Posts by Bob Vistakin

Re: Could be expected.

Course they take Android seriously - the $5 per handset they extort is their only revenue from mobile.

Re: iPhone 5!!!!!

Wise words indeed, thanks!

Re: a whole hour?

Thank fook you weren't using azure on a leap year.

Re: @Bob

Bill Gates to the rescue! His current endeavours are particularly relevant: "At the Reinvent the Toilet fair, hosted at its Seattle campus this week, designs included a lavatory that used microwave energy to turn poo into electricity." Since that's exactly what Nokia is now turning out under Flop, he's already halfway there:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19271061

Re: Cockup upon cockup.

"microsoft arnt the only ones that cocked up with certificates"

You forgot "twice": http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/03/azure-leap-year-bug

Wheras Apple have just turned into a bunch of Android wannabes!

Re: Efficient killing machines....

People think because they run away from dogs they are inferior. Not true - they are smaller, know they will lose because of that, so do the self-preservation thing. Get a cat and dog of the same size and try it. Smarter, equipped with better weapons and faster. Doberman vs panther, rottweiler vs tiger - that type of thing. Which is the fastest animal on 4 legs? Who is the king of the jungle? Here kitty kitty ...

Yes everyone - pay up your $5 Android extortion tax and laugh whilst you're doing it, else you're just a bunch of moaning minnies.

"or try to move into a niche where Microsoft has no interest or advantage. Like linux."

Or mobile.

Re: I've learnt my lesson.

Speaking of Ford, look what happened when they teamed with the beast - their consumer satisfaction ranking went from a fifth to 23rd, all blamed on the MyFord Touch: http://www.dailytech.com/MyFord+Touch+Drop+Kicks+Ford+from+5th+to+23rd+in+JD+Power+IQS+Rankings/article21994.htm

Even Wikipedia struggles to find anything good to say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyFord_Touch

Re: failboat

And anyway, those figures will be doubled in the market - this guy shows how everyone needs two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1zxDa3t0fg

"Being able to pin various parts of an App to the home screen is very handy."

Android users in 2007 thought so, too.

Re: Is anyone

Here's Steve Jobs explaining how "Good artists copy, great artists steal": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU - he proudly announces he has "shamelessly stolen great ideas".

Clearly this too would be banned by this judge in America as it too, whilst being of direct relevance to the case, helps Samsung.

The Samsung guy was right to ask "why bother with a trial", but should have added "in the US".

Re: Windows Phone.

In the centre of a darkened room slumps a figure tied to a chair. A TV set in front of him burst into life, and a grotesque white faced puppet with swirls on each cheek appears, accompanied by a deep voice.

"Mr Elop. So far you have played the corporates to your advantage and racked up huge stock options, not caring for anyone's fortune but your own. Your success has been massive - but only when measured in financial terms. Your soul has become horribly corrupted with the filth of your journey to the top of this greasy pole. I now offer you a path to salvation. Before you lies the bruised shell of a once-proud and mighty mobile phone empire. It can be salvaged, should you choose to do so. Or, you could follow the path of evil and attempt to destroy it totally, hoping your masters will reward you in the future for this wanton act of destruction. When this recording ends, you will find yourself on a burning platform which will destroy you completely in 60 seconds. Salvation or destruction - make your choice."

The chains holding the figure to the chair fall away, and the floor around him ignites in a burst of flame...

Re: The IOC can piss right off

FTFY: Why not put the mountains of unsold WP7 phones to good use by giving one to everyone who attends? That way, the text/data usage will drop to zero for the duration of the games as everyone will be too embarrassed to be seen using metro.

Just whip out the spare

No-one will notice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1zxDa3t0fg

Re: Nokia will have a chance in me only if they make it with Android.

So would I - I'd buy a Nokia Android handset in a shot, and no doubt enthusiastically praise it to anyone I could. Whereas in reality, the NoWin partnership is what created me.

Re: How the hell does Ballmer keep his job?

Give the guy a break. He's dong fine in my book - let's hope he stays there for years.

Re: Ye gods.

It's the hypocrisy which stinks the worst - this is almost at Prescott levels. You can absolutely guarantee there will be no problem when Apple bring out a large, flat, black, rectangular device for watching moving pictures on with sound, powered by a remote, which looks and feels identical to the ones Samsung and a zillion others have been selling for the past 10 years.

Re: At a guess...

So long as the spares handy for those, ahem, embarrassing moments when you try IE.

Re: Compare and contrast

I've just ordered a Nexus 7.

Re: "Volume matters to a certain extent, but ultimately it's all about profit."

And still no-one has realised the burning platform memo was written in Redmond.

Re: Global Control AIR&id Development for CyberSpace BaseD Land Grabs

WTF did I just read?

Is this message from an Android of the future, sent back in time to warn humanity of the evils of SkyNet?

Re: there can only be one black, rectangular fondle-phone in the world...

You'll have to be clearer than that. Are you referring to the Beatles record label, or the one which came along much later and innovated their name?