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    Opinion: Nokia + Microsoft: Can 2 Losers Equal 1 Winner?

    I've been using Sensation Z710e alongside Lumia 800 for months now, and with passage of time I've found myself relying on Lumia more and more. Simply put, WP is lot more 'efficient' and 'easy to use' OS running on a single core SoC when compared dual core SoC running my sensation, which suffers...
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    Android Tablets Will Overtake iPad by 2015, Say Analysts

    I have used W8CP for a while now, and I am certain its UI is genuinely superior to android (which is a blatant copy of iOS). Beside another thing which is going for Windows is GPU acceleration to give more smoother experience, i.e. where android suffer as it stutters/slows down even on...
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    Woz: I Wish My iPhone Did Everything My Android Does

    @watcha I have used iPhone 3, 3GS, 4 (haven't played around with 4S yet), and I believe the OS is pretty solid. I rate WP (having tried Trophy, HD7, Omnia, Lumia 800 etc.) along side iOS when it comes to ease of use, smoothness and stability wise, and Android (I have owned three droids, but...
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    Woz: I Wish My iPhone Did Everything My Android Does

    There are lots of other things which Android does which iOS or even WP doesn't do, e.g.: 1. Crashing for no apparent reason whenever it wants to. 2. Crawling to a halt again for no reason 3. Touchscreen API getting stuck making you use your smartphone with available key(s) only. 4. Rebooting...
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    Microsoft Adds ViewSonic, Acer to Android Licensees

    back_by_demand : Google didn't made Android, in fact they bought it (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc20050817_0949_tc024.htm) and then improved it before marketing/giving it away for free. However, Google still makes money from it, as people are generally stuck in the...
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    Iridium Has a Mysterious New Satellite Comms Service

    +1 palladin ;) But on a more serious note, as someone already said that data services are just as important as well, and that may mean they will only appeal to a very small segment of the market at best.
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    Apple urged to hand over iPad sales figures in Galaxy Tab suit

    Federal Court Judge Annabelle Bennet has commented that Apple have to consider sharing UK/US sales figures of iPad line of products if they hope to have any chance of getting Samsung's Galaxy Tab banned in Australia.
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    Get Your Own Turbine-powered Batmobile for $620,000

    Well at least it has much better name than the latest McLaren MP4-12C ............ although it will easily outperform the batmobile.
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    Mozilla to automatically block unwanted Firefox add-ons

    Best answer selected by Archean.
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    Solved! Comparison of laptops

    I think the HP one got HD 6490 (ref: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/in/en/ho/WF06b/321957-321957-3329744-64354-64354-5082212-5113659.html ) by the way. IMO Dell may have very slight edge in the graphics department, also, right now, I would rather avoid buying HP considering that they are unsure...
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    Apple: Android's framework inspired by creator's time at Apple

    That is a very fair argument. But problem lies in that 'greed' part of this system, there is absolutely no 'limit' on how much a profit is 'right / ethical' as such. Hence, when the corporations grow larger, so is their greed + deceit. I don't buy this 'small government is good none-sense' it...
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    Apple: Android's framework inspired by creator's time at Apple

    Exactly, by the way I was referring to Java related Oracle's lawsuit against Big G, I suspect Big G will loose it big time, and probably end up having to: 1- Re-write / Re-work many aspects of the OS 2. Probably force to pay royalties Now IF I was a regulator, I would definitely be looking to...
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    Apple: Android's framework inspired by creator's time at Apple

    Similarities in interface aside as you pretty much nailed the issue there, but copying of others' IP is totally different thing, IMO it amounts to broad day light robbery. Having said this, the patents business is in shambles as well, with mindless registration of useless patents. I wonder if...
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    Apple: Android's framework inspired by creator's time at Apple

    I have no idea, who deleted that comment and why. Must be some moderator, and it is always a good idea at least to give reason why comment x was erased. I remember when I saw the original iphone/iOS interface first time around, I felt that Apple nicked some ideas from SPB shell for WinMo...
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    HTC Intros Monstrous 4.7-inch Titan Powered by WP7.5

    I had the old HTC Tytan II for few years (and Tytan for brief time), for that time they were great phones, in fact those units were much more stable than any droid I've tried so far, zero crashes or stability issues. Hopefully the new Titan will be just as reliable/stable as well.