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GarethB
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Android already has APIs for NFC access. Many OEMs already use it - eg Samsung Pay.It's not like Google foist
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Of course, if Apple were selling their device to customers as a cut-price device your argument might make sens
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Poly was so named after Plantronics took over Polycom. Polycom was probably best known for its video conferenc
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Not sure how you make that statement. There has been no change to the EdgeDeflector source code since Septemb
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Well.... that is a good question. Been running Ubuntu (on a second PC) for a couple of months as a trial, and
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Anyone can have an issue with Win11 (or anything else) - but when the same complaint (with almost no actual re
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Microsoft decided to remove a largely working feature from an open-source project (that it runs) to favour a W
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It's as if the USB-IF thinks everyone spends time carefully inspecting the logo on each port.Most normal peopl
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Completely agree.Microsoft implemented a new driver model for ME, and some of the drivers were let's just say
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So... How many licenses do you think Microsoft would actually have sold to M1 Mac owners? How much development
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Looking forward to Microsoft making a reg key available to turn off automatic upgrades to Win11. Not keen on
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Perhaps the mandate was to make sure the Azure division outsold Windows...
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There is simply nobody but Microsoft so adept at making its fans seriously consider macOS and Linux.
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Why stop at 2025? Income, Profit - name it as you wish
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That part number is a Lenovo Yoga, not a Lenovo *ThinkPad* Yoga.These are different things. One is a consumer-
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In reply to pbeiler1:All features that most of the rest of the business world is using thunderbolt (or USB-C)
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Yes, this is an annoying one. It seems that I fix it and then some dates change... very frustrating. As othe
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In reply to sammyg:I agree regarding how is this anti-competitive - I guess the weak argument is regarding App
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So, will I still be able to pay for stuff from a card? Or is that too much of a 2019 feature? I just wasn'
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The whole point (I thought) of [Chr]Edge was that developers don't have to test on it, that the test that
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In reply to madthinus:Perhaps they would like to see how it goes for people in small chunks, rather than just
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In reply to geschinger:While I agree with most of what you said, I have a simple question: Does Apple not take
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In reply to davidl:True, but not in a x64 Windows OS ;-)
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OnePlus last year released the 7 and the 7 Pro, 6 months later, the 7T and the 7T Pro, just as they started 20
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LG: Look what we can do! Everyone else: Why?
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An interesting perspective. I figured that 'Google helping' was some just one poor guy hidden away
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With Oracle's great reputation for managing companies it takes over, this is sure to be a success. /sNo
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In reply to jfgordon:Lets take another recent example;[in 1998:] "If I don't like that Internet Explorer
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In reply to lvthunder:Is anyone literally saying that? I think there are plenty of opinions on whether Apples
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So you want smaller phones, with bigger batteries, dual speakers, headphone sockets and optical zoom. Sounds
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In reply to JE:Personally, I can't see any use for it myself. Nor can I see a market for it either.My poi
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Well.... finally some here are realising that this isn't intended to be a replacement for your Pixel, S10
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Well _IF_ that's the case someone had better have a go at both Playstation and Xbox. They also sell the
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This just seems to be a great way for Microsoft to flush away a whole pile of cash and reputation.If Tiktok la
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In reply to maddycom:I imagine just as they deal with iPhone users of Outlook, Office apps, LinkedIn, or Skype
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A virtual desktop is essentially a list of shown/hidden applications.When you change desktops, Window state is
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The reversing sensors:I have exactly the same frustrating problem in my car ([European] Ford). I find it espe
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In reply to ponsaelius:Its called "the Windows Phone strategy".
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In reply to BeckoningEagle:Poor english too, you'd think they'd make is "Required Daigonistc Data" :
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In reply to PhilipVasta:I thought this was an old wives tale of Windows past, but recently ran into this probl
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In reply to Waethorn:Leaving your computer turned off, preferably at the socket, will keep you safe from a num
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In reply to lvthunder:It is essentially WASM (WebAssembly) running a .NET runtime, running your code. Essenti
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Hypothetically, what would Microsofts opinion be, if Google in an update to Chrome modified the file associati
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In reply to lvthunder:Open an Office app, From the File/home menu select 'Account'.If it says that y
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For everyone else, it's the same icon that iOS uses. .... and it's just replacing the old 'radi
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Good luck everyone
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In reply to MikeGalos:If I didn't end up with tons of different Creative Cloud processes running all the
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In reply to Stooks:You're reading market analysts who make expectations, and then are pleased/disappointe
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OK, now install several pieces of Anti-malware tools and some over-zealous anti-virus to try to prevent infect
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In reply to wright_is:They didn't. This doesn't replace the 7 Pro.
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OnePlus 7T replaces the OnePlus 7.The OnePlus 7 Pro will be replaced with the OnePlus 7T Pro (There is an an
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The stupidest part here is they're likely sending many of their 'partners' off to evaluate, and
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In reply to Jippa Wip:You forgot; "Trade wars are easy to win".haha
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In reply to Bats:Such quality in these here 'Standard' comments....
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In reply to Shmuelie:If they don't appeal (and win), they'll also have to change their business prac
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So... a sandbox with no internet is less secure?
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In reply to elessar25:That would be true if sellers were allowed to sell their App/subscription for 30% more o
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In reply to lvthunder:That's the best solution. /sI'm just wondering how Apple would go selling iPho
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In reply to earlster:Yes, exactly. It's a different kind of monopoly;Microsoft had a monopoly share of t
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In reply to gibber:Between headsets, webcams and laptops, it doesn't appear particularly surprising that
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In reply to hrlngrv:Most larger businesses want a RANGE of devices. (including laptops and often desktops) Ma
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I'm seriously unsure why the Pixel phones don't have lightning connectors.Google is so intent on cop
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It seems the only thing unique here is that we (insiders) get to see two different development versions concur
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In reply to Bart:"MS should provide less stable versions of Windows"I think they're trying that already :
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In reply to BeckoningEagle:Wow, the first time I ever have seen the Plus/4 mentioned - there are two ex-owners
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So, if they killed To-Do, you couldn't just 'move on'? Your last paragraph seems to be a bit c
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In reply to Pierre Masse:I guess that since it's a site that talk about Windows, it's normal to talk
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"Acer’s Swift 7 has won the CES 2019 Innovation Award" - that says everything about this - winning an innova
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In reply to Sprtfan:It is simply up to the maintainers of the project how much MS (or anyone else) can contrib
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In reply to Jacob-Bearce:100% - IE was the most standards compliant and popular browser.... in 2001. If you u
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In reply to Waethorn:I doubt anyone is doubting the Windows activation issues - it's just that you someho
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In reply to karma77police:Here's an idea: Read the article before formulating your criticism.This is Micr
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In reply to lwetzel:Concerned about identity theft :-)
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In reply to derylmccarty:The question is, whether it should do over Chinese-manufactured HPs, Chinese-manufact
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In reply to SherlockHolmes:It's a good question.The only saving grace seems to be they've never take
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In reply to StevenLayton:A scary thought might to be to actually make the best product.
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In reply to jcbeckman:Yes within a few hours we see:The performance is terrible and, worse, the battery life i
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In reply to UbelhorJ:No... for that you can use "ToDo". ... or maybe Wunderlist :-)
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In reply to maethorechannen:Good service in the USA.Cr*p service outside the USA.Yep, the usual Microsoft. He
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Sorry, I came to look at dcdevito's post about how OnePlus never updates anything.Will have to check agai
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In reply to VancouverNinja:No, if a file is modified slightly it only needs to update the changes.Useful when
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In reply to thea2_:That was a limitation of the older Qualcomm chipsets - same with the Android devices based
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This largely then comes down to profit vs market share.Apple is making a shed load on a reduction in market sh
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In reply to djncanada:It's an interesting topic. You might want to check out Episode 326 of TWiT.tv'
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In reply to paul-thurrott:One word... OK, maybe two: US focus.If you want to geographically limit your custom
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In reply to innitrichie:As much as you're undoubtedly right, it's also ridiculous.
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In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:The fact that it's not bigger news for Windows 10 is telling...Yep, it's
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In reply to lvthunder:So.. you see Shazam offering links to content in Spotify and GPM into the future?Apple r
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In reply to karma77police:This family station wagon is going to be nail on the coffin of those sports cars! I
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If the cost is approaching Pixel 2, S9, or iPhone X levels, why would anyone buy it? The point of the 1+ phon
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Maybe they're hoping for MS to want to acquire it :-).
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In reply to jwpear:I guess it depends on what you're calling carbs vs net carbs.If you're looking at
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In reply to jgraebner:100% - The Surface Laptop seems to be something for almost nobody. You couldn't po
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In reply to hrlngrv:But the Office 365 product is essentially Office 2016 with updates. At some stage O365 wi
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In reply to hrlngrv:Updates are essentially an uninstall and reinstall. It can't update something that
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In reply to MartinusV2:Exactly.Spectre doesn't seem to be an immediately urgent issue, and as we've
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In reply to karma77police:Your diatribe has absolutely nothing to do with the article above. Whatever you
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In reply to lprell:I don't think they were late, just glacier-ly slow. Google and Amazon have started f
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In reply to shameermulji:So... even more people could not use it?Definitely not convinced about assistants on
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In reply to lvthunder:The question is how much untrusted code in being run on these devices?The vulnerability
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In reply to hrlngrv:The priority for conversion seems to be apps which are needed for newer form factors. The
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This boils down to CIRP not being sure Apples targets for the X. Zzzz..The fact the such they sold so many of
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I've been on a Keto diet since February - results have been great, although not as fast as some people re
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This feels a bit like the term Paul is happy to use elsewhere: entitlement.We are invited into the testing of
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In reply to will:To use a simplistic version: if DWM causes BSODs on 1 in 10 users with 'Sets' turne
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In reply to SocialDanny123:Provided it was optional/customisable. I know I refer to the date reasonably regul
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In reply to jboman32768:As a fellow Aussie, I can't agree enough. It truly feels like only Apple and Goo
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In reply to cyloncat:That's because it's not April 1st yet :-)
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In reply to Tunrip:If it doesn't let me know, there's still a box of those things around here somewh
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In reply to MutualCore:It's not just Apple. Every OEM with premium products have TB3.... except Microsof
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Looks like someone at MS has looked over the wall and seen a Logitech MX Master and/or Anywhere, and then got
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In reply to gregsedwards:...and a full featured UI.Have very few issues in terms of rendering, but there is ma
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Of course, as it's tied to the Fall CU, most Windows 10 users will be the last to see any benefit......As
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In reply to vernonlvincent:Exactly. So often they start out with a product great (for it's time), but th
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In reply to ghostrider:True, but it's like saying that Microsoft could have 'unbundled' the OS
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In reply to Mark from CO:He's off on his cloud. Talking to enterprises. They're completely aslee
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In reply to jlv632:Oneplus have already announced they'll be shipping to AU - intended for this month.htt
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This is exactly why I always refuse to buy domains through a service like this. The question is who owns your
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In reply to hrlngrv:Have you even been reading Pauls posts? https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/83964/
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In reply to warren:Whether it has the features, the advantage to me is that on EVERY PC (in a support sense) I
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In reply to ibmthink:Completely agree.Have owned 2 (and still own one) Ultrabook with multitouch. Did/do I us
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In reply to FalseAgent:Yup, more features we always wanted. 8-| Just love how esoteric features nobody seems
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In reply to wunderbar:Just another reason to not go back to OneDrive....
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The weird thing is the community wants both - we want to have access to all the stuff MS is thinking about inc
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Google obviously doesn't feel its ads are 'annoying', so in reality, in doing this it's pr
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I don't know why these manufacturers insist on glare-laden screens. I can only assume because it looks g
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In reply to Jorge Garcia:Sounds like you're interested in Linux.Sorry but most people just don't car
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In reply to chump2010:The fact is that these drivers were being deployed for so long - and that many customers
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In reply to Mark from CO:The platforms for the immediate and medium-term appear to be settled. However, there
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In reply to Nicolas De Roo:Don't worry, it will soon be a "global" product soon - when they announce sale
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In reply to JimP: Wha? If the desktop market weren't shrinking whilst the potential install base of phon
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In reply to vernonlvincent:USB-C <> Thunderbolt. The most you'll get out of those adapters is a 4.
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8-9 years ago I recall almost identical urging of Microsoft to look at the iPhone tsunami. They replied with
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In reply to evox81 But likewise, _everyone_ doesn't need a Galaxy S8 or iPhone7+ either.The argument that
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In reply to MutualCore:Yes, and no. The one thing (as a WP user) that annoys me is how many (including Paul a
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I'm starting to feel old. Sometime around 1997-98, I subscribed to a e-mail list from Paul. I rememb
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In reply to Awhispersecho:The underlying thing is that most people are happy with a few websites. They don
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In reply to SvenJ:100% - they want people to test the build - including all the apps which many millions of pe
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In reply to PatrickThey can't really not allow traditional apps. They might as well stop selling Windows
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Nokia Lumia 830
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In reply to BMcDonald:
Why if you pay for your TV content (subscription, etc) do they still have ads?
The real
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In reply to NazmusLabs:
This biggest problem with Leo is that he's not taking any notice of what is mentioned
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In reply to Waethorn:
This is Apple's long term question. At the moment they're riding high, but in the
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In reply to WP7Mango:
100%. Google took Microsoft's previous role in this market. They're killing
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In reply to Abazigal:
To continue Pauls point - (from a 2007 POV), Microsoft had been betting against Apple/Jo
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In reply to naveen:
I've been thinking exactly the same. As much as I'd like a top-spec WP device from MS, it
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In reply to WithinRafael:
Philosophically, I guess that depends on whether you have a copy of the toy, and pro