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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:46 PM Original message |
So M$ wants to get into the "smart" phone market. No thank you. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. except I've been running XP, Office etc for 6 years or so with IIRC two reboots |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. XP was a little wierd, and frankly, Win 7 is fairly stable (other than it reboots for updates) |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. You forgot the best MS OS *ever* - Windows 2000. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. 2000 was also a server-based OS. I still think NT4.0SP4 was the best. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. thankfully I skipped Vista. New laptop is 7. We shall see. NT |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Just switched to 7 from several years of XP professional |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Uh, Microsoft's been in the smartphone market for 9 years. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I need a phone that places calls and receives calls. Fuck texting and browsing. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That texting and browsing |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Right... that makes about as much sense as the people who hated computers. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Actually, when I am taking a crap, I don't need to be connected to the web! |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Me either - that's when I read the newspaper. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. Hell. I learned to type on a manual typewriter in the early 70's and was an early computer geek. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. +1000!! My sentiments exactly. I guess what I want is a "standard" cell phone |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. JitterBug makes them, but we already all have basic phones with a great rate. |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Agree with you on MS and their mobile devices, but for some a smartphone |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. It was *NEVER* Microsoft. By far, the most popular smartphone OS was Nokia's Symbian... |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. So, you don't WANT one, and you're entirely ignorant of M's role in smartphones... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Geeze. Doesn't anyone who posts in GD have a fucking sense of humor? It's a joke. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's like making a joke about hospital food. It might have been funny the first time... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Vista's still out there and it still isn't stable. I've got boxes running 98SE, XP, Vista and Win7. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. My Vista is perfectly stable |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. HH, still stuck in the 80's I see. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Bet my machine blows the hell out of yours! |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I use the same OS and it never crashes. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. In an earlier post (this OP) I said Win 7 is pretty reliable - it DOES reboot for updates. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. You do know how to make it *not* reboot itself for updates, don't you? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Of course. I've got it shut off on the Vista boxes, but it actually works well on Win 7. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. All that and you had no idea Microsoft has been in the smartphone market for years? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No interest. The news today says the iPhone 5 might have a curved screen. Yawn. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. You should see my computer setup, by the way. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Well that's cool. To be fair, I DID buy my tower almost a year ago. |
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Bubba Kush (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. My wife is actually waiting for iPhone 5 - I said why bother? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've been using MS Smartphones for several years now |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Try using Opera Mini as your browser. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. After using Windows Mobile for several years I switched to iPhone |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. Wait...what? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. There was a news story on one of the news sites. This was a joke thread and nobody got it. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Android has taken on the iPhone and beat them. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. My next phone will be either an Android or a Windows phone |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
35. You know how glitchy my iPhone 3G was because Apple wasn't supporting it anymore? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. That's Apple's modus operandus |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Your biases are showing very clearly. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Did you see today's Dilbert? (Tue, 24 May) - You'll probably appreciate it. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
38. Phone 7 is actually an excellent smartphone platform. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. +1 at last the truth... |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. I agree |
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