Posts by Manu T

Re: Thoughts

The thing is when cellphones came to market I never understood that SIM-necessity. I mean when I switch my landline from one telco to another, it's no problem, you don't need to buy a new phone, open the street to insert a new wire or anything else. You even keep your number. Sure it takes one or 2 days. But all they have is a phonenumber.

But with cellphones they bore us with this stupid SIM-card business. Consumers don't give a shit about this. Just issue a phone number (like with landlines) and get on with it. All this SIM-BS is useless and add nothing to the end-user nor the technology.

I also don't get it (and I'm not the only one). These morons all have BIGGER phones (larger screens) in their 2012 line-up yet they argue over an already tiny useless piece of plastic. WTF!

Re: Good idea

"Wait, hold on... did I see symbian mentioned there? Who the hell would write for symbian now?! Retro fans?"

The few developpers whom have brains cells left instead of a reality distortion field.

Symbian still is a heck of a large market. You'd be a real dumb-ass not to program for it.

Plus it's a proven fact that putting your eggs in just one basket sooner or later becomes regrettable. All tyou arrogant fanboys do is create aversion towards tyourself and your apps which WILL eventually come around. There's absolutely NO reason for this demeaning behavior towards Symbian.

But since you're a already filthy rich you don't need the revenue from all these potential non-iOS consumers.

Re: MeeGo

If market is indeed the deciding factor then everybody would port their games to Symbian too.

Market is a meaningless buzzword invented by a bunch of moronic suits whom suffer from RDF.

It's all about favouring phones that drain your wallets with absurd data-plans. And it's clear that the more technically adept phones actually save money instead of costing money. I'm thinking of phones that require data-plans to send a photo from one phone to another phone withing 2 meters from each other.

Meego is however a bigger market than WP7 so why bother with WP7 anyway? Port it to XBox instead ;-)

Re: And this would be why Apple's suddenly backing down on Android?

Perhaps it would tone down Apple's arrogant attitude somewhat. Although I don't find Samsung a better corporation (on the contrary).

Anyway, most Android-ODM's have already confirmed to build LESS android devices and concentrate more on WP7.x devices for their 2012-lineup. So whatever happens between Apple and Samsung, the market penetration of Android devices will be far less in 2012 then it was previously.

So mission accomplished!

Re: "Current phones are not compatible with "Apollo""

Oh and there's also something about it on ZDnet:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/reading-between-the-lines-office-on-ipad-windows-phone-upgrades/12101?tag=mantle_skin;content

Also give me one reason why e.g. a Lumia 900 of today should be made Apollo-able tomorrow when they can sell a Lumia 900 2013-edition?

HTC customers are at least familiar with this (remember how HTC screwed those HD2 customers by telling that it couldn't run WP7 because it 'lacked' the search button while it was mostly sold with upgradability in mind by most customers as it had ALL of the technical requirements bar the search button.)

It's Microsoft folks! Remember them?

Windows 3.0 --> Windows 3.1 +new PC --> 95 +new PC --> Win98 + new PC --> Windows XP + new PC ---> Vista + new PC

It's with Windows 7 only we didn't need to buy yet another new PC and apparently with Windows 8 we again aren't enforced to buy a new PC. But now they'll screw us with the smartphones (which is a much larger, not yet saturated, market).

What's that saying about an old Fox and New tricks?

Re: I'd gladly use a WP7 handset

Nokia E7?

Motorola Milestone?

Re: Outlook Sync Locally

No you're not.

The following phones also can sync data locally from outlook:

iPhones (yes, indeed... it uses iTunes as a go-between but works. I've no idea how GOOD it works though but it works (at least for contacts and calendar). You can even sync with an old iPod.

Android phones: there's a very nice donation-ware tool called Phone-Explorer which was originally created to sync SE-featurephones like K700/K750/K800 etc... but it also works with Android phones (not necessarily from SE.). HTC phones also come supplied with an HTC exclusive sync-tool (but I've no idea how good that works).

Symbian: I currently have a C7-00, 701 and N8 and they all sync very well with outlook using Nokia suite as ago-between (similar like phone-explorer). Contacts (including categories), calender and tasks. You can even sync favourites and RSS-feeds from IE.

Both Android and Symbian devices can also sync over bluetooth while the iPhone only syncs over USB.

So there are plenty of options to replace your existing WM6.x device.

Now I don't now what other requirements you have but both my Samsung Omnia (WM6.1) and Acer F1 (Wm6.5) could also record incoming and outgoing phonecalls. This is only possible on a few old Android 1.6 phones and Nokia Symbian devices (including latest Belle phones). So if you really need that, then Symbian is currently your only option (appologies if you hate Symbian but that's currently the situation on the 'smartphone-market'). As an added benefit all Nokia Symbian devices come equipped with Nokia Drive & Maps. A great door-2-door navigation app reminisent of TomTom's offering on WM6. It's not as polished as e.g. iGO on WM6.x but it works great and has speed- and traffic-camera-notifications too ;-) And installation/configuration is a breeze unlike iGO which was quite messy to setup properly.

SO there's plenty of options today. Some are not bad at all. I mean the iPhone has a beautifull look and feel, Some Androids too look very nice (notably the HTC models are IMHO very stylish). I went for Nokia because of the call-recording and free navigationtool. I currently find the N8 and C7-00/701 the most attractive models in their range, but that's just my (conservative) taste of style.

Re: "Current phones are not compatible with "Apollo""

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Windows-Phone-7.x-Windows-Phone-8-Upgrade-Windows-8-apollo,news-14348.html

Has more coverage of the (im)possible Apollo upgrade.

Re: "Current phones are not compatible with "Apollo""

This is mentioned somewhere on Tom's hardware.

Perhaps you might look here below:

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Windows-Phone-7.x-Windows-Phone-8-Upgrade-Windows-8-apollo,news-14348.html

Re: Progress

it would be REALLY a shame if even THAT didn't work.

As it completely fails to sync with M$ own PIM (outlook) through M$ own OS (windows xp/vista/7) using M$ own local Mobile center/activesync. Unless you BUY another bunch of M$ software (exchange).

They're fXXXX maggots.

Wonder what all those 'customers' will do when in late 2012 M$ pulls the plug on WP7 to make room for WP8 and 'decides' that older WP7-devices (early 2012) are 'incompatible'.

Luckily, WM6.x is so open that it doesn't rely on a centralized apps-market. So I really doubt that this will be missed.

Re: I'd gladly use a WP7 handset

iPhones can't record calls, partial multitasking, no proper (free) navigation but hey they have much pixels on their screens and lot of fart apps.

Now, Nokia didn't suicide. Stephen Elop is destroying Nokia, quite the difference.

It's only a pitty that current bunch of shareholders are a bunch of weeny little girls whom haven't got the balls to fire that POS.

If I appointed a jackass CEO whom singlehandedly destroyed 30% of my present marketshare in LESS then one year. I not only fired him, I killed him on the spot and fed his body to the dogs! Luckily I'm NOT CEO of Nokia ;-)

Re: All in the name of progress

Nope some WM6 users went for Symbian (because that's the only one that does exactly the same things that you can on WM6.x)

Things like:

- 2-way call recording

- local PC syncing

- bluetooth syncing & file transfer

- connect to hidden SSID's (amongst others)

- full multitasking

- install software outside their initial 'marketplace/apps-store'

trade my Acer F1 (the last WM6.5 models that could record phonecalls WITHOUT 3rd party apps) in for a C7 when it broke down late 2010. And still happy about that decision.

Re: A poor decision for users by Apple

"The question is whether they will allow a third party to create an App that uses Google Maps, if not they will breach EU competition law."

there already is a third party app. It's called "TomTom App for iPhone/iPad" and users don't care whether it uses google's data or someone else's. So if you really want proper navigation be smart and BUY a proper solution.

But probably meant this: "The question is whether they will allow a third party to create a FREEWARE App that uses Google Maps"... unfortunatly that's NOT upto Apple but to the developper of that app because he would have to pay google for the aforementioned API.

Re: Shot across the bow

@Benjamin 4: What you mention has usually NOTHING to with the technical possibility of being able to run the program.

In the case of Flash not running on iOS this is due to a personal dispute between Steve Jobs and some CEO of Adobe (usually triggered by greed). The same with Nokia, the reason why they went to Microsoft and not to Google is because Nokia demanded a 'special deal' to use Android (read: get all the google API's for free while current partners have to pay for the google-stuff) and Google said No. They'd probably didn't wanna favor Nokia above other long-time partners like HTC or Samsung and that's the reason why Nokia isn't going with Android. They're technically apt to build linux-based devices as they prove with the N9.

In essence the world runs on greed and that's why technology is working against us these days instead of for us.

Re: Shot across the bow

They will make money out of it... eventually.

How probably the same way they're doing wth their maps API.

1) first give it free untill all competition is gone

2) .. then charge for it.

3) ...if your (former) clients then decide to use one o/t leftovers, sue their asses off.

In this case they will eventually (ab)use Motorola as leverage if and when their current OEM-partners decide to jump ship and go for Windows Phone. Especially uselfull with the current market-penetration of Android devices.

It's a one shot between the eyes of HTC (the biggest OEM-manufacturer of Android devices) then they take over THAT company, ditch all non-Android portfolio and upto the next.

Re: Can I please buy one made in the UK

"The problem now is the infrastructure."

So the western world, whom invented those machines and made the stuff itself ages ago, is now a wateland filled with an unemployed labourforce.

"That was Apples complaint about making the iPad in the USA. It would only cost 5% more in labour but there was nowhere left in America with the infrastructure of so many subassembly and component makers together in one place."

Then enforce or persuade them to have stayed. Because ONCE that infrastructure WAS here. And if the labourcost is supposedly negligible then why did they leave in the first place?

This just doesn't add up! There's NO excuse to not make it in UK or USA. Especially since it's all a low scale production.

Re: Newsflash...

Oops forgot one word. It sghould have been:

You probably mean: "Agent Provocateur's target market is very explicitly WOMEN, who's RICH MEN pay for the lingerie!"

Re: Newsflash...

You probably mean: "Agent Provocateur's target market is very explicitly WOMEN, who's MEN pay for the lingerie!"

Re: colour me confused

I'll correct that for you:

"So, that leads me to believe that someone sought a (slightly) raunchy video, advertising raunchy underwear, on a website for a manufacturer of raunchy underwear, and has decided to be offended by it...."

The weird thing is that just a single complaint can have this effect while in many circumstances legit complaints have no response at all. It sure looks like double standard to me.

Re: Have you seen their prices?

"now THAT is exploitation of women."

Absolutely not. It's exploitation of MEN! As they usually have to pay for it (literally).

Re: How to mark International Womens Day

Women and Humour? You're kidding, aren't you?

Re: So for all you guys out there...

@ Condiment: yeah... especially not on a technology-inspired site like El Reg?

The first thing I thought was: WTF is that doing here?

Re: Porn

Ehe... what children?

1) these garments aren't for children (there aren't any in the video either)

2) lingerie of that kind is supposed to enhance your... eh... 'relationship' with your (consenting adult) partner which I think works very well

3) the clip is a teaser to delve further into the website and to let ppl know about the products (which according to the feedback it has on a technology-oriented website seems to have worked)

So stop being a little girl.

Instead look closer at the garments. That pink gown with the red lace looks gorgeous. They also have a black see-through high waisted pleated palazo pants in their collection which i also find very sexy. And there are other items. Unfortunately these products are for the more fortunate amongst us (3000 euro for the kimono gown alone).

I'd say to the creator of this clip/site/idea.: mission succeeded! ;-)

@ Nokiaholics Anonymous

"What I'd like to see is Nokia to have a lot more influence into the next version ..."

If you want that you should get a Nokia N9 or a N8/C7/700/701 or other S^3 device. Nokia can only bring apps (especially their navigation app is of importance to M$.) to the platform.

"..if Microsoft can get a way from the desktop mentality.."

have you forgotten IE4? That product WAS better than Netscape at that time. The way M$ kills competition is by introducing indeed a BETTER product for free (undercutting margins of any competetion) and then when all competetion is gone they have a tripple-strategy 1) creating incrementally worse products and 2) hypocritically breaking standards (that made their product the better product) while even attending standard creating-organisations and 3) even enforcing your own non-standards. This goes on until eventually competition/resistance re-suffices again. Then it all starts over.

Nokia sleeping with M$ is a very bad idea especially for Nokia! The way that mole Elop has paved the way by prematurely burning both Meego and Symbian is testament to that.

@ Paul Shirley

Gee, mr. Shirley, perhaps you really ought to look better at Symbien (Belle) then. I use my 701/C7 mostly in landscape mode. It works great. No problems in that OS.

@ Peter 48

Totally disagree on that

1) Yes, Okay. Also add call recording :-), full multitasking, full bluetooth transfers (read: NFC) and please make the bloody devices able to connect to a hidden SSID!

2) There's Nokia Maps. Who needs stupid Bing (even the name sounds ridiculous). Google Maps sucks because it's a plot to sell data-plans! Only the Android version allows for a limited amount of offline-mapping data on the phone. Which means either buying a third party nav-app (Hey TomTom where are you when Microsoft needs you) or buy a Nokia device with Nokia Maps (propably the only reason to actually buy a Nokia WP7 device in the first place). Unless some smart hacker releases a Nokia Maps hack that can run on all WP7-handsets because it really is just an app, right.

3) Are you nuts!?! Higher resolution on 3.5/3.7 screen. 800x480 is really sufficient for that kinda screen. Microsoft should NOT relax HW-specs at all. It's a testament to Apple that software updates goes much smoother across its limited range because of these tightly controlled HW-specs. In fact, M$ had a BAD reputation from being a bit too loose in the past. So they shouldn't make that mistake again.