I hate sounding like the old guy in the room when I say things like "phone design used to be more fun". I mean, I AM the old guy in the room, but I hate SOUNDING like the old guy complaining about new tech.
Frosted gradients. Laser etched glossy. Bold primary color polycarb. Metal and leather. Different form factors and features... Sigh...
Verbot von Huawei-Technik könnte DB 400 Millionen Euro kosten
Das von der Bundesregierung diskutiere Verbot von Huawei-Technik könnte die Deutsche Bahn teuer zu stehen kommen. Für den Austausch der Infrastruktur müsste die Bahn bis zu 400 Millionen Euro investieren.
Two footmen dressed in white approach the vehicle as it arrives. One opens the rear door. #Guo#Ping, one of #Huawei's rotating chairmen, steps forward and extends a hand as the guest emerges.
After walking a red carpet, the two men enter the magnificent marble-floored building, ascend a stairway, and pass through French doors to a palatial ballroom.
Several hundred people arise from their chairs and clap wildly.
The guest is welcomed by Huawei's founder, #Ren#Zhengfei, whose sky-blue blazer and white khakis signify that he has attained the power to wear whatever the hell he wants.
After some serious speechifying by a procession of dark-suited executives, Ren
—who is China's Bill Gates, Lee Iacocca, and Warren Buffett rolled into one
—comes to the podium.
Three young women dressed in white uniforms enter the room, swinging their arms military style as they march to the stage, then about-face in unison as one holds out a framed #gold#medal the size of a salad plate.
Embedded with a red Baccarat crystal, it depicts the Goddess of Victory and was manufactured by the Monnaie de Paris. Ren is almost glowing as he presents the medal to the visitor.
This #honored#guest is not a world leader, a billionaire magnate, nor a war hero. He is a relatively unknown Turkish academic named #Erdal#Arıkan.
Throughout the ceremony he has been sitting stiffly, frozen in his ill-fitting suit, as if he were an ordinary theatergoer suddenly thrust into the leading role on a Broadway stage.
Arıkan isn't exactly ordinary.
Ten years earlier, he'd made a major discovery in the field of information theory.
Huawei then plucked his theoretical breakthrough from academic obscurity and, with large investments and top engineering talent, fashioned it into something of value in the realm of commerce.
The company then muscled and negotiated to get that innovation into something so big it could not be denied:
the basic #5G#technology now being rolled out all over the world.
Huawei's rise over the past 30 years has been heralded in China as a triumph of smarts, sweat, and grit. Perhaps no company is more beloved at home
—and more vilified by the United States.
That's at least in part because Huawei's ascent also bears the fingerprints of China's nationalistic industrial policy and an alleged penchant for intellectual property theft;
the US Department of Justice has charged the company with a sweeping conspiracy of misappropriation, infringement, obstruction, and lies.
As of press time, Ren Zhengfei's #daughter was under house arrest in Vancouver, fighting extradition to the US for allegedly violating a ban against trading with Iran.
The US government has banned Huawei's 5G products and has been lobbying other countries to do the same. Huawei denies the charges; Ren calls them political.
Huawei is settling the score in its own way. One of the world's great technology powers, it nonetheless suffers from an inferiority complex.
Despite spending billions on research and science, it can't get the respect and recognition of its Western peers. Much like China itself.
So when Ren handed the solid-gold medal
—crafted by the French mint!
—to Erdal Arıkan, he was sticking his thumb in their eye.
Just had a call with a friend, she got issued a #Huawei laptop at work with the built-in camera at keyboard level — it's right above the "7" key, between "F6" and "F7", meaning "F7" now sits above the "8" key (I don't even).
Anyways, super-weird camera placement, stupid angle for calls.
I will admit, however, that it's a great choice if you want your meeting partners to become familiar with your nasal topography during the call, though
5G-Mobilfunk: Innenministerium will Huawei weitgehend aus den Netzen verbannen
Nicht nur in den Kernnetzen, sondern auch bei Zugangsnetzen sollen chinesische Bauteile größtenteils ersetzt werden. Die Betreiber erwägen rechtliche Schritte.
Bis zu 400 Millionen Euro: Huawei-Verbot könnte für Deutsche Bahn teuer werden
Für die Deutsche Bahn wäre ein Verbot von Huawei-Technik teuer. Laut dem Spiegel würde es bis zu 400 Millionen Euro kosten, die DB-Infrastruktur umzustellen.
Ich habe ein #Huawei P20 lite. Dieses wird schon lange nicht mehr mit #Android#Updates versorgt. Nun überlege ich, wie ich dieses Gerät auf ein aktuelles Android bringen könnte und ob das mit Blick auf die Hardware sinnvoll erscheint. Hat damit jemand Erfahrung? Wie gut funktioniert das? Welche Alternative Rom nehme ich am besten und läuft ein aktuelles Android brauchbar auf diesem doch recht alten Gerät?
Aside: Brands 1–14 listed above are available here in the #Philippines, even though some of those were made exclusively for certain countries and regions (and you wouldn't even see the Philippines mentioned in news and wikis).
Many of these brands already overtook #Apple, #Motorola, #Nokia, and even #Samsung in many countries, as far as sales are concerned.
So the question is:
If the accusations and assumptions against these companies are true, where do we draw the line?
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Happy Labor Day! #SGGQA 314 - Huawei Mate 60 Pro Baffles Regulators, Lenovo Makes AR Glasses Cool, No XPERIA 5 for the USA, It's Just Time to Shut Down Twitter…
Vodafone-Studie: Funklöcher beim Ausschluss chinesischer 5G-Technik
Die EU fordert bereits seit einiger Zeit einen besseren Schutz der 5G-Mobilfunknetze. Vodafone warnt nun davor, dass ein übereilter Verzicht auf chinesische Mobilfunktechnologie die Netze langfristig schädigen könnte.
Reliance on Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei could end up costing Germany's state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn upwards of €400 million if a rip-and-replace order is issued.
According to internal documents, Deutsche Bahn, which had invested heavily in Chinese network equipment going back to 2015, faces delays in upgrade plans of five to six years should the government move forward with a ban.
Dienstag: Problematische Debitkarten in Deutschland, 7-Nanometer-Chips aus China
Schwierigkeiten bei Debitkarten + High-End-Prozessor aus China + Vorhersage zu neuntem Planeten + Rufnummern abgeschalten + Manipulierte Steckdosen in der Bahn
"Manuel Atug, Gründer und Sprecher der unabhängigen @AG_KRITIS findet die Debatte werde zu geopolitisch geführt. Würde es wirklich um Sicherheit gehen, würde es länderunabhängige Sicherheitsvorgaben und -prüfungen geben, bei denen alle Hersteller nach beispielsweise vom @bsi festgelegten Kriterien geprüft werden. So wie sie geführt werde..." https://background.tagesspiegel.de/digitalisierung/der-umgang-mit-huawei-bleibt-unklar