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Maktaba

Member Since Jul 2017

10 Posts
97 Comments
Upvotes 57%
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    "Neo" and "Duo" are confusing names
    By maktaba, 2 years ago
    13 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Hardware
    maktaba Microsoft Hardware 2 years ago 13 Replies
    Can “Finder search” in Galaxy S10 search inside OneNote notes?
    By maktaba, 2 years ago
    2 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Mobile
    maktaba Microsoft Mobile 2 years ago 2 Replies
    Help me find a place to store these 100 passwords
    By maktaba, 2 years ago
    21 Replies
    Forum: Google
    Category: Mobile
    maktaba Google Mobile 2 years ago 21 Replies
    Why aren’t your podcasts available in video?
    By maktaba, 3 years ago
    0 Replies
    Forum: Community Feedback
    Category: Podcasts
    maktaba Community Feedback Podcasts 3 years ago 0 Replies
    In Control with no Control: Perceptions and Reality of Windows 10 Home Edition Update Features
    By maktaba, 3 years ago
    3 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    maktaba Microsoft Windows 3 years ago 3 Replies
    Terry Myerson 2013 interview about Windows phones
    By maktaba, 3 years ago
    5 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Mobile
    maktaba Microsoft Mobile 3 years ago 5 Replies
    I moved all my OneNote notes to Apple Notes
    By maktaba, 3 years ago
    13 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Mobile
    maktaba Microsoft Mobile 3 years ago 13 Replies
    Why can’t Edge download files when it’s closed?
    By maktaba, 3 years ago
    7 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    maktaba Microsoft Windows 3 years ago 7 Replies
    Apps run faster on Android than on iOS?
    By maktaba, 3 years ago
    8 Replies
    Forum: Google
    Category: Mobile
    maktaba Google Mobile 3 years ago 8 Replies
    By killing Windows phone, this is what Microsoft will lose
    By maktaba, 4 years ago
    15 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Mobile
    maktaba Microsoft Mobile 4 years ago 15 Replies

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    Why the subtitles, then?

    Posted 2 months ago on Forza Horizon 5 Gets Sign Language Support – 6 Comments

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    What’s the use of the whole TPM requirement when Windows 11 is still vulnerable?

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    iOS does allow notifications to be grouped by app. It automatically groups them by app whenever that app has a

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple iPhone 13 Pro First Impressions – 101 Comments

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    The top management at Microsoft neither know about the issues you mentioned nor would care even if they were t

    Posted 5 months ago on Seems like Microsoft is rudderless – 18 Comments

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    Hmm. They should have released Windows 11 only when all features and apps had been completed, tested and ready

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    Another thing that, if added to Excel, would help its users tremendously, is the highlighting of the entire ro

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    This woman, Margrethe Vestager, doesn’t seem to know anything about computers.

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    I hope they update the Oasis as well. I desperately want a Kindle with USB-C and page buttons.

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    It was QBasic.

    Posted 9 months ago on Microsoft is Testing a Higher Resolution Dashboard on Xbox Series X – 9 Comments

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    That’s a horrible place for the Start button. Hard to click.

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    They should make either Helvetica or Frutiger the default font. The former is professional-looking and the lat

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    I can’t use it as it doesn’t support manually adding usernames and passwords (yet).

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    Back when Microsoft was looking for Ballmer replacement, I was hoping Steve Mollenkopf would be the one they

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    Can you manually add username and password in the app? Or do you have to log in the website with the Edge brow

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Authenticator Gains Password Management and Autofill Capabilities – 40 Comments

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    Do you think it’s a good idea to buy apps/games from the Microsoft Store? If the same game is available on S

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    The original Doom and Doom 2 were much better.

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    Another win for Apple Silicon.

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    I don’t think the upper management at Microsoft is at all concerned about any of this. It is not that Apple

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    What do you mean “generally available “? Will it be available on previous releases of Excel like 2013?

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    Maybe the Windows team don’t know Cortana has been killed on phones?

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    Too late. Microsoft has already abandoned UWP.

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    In reply to Bats:You say,“After all, why install a 3rd party assistant, when the Google Assistant is way muc

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    Windows Search cannot search inside OneNote notes saved in the cloud yet their mission is to empower every per

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    This is great news!

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    In Touch ID, the only thing that stands between you and the home screen is pressing the Home button. Whereas u

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max Review – 35 Comments

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    I’m reminded of Dona Sarkar.

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    Forum Post

    "Neo" and "Duo" are confusing names

    Duo means "two", while Neo means "new".


    Surface Duo is so named because it has two screens.


    But Surface Neo, the phone, has also two screens!


    So why one is called Duo and the other isn't, when they both have two screens?


    And why the phone is called Surface Neo? If it is because it is new (Neo), then Surface Duo is also new, both being announced at the same event.


    To me, these are very confusing names. I hope Microsoft calls these devices something else before officially releasing them.



    Posted 2 years ago on "Neo" and "Duo" are confusing names – 13 Comments

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    I was looking forward to this episode because of the hardware event. Too bad Leo isn’t hosting this one.

    Posted 2 years ago on Pumped – Windows Weekly 641 – 6 Comments

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    By doing this Microsoft has betrayed its Windows Phone fans.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Is Making a Foldable Android Phone. Yes. – 151 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Thanks for checking this one out for me Paul! Much appreciated.

    Posted 2 years ago on Can “Finder search” in Galaxy S10 search inside OneNote notes? – 2 Comments

    Forum Post

    Can “Finder search” in Galaxy S10 search inside OneNote notes?

    in Galaxy S10, on the top of the home screen, there is Finder search which can be used to find anything on the phone. It can search inside Samsung notes but can it search inside notes from OneNote too? Can anyone please confirm this for me?


    Posted 2 years ago on Can “Finder search” in Galaxy S10 search inside OneNote notes? – 2 Comments

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    Can we say at least now that Windows phone is dead?

    Posted 2 years ago on Yes, Phone Calling in Windows 10 is Coming to Non-Samsung Handsets – 31 Comments

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    In reply to sentinel6671:I never argued against using password managers, only third party ones. I do use the n

    Posted 2 years ago on Help me find a place to store these 100 passwords – 21 Comments

    Forum Post

    Help me find a place to store these 100 passwords

    I’m planning to switch from iPhone to Android but I don't know what to do with my 100 passwords saved on my iPhone. There's no way I can access those passwords online - I have to have an Apple device to access them. So I must move my passwords elsewhere if I plan to no longer use an iPhone.

     

    For Android, one obvious choice is storing passwords in the Google Account. But there are two problems with this. One, there is no way to manually add new passwords in Google Account. There are 100 passwords and it would be a pain to visit each website and log in just to have Chrome save that password. And two, all passwords are fully exposed in Chrome when logged in with a Google account. There is no extra authentication step to view all the passwords.

     

    I could use Microsoft Edge on Android and save my passwords in my Microsoft Account, but Edge has all the same problems as with Google/Chrome when it comes to passwords.

     

    I could also save passwords in Windows and access passwords from there. There is something called Credential Manager in Control Panel. All passwords saved in IE/Edge get saved there, under Web Credentials. The good thing is that it requires authentication to view those passwords. But unfortunately there's no way to manually add passwords which I must do.

     

    The only option left is using a third party password manager, and to me that is that worst option. I would rather have big trustworthy companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon keep my passwords and other sensitive info than all these little companies that might go out of business any day. Aside from having to pay a monthly subscription fee, the requirement of all these third party password managers is to create and remember a Master Password which, if you forget, you lose all your passwords. And this Master Password should obviously be strong enough so no one can guess it, having upper/lower case letters, numbers, non-alphanumeric characters, etc. etc. How am I to remember such a long and complex password!?!

     

    Apple's method of saving passwords is excellent. All passwords are secure, require authentication to view them, sync seamlessly between (Apple) devices, and best of all, you can manually add new usernames/passwords without ever having to visit the website. But if I move to Android I will need another means of saving my passwords, hence my need for your valuable advice in this matter.

    Posted 2 years ago on Help me find a place to store these 100 passwords – 21 Comments

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    I like the article picture. LOL.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft is Kicking Cortana Off Xbox One, Too – 29 Comments

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    Microsoft also ignores Windows.

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Has No Plans for Music, Podcasts, and TV Apps on Windows – 44 Comments

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    Windows 2000

    Posted 3 years ago on What is your favorite past version of Windows? – 39 Comments

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    Almost all of these scammers claim to be from Microsoft. There should be warning messages from time to time in

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    Forum Post

    Why aren’t your podcasts available in video?

    First Ring Daily and The Sams Report are both available on iTunes, but only in audio. Why there is no video? If video is available on YouTube then why not on iTunes, etc.?

    Posted 3 years ago on Why aren’t your podcasts available in video? – 0 Comments

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    So far looking good.

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    I had just downloaded the Grammarly app on my iPhone, but when I found out it won’t let me proceed unless I

    Posted 3 years ago on Grammarly Keyboard Picks Up Dark Theme, More on iOS – 7 Comments

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    Emojis are so unprofessional.

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    The watch is looking gorgeous in that picture.

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    Forum Post

    In Control with no Control: Perceptions and Reality of Windows 10 Home Edition Update Features

    Just wanted to share this (found it via Forbes):


    https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/usec2019_02-5_Morris_paper.pdf

    Posted 3 years ago on In Control with no Control: Perceptions and Reality of Windows 10 Home Edition Update Features – 3 Comments

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    Samsung hardware leaked by a site called WinFuture? Windows has a very bright future, indeed.

    Posted 3 years ago on These Are Samsung’s Upcoming Galaxy Buds – 1 Comments

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    When you admit that Cortana can’t compete with other assistants, what then is the point of offering it on ot

    Posted 3 years ago on It’s Official: Satya Nadella Confirms Cortana Defeat – 136 Comments

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    It’s a shame you can’t search inside OneNote notes from the taskbar (I mean notes from notebooks stored on

    Posted 3 years ago on New Windows 10 Insider Preview Build Separates Cortana from Search – 26 Comments

    Forum Post

    Terry Myerson 2013 interview about Windows phones

    I was thinking about Terry Myerson, feeling sad that he has left Microsoft, and about the sad state of Windows today, so I searched about him and found this old interview about Windows Phone, and I decided to share it with you:


    https://www.mobileworldlive.com/videos/interview-windows-phones-terry-myerson/

    Posted 3 years ago on Terry Myerson 2013 interview about Windows phones – 5 Comments

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    Why there is no video version of this podcast on iTunes? There is an audio version but where do I find the vid

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily 542: 52 Weeks and Counting – 4 Comments

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    In reply to markdmetzger:Now imagine if there were Windows phones available in the market. People who wish to

    Posted 3 years ago on Report: Apple Cuts iPhone Production Another 10 Percent – 18 Comments

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    They will make everything but a phone.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Plans a New Family of Webcams for 2019 – 20 Comments

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    The copy paste bug is old.

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily 531: The Copy, The Paste, The Lights – 3 Comments

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    In reply to VancouverNinja:“2019 may be the year all of Microsoft's planning for a complete ecosystem c

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 is a better tablet OS than Chrome OS, huge opportunity for Microsoft – 58 Comments

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    I moved all my OneNote notes to Apple Notes

    I have been using OneNote since the days of Windows Phone 8.0 but since migrating to iPhone I have come to realize after all these years that I was wasting my time with this app.


    OneNote on iOS is extremely slow and cumbersome to use. It takes 3-4 seconds just to open the app (on my iPhone SE), when all I want to do is to create a quick note or quickly look up my patient file number of the hospital I frequently go to, etc.

    Then there are other problems, like the app always asking to sign in again, and searching inside notes no longer working in Spotlight Search of iOS (searching from Home screen).

    But the biggest problem is not supporting background syncing. Once on my iPad’s OneNote I made some notes of book titles I wanted to check at the library, but on reaching there I found the notes had not synced to my iPhone’s OneNote, and I had to go back home just to get them synced! (You have to open the app for syncing to start).

    That’s when I started to seriously consider the native Notes app in iOS, and decided to copy all my notes from OneNote to Notes, and create any new notes there.

    Here’s how I’ve found Notes compared to OneNote:

    – Simple and uncluttered interface.

    – Notes open much faster.

    – Faster and seamless background syncing across devices (even on icloud.com!)

    – Extremely well integrated into iOS and macOS (whereas in OneNote the only integration with Windows 10 is you can create a quick note from the Action Center).

    – Allows creating notes directly from the Control Center, including scanning documents (OneNote has to rely on widgets to do this).

    – Never fails to appear in Spotlight Search (whereas in Windows 10, Cortana can’t even search inside OneNote notes).

    – Allows locking notes with TouchID.

    – Notes are more accessible and easier to read, especially on smaller screens.

    To be sure, Notes has its own shortcomings (not being able to create subfolders in the iOS app, not being able to change font size or color) and has much less features than OneNote (no text recognition inside scanned documents, not solving math equations, no handwriting to text, and biggest of all, not being cross-platform), but superiority of OneNote in these areas is not enough to justify using it instead of Notes, at least on Apple devices.

    Perhaps the same could be said of Google Keep for users of Android devices?



    Posted 3 years ago on I moved all my OneNote notes to Apple Notes – 13 Comments

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    Does this mean, when creating a new account, I don’t need to enter a password? If an account still needs a p

    Posted 3 years ago on You Can Now Sign-In to Your Microsoft Account Without a Password – 56 Comments

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    Keyboard should have number pad.

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    What a strange icon for a report button. Exclamation mark in a triangle would have been better.

    Posted 3 years ago on Comment Upgrades – 23 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:Why would Apple not allow it? Exchange notes work with the Notes app. Microsoft To-Do

    Posted 3 years ago on Sticky Notes 3.1 Introduces a New Dark Mode – 9 Comments

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    How great it would be if Sticky Notes could be accessed from the native Notes app of iOS! But I know that will

    Posted 3 years ago on Sticky Notes 3.1 Introduces a New Dark Mode – 9 Comments

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    I hope it also searches inside OneNote notebooks that are stored in OneDrive, and not just in local notebooks.

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Search Is Getting Improved With the Next Major Update – 39 Comments

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    What phone does Brad have? I understand he wanted to get iPhone XR.

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    In reply to ivan19998:There is also the issue of hiring incompetent workers for the sake of filling gender quo

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    Nadella’s statement:“As co-founder of Microsoft, in his own quiet and persistent way, he created magical p

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    Since Cortana is headed to enterprise and is no longer for consumers, do you think that Microsoft should renam

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    In reply to Skipper:OneNote is powerful, no doubt, but the Win32 version is the most powerful among all versio

    Posted 3 years ago on OneNote Will Soon Sync Your Sticky Notes – 30 Comments

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    I was hoping they would make a new app for iOS and Android, a lightweight app that opens up quickly and syncs

    Posted 3 years ago on OneNote Will Soon Sync Your Sticky Notes – 30 Comments

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    The problem with third-party password managers is that you never know when they might go out of business, unli

    Posted 3 years ago on A Better Password Problem – Premium – 57 Comments

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    “Although Microsoft is only now acknowledging the issue, Windows Insiders have been reporting the

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    Now everything that Microsoft does is based on AI.

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    Where the hell is Leo?

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    Linus is the reason I hate Linux.

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    The correct pronunciation of Mehedi’s name is “meh-dee”, not “me-hay-dee”.

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    “The most advanced LCD ever in a smartphone.”LOL

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    Where is Satya Nadella? Where is Rajesh Jha? Where is Joe Belfiore?

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    “Windows 10 October 2018 Update” makes perfect sense.

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    You said you had some exciting news about Windows phone. Please share it with us.

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    Why can’t Edge download files when it’s closed?

    Closing Microsoft Edge window when it’s downloading files gives a warning that you’ll lose all your downloads.


    That’s unnacceptable because a UWP app called iDownload Manager keeps downloading in the background even when you’ve closed it’s window. In fact there’s no indication that the app is even running except when you see a notification in the action center informing that a download is complete.


    It’s very annoying being forced to keep the Edge window open just for the downloads to finish.

    Posted 3 years ago on Why can’t Edge download files when it’s closed? – 7 Comments

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    Why video isn’t available for this podcast on iTunes?Also, can’t wait for that interesting stuff on Window

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    They have just given another reason not to buy a Surface device.

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    In reply to Bats:Yes, Nokia 6 does run stock Android, or close to it. What is more, Nokia 6.1 (released in the

    Posted 3 years ago on Apps run faster on Android than on iOS? – 8 Comments

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    Apps run faster on Android than on iOS?

    I recently bought a Nokia 6 for someone, which comes with Snapdragon 430 and 4 GB RAM, and is upgradable to Android Oreo.

    Of course with Snapdragon 430 no one expects much performance.

    Geekbench reveals:

    Single core 668

    Multi core 2907

    As for myself I use iPhone SE as daily driver.

    Geekbench numbers for my iPhone SE are (there is no throttling because of battery, and I had factory reset the phone):

    Single core 2503

    Multi core 4358

    Yet the OS and the apps are more fluid and responsive on the Nokia than on the iPhone! Not only that, they open faster too.

    I have tested many apps: OneNote, Outlook, To-Do, OneDrive, Adobe Acrobat, Uber, FIFA etc. and the apps I use daily on my iPhone. All of them run faster on Nokia than the iPhone. I haven’t tested games though.

    Is it because iPhone SE is an old phone and the Nokia 6 new?

    Are apps written for Android extra-tweaked for performance?

    Is it because of the RAM difference? iPhone SE has 2 GB while Nokia 6 has 4 GB.

    Maybe on Android apps tend to become slower over time?

    I mean, what’s the point of buying an expensive iPhone when you can get the same performance on a much cheaper Android phone? 

    Posted 3 years ago on Apps run faster on Android than on iOS? – 8 Comments

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    In reply to Rob_Wade:I learned from your post that Fluent design can be disabled. I have disabled it. Thanks.

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    Will the upcoming Andromeda device be able to make phone calls and send text messages?

    Posted 3 years ago on Questions for 6/22? – 19 Comments

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    In reply to Robert_Wade: I enjoyed reading your post. Thank you. Agreed on all points.

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    I am quite certain that the Andromeda device will be cancelled.

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    Does Family Link allow blocking the stock YouTube app?

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    They could have simply merged the history items of Edge of PC with those of iOS and Android, without requiring

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    By killing Windows phone, this is what Microsoft will lose

    The mobile version of Windows 10 died not because no one was developing apps for it, or no OEM was making phones or tablets for it, rather it’s because of Microsoft’s own conscious decision to slowly disregard its own OS and start giving preference to the two rival mobile platforms, all because the CEO Satya Nadella “did not get why the world needed the third ecosystem in phones”.


    But in the process, not only Windows 10 Mobile really did die–which is what Nadella wanted all along–it also resulted in the failure of other Windows 10 features and Microsoft services and apps whose success was dependent on mobile.


    These are:


    UWP. UWP is completely useless now as no developer would ever want to make apps using this platform. There is little incentive to port apps to the now-dead Windows 10 Mobile, or bring app from there to PC. Now Microsoft is being forced to embrace the much inferior PWA, only because UWP has failed. To add fuel to fire, Google has just released Flutter to compete against Xamarin!


    Edge. Most of the internet browsing is done on phones, not on PCs, and consequently Edge is bound to lose market share. Releasing Edge on iOS and Android is futile–why would anyone download and use Edge on iOS or Android when they can use the native browsers that come with these platforms? And by using Chrome or Safari on phones, users won’t be able to sync their history and bookmarks with Edge in Windows PCs. Even if they download Edge on iOS and Android to use this feature, Windows-to-Windows syncing is much superior to Windows-to-iOS or Windows-to-Android syncing. Bing is also going to lose market because of no mobile.


    Cortana. Again, voice assistants only make sense on phones, which you can carry anywhere. Cortana on Android and iOS has many limitations, and no one would use it anyway because there’s Google Now and Siri that come baked into their respective platforms.


    Groove. People listen to music on their phones. Nothing more needs to be said.


    Ebooks. Like Groove, ebooks will failed too. That’s the whole point of ebooks – they are read on ebooks on handheld devices like tablets and phones, not on laptops or desktops.


    Maps. Bing Maps will eventually die as people need maps only when moving around.


    Linking with PC. Why would users want to install Cortana on iOS or Android just to see notifications coming from their PCs? The new option for linking iPhones or Android phones is extremely cumbersome and buggy.


    Skype and messaging. Skype was nicely and successfully integrated with the Message app of Windows 10 Mobile, a feature they later removed. Then there was Messaging Everywhere that allowed sending text messages from PC through Windows phone. This too was killed before being officially released.


    Office and OneNote. Microsoft Office is popular, no doubt. But on Android, there is Google Docs and Sheets that come pre-installed in the phone. People would use that instead, and not bother to download Word, Excel, etc.


    Background syncing. One of the most frustrating experiences when using such apps as OneNote and To-Do is that the notes or to-dos don’t sync in the background. You have to open the app for the syncing to start! Had there been mobile, apps such as OneNote and To-Do could have been integrated into Windows 10 to allow background syncing. People instead use native notes and reminder apps of iOS and Android.


    So you see, Microsoft is being beaten in all of the above services. With no Windows phones on the market, less people will use Edge, Cortana, Bing, Bing Maps, Groove, ebooks, Skype, Office, Outlook, OneNote, To-Do, buy apps from the Microsoft Store, and, most importantly, make apps for the Microsoft Store.


    Because someone at Microsoft does not get why the world needs a third ecosystem.

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