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by aik 14y ago
Taking into account his age and his yet-unrealized-ambitions, I sure hope not.
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by aik 14y ago
I've tried Hipmunk several times because I feel like I should like it, and though I agree it has some great UI elements, I've never found a flight I've wanted through it. It just amazes me that it's still so hard to get quick and decent-en
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by aik 14y ago
Choking on water? That's a curiously strong reaction to a very common location for a feedback button!? They obviously want some feedback on their new design. Where would you place it?
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by aik 14y ago
Sorry I'm not understanding but really wanting to. What do you mean "more emotive"? What exactly could be done to this page to make it more "emotive"? What takes away from its "emotiveness"? About the products page -- overall I think it l
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by aik 14y ago
I agree most of the non-WP phones are feature phones (though the Aisha line is on the border from my understanding), and that feature phones are going to evaporate outside developing nations, however the "developing nations market" is still
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by aik 14y ago
Concerning 1: What about their Lumia and future Windows Phone line? Or their future tablets? I agree that the future of Windows Phone is uncertain, but it has been gaining a lot of popularity, press, and very high customer satisfaction l
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by aik 14y ago
Cool. What I wonder is what are the main differences between this and Endomondo? From my understanding it does the same things basically?
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by aik 14y ago
Few points: 1. I don't believe it's an accurate statement to say Nokia is dead (if even as a stand-alone company). They have several great things going for them today, it's just hard to see if you're not looking beyond the current quarter o
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by aik 14y ago
How is this different than the iPhone or Android metaphors? There you have a bunch of tiles that are all the same size. Is that more confusing than different sizes?
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by aik 14y ago
It's interesting that this understanding exists. To note a few case: the Windows Phone was awarded the most intuitive phone, and another one that said it's the best phone for people over 50 (or 60?). Also user satisfaction is right up the
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by aik 14y ago
I don't know much about LG's intended strategy, however the market would be better of if only the partners that are very invested in this technology would actually make the tablets, and not just anyone that thinks they could profit off of i
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by aik 14y ago
Neither. However because of it's size and quality of content and community, I believe it does have a positive impact on the world. Nothing about HN is about "Getting rich quick". "The focus of Hacker News is... anything that good hackers w
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by aik 14y ago
And it failed. I think the point is that it's nothing that anyone has tried recently, as the technology just hasn't been good enough. We're in a completely different world than the one in 1993. The question now is whether the technology t
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by aik 14y ago
Are you suggesting this isn't newsworthy? The company behind the most used OS by the mass market on the planet is announcing their own hardware for the next version of their OS. Their own hardware for their own OS is something they haven't
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by aik 14y ago
The previous MS Surface never became mainstream, or reached mass market. Therefore it doesn't matter. IMO calling it "surface" instead of "tablet" is brilliant. It distinguishes it from tablets and conveys "touch".
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by aik 14y ago
Yeah seriously. Microsoft might actually become publicly cool someday soon. This was the most impressive thing I have ever seen Microsoft do -- both in terms of quality of presentation and product. I guess we'll see if it is as impressive
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by aik 14y ago
theverge.com had a much better live blog.
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by aik 14y ago
Is it really failing? It's a latecomer, but it's gaining traction. Windows Phone phones are best sellers on AT&T in the US, and supposedly beating the iPhone in terms of sales in China. With Windows 8 coming out, who knows what will
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by aik 14y ago
Firstly, I don't think it really matters if there's a small community. Or if it satisfies the nerds. In the end they need volume, that's it. That's also why I think Android will suffer long-term -- it just might be too (or overly) complex
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by aik 14y ago
Yes but Photoshop has the tools and buttons to accomplish the same thing. Generally you learn those first, and the hotkeys second. Jumping directly to the hotkeys, especially without any sort of hotkey chart, I find off-putting.
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by aik 14y ago
Cool. One of the things that confuses me though are the hotkeys (control+shift+5 turns the div into a button? not very intuitive). Instead of hotkeys, I'd prefer to be told how to do it normally (in some intuitive way).
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by aik 14y ago
1. From my understanding all reports were that Symbian had just become too heavy to maintain and improve. Thus not worth it. 2. I don't think it matters too much if Meego would have outsold Lumia 800. Again, it's not about selling individ
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by aik 14y ago
They're making a long term investment with Windows Phone (WP) -- with the current plan they probably won't reach profitability for another several quarters. If the plan succeeds, Nokia will be profitable again when the point comes where WP
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by aik 14y ago
Absolutely not. As I mentioned in a separate comment, they still have over 100,000 employees. And they're building new factories in Asia. And their Lumia phones are best sellers in several countries. I don't think they're going anywhere
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by aik 14y ago
They still have over 100,000 employees. And they're building new factories in Asia. And their Lumia phones are best sellers in several countries. I don't think they're going anywhere yet. Edit: Could you explain why they should commit sui
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by aik 14y ago
I'm very surprised that "music" is at the bottom of the list. I would think it would be near the top, being that performance is such a large aspect. How is this explained?
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by aik 14y ago
Agreed. However you can also see that Elon doesn't seem to be all too eloquent in his speech or comfortable (at the time anyway), which may account for it. In addition, you can tell that he hasn't necessarily planned out what he's saying
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by aik 14y ago
"The "marketshare" that is referenced by Kantar is new sales marketshare, not overall marketshare." The point is that the number of users of WP is increasing at a fairly decent pace. The most important thing is that people are using the ph
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by aik 14y ago
Look at recent US (and global) adoption rates of Windows Phone [1]. It's increasing, and with Nokia and their Lumia phones it is bound to continue. WP7 is a good OS, and more and more developers are backing it, and consumer satisfaction is
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by aik 14y ago
I think an important distinction is also that the purpose of the math test graph is to specifically quantify prior learning (ie. it provides a reasonably realistic measurement of learning) -- this is not gamification necessarily. The badge

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