it´s a wild guess, but I´m starting to think that our salvation might be the very thing that means our condemnation: CYANOGENMOD!!!
Think about it: Why would Sony spend more money hiring twice as much programmers, when they can make only one update per phone, and sit down and see how CM releases begin to appear, for all tastes and needs. And... IT´s FREE!!!
Also, if there is a software related problem (way more likely than a hardware problem), then the CM developers take the fall, instead of Sony. And I´m beginning to see custom OS installers that are more user friendly, so it might be something that they take in accout when neglecting OS updates.
If that´s the line Sony is following, it´s a very risky move and it won´t work. Sony Mobile will crash and burn, but it´s still a better business plan that "let´s get lazy and make ULTRA slow updates so we don´t spend a lot of money programming".
If you can´t afford more programmers, stop including so much bells and whistles and make your OS near vanilla. Include a couple of Xperia menus, a custom theme and voila!
The main reason I wanted the Galaxy Nexus is Vanilla OS, which means inmediate OS updates. Sony on the other hand, takes a year or two to release it after its launch. If they release it at all...
Another though... why not stop making that many different phones! Really! There are like 5 Xperia models i can´t tell one from the other... even with specs side by side!
You are trying to make too many phones and you are failing with all of them! (Software and software updates are also part of the phone, one of the most importants...)
I know hiring programmers is expensive, but you are sacrificing one of the most expensive values for a company EVER: Customer credibility! Which as you know better than me, takes years to create.
If Apple had problems with carriers and code aprooving and stuff, they might get away with it, becouse they alone have all the devices. If iOS 6 is delayed a few months, it´s delayed for everyone, and besides Apple fanboys rarely complain about Mac products, but Android is a more independent and educated market.
I´m not saying that Apple users are ignorant, not at all, but I´m pretty sure most iPhone owners don´t even know what processor or how much RAM their phone has. They just "swallow" the Apple Way of Life. (it´s a good phone becouse Apple says so).
The Android user on the other side, because of the fragmentation of the market, has many brands and models to choose from. An Android user about to buy a new phone will most likely go online looking for different models, specs, reviews in webs and forums...etc.
You can´t say "I don´t know how HTC and other companies get their updates so soon, but we take a lot more becouse Google and the Operators must aproove the code.", because there are many other brands that have exactly the same difficulties or more, since they are smaller, and we can SEE online that they are indeed delivering solid and relativly fast updates.
Did we miss something? Does HTC use Witchcraft to get their code aprooved?
My underlying point is this: You are getting lazy... VERY lazy with software programming for your phones, and WE KNOW IT!
It´s not the "difficulties" you claim, becouse every brand has those difficulties.
This isn´t 1999 you know. We are in the information age. If you lie to us and tell us that your phones have the latest OS, I can go online and see that you don´t (Hello!!!). If I see that the company lies to it´s customers, I will stop buying their products. If I´m so dissapointed with how Sony handles OS updates and their customers queries about it, then I want for the first time ever to sell my Cell Phone becouse I´m not happy with it, or the brand behind it.
We also live in the "Here and now" age. You can´t expect your customers to read about new Android releases on news and blogs, and wait YEARS with arms crossed waiting for their update... The world doesn´t work like that. Not anymore at least...
It´s not a matter of how many recources you have, it´s about how you use and balance them. GIVE MORE IMPORTANCE TO SOFTWARE UPDATES! IT´S WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU THINK! LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS!!!
You guys are Sony are smart and design great products, but you are not GOD! You are not our wife, no one has sworn alliagence to you.
If you stop giving us good products and start lying to us, we hate you and stop giving you our money. Simple as that.
My sola is beatiful, I love the design, the screen, the hardware... but it hasn´t been updated yet to 4.0, not to mention 4.1, which REALLY is the latest version... so stop advertising that your phones have the latest Android OS, unless you want angry customers switching to other companies, which you are getting.
I also read some stories that Androind 4.0 was announced for the Xperia PLAY, and then it was called off... Do you have any idea how pissed I would be and ripped off I would be if I bought my phone based in that information and then you say it won´t be available?
Well, actually right now my possition is worse, since you SAY you will update my phone, but you don´t say when, and I read online about people still not getting their updates months after the rollout started, so I´m in the limbo right now...
As a company, one of the worse things you can do is calling your customers stupid, and when I see the answers you give in this forum, then I feel insulted. I feel like they are talking to an idiot or ignorant person with the so called "diplomatic" answers, which are basicly empty excuses for not doing your job right.
You gave us the frikking CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays!!! Don´t tell us you can´t tweak an already built OS in a year!
I really hope you change their OS update policies really soon, before you lose the already small cellphone market share you have, or at least change your P.R. and C.M. policies towards a more open one.
We all are humans and make mistakes, but we customers really appreciate honesty and truth.
Have an open conversation with your customers! Don´t lie about your shortcomings! Accept then and ask the community to help you solve them, ask them what they biggest problems are, what features are most important to them, how often do they expect updates... LISTEN TO THEM!!
"Succes is a meneace. It tricks smart people into thinking they can´t lose."
Ps: Nothing personal with the mods from this forum, I´m not killing the messenger, I know that you can ONLY give the info you are allowed to give, and even if you wanted, you probably don´t know the answers yourself, since you work in the Communications department, not Developement or anything technical, and if you can't give any given info, then they probably won´t give it to you either... My message is to the company as a whole. I just hope you will be a good messenger and give this to whoever needs to read it.My bad, it´s closer to 40 the number of phones released hehe
I know it´s all about money, and I know Sony is obligated to neglect users who haven´t given them money after an x ammount of time. However, it´s not a matter of making the phones obsolete earlier, so the users want to buy a new phone faster and therefore getting more money.
A person will buy a new phone when he/she has the money to do so and wants to do so.
It´s not a matter of WHEN. It´s a matter of WHAT.
The question is not "When will that user buy a new phone?", but rather "When that user buys a new phone, whenever that is, what phone will it be?"
I have a love/hate relationship with Apple. I would never use a iPhone. I would love having any Mac, if someone gives it to me, but I would never spend my harn earned dollars on such an overpriced piece of hardware over general principals.
However, i do recognice that Steve Jobs was a business genius. Weather you like or love his ideas and methods, he turned a garage project into the biggest company in the world, with a market value higher than Exxon with 1/3 of it´s assets.
Apple is a money making machine, and that is where the "hate" part of my relationship comes from.
However, it surprised me a lot to see that they released iOS 6 for the iPhone 3GS, released in 2008!
That get´s you thinking, that inside all that "SELL NOW" culture Apple is, they also support their older devices that people bought years ago but can't buy a new phone now. However, when they can do it, it will surely be another iPhone. Because they FEEL that the company listens and cares for them.
Also if you jump from iOS 6 on the 3 GS to a brand new iPhone 5, the transition will be virtually non-existant, except for Siri and a couple of features.
However jumping from Android 1.5 or 2.1 to Jelly Bean, might not be so easy on some users, making them more likely to give iPhone a shot.
Since they have to adapt to another phone anyway, they might as well try the apple...
And for old users, it gives people a sense of continuity and care about the user. Otherwise we feel like being kicked out of a restaurant right after we payed the bill.
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