Posts by N13L5

Anyone notice that Lucy Koh is biased...?

I'm no fan of the Korean Samsung Chaebol, which is as much of a sleazy, dishonest corporation as Apple is.

...They kind of deserve each other.

But Samsung's F700 phone, predating the iPhone surely has a bearing on the case, and the Jury should NOT be allowed to see it...?

This is a court in the United States, the land of the free and the just...?

Looks like we're just out to protect our shiny baubles corporation from the ones who build everything inside those baubles, like the processor, the memory, the chipset and the screen, later to be slapped together by the suicidal slaves at Foxconn.

They should be put in a pinata bag together and beaten with sticks, not keep our courts busy with this shit.

Re: This will not end well? Legacy?

I think those who didn't care about regular windows have already gone to Crapple products for the shininess and the perception that Crapple products are used by "smart people" and "creatives", and so if they buy one, they will somehow also be considered smart and creative...

The suddenly so-called "legacy" programs are mostly made for consumers and were either already purchased at fairly high prices or pirated for free. The new Windows RT monopoly will not fly with either of those customers.

And all the I-need-it-super-simple People who will fall for a monolithic walled ghetto scheme are already with the shiny baubles company.

At least those of us who don't wish the open PC market dead can hope that it is so...

Re: Go talk to Detroit

talking of an 'inferior' product sort of implies they actually have a 'superior' product too?

I don't think so... I've rented a bunch of GM cars and it was awful every time.

In one of the big cars, I think it was an Oldsmobile I rented in Phoenix, they have nifty 'features' like AC vents blowing directly on the drivers knee with no possibility for adjustment or moving your knee out of the way. So, when you try to get out of the car, your knee is frozen solid, you can't straighten it and are forced to limp away...

Lexus wins by default :)

Love how nobody ever mentions that Newell has an axe to grind

<<Newell, speaking in Seattle, Washington, reportedly called Windows 8 "a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space”.>>

Newell also said Windows 8 will "Kill gaming on the PC" what he meant of course was, it will kill Valve on the PC. Micro$oft is starting its own "instant-WinRT-monopoly" app store, undoubtedly also selling games through it... this will affect Steam negatively... If you ask me, he should sell his company to some Schmuck with deep pockets now, before he goes the way of RIM.

Its a shame Crapple didn't patent their all-locked-down business model. Now they can't sue Micro$huft for trying to do the same.

As for games, Windows 8 introduces a Stereoscopic 3D API, which will help games on the PC greatly. No more Nvidia stranglehold, with purposely crippled 3DS output modes over HDMI and such.

My hope is, that people will be too smart to buy Windows RT devices until Micro$oft is forced to add full Windows compatibility and give up on the single source app store. We don't need another anti-competitive stranglehold that serves nothing besides false security claims and getting Micro$oft 30% of everything sold.

So, its a mixed bag. Like the article said :)

Recommendations to consumers?

- Don't buy machines limited to Windows RT.

- Do buy regular Windows 8 machines and simply read the tutorial on how to get the desktop back, if you hate Metro.

- There's also a way to have both the desktop AND Metro in one, simply by installing Rainmeter with the Omnimo skin, both of which are useful and free.

And for Intel's sake, buy some Ultrabooks, jeez, how hard can it be? Eat Ramen for a month...

Goods start, I agree with your specs, but I think you're missing about half of the necessary features!

If its ultra portable with less features, it had better work outdoors AND in the dark, so:

1) non-reflective, bright displays are a must.

2) keyboard with backlight

Then, if its gonna be so portable, it had better be able to connect in places without WiFi...

3) needs to have an option for 3G, UMTS etc, like a GOBI 2000 combo with world wide connectivity.

Also, at around 1000 bucks, we don't want those things to be annoying,

4) a fairly quiet cooling system is needed

Since most come without optical drive, it needs to be easy to connect one concurrently with a mouse, so

5) three USB 3.0 connectors should be obvious.

At this point, its actually impossible to find all of this in one ultrabook. I know, cause I tried. I could not find what I wanted, so I didn't buy one yet. Who wants to spend over a thousand bucks and still end up with a compromise thats not dictated by whats possible, but simply cause manufacturer's aren't flexible enough in offering configuration. Dell pretty much cut configurability out of ultrabooks. There's nothing you can configure, just add mice and bags and insurance. Most of them do not offer a glare type and a matte display. That should be a no brainer, to at least offer it. Not all consumers are retarded, people buy their mirrors at Bed & Bath.

Windphone users are like shooting fish in a barrel for AT&T, if they could just get them in...

"Do you really multi-task? Maybe a call while you take notes."

Multitasking became my #1 criterion, after being unable to use the skype app to receive calls on my iPhone 3, cause without multitasking, the Skype app couldn't run in the background to listen for incoming calls.

Aside from that, there's lots of messaging apps that need to run in the back ground, if you want to get your tells from people.

Sure, Windphone is fine if all you do is use the carrier's communication offerings. Thats why AT&T is plowing so much cash into advertising that shite... they would really like something other than Android, which gives people way too many possibilities to bypass their tollbooths.

AT&T could give a crap what phone you use - up until the phone allows you freedom that cuts down on their income. So, if they could get Micro$oft to succeed, it would be great for them, cause Microsoft's platform is locked down tight. And with lack of popularity, you don't even have the chance of someone jailbreaking it, cause its not worth the effort. So, for AT&T, Windphone users are like shooting fish in a barrel...

Few people are ready to get into that barrel, cause they already know how that goes...

Re: too expensive?

Undesirable is always too expensive

Lumia looks like its primarily designed for cheap manufacturing and they are short on features and specs.

People compare them to Samsung's and HTC's products and find there's no contest.

Galaxy III in May is going to make the Lumia look like a 2 year old product.

On the software side, its even worse, people do not like Microsoft. On the desktop, windows may be the only choice, but nobody wants to see them expand to new areas, especially not with their tollbooth mentality and their patent trolling, which did not gain M$ any sympathies.

Since Elop turned Nokia into Microsoft's bitch, the situation is pretty hopeless, mainly because of the OS. The last European consumer tech giant is falling.

I think the only way up for Nokia would be to remove Elop and start focusing on better speced hardware, while offering up more than one OS, like HTC and Samsung do.

Want a Lumia with Megoo, Android, Windphone or Symbian Belle? Your choice...

Without that choice, most won't even bother to look at the Lumia.

A really powerful stunt would be, if they offered straight up Android, so every Lumia would be like a Google Nexus phone. While all the other manufacturers waste money and time on largely unwanted overlays to try and differentiate themselves, Nokia could save the money and differentiate themselves by being the only brand offering straight up Android with no added bullshit.

This would give Nokia the ability to offer more timely updates and customers would be pretty happy with them. Just think of how many people are willing to void their warranty with chancy custom Rom installations, just to get rid of Touchwiz, Motoblur etc...

Killing off Nokia's own OS's a year before they had anything new to offer was not only disastrous for sales, but also helped Android and iOS.

Finally, Windphone has the stink of Ballmer's decade of refusal to invest even enough for badly needed fixes for Windows Mobile. People don't forget that over a shiny new look. A look that users cannot make their own, cause customization is not allowed.

Nobody buying Lumia's is a resounding shout of "control freaks get lost!". Don't dictate our OS choice and don't prevent customization"

(unless you're Apple and people mistake your products for drugs)