So hang on...

Does this mean that international roaming is never going to work on 4g devices without it reverting to 3g?

Erm..

"As of this writing, an eBay search for "Samsung Galaxy S II" – the model Apple most wants banned – yields 1,521 results."

So what? A similar search on "iPhone 4" turns up 3,454 results

So will Crytek...

..and others be refunding customers or issuing free replacements of every game the customer bought when they are no longer able to play it due to having a console replaced under warranty?

Nope thought not - why bother when you can just force the customer to buy another full priced copy of a game they already own!

Maybe it's just me but targeted ads just don't work..

I don't get the point of targeted ads, they seem pointless to me - a case of trying to sell you something that in all probability you have already bought.

Example - I want to buy a new 5.1 amp so i google some reviews to find the best one that meets my spec and budget. I then google for the cheapest reputable dealer in the UK that stocks the amp I have selected and go ahead and buy it. Now having done that what is the point a few days later of bombarding me with ads for various 5.1 amp's including the one I have already bought?

Adds a whole new meaning to....

Adds a whole new meaning to 'Cut Price' or 'Prices slashed'

Wait..

Presumably it's still legal to drive along whilst reloading a shotgun though?

Best remove the 2 way radios from police cars, ambulances and fire engines too - oh and dont forget paramedics.

App Store..

Does this mean the app store is now just a software store after all then? I mean Lion isn't an app is it? - it's an Operating System.

Hope that dents the ridiculous patent application!

Obviously..

.. the work of well armed disgruntled Canadian geese

Well it has to be...

..those pesky drug running illegal aliens!

Isn't this the 2nd..

..sat of it's ilk to spontaneously go pop? - the 1st was a couple of years back and was intended to monitor CO2.

And to make me even more suspicious it's being investigated by the M.I.B ? (Cue Will Smith).

Well I for one...

..think it's nice to see somebody keeping abreast of their work

What an absolute rip off.

There are 7 inch android tablets aplenty from chinese importers for less than 200 quid - this is just blantant profiteering by Samsung and will most likely tarnish any future android tablets may have.

As a compromise..

..why not display a message stating that there was a problem with either your email address or password to the user and then have the code check the email address against the user database and if it exists email the owner and alert them that the problem was actually the password. That way the legitmate owner of the email address knows if he/she got the password wrong and anybody attempting to guess email addresses still gets no clues.

Vodafone have also borked and bodged the HTC Legend

Vodafone have also recently rolled out a very broken firmware to the HTC Legend based on firmware that even HTC themselves pulled from their own update servers. Plenty of details can be found over on the Vodafone HTC forums.

Whats with the iphone idiots posts?

Ok you have an iPhone and you feel the need to try and use some imaginary bragging rights, but wait lets examine this...

We can legally replace our rom images with one not approved of by your one true god

We can do so without losing a warranty (we may lose a vodafone warranty but not HTC's warranty if we use a genuine HTC rom).

Whichever rom we use we can install whatever software we like - even if not approved by your one true god.

We can do all this for half the price your one true god demanded for his fashion accessory.

We can make calls on our phones whilst holding it in a way not approved of by your one true god - i.e. using our hands!

We dont have to wrap the phone in a 25 quid condom to recieve calls

No point sending them to prison..

..they will only claim for it as a second home allowance!

One problem

If you fold the bike and lock the 2 wheels together..

You can steal both wheels by unbolting them, which as a bonus now leaves the rest of the bike free and unchained (the chain is still linking the 2 wheels together)

No Biggie

Just change your identity and relocate. No big deal!

Probably needed..

They probably need it for Phorm.

Take the NHS approach..

Go ahead and inject him and if he complains afterwards start thinking about compensation!

Bullsh*t

"Information doesn’t leave the building either electronically or in paper form."

So no offsite backups then? That's surely going to end well!

All I can say to that is..

ODFO!

How long before..

I await the news of the first deployed unmanned vessel being stolen at sea.

Anonymous Coward 14.26

I can assure you that the Xperia X1 sat in front of me most certainly has not encountered this problem. Post as many links as you like it wont change the fact that my phone has not been affected.

My Xperia X1 is not affected..

My Xperia X1 is a windows mobile 6.1 phone and it is not suffering from any such affliction.

<sigh>

How on earth was this patent ever granted considering the mountain of prior art?

If the patent was granted in 1998, do java applets and even ActiveX not predate it?

Software Patents = Cash Cow ready for the milking!

Is this a rat I smell?

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/473021

And if the sensors are faulty..

And if you are lucky enough to have an iphone that has developed a fault and the device has a faulty sensor claiming that you boiled it in a tub of lard whilst subjecting it to gforces equivalent of blasting it into space where exactly does that leave your warranty claim? Would you have to have the sensor examined at your own cost in order to prove that it was faulty?

EnigmaxxUK

My thoughts exactly!

This may be a stupid question but..

..I shall ask it anyway.

Won't this thing just crush everything it 'fiies' over?

How far?

What? 35 miles, 9 grand for 35 WHOLE miles? wow now thats cost effective!

Spending 9 grand to increase the range of a prius on zapping juice to 35 miles is about as sensible as sticking your todger in a blender.

A step too far..

This is now getting very petty and sounds more like a chest beating exercise by the EU. Just why exactly should MS offer it's competitors products bundled with its own software?

When I bought my new car I didnt get offered a choice of other manufacturers engines to go in it(although I would also be pretty pissed off to discover that the car didn't actually come with an engine).

This whole thing is now utter nonsense and a monumental waste of everybody's time, money and resources. Surely the EU have more important things to do besides bollocksing up MS latest offerings.