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Comment: Re:MS makes money from almost every smartphone sol (Score 1) 250

by drumbug1 (#32376492) Attached to: What Microsoft Must Do To Save Its Mobile Business

ActiveSync is used to synchronize with the PC, when synchronizing with a server it's called Exchange...

Nope. It's called "Exchange ActiveSync"

-ActiveSync is a desktop app
-Exchange is a groupware server
-Exchange ActiveSync is a technology (in the iPhone, WinMo, etc)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActiveSync#Exchange_ActiveSync

Comment: Re:'set up to make a fantastic Linux distribution. (Score 1) 165

by drumbug1 (#31969514) Attached to: Ubuntu Linux Claims 12,000 Cloud Deployments

We're fine with moving priority to the new objective as soon as you've completed the former. ;-) Ubuntu 10.04 presumably is not it just yet.

You do realize that bug has been fixed... and that it's not even released yet? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/565981 /. posting that story was really NOT news.... pre-release software has bugs, generally bugs get fixed, then software gets released. FUD much?

Comment: Re:Who gets to decide what the iPad is? (Score 1) 514

by drumbug1 (#31909868) Attached to: History Repeats Itself — Mac & the iPad
I shouldn't feed the trolls, but I can't help it when *everything* you list (but flash - beaten to death.. I get it) has a solution that your typical tinkerer can handle:

You mean like USB ports,

With an adapter: http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/01/27/apple-has-a-solution-for-the-ipads-missing-sd-card-slot-and-usb-port-adapters/

the ability to create and run your own software,

as others have mentioned - dev cert

the ability to chose your own OS,

This is limited to your time and effort. It's possible to run another OS on it - it's just that no one's done enough work to make it worthwhile for anyone but a tinkerer... Here's Linux on an iPhone from 2008: http://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/2008/11/linux-on-iphone.html

the freedom to download software from anywhere you chose,

Jailbreak

Flash support,

This has been beated to death - I have nothing new to add.

the ability to export and import files at will, etc.?

Again - easy with jailbreak - openssh and a myriad of other options

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