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Microsoft To Sell Customized Edition of Samsung Galaxy S8 Android Smartphones (zdnet.com)
Done with selling its own phones, Microsoft is getting back at the smartphone business. This time, selling Samsung's Android powered flagship S8 and S8 Plus smartphone. From a report: Microsoft says it is making available for pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ Microsoft Edition. Both phones will be available for purchase beginning April 21 at brick-and-mortar US Microsoft Store locations. Details as to exactly what "Microsoft Edition" means are scarce. But based on an email I received from a Microsoft spokesperson, I believe this means these phones will need to be unboxed inside a Microsoft Store, connected to the Microsoft Store Wi-Fi and automatically populated with Microsoft apps, including Office, OneDrive, Cortana, Outlook, and more Microsoft apps.
Microsoft still thinks they have some prestige to offer.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
They've already done that. Twice.
in the middle of a vital call, like to 911, the phone will update crapware and reboot, taking another 10 minutes of spinny dot time telling you to not shut it down.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
For a personal phone, this would be annoying. However if it's a work-phone then having some of these installed and setup might actually be useful.
Precisely! Any Android owner can download and install things like OneNote (probably the only good MS app for phones) or OneDrive. Why buy it from Microsoft? And does this mean that their Surface Phone is dead? Regardless, I still have the Lumia 550, which still works well w/ GSM compatible networks.
^WPatents.
Including Samsung. ...), not speaking of this Customized Edition.
I've read that the S8 already includes M$ apps (Word, Excel
M$ apps on an Android phone !
Makes no sense, except when you know that M$ is making tons of cash using patents and secret deals with phones manufacturers.
Any whistle-blower to show us these stupid patents ?
Totof
That's one thing I will applaud Microsoft for. We've purchased a couple of Dell notebooks from them, and there's virtually no crapware at all, not even Dell's.
You can get the Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft and just select the version you want (only three) and the ISO only comes with Windows 10 without additional crapware. In all fairness, I do suggest this to anyone who has a Windows 10 machine since it is useful for recovery purposes.
If you do install from the ISO don't use the quick setup which Microsoft seems to prefer you use although this is fine if you are lazy and have no real clue what you are doing. Always configure your installation and on viewing all the settings which are "on" by default you may question why you want to install Windows 10 in the first place since it ticks all the boxes in the description of Malware . Even after installation, it is always best to do some research as to locking down your operating system further.
Still, if you are an avid gamer who just has to play the latest games or someone who has locked themselves into the Microsft ecosystem then I guess Windows 10 is for you.
There ain't no such thing as proprietary standards only proprietary formats. Standards are by definition open.
Well 1. Atom is dead 2. Windows mobile lost.
MS knows it in a funny was as the Atari, Amiga, and commodore fought tooth and nail in the IBM compatible PC Windows onslaught. Once business standardized on Windows no one cared about them anymore.
Now ironically full circle is Apple and Google beat them. Google is the new MS now
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You can get the Windows 10 ISO [microsoft.com] from Microsoft and just select the version you want (only three) and the ISO only comes with Windows 10 without additional crapware.
Not quite true.
It used to be that bare windows didn't have any crapware, but Windows 10 ISO definitely does these days. Among others (I can't recall all of them off of the top of my head) are freemium apps like Candy Crush, Angry birds, and obviously paid social media apps like Twitter and Facebook, and some apps are useless without paying, like the paid hotspot app.
And then of course, many of Microsoft's first party apps are now adware and/or trialware. For example, solitaire now has ads in it unless you pay a monthly fee, onedrive costs money, and there's a "get office" app that is just an ad for office. That's not getting into the 12+ ads that Microsoft has now built into Windows: (some of which overlap with what I've listed here)
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