juliushandle
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i hope the new MS leadership understands that the "personal computer" has now become a smartphone/tablet.
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Windows Phone |OT3| Apollo has landed
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brotkasten
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The only thing people really see is the launch of the Zune, KIN, Vista under Ballmer, so that's exactly what you get as a response.
"lol KIN, Zune, Vista, Windows 8"
Honestly, I still can't believe the people still remember KIN. It was the very definition of sent to die and never got any real publicity.
I actually chuckled. You bastard.
brotkasten
Member
The board would've already voted him for CEO, but he was too late for the first meeting and now he's out.
juliushandle
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i don't understand all the flack Joe B gets.
MS has made it clear that mobile is MS's red headed stepchild behind PC software and Xbox.
there's only so much that the mobile team can do if the resources aren't there and their release calendar revolves around the release of MS's other products.
MS has made it clear that mobile is MS's red headed stepchild behind PC software and Xbox.
there's only so much that the mobile team can do if the resources aren't there and their release calendar revolves around the release of MS's other products.
I always liked that Sinofsky's blog was called "Learn by Shipping."
That subtle jab at the Windows Mobile team.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
There was a windows weekly a month or so ago that talked about the possible replacements. All were very boring from a consumer perspective but made sense from a business perspective.
As a consumer, I'd prefer someone like Sinofsky or Elop. Or the Palm guy, someone who has a vision for their consumer products, but a business person will probably win out.
As a consumer, I'd prefer someone like Sinofsky or Elop. Or the Palm guy, someone who has a vision for their consumer products, but a business person will probably win out.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Which is ironic considering that it was the Windows team that slowed down the release of Apollo and is most responsible for the delay in WP blue.
Ruby for life!
Too bad he's busy sitting on multiple boards and apparently fiddling with wearables.
lastflowers
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that would certainly be silly of him.
Wasn't Sinofsky the guy that was notorious for not trying to work with other teams? Why the hell would you want him steering the ship.
Why not? Microsoft would then be Team Sinofsky.
If Pachter did that he would be bankrupt a couple times now.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I like surface and windows 8. Also, he wouldn't have to worry about working with other teams if its his company. And really, my main point is I want a consumer visionary more than a business person.
brotkasten
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Surface was not his idea, as much as he wanted it to be.
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
wind am cry.
NeOak
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I love how they suggest a Galaxy S4.
Verge, get this right: I don't use Android precisely because I'm an engineer.
Android is a clusterfuck as an embedded OS. You can't pay me enough to have the mobile equivalent of Windows ME with the slowdown features of MacOS 9
/rage
Haha, awesome. Care to expand on that?
lastflowers
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Android is the windows mobile of now. Futz around with everything and skin things, install launchers, etc etc. One of my coworkers got star craft running on his old windows mobile device
How's the mood at the office with Ballmer retiring, flowers?
You can ignore this post if you aren't comfortable answering.
hankster
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loved that game...
The Faceless Master
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that's why i went from WM6 to Android instead of WP7!
lastflowers
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And there ain't nothing wrong with that!!
hankster
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Ben's head after a wax...Must be the shimmer of Joe's hair
lastflowers
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Steelyuhas
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What's the point of the Lumia 625? Big screen but low end specs and pretty expensive ($300) for what you get. Who is this phone supposed to appeal to especially with a Nexus 4 in the same price range? Low spec phones are OK but not at that price range.
Works over here in the UK alright. Offers 4G, big screen and fairly decent specs for not a whole lot of outlay. £180 or so on PAYG, whilst still kinda expensive, is a cheap way into 4G.
Although in saying that some retailers are now doing the 820 for the same price.
killer rin
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Re: Balmer.
As long as something like this doesn't happen with the new CEO wanting to burn all of their non-consumer products, I'm fine with it. Though I did like Balmer. The guy was certainly passionate about what he did all the while opening up new opportunities for the company and keeping financials stable. Now lets either buy or merge with Nokia and make Elop the new CEO.
I have it on peek mode and also enabled double tap to turn on. Last time I charged my phone was to 100% at 10:00 last night. I pretty much haven't touched my phone today (maybe I flicked the screen on and off a few times and watched a single video and deleted my emails but thats it). Right now it is at 57% and I still haven't touched it.
As long as something like this doesn't happen with the new CEO wanting to burn all of their non-consumer products, I'm fine with it. Though I did like Balmer. The guy was certainly passionate about what he did all the while opening up new opportunities for the company and keeping financials stable. Now lets either buy or merge with Nokia and make Elop the new CEO.
I have it on peek mode and also enabled double tap to turn on. Last time I charged my phone was to 100% at 10:00 last night. I pretty much haven't touched my phone today (maybe I flicked the screen on and off a few times and watched a single video and deleted my emails but thats it). Right now it is at 57% and I still haven't touched it.
I wish I could, but you can't stack them and mine is up in october at which point I'll reup it using my Dreamspark
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
An 8gb non expandable phone is nonsense. $349 is the way I look at an N4, and it's still a good deal at that price, just too close to the $500 price you can get some flagships at.
Huh? A 8GB Nexus 4 is only $299 and you get way more in the hardware than this Lumia 625. I have the 520 with a 16 GB sdcard but it's useless when you can't install the apps on it and everything has to go on the 8 GB partition.
I only have 363 MB left and that's after uninstalling a lot of apps and 1.3 GB taken by the other storage that I can't seem to get back,
antiquegamer
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Someone like my wife. She is still using the Titan and don't care much for apps. She uses it for Facebook, check email, message and occasionally take picture or two. I try to get her to upgrade to 900 or 920 but she said she want a big screen. Things like Note 2 or even Nokia next phablet would be a waste for someone like her. She doesn't care for high-res screen nor apps or games. She just want fast easy to use phone that have giant ass screen.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I hope you realize you just proved my frickin point.
My original point was who is this Lumia 625 for? You said a 8 GB phone with non-expandable memory is worthless and I said that 8 GB with expandable memory is worthless as well especially on WP since you can't install apps on it.
Anyways, at $300 for the Lumia 625 with those specs or a 8 GB Nexus 4 I think most would pick the Nexus 4. With this pricing I wonder how much they're going to charge for the phablet phone.
But would she pay $300 for that phone? I don't know, I can see why the Lumia 520 sells well, not sure about the 620 but just can't see the 625 selling well at that price range.
The 620 is sexy. Plus, My carrier didn't sell the 520.
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