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Microsoft Looking Into Windows Phone 7's 'Excessive' Data Use
phands writes "A few users are complaining that Windows Phone 7 is eating data plans alive. One user estimates idle data usage at 3-5 Mb per hour. Not good for a phone which seems to be struggling against Android and iPhone."
I hate to sound like I'm feeding the troll, but...
Microsoft doesn't even make the xbox 360: that's Felextronics. Microsoft doesn't even make the DVD drives in the xbox 360: that's LG, Toshiba, BenQ and LiteOn. If you want to blame somebody for scratched discs then blame the correct manufacturers - or yourself for moving the console while it's spinning the disc!
Microsoft is a crappy software company. When it comes to hardware they're just Badge Engineers - even the Kinect is PrimeSense technology!
This amount of complaining is insane. First, everyone knows that uber-geeks have to hate Microsoft. You guys hate them, everyone else gets it. Second, since you hate Microsoft, we understand that you would not be caught dead with anything from Microsoft. Third, why would any of the rest of us take your word on how good a Microsoft phone is? I know that you have to use Microsoft during your job and helping people but you do not have to use the phones. Now, I am not an uber-geek. I just love tech. If an Apple product were truly the best at everything I need then I would save up the money or take out a loan to purchase the device. Luckily, Apple products do not fit my needs. That being said, my Windows Mobile phone is a very good phone (HTC Touch Pro). It has WinMo 6.1 and runs every program that I need in my phone. I LOVE being able to use a stylus and I can use 90% of the phone with my finger. I will admit the phone locks up (every couple of months) but a simple reset and I am good to go (many phones should be reset regularly). Trashing a product because of your inability to configure and use it properly tells me nothing about the products worth. It just shows me your worth as a computer tech. I have never had a problem with performance or training users on Vista or 7. The problems are always the user themselves. Fixing the user always fixes the problem. I will admit that I like Microsoft products because of their ease of use and wide availability of software. But I hate the idea and design of the new Windows Phone 7. Not because some evil corporation makes it. I hate it because it will not do what I want it to. I have been using PocketPC devices since 2000 and have software that I still use from back then on my Touch Pro. WP7 kills all of my programs. I do not need facebook, twitter or any other social networking service built into my phone. I already have email, texting and the ability to actually call and talk to my friends. The excessive data usage is pretty easy to understand but I don’t need to be talking to the web that much. I am planning on upgrading to an android phone since Microsoft does not have a product that suits my needs. But just spouting crap and railing on Microsoft does not make any sense.