Metrop0218

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by Metrop0218 14y ago
"They are about the same price and the iPad is a far more elegant and simple solution." - Elaborate. You didn't give any substance at all and that's an empty statement. How is it more elegant? It is an accessory. You can bet that the Micros
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Very true! As a company selling a new product you have to get approval from the nerds to have a successful product. I like this.
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
I think that is a big tech geek bias. It's really hard (impossible) to put ourselves in the shoes of the non-nerd, but we should try. I don't think the non-nerd will care as much as you do, or if at all. I think that leading with the RT mod
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First Windows 8 ad airs(youtube.com)
4 points by Metrop0218 14y ago|0 comments
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Nokia maps are quite comparable...
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
They're obviously going to keep pushing lower and lower price points. This is just the beginning. But the point is that android phones you get for 150$ or less off contract are rough, very rough. If you can offer someone a phone that's a we
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
It's syncs contacts to windows live, so that's just incorrect. You haven't seen all WP8 features yet so I wouldn't be so quick to judge.
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
I wouldn't be quick to keep saying it'll only be on one carrier... We saw what stunts nokia is pulling with giving AT&T exclusivity on the 820 and then proceeding to give exclusivity of variants of the 820 to other carriers. There's no
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
This article completely ignores the concept of mindshare. Which equates to how many people are thinking about a product, and thus how many people are more likely to buy that product someday. In 2010 Nokia's mindshare was slim to none and sl
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Wouldn't surprise me. Everyone is trying to kill flash; HTML5 has filled in the gaps.
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Definitely a click bait title. Since all of the WP7 apps will run on WP8, there really is not much risk in releasing the SDK with the phones. I agree that it's not ideal, but I think that they're doing it this way because they want to annou
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Microsoft went into retail not to actually make more money but to increase mindshare and build up the brand. That said though, I expect things to change a good bit come this holiday season.
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Heh
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Exactly. What the above poster doesn't realize is that he has already been misproven. There are many companies willing to go up against the guys who make the operating system. It's not the end of the world, it's just the addition of strong
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
It really doesn't matter. The reason this was done is because it fits in better with each application being searchable (you see how this is more consistent?). Once the user realizes this once, the problem is gone. It's really not much harde
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Everyone cries and whines and moans about UI changes. It's like facebook changing their UI. It'll keep happening for a while, until eventually people will accept it and realize that they're being stingy.
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
That's rough. I know a couple Canadians who went through a similar process (also for Microsoft) and had no problems. Shame to hear this guy had such a shitty experience.
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
The only reason the Microsoft Store "...[is] not even close to as effective to what Apple has built" is because of brand and hype. But I have a feeling this is going to shift over time. It won't happen overnight, it'll be gradual, but it wi
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Panache!
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
False. Click bait title. Nokia is not going anywhere. While we are glad to see HTC step up to the podium, we're still extremely good friends with Nokia.
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Man, Foxconn is pretty evil.
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
The core operating system swap. Taking a desktop operating system and shrinking it down to run on a phone is no easy task. In fact, it's a gargantuan undertaking. Add a bunch of new end user features and you get that the amount of technical
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
It'll come, I wouldn't worry too much about that
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Yeah it's definitely rageworthy when that happens.
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Windows 8 drops on MSDN, TechNet, and Dreamspark Premium(neowin.net)
3 points by Metrop0218 14y ago|0 comments
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
No one knows what Bada is, it's just because Samsung is huge.
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Hold your breath.
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SkyDrive gets UI overhaul and Outlook.com now has 10 million users(windowsteamblog.com)
15 points by Metrop0218 14y ago|7 comments
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Good to hear that it was easy to do. What this article describes is the vast majority of why Microsoft made HTML5/JS/CSS a development path in Windows 8.
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by Metrop0218 14y ago
Viet Cong that implement IUnknown. Crazy.

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