Re: Lens

They put the big fat lens on an SLR just to look cool.... right.

You might get... the results can match the output of a pocket camera, maybe even one of the better ones.

I'm sure this camera is way better then the one in my Nexus 4. I'd have paid a bit more for a better camera, but I would not go for Winphone just to get a better camera. Just like I would not buy a Lada, just because it came with a great stereo.

Re: It does genuinely save money

The normal statistics crap.

When it's optional you will get volunteers who know they will save money.

People who don't drive much. Haven't even had a close call in 20 years.

It's just cherry picking.

If everyone has to do it, you will have the same lot you have now.

Re: So, it would appear that

"the Xbox YT app shows ads, but that was developed by Google"

Didn't Google develop most of the youtube apps on other platforms?

Could it be that Google didn't develop a full feature app for Winphone because MS don't give 3rd party developers enough access?

Then MS wine that Google will not give them full access?

Re: What's the surprise?

You're the one that asked.

It may not be astroturf, but that's what it looks like. It's not like you are required to use your real name here, the only difference between posting with an anonymous handle (or even a first name) and using AC is that no one can see what else you have posted. A "personal opinion" posted as AC is not worth a pinch of shit, it only has value when your reputation is attached to it.

Microsoft/Nokia can put "some anonymous person said it looked good" on their next advertisement, I'm sure that will really boost sales.

What's the surprise?

Down votes for anonymous astroturf.

Please stop

Calling them "Activist investor", they don't invest in anything.

Re: goodbye Adobe

Presumably they are more interested in professional users who use it all the time and "don't subscribe" already by upgrading to new versions every two or three versions.

Fixed.

Don't forget cell phones

I go to one of the "what is my IP" sites and I see a public IP address. I look at the status on my phone and I see 10.200.x.x The cell phone network is using NAT.

Police need to know who used a certain IP address? Don't know could be hundreds of people using that address.

Re: Stupidity

This is about retaining data. They can't make them keep a copy of the whole internet, but they want every connection made. They just had to figure out how to solve the problem of knowing who made the connection... or just pretend it's not a problem.

We have this guy, we don't like the look of him, must be up to something... tell us what he has been connecting to.

He was taking pictures with his iPad, then went into a coffee shop with free wifi. Must be a terrorist!

Mybe if MS really do fix Win8

If they ship Metro off to live with it's old friend Bob maybe some people will buy a new laptop because they want one, not just a few that have to by a new one.

Re: @Paul Crawford

Just to reply to my self...

Here is what the Media companies think is a good use for watermarks...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinavia

Re: I once found 8 million pounds

No, you would still get zip, even if you were staff.

But you should be happy to know your bosses boss gave him self a bonus for being in charge of finding the money.

Re: Am I just cynical?

"Otherwise known as a Boiler Room Scam."

If your rich enough they call it an investment newsletter. They only real difference is they have enough push to do it with real stocks.

Wait a few months

And you should be able to buy your Lumia for about £79.95 :P

Re: Mythomaniac

I'm waiting for the game myself.

Re: Problem with Subscriptions

There is one plus... maybe.

They should not need to add bloated pointless "features" to try and get people to upgrade and keep the money flowing. Stuff like Acrobat or Nero where the core features have not changed much in years, they just keep adding more junk (yes I want to put flash videos in my PDF).

But once you subscribe the bean counters will not want to pay for anything that will not bring in more money, and software will stagnate.

Then again how long until they start offering upgrades on subscriptions. Upgrade your Office 365 subscription to Office 365 double good edition for a small additional fee each month.

Re: Too many abandoned non intel platforms from Microsoft.

Zune stuffed people from both ends.

People and companies who bought into "plays for sure" get stuffed when MS killed it to make room for Zune (they get all the money).

Then zune never when any place. The hardware was not bad, but like Sony who had good sounding players, the whole package was lacking.

Re: Windows Phone+ is a poor name

No Bob.

Re: We told you it was shit

"Best for whom?"

Best to help sell phones and tablets, get people using the app store. So MS can be like Apple and get a cut of everything.

Re: Nah...

That must be some lawn sprinkler system you have!

Just the normal late summer with a few of them singing from the trees is loud. I've never run into thousands of them (may flies so thick I thought it was foggy at first yes).

stuff that used to be buried in menus

Is now buried in tabs.

Show file extensions is two clicks, you have the select the view tab first. Assuming you know what tab it's on and don't have to go hunting for it.

For something like Office where there are lots of settings the ribbon is no better then the old system of a tool bar for stuff you use all the time, and menus for stuff you only use once in a while. And the ribbon uses up way to much vertical space on a typical wide screen laptops crappy screen.

With Windows 7 you had every program asking to create a shortcut on your desktop. With Windows 8 you get a whole bunch of crap on your "start screen". I used to laugh at people who had a desktop packed full of shortcuts, now that's how it's supposed to work, except now you have to scroll to see them all. No thanks.

Full screen not-metro apps are fine for your phone, I don't want them on my full size computer screen.

- Get rid of the not-metro start screen with all the invisible charm bar junk. (or at least make it an option you can turn off). Give me the start menu back (but you can keep the auto arrange feature.

- Let me run not-metro apps in a window if I find any that are of any use.

Re: 'enry the eighth I am I am...

Lots of people still using XP, 8 is the new version of IE.

If you need to access a site that uses active x then you can't use a different browser.

Re: @Paul Crawford

"You do realize that the whole point of this watermarked vid idea is to allow the customer to have a completely open"

And what are the chances that content companies would go for that? When we have record company execs saying that copying a track from a CD to an iPod is theft and they want to sell you the same thing over and over.

"It's just a matter of the level of acceptable mitigation."

But this will have almost zero effect on "mass-sharing". It might reduce the number of people giving a copy to friends at work, but for mass-sharing you only need one cracked copy the same as any copy protection system.

Re: Oh puhleeze.

But if they are pointing it at some one else's head, I'm quite safe, as are any other people around.

Now if they are on the other side of the street with an AR15 then we are all screwed.

Re: Oh puhleeze.

This is just a distraction designed to shift talk away from things like large magazines. This thing is no better then a zip gun.

Re: @Christian Berger

"By knowing their download is marked, less people are going to share the copy they paid for with others"

So it might stop a few people from handing out copies to friends at work. It will only slow casual copying.

You can pay with a gift card, download in chunks from a coffee shop wifi, use a fake name.

So now you can post it all over the net and Hollywood thinks it was downloaded by I.P. Nightly who lives at Starbucks.

Or they could use infected computers to download a file.

You only need one person with a copy that is not linked to them to uploaded it to the net.

Re: Two sides to the orphan issue?

Copyright is not enough for some people, they use trademark as a forever copyright. For an example see Ann of Green Gables.

Re: De Ja Vu?

If I was running a cab I don't know if I'd be to happy with a service that takes a cut off the top for your customers. It''s not costing the customers anything, and if it becomes popular enough what's to stop them upping their cut till they make more then you do from a fare?

No

BYOD means having pay yourself for a crap Dell laptop with Windows on it.

iOS 7 must innovate in UI design

Innovate tends to be kind of a bullshit bingo word.

Make iOS 7 different? Not too hard.

Make it different & better? That's not so easy.