I'd like the haters to explain why they invest so much time writing and caring about a product they don't own. Maybe get on with your own life.

Re: 'The thinnest, slickest, fastest iPhone yet.'

Well it's a LOT faster and a better battery.

But otherwise... I guess they already have all the features in the 4S so they don't NEED to innovate. Most of the new features on other phones are just gimmicks, all top smartphones already do all the key things required of a computer which does phone+camera.

Re: Get a Room

So a review you don't agree with is a bad review? Well then go and find one which tells you what you already decided without ever having used the damn thing.

I did guess it would be 90% before opening though.

Someone should set up an account to do that.

Re: Arghhh

yeah that would work, hackers won't simply focus all their efforts on chrome. we've seen a big rise in non-IE exploits recently, almost as if hackers noticed them getting popular...

All of the issues with prostitution, exploitation, danger, etc, are caused by it being illegal!

What a load of bilge.

Yeah they actually look a nice design. I wonder if NFC will really be a selling point though.

Re: Native Google maps

Can't you just use it in the web-browser? I can on iOS5, I even get a little popup "Install this web app". Apple cannot keep it off even if they want to.

Re: Ouch!

>> It pointed out that the vulnerability could be exploited by pretty much everybody

It took a lot of smarts to find the vuln is what I meant.

Re: Only for some though .....

I'm sorry did they tell you iOS5 was going to stop working?

Re: How long have they been designing this system?

Who is they? Is UEFI MS-only, surely not?

Re: It doesn't take take thousands of years

Forget Heinlein, Douglas Adams made the point better :)

Re: I find the whole business very strange.

Equally hard to believe is that Brussels didn't notice.

Re: MS and not Apple......

>>and yet to an outsider, it appears they do have a clear monopoly

A monopoly of what? They certainly don't have an effective monopoly on mobile phones or mobile devices in general. Even regarding tablets they may have the biggest market share but it is nowhere near a monopoly the same way Windows was/is.

Re: Ouch!

Against fiendishly clever hackers any browser is vulnerable. It's daft to move browser for that reason... at least MS take patching security seriously.

Re: iMuppets

Did you even READ the article?

a)The media player option might attract a new customer base

b)kids are always being born so every year there is a new wave

I think the 12Gb one should come bundled with a remote control if it's aimed at media consumption. It's really good and makes it seem much more a real media system to non-teenagers!

Re: I smell fail

At launch manufacturers will have no idea what they can sell for. You can expect prices to plummet once more than one company has devices.

Re: who cares?

>>still haven't figured out what it takes to get a bestseller

You apart from Windows, Office and XBox? And Visual Studio. And Visio. And Powerpoint. And Kinect.

It's nothing to do with MS, that's Asus taking the piss. We've seen Android tabs from £100 to £700 so why would Windows be any different?

Re: An honest question

Apart from the visible stuff like formatting (Open/Libre has NEVER managed not to screw this up for me) Office does a hell of a lot more than you might realise, that OSS doesn't.

For one thing all the macro support is very powerful. For another integration between the different apps (Word, Excel, Access). Thirdly, the ability to call into Office from your own code and generate documents automatically (or to use libs to create Office docs without using Office directly).

To a normal user none of this means much but it's why Office is unrivaled in the techy world. Libre like FireFox is targeting the general home user.

Re: EU law

Are they definitely saying you can't uninstall and re-register it on another device by contacting customer service? Are MS saying that I mean, not El Reg's reporting of it? That seems a bit unlikely... what if your PC dies or is upgraded?

Re: Microsoft seeks money

If you normally upgrade to the newest Office, subscription (at those prices) seems a no-brainer assuming your sub lets you automatically get newer versions.

Note if you're setting up a business, paying a sub also reduces your startup costs.

I've never used 365/OnDemand though so whether they're any good I can't say. But if the sub lets you install proper local versions too, I don't think it's too bad. $99 for a whole household to use Office legally is a steal really compared to the old way (even though everyone just installed the same copy on all their PCs).

Tossing in a Skype plan and SkyDrive is a nice touch for both sides although isn't that using a monopoly in Office software to get a dominant position in Cloud storage and web-telephony?

Re: No microSD-card slot?

Damn they'll rue that 1 lost sale

Re: how

You might as well ask how many books any year were that year's smash #1. The answer is lots... a few years back it would be the latest Harry Potter novel.

What's your point? Popular stuff sells more?

Re: IE? Who uses that shit ?

It's widely known and widely used but IE9 is just fine thanks. I hope IE10 continues the trend but unlike other commentards I won't pass judgement on something I never used.

Re: Application portability. Microsoft style

Why would an exploit on newer versions NOT work on older ones? Do you think they start each browser totally from scratch?

Re: Bit confused by this "HD Voice" mularkey.

lots of people said HD TV wasn't needed, but it's quite nice :)

Re: challenge accepted

Unity3D is a web-plugin and software run-time (a bit like Java/.NET) not a program.

Re: @JDX Apple's walled garden for music

So sorry for not owning an iPhone.

If that's the case why does everyone cry about Apple's evil walled garden then? Music is by far the biggest area of content paid for and if you're not locked in to Apple, what's the problem for most users (i.e. not including the few who buy lots of video on their phone)?

@HMB Re: Just amazing

Yes but back then only rich people HAD mobiles... it was a status symbol to have one at all.

Also not everyone had a PC either... these days it's more common for each person in the house to have a PC/laptop/tablet rather than the house PC. And most people didn't get a new PC every 2 years any more than they do now.

Re: Whatever happened to free at a tenner a month

You can find £10/mo contracts for OK phones. I'm sure I saw the Lumia 610 as well as some Androids... and we're not talking ultra-crappy Androids, just not quad-core monsters.

Re: Won't last long?

No they allowed it in the end.