TI 20151129

TI 5 Boy：top, efficient, convenient and holy. Boy: intelligent, novel, flexible and objective. Boy: This is Johnny from tech info. It’s a whole new week and have you guys ever listened to our programs last week about why do Japan still use cassette tapes and faxes? And this week, our guest hostess is my dearest friend--little Johnny, let’s give a warm welcome to him. Boy: Hello, everyone. I’m little Johnny, a friend of Johnny and I’m ……. Boy: Okay, forget that. By the way, have you guys ever laughed? Cause it’s a little bit cold in the studio. This week the program is my solo and I’m gonna share the history of Windows system and iPhone with you. To be brief, let’s go straight into the topics. Boy: Part1:History of Windows system This may come as a surprise to some of our listeners out there. But there was a time when Operating systems and Graphical User Interfaces You know like mouse pointers didn’t exactly go together, leaving computer enthusiasts with only plain text and cat posters to start at /in their mom’s basement. The long winter ended, however, in 1985 when Microsoft delivered Windows1.0 shining in graphically generated light for the first time . Okay so they actually weren’t the first to do that…..at all but we’ve gonna give credit where it’s due and while the first several windows versions still basically ran overtop of MS-DOS rely heavily on command line entries. They also introduced many things we take for granted today such as differing executable file formats, device drivers, and multitasking. That’s right. For the first time people could play minesweeper and solitaire simultaneously. The next big developments came with the samsh-hit release of Windows 95 arguably the most prolific OS to date with sales reaching 40 million copies that year. Many of which are still running on elderly people’s computers worldwide. Windows 95 was the first OS capable of running 32 bit applications. It introduced plug-and-play hardware/ commonly called plug and pray at the time and preemptive multitasking and OS’s ability to pause and resume program operations. Users were also treated to a groundbreaking new way of lauching programs and ironically- powering down the computer- the start menu! From then until Microsoft stopped supporting windows 95 and launched Windows XP in the year of 2001, we had witnessed much advancement. Multi monitor and Universal Serial Bus or USB support with Windows 98. The first non-server OS based on the NT kernel in Windows 2000 and that very unhelpful but friendly little paper clip. But XP is the next proper stop on our tour because of this milestone—It is the first consumer-oriented OS to break free from DOS’s stranglehold in favor of NT kernel , although many remnants of the heady DOS days remained and in fact still exist like the command prompt or tilde menus used to enter godmode. Anyway. This combined with its robust features like a restyled, double-wide start menu, searching by document types—not just by name, easier networking and file sharing, and even Autoplay. All eventually led to 400 million copies being distributed with extended support continued up until last year. This success did not come without a price though. Literally, Mircosoft shocked many by announcing that while Internet Explorer and Space Cadet Pinball were bundled for free. Office would no longer be included and would have to be purchased separately at a steep premium- a trend that continues today. Eventually, demand for a 64 bit operating systems capable of breaking through the 4 gigabyte system memory limit impose by 32 bit processors and OSes led to the release of Vista in 2007 Whose reception was less then, lukewarm, with DirectX10 ending up not being relevant for quite some time and controversy over things like unavailability of hardware drivers and its very high system requirements for the time. Microsoft hurriedly released Windows 7 just two years later though, which- while sharing much of the same codebase ending up looking and performing better than its predecessor. Thank’s to Windows 7’s critical acclaim, it got a longer shelf-life, but the same can’t be said of Windows 8 and its free incremental 0.1 improvement they did deliver better performance monitoring, faster boot up and sleep and wake times, improved networking performance and the Microsoft store for apps. But they replaced the beloved Start Menu with a large brightly colored , titled Start screen meant to blend the experience between Windows desktop and windows mobile devices. A half-way measure that ends up not pleasing anyone. But that doesn’t mean they don’t learn, good old Microsoft which brings us to the present day- Windows 10 while it may be soon yet to determine what we’ll remember about windows 10 in 10 years , there are some solid additions like Cortana for voice control, the new and improved start menu and a new way of handling upgrades with Microsoft offering windows7 and 8 owners a free windows 10 license within the first year as long as they’re willing to wade through to appropriate menu options to preserve their privacy. Part2: History of iPhone Nowadays, people have a dizzying array of smartphones to pick from, none of which are more prominent than the iPhone. But wasn’t it just yesterday that flips phones dominated the market? Actually no. It’s been nearly a decade and in that time the device that Mr. Jobs assured us had been patented up ,down, and sideways has evolved alongside other developments in mobile technology to become very very very different. So let’s take a little journey through time ,shall we? The first iPhone, launched exclusively on AT&T for $500 for 4GB or $600 for 8Gb storage in 2007 brought some very important new features to the table that ended up being a major influence on the entire industry. First, interaction with the iPhones became almost completely touch-based, a big change, as most smartphones of the era had some kind of physical keyboard attached to them. The original iPhone was also one of the first Multi-touch devices meaning that it can register multiple fingers at once enabling features like pinch to zoom. Users were additionally treated to a web browser that could access the full Web albeit at celluar data speeds- a breakthrough at the time since most web-enabled phones back /then could only access specially-designed sites and were shut off regular webpages. The very next iPhone the iPhone 3G was launched just over a year later and alleviated two of the main pain points of the original you guessed it, 3G network speeds, and prices dropped to start at 200 dollars on contract. Apple followed this one up with iPhones 3GS- a performance upgrade with a 32GB option before rolling out the iPhone 4 whose big feature aside from the use of more premium glass and aluminum materials instead of plastic in its construction and the end of AT&T exclusivity. The concept of a Retina display, apple’s marketing term that they still use heavily today for a display with pixels that are indiscernible from each other at a normal operating distance. A huge improvement over the pixelated screens that were common on mobile devices， up until that point. This was also the point where we first saw a front-facing camera on the iPhone enabling Facetime chats and for better or for worse, self-portraits or selfies. Before this up the 4S variant, which was faster, the S is for speed, had 1080p video recording, a 64 GB option for storing it and siri, Apple’s sometimes witty voice assistant but notably at the time no LTE data support. Along with a much better camera, a lighter aluminum body and a longer, wider aspect ratio screen arrived with the iPhone5. I guess Apple Maps also showed up around this time but that was seen by many as a rushed-out mistake. And speaking of mistakes the next generations 5S was accompanied for the first time-by a second body option! A plastic value iPhone the 5c. We’ll ignore that though just like everyone did and focus on the 5s which brought fingerprint verification to the mainstream with Touch ID as well as a gold version for people who care about the bling bling- characteristics that it shares with the iPhone 6 that replaced it and finally addressed Apple’s users’ desire for more storage and larger screens with both the 4.7inch standard and 5.5inch plus model available in up to 128GB capacities, Not to mention slo-mode video capture at 240fps and near-field communication supporting Apple Pay. Which brings us finally then to the latest model, the iPhone 6s whose primary innovations are that is can record up to 4K video to its lighting fast NVMe based onboard storage and 3D touch which allows the screen to distinguish hard presses and soft presses and execute different actions accordingly. What a journey right? It sure has been. But even though the iPhone has kind of a really long way in just eight years, a number of common criticisms remain. Even now the base iPhone has mere 16GB storage which especially now that Ios has grown over its nine generations. It’s simply not enough. And Apple still gives their users no way to insert an SD card for additional storage. And also Apple’s innovation on most iPhones has been well-received, they have been slow to adopt some of the features commonly found on competing Android handsets such 1440p or 4K screens. On top of that the iPhone also keeps its reputation for being a closed environment that discourages tinkering and self-repair. With all that said though, the iPhone is probably going to remain a mainstay on the smartphone scene for a very long time. Boy: And if you like to have a better understanding of the latest iPhone6s, you can refer to the first program our column released. After a deep and long travel back, have you knew sth about the history of Windows and iPhone? Donot say no to me and donot ask me why this week there’s no other guest hostess because I will never, ever tell you. Hiahia~ Boy: And since time is limited, you know, it’s the time for me to say goodbye and goodbye! See you next week. And surely I will invite a female guest hostess.