Posts by Tzael

Re: How many times do we have to say this

Wrong - Apple negotiated a visit to see the Alto system in operation at Xerox's premises in exchange for stock. Apple did NOT exchange stock in return for being permitted to copy the Alto OS.

Check your facts dude, sure you may or may not have been alive in 1979 but there's enough historical evidence that contradicts Apple's spin for even a young'un to be able to make an educated and informed analysis of what happened back then!

As for the rest of those who jumped on me, since when has stating factual history been considered trolling? Are we so far removed from reality that we must regurgitate modern spin instead of telling the truth?

Re: The WoW killer ?

I'm not a fan of WoW, but I do understand the gameplay qualities that Blizzard have capitalised upon to draw in a large playerbase who are susceptible to gambling addiction.

What got me interested in this article was the quote stating "amid bold claims it would attract more players than World of Warcraft"... I'd love to know where such a quote was sourced from, as it is fair to say that Bioware have _never_ made such a claim. Maybe hopeful fans have made such a claim, but certainly not Bioware.

Re: Windows phone7 will be an ad serving machine

And how is this different to Google's Android or Apple's iPhone?

Re: Gasland

Gasland gives ample reason to prevent fracking from taking place, especially in the UK which is so small compared to the USA. The evidence against fracking existed prior to the publication of the Gasland documentary, thankfully the documentary has helped spread awareness of the irreversible damage that occurs through application of that process.

I'm not comfortable with the idea of our energy reserves being 'secure' for the next 250 years, gives the impression of being able to sit on our arses and ignore the need for cleaner energy supplies in the meanwhile.

Re: dumb

Cheers for getting in quickly to point this out. First the phones weren't bricked; removal of the power source (i.e. the battery) was enough to reset the problem and make the phones useful again. Secondly, many of us with the Samsung Omnia 7 were able to apply the update without a problem.

Articles that make general statements should be held accountable for their innacuracies or attempts to 'spin' the truth. Reality is vast majority of Omnia 7 users haven't had a problem with the update, and Microsoft merely took the precaution of withdrawing the update so that these reports could be investigated properly and the actual cause determined.

Re: To be fair.....

Try telling that to the anti-MS crowd who used a similar but much smaller scale event to twist their blades as deep as possible into the tech giant's back a couple of months ago.

Re: Exciting :)

I thought I was the other user but reading this comments section makes me think that maybe there are three of us, not just two as stated in the article :)

Re: Their

There are times when reviewing written material by third parties where you may not approve of their spelling, however rather than behave like a pedant, why not accept that they're contributing to the discussion? At the very least you could have responded to the points raised in their post!

I sure hope I didn't unintenshunally spell anything wrong!

Not just evil - pure evil!

Yeah, we wouldn't want Mr Spatula's spirit sending the seamonkeys after the burglars!

Re: Sounding more like Microsoft by the day

What, you mean sounding more sensible by the day? ;)

You call it a bribe, not quite sure how it's a bribe because they're not specifically trading the devices for anything in particular. Free hardware is free hardware, hopefully it will give some developers an opportunity to properly evaluate a WP7 device instead of making idle speculation!

Re: So...

The handbag brigades are out in force, lots of shouting but nothing substantial - mere speculation pandering to the crowd that want to see MS burn.

I'm with you, WP7 working nicely for me. Could do with a few refinements (some things involve one-too-many taps) but overall it's a nice change from my previous phones. Bunch of improvements demo'd at MWC that we can look forward to I guess. Watch out, I see a crowd with their down-voting pitchforks at the ready!

Re: Got to assume

I make use of the Facebook integration quite a bit with my Omnia 7, can truthfully say that data usage since October when I got my phone has been quite low (less than 30 megabytes per month with no escalation over time).

I'm careful with apps though. Each app shows the information and features it needs to access when viewed in the apps marketplace, if an app piques my curiosity but requires access to my location, my identity or my phone's identity despite obviously not requiring it then I won't install the app. A lot of the free games do this, thankfully the Xbox Live games don't require access to personal or phone identities.

I'm tempted to point the finger at mobile operator apps. I uninstalled the Orange apps on day one, partly because their first iterations refused to work over wifi (wanted to use mobile data connection instead). Whatever the cause at least it's been identified and Microsoft have stated that they're working with the third party in question to resolve the matter.

Re: The .NET framework should help here, unless they're stupid

Thanks for bringing up an important point that is often overlooked. Microsoft's .NET is definitely the solution to the perceived problem outlined in this article. Not just .NET (whoops, for a moment that said .NEWT), but XNA and Silverlight too. These are APIs available across the board, and regardless of the core operating system any applications developed for Windows Phone 7 will port with great ease to the main Windows platform.

Microsoft's strategy over the last decade or so has led them to a point where developers can target common APIs available on the majority of Microsoft platforms without worrying about the underlying kernel or hardware abstraction layer. That's good in my opinion.

Otellini sees a future where the aging x86 architecture can be the heart of mobile phones, and at the rate technology shrinks and power requirements are reduced that is entirely feasible. It's very plausible that one day phones will run full-blown Windows but with a specialised UI based on .NET. In the meanwhile WinCE and its latest incarnation WP7 will be just fine for the mobile market.

Re: Don't understand how you can be anti-copyright?

Spot on GeorgeTuk. The same people who do not understand the need to copyright work and protect an individual's creativity are probably going to be storming in here and downvoting anything that slightly hints at being pro-copyright. They just don't get it.

If I could suggest one improvement to copyright it would be additional protection and advantages for individual creative artists, instead of protection for the publishers who pocket over 90% of the profit.

Re: Eh?

@AC replying to Generic_Web_Guy...

You can recognise a fellow Anonymous Coward poster? Pray tell how do you see who is behind the AC name tag? Could you actually be the previous AC poster and in fact are referring to yourself in the third person to give more credibility to the claim?

Would love to see some actual substance to this claim that WP7 (WM7 is something else matey) is half-baked from a developer perspective. Get the feeling it's just hot air though, with no real substance to back the claim up.

Re: Oh my

A big F in red felt tip at the top of a report card is more than adequate. Should invoke some childhood memories for the folks at ACS:Law.

Re: Playing with fire

Yep, unfortunately a lot of teenagers are going to be led astray by this and won't adequately cover their tracks while trying to help their cause. Lots of other ways to spread the message, just talking about it with friends who are only hearing a biased portrayal in mainstream news can help a lot. Leave the illegal stuff to the people who feel that it's necessary and know what they're doing.

Re: You are ALL missing the point.

Yeah, the point being why on earth do they have to remake perfectly good films?! Make another installment - base this one on Michael Korby...

Maybe this time they'll go for full CGI for the lead character, instead of only filling in the scenes Brandon Lee wasn't available for first time round.

Re: Am I the first?

'100 times faster than pre-Chrome Internet Explorer'

Yeah, comparing it to Internet Explorer 7 - what a perfect comparison!