Comment Re:Microsoft destroyed linux on cellphones (Score 1) 1027
It's about as bad as when automotive bought up streetcar lines to destroy them and replace them with buses.
citation needed, also false, and makes no sense.
It's about as bad as when automotive bought up streetcar lines to destroy them and replace them with buses.
citation needed, also false, and makes no sense.
1) i cannot write software for it without a license to develop, because the phone is locked down
then buy a license! bfd. same is true for iphone.
2) once i write something for it, it cannot share that code with my friends even if they also had a windows phone, because the phone is locked down
buy a license and post it to the store, so anyone can download it. and they have to have windows phones duh.
3) the phone cannot work as a usb drive, it is locked down and can only sync data via closed protocols or closed applications
then... get a usb drive? call me crazy. I have one on my keychain.
4) the battery drains very quickly, this is just a problem for this model
so it has nothing to do with windows phone, but you're going to hold microsoft at fault.
5) there is no decent browser on the phone, it has internet explorer that does not handle many of the basic things a browser should do like implement createElementNS()
just use ffx for windows phone if it's a big deal for you.
6) i cannot write c++ code for this phone, this phone need C#, or javascript or maybe some other CIL based programming language
an opportunity to improve your skills?
7) this phone is product of a company with a very bad track record which uses the profits of its other monopolies to bully itself into this market
yeah but it also uses its brain trust and size to develop really good programs to leapfrog others.
8) because windows phones are so locked down, like apple devices are, they are the bringing about the end of digital freedoms for consumers
and nothing of value was lost...
9) the phone is riddles with licence agreement and dialogs that want you to give away all your data. for example, the first time you run Internet Explorer on Windows Phone, it will ask you: "Do you want to share you browser history with Microsoft so we can [...]? {YES) (CANCEL)." The use of 'CANCEL" implies that IE wont start, thus bullying people into clicking YES.
better than google, which just takes all your data without asking.
Lack of apps.
don't care. as long as they have the big apps. After going through an iphone infatuation phase, i hardly download apps anyway. boo hoo it's missing wall paper app from chinese dude. I prefer if it just has apps from the big boys.
Difficulty of porting apps from other phones
as a consumer, not my problem. to the extent it makes it difficult for fart apps to port, i'm fine with it.
Horrible networking APIs
as a consumer, not my problem.
Not open
who gives a f? all the nerds can get their droids and do cyanowhatever.
From a company with a history of screwing people
umm, so is BMW (made tanks in WWII) but that doesn't stop people from buying them.
Prefer a simple feature phone.
then this whole thread is irrelevant for you so keep your opinions to yourself.
"Windows phone is an immature OS"
a quote? from where? [citation needed]
i've played with it at the microsoft store and like it a lot. if it comes to VMo for a reasonable price (ie $150) i'll get one.
i dont get it.
[citation needed]
He's a douche. He committed crimes against u s a. He's lucky he wasn't extraordinary renditioned or we didn't land two dozen navy seals in his back yard.
911 is a public service.
...paid for by taxes and fees. how else are you going to pay for public services?
But as long as 911 is something society in general has decided is a good thing, then society in general needs to pay for it.
...for example, paid through a $1/month surcharge on cell phone lines?
Call me naive, but i'm not seeing the evil evil here. If att were billign $1 per 911 call (eg 1-900-911), then that might be somethign to get upset about, but otherwise what's the big deal.
bahahaha
and my phone company just tacked on an extra $1/month for 911 service
Those greedy bastards!
what's your point? VMo, $30 / month, $550 iphone 4. how is that not the low end/???
lmgtfy: vmo plas run 35-55, with a special promotional 30 plan for the new iphone. cricket has just a 55 plan which is equivalent in features to the vmo 55 plan. so the iphone comes out CHEAPER than the htc in TCO.
sounds like a place to keep my bitcoins...
ok. direct me to the laptop that is that thin for 15" and 220ppi screen. I really want to buy something that it technically "better". oh yeah ideally it should cost less than the mbp as well. i await your answer.
2. You are supposed to responsibly dispose of batteries. That can be rather difficult if they are non replaceable.
you can take any apple product into an apple store and they will dispose of it properly for you. they probably have a mail-in service as well. best buy has a similar program. you can sell old hardware in an amazon buy-back program and get a couple bucks. you can flip it on craigslist. So don't pretend that you need to throw the whole thing in the trash.
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