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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
Agreed With as much fan fare as they have given to the two keyboards and their prominence in the first commercial, it seems like a missed opportunity to not include it. I don't know the retail logistics, but they could have at least put tog
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
In what way is the Surface RT more comparable to the iPad 2 and not the iPad 3. The new iPad has a Retina display but beyond that ? (I'm talking about hardware) You can't even buy an iPad 2 with more than 16GB anymore.
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
It will not run Windows Desktop Apps. What you are looking for is Surface Pro which will be available in a few months. Or you could buy any one of the Windows 8 (not Windows RT) convertible tablets/hybrids that will be available from the li
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
Do you have a source for that ? For some reason I find that hard to believe: that the most expensive iPad is the most popular one as opposed to to the 16 GB WIFI only version.
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
The Surface Pro may be coming out 3 months later but there will be full fledged Windows 8 devices from other companies in November.
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
You do realize that Microsoft is going to release exactly that in a little under ten days. The "desktop" is a tile on the Start Screen.
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
Great to see a Canadian submission. Very nice design and the product seems to work well. I really liked the ease of signing up and the friction-less way of adding the subscription. I notice you are planning on adding other services. I assum
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
Super interesting. Not sure how this fits with Moo current core business or what their plans for flavors.me is ... Flavors.me looks like a really well built and designed product but the barrier for entry in this space is practically nill. W
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
There's no mention of the storage on these Asus tablets. The article compares to the 16 GB "new iPad" but if it has 32 GB or 64 GB, it's actually priced in line with the respective model on the former and $100 cheaper on the latter.
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
I was under the impression that Google does have licensing agreements with OEMs, for the use of Google apps like GMail, Maps, Navigation, Play Store, etc. I'm sure it's not $85 per device for the license but the point still remains.
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
How is Surface any different than Google`s Nexus line .....
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
Aren't you essentially describing the Nexus line of devices, minus the the tad unrealistic 5 years of software updates ?
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
I think there are more than enough Android phones out there. You might have a point on tablets, but while Android tablets aren't even close to the iPad in terms of success, they still sell several million of them.
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
A quick critique on the video. 1.) The screenshot of the prolifi.cc landing page has the large black coming soon banner. 2.) At the point where you show the creation of a blog post, I think the left pane with all the markdown instructions i
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
Well, you will have the option to keep the original size "live tiles". I do agree that many of the examples of the new home screen, looked quite the mess.
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
And the quarter before that ... the entertainment & devices division made $528 million. Here are the last six quarters prior to Q3 2012, all profitable http://betanews.com/2011/10/20/microsoft-q1-2012-by-the-numb... http://betanews.c
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
Whenever MS does one of these presentations, they always seem to get 90% of the way there in terms of polish, focus and message. Why are they even bothering with branding "Windows Phone 7.8" ? They should have just named the update "Windows
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
Did they mention if Windows Phone 8 apps can run on Windows Phone 7 ? I know they mentioned that the opposite is possible ....
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
They are bringing some features from WP8 to current devices (at least it seems so), like the new start screen, etc. So besides support for NFC, dual core, new resolutions - it appears that most of the software based updates are coming to cu
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
I should have read the article completely first. I was thrown off by the comparison to iMessage in the article title.
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
WhatsApp is also based on your phone number and it works across all major mobile platforms (iOS, Android, WP, BB)
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
Maybe this is just a teaser video. It certainly seems that way. They are revealing the product right now ..... Look at the video they have for the consumer preview of Windows 8 ... it's more in the vein of what you are talking about. http:
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
It's something like 9 mm "thick" for the Windows RT version.
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
It is atrocious. When you move the images "inline", they end up being 100 px by 100 px thumbnails. The Verge liveblog is much better: http://live.theverge.com/microsoft-live-blog-tablet-announce...
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
Some of the ideas behind passport are available in other apps or on other platforms. Windows Phone 7.5 has something very similar for boarding passes/departure information via live tiles. The downsides to the Windows Phone approach is that
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
Here's an official video/ad that highlights some of the ways people will use Windows 8 in Microsoft's eyes. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/release-preview
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by WrkInProgress 14y ago
At first glance, that number across as absurdly high but they do mention "covers content created for the site". It could very well include the cost of creation of video content, contest giveaways, promotional prizes and such. Once you add a
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by WrkInProgress 15y ago
It's something they borrowed from Windows Phone 7, which has allowed you instant access to the camera (albeit via a mandated hardware button) while the phone is locked.
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by WrkInProgress 15y ago
Not be to a debbie downer but isn't this a solved problem on certain smartphone platforms ? I can't speak on iOS (which is what they seem to be targeting at least initially. Based on the picture of the iPhone on the splash page, along with
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by WrkInProgress 15y ago
Here's another Canuck who can't wait for this to come to Canada. It looks promising, although for a SaaS startup, once you add a recurring billing provider like Recurly, it can be pricing for under $20 per month apps. A quick note, the 8 mi

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