Comments on: Orb Networks flying; hits 5m user milestone http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/orb_networks_flying_hits_5m_user_milestone.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:35:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ron http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/orb_networks_flying_hits_5m_user_milestone.html/comment-page-1#comment-243508 Ron Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:42:26 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/orb_networks_flying_hits_5m_user_milestone.html#comment-243508 Orb Networks has crash landed! I believe they are down to less than 10 people! Not sure how they are still around! Orb Networks has crash landed! I believe they are down to less than 10 people! Not sure how they are still around!

]]> By: Ron http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/orb_networks_flying_hits_5m_user_milestone.html/comment-page-1#comment-234987 Ron Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:42:26 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/orb_networks_flying_hits_5m_user_milestone.html#comment-234987 Orb Networks has crash landed! I believe they are down to less than 10 people! Not sure how they are still around! Orb Networks has crash landed! I believe they are down to less than 10 people! Not sure how they are still around!

]]> By: Ron http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/orb_networks_flying_hits_5m_user_milestone.html/comment-page-1#comment-232271 Ron Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:42:26 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/orb_networks_flying_hits_5m_user_milestone.html#comment-232271 Orb Networks has crash landed! I believe they are down to less than 10 people! Not sure how they are still around! Orb Networks has crash landed! I believe they are down to less than 10 people! Not sure how they are still around!

]]> By: Ant UK http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/orb_networks_flying_hits_5m_user_milestone.html/comment-page-1#comment-216723 Ant UK Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:00:43 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/orb_networks_flying_hits_5m_user_milestone.html#comment-216723 Orb could be so many good things but isn't. I'm one of those X-Series users and found that being able to use it on my N73 was more of a gimmick rather than anything else. Having to use the phone's browser to access content rather than have a standalone purpose-built app seems to be the biggest mistake. It's an awful interface that is so painfully convoluted that it becomes a slow chore trying to navigate your media. Once you got there the audio, video and picture quality is terrible and far short of what is possible. All of that only after you've managed to get the Orb client working on your PC to start with (I had nothing but problems - were they Orb's fault, Windows or whatever? Who knows, from a consumer's PoV it doesn't matter!) <em>Ant UK's last blog post..<a href='http://freshplastic.vox.com/library/post/eee-pc-advert-in-french-cosmo-ive-got-a-girls-laptop.html?_c=feed-atom' rel="nofollow">Eee PC advert in French Cosmo: I've got a girl's laptop!</a></em> Orb could be so many good things but isn’t.

I’m one of those X-Series users and found that being able to use it on my N73 was more of a gimmick rather than anything else. Having to use the phone’s browser to access content rather than have a standalone purpose-built app seems to be the biggest mistake. It’s an awful interface that is so painfully convoluted that it becomes a slow chore trying to navigate your media. Once you got there the audio, video and picture quality is terrible and far short of what is possible.

All of that only after you’ve managed to get the Orb client working on your PC to start with (I had nothing but problems – were they Orb’s fault, Windows or whatever? Who knows, from a consumer’s PoV it doesn’t matter!)

Ant UK’s last blog post..Eee PC advert in French Cosmo: I’ve got a girl’s laptop!

]]> By: SMS Text News » Archives » Is Video Better Locally Stored or Served From The Cloud? http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/orb_networks_flying_hits_5m_user_milestone.html/comment-page-1#comment-216705 SMS Text News » Archives » Is Video Better Locally Stored or Served From The Cloud? Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:33:18 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/orb_networks_flying_hits_5m_user_milestone.html#comment-216705 [...] With Orb running up to 5 million users, I wanted to give you an idea of why so many are starting to realize the value in media being served from the cloud, such as Orb does, versus locally stored data. I’ve been an Orb, er, member for a long time, but never quite got it to work. The problem was I was attempting to use AT&T’s EDGE network, which simply isn’t suitable for streaming video content. However, when I got my Nokia N95-3, which supports AT&T’s 3G HSDPA network, I decided to give it another go, and I’m completely floored. [...] [...] With Orb running up to 5 million users, I wanted to give you an idea of why so many are starting to realize the value in media being served from the cloud, such as Orb does, versus locally stored data. I’ve been an Orb, er, member for a long time, but never quite got it to work. The problem was I was attempting to use AT&T’s EDGE network, which simply isn’t suitable for streaming video content. However, when I got my Nokia N95-3, which supports AT&T’s 3G HSDPA network, I decided to give it another go, and I’m completely floored. [...]

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