The promised Gallium3D driver was never delivered, even if it apparently was nearly ready to release, and Intel only kicked users around between their desktop and automotive teams, releasing some crappy binary drivers to keep them quiet.
Care to explain what "lack of configurability" means?
Well, if you look at what WP is copying (android's widgets) you'll see what I mean by lack of configurability. Only three sizes, long "toilet paper" list with no way to add side screens, etc. I can see how it is more configurable for you if you're coming from iOS, but even iOS now can create folders, allowing you to organize your apps as you want. WP doesn't know what that is, you only have two views, either the tiles, or the alphabetical list. It might work if you have only a few apps, but when you pass the 100 is completely unmanageable. And I have over 200 on my Android, which I use regularly.
As for notifications, you're right, Apple only recently copied them from Android. But Apple has fanatical followers and it has allowed them to sell a less "feature rich" phone at a premium price- Microsoft I'd bet has more haters than followers, and apparently has trouble selling WP even at barrel scraping prices.
In Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal I've only seen another windows phone in the wild (outside of MS seminars). The owner was happy with it, as the Nokia hardware is still good. However, he used it only for phone calls and quick emails.
In these three countries the phone distribution is very different - Luxembourg I can see a lot of Galaxy S3 and Note, Belgium is mostly 50/50 between older Apple and Samsung/HTC, Portugal is more ZTE and some Samsung.
My Lumia is only being used as a second phone - it works to receive phone calls for a second SIM, but that is it. The crappy interface (impossible to see notifications unless the tile is in view, among other idiotic limitations), incomplete bluetooth, lack of configurability completely killed it for me. Well, the person who gave it to me won't give me another one, that is for sure.
Btw, was I the only one to notice that Kantar has changed its "data" since landing a nice contract with Microsoft? As for the IDC statement that WP is outselling iOS in 7 countries, more damning are all the other countries where it is outsould by Bada, BB, etc. If even selling phones below cost (lower price lumias are being sold at a loss, only compensated by the money Microsoft injects in Nokia) doesn't allow "winning" more than 7 markets, things are really bad. And when you take into account that both IDC and Kantar are only showing number for officially shipped phones, and don't include "grey" imports, and that in some of these markets (Poland, Argentina, etc.) the iPhones aren't even on sale, then this looks as another failed attempt to fake interest in WP, by the same marketing companies that have been telling us that WP8 phones are selling out, the same that told us that WP7 phones had sold out...
And the "devil's advocate" is at it again, and already moded informative! Strangely, if you read the comments, and not only the Chris Burn's story, you'd see that the only thing that isn't working is http/https access. But never let the facts get in the way of an anti-google rant, right?
BTW, your posting story is really very interesting, only pro-ms and/or anti-google posts, mingled with some (moded insightful) rants on how the anti-ms camp is destroying slashdot.
Going back to the issue at hand, for me google reader is the project that should at least be given an opportunity to live as a commercial/paid for service
Need any more proof? Best part is I took the screenshot on the Ubuntu machine, moved it onto the phone via drag and drop, then uploaded it to imgur using an app.
That still doesn't tell me if you're using MTP or USB mass storage, which was my question. But you still manage to get modded informative when you fail to address what I asked.
But it doesn't seem to be your only reading comprehension problem.
1- The things you call errors are maybe errors for WP8 - but I've stated I was talking about WP7, and even asked for clarification if things had changed with WP8. Besides, despite WP8 now being apparently usable with Linux, what else has changed? Can you modify that idiotic search button so that it will show google instead of bing? Can you select folders to auto-sync in dropbox, box, or minus? Because you can't do any of these in WP7.8
2- I didn't call you a shill. I just noticed on your postings that you are a Microsoft fan and are usually quote/defend Microsoft, so I made that jab. I didn't want to imply you were a Burston-Marsteller or Waggener Edstrom employee, so if that is what it sounded like, I apologise
You might want to check out WP8 given your concerns about WP7.
You forget WP7 devices won't be updated to WP8. Besides, the person who gave me my WP7 phone won't be giving WP8 phones, and I really won't buy one just to check if the problems in WP7 are solved in WP8.
I was wondering when we would get Microsoft's take on the matter... Unfortunately I can't verify if this was really implemented as I only have WP7.8, can you please post something that is not speculation and instead is a clear confirmation that WP8 has USB mass storage support?
Yes, they *should*... but regarding this specific instance/thing... why should MS have to change 10s/100s of things not related to Google to use one of Google's things. A thing that is really easy for Google to do, and will make them profit?
Why shouldn't they? Why are they asking for a standard access to a third party API when they don't follow standards, and even distort them for their own profit? Besides, what profit would Google have in changing their APIs to cater to an almost non-existing smartphone OS? Why not first focus on Bada or Symbian or RIM, which still have bigger market share than Windows Phone?
PS: I got an Android phone in the meantime. The WP phone was a gift, and it works well as my second phone - receiving calls and SMSs, basically working as a dumb phone.
- Skydrive, the more or less standard way to get stuff in and out of Windows Phones, doesn't implement WebDAV in a open manner, making it difficult to use with Linux or BSD;
I'll give you that. Meanwhile, enjoy your Google Drive over WebDAV... oh, you don't have that either.
No, but I can easily access the files I have on my Android phone, using either USB mass storage or standard MTP. No need to use a cloud service. And, an added advantage over WP7.x (never used 8) is that other cloud services work, with automatic synchronization of folders. On WP7.x you need to copy files by hand, at least with Dropbox and Box.
Windows Phone 8 does support standard MTP?
USB mass storage is an anachronysm.
I haven't tried yet WP8, but 7.x doesn't support standard MTP, only a hacked non-compatible Microsoft variant.
BTW, USB mass storage isn't an anachronism, it is just the easiest way to transfer things; in Linux it just works, in windows it just works. MTP has too many quirks and one of my peeves with the recent android releases is that it is used by default, forcing one to resort to workarounds to get the device working in mass storage mode.
Maybe, just maybe, Microsoft shouldn't be complaining so much when they block or use non-standard protocols on their devices, in particular WP ones:
- Skydrive, the more or less standard way to get stuff in and out of Windows Phones, doesn't implement WebDAV in a open manner, making it difficult to use with Linux or BSD;
- The hardware search button in Windows Phone is tied to bing, and users can't change it;
- Windows Phone doesn't support standard protocols (standard MTP, USB file access) to access its filesystem, so it doesn't play well with Linux or BSD;
- Windows RT and Windows Phone specify a locked bootloader, so that users can't install anything else on their devices;
I could go on and on here, but these 4 examples should be enough... They really should fix their act before complaining that others aren't playing fair.
The bet on WP8 might not have failed yet, but WP7 was an unmitigated disaster, that failed to convert most of the previous Nokia buyers. Even being given away in large quantities the lumias failed to attract more than a few Microsoft fans, and even some of those got upset with the way the platform got osborned with the announcement of WP8 and of the impossibility to update WP7 phones to it.
Going back to the time-sharing days is not something most of us would like. The PC revolution was all about empowering the user, the subscription/cloud model is all about giving control back to big companies.
I hope it won't happen, but after seeing the queues to buy a overrated, expensive toy this Friday and assuming there are that many ready to part with their money in exchange for a locked system, I really don't expect it to fail. There are many that will trade freedom for (assumed) convenience too easily.
I know the Poulsbo chipset is a re-branded PowerVR. But that isn't the main problem here; I don't care if it was re-branded or developed in house. The problem is that Intel released that crap, then abandoned it. They had half-decent psb drivers, which where great for watching films without stressing the underpowered atom CPU, but they just dropped any development (or even basic maintenance) for them.Then, after a huge outcry, promised gallium drivers for it, had them almost finished, and never released them. Instead, they pushed the users to the IEGD/EMGD binary crap, which has now also been discontinued with the end of Meego.
Even if they didn't have the agreements to release the source, Intel could have easily done a NVidia approach, with a binary core and open source "glue" that could be updated easily, but instead they choose to just play around with the poor suckers that got stuck with a GMA500 chipset netbook. And that is what I won't forget. And I won't buy any other Intel chipset just in case it is just some re-branded stuff that Intel can't/won't support.
As any other owner of that orphaned Intel chipset, I'll never buy another Intel integrated video solution. Even if they manage to get their power consumption below competitive ARM SoC, I will still not get that crap. The GMA500 disaster showed how much Intel cares for end users after selling them the hardware.
So it is interesting they managed to reduce power consumption so much, but my netbooks are still going to be AMD, my tablets and phones are ARM possibly with NVidia's Tegra chipset. Intel will have to do a lot more to convince me to try their solutions again.
Doh... Know you say that, I went and re-read his post and I agree, I misunderstood. He mentioned getting the details on geeks working at Sony and at Apple, not geeks buying devices from these two companies.
geeks? I see no geeks there, why would geeks using fashion accessories instead of smartphones or using devices made by a company who likes to install rootkits on their users machines?
That article in the Register is basically quoting a small reseller of used phones, which has found an excuse to try to pay less for Samsung kit. But the Reg lately will post anything that might get them visits, and if it is pro-apple even better.
Loathing for Apple's usage of lawsuits and nonsense patents as a way to protect its business?
Guilty as charged.
Preference for the Galaxy S3 in this moment in time?
Guilty as charged.
I admit, I'm biased. If that is your definition of bias.
But if I could afford it, I'd have a Asus transformer tablet, and I've had HTC, Nokia and Sony-Ericsson smart and feature phones. I have no loyalty to any company. But I can loathe a company that tries to stop competition with frivolous lawsuits, that copies everything and patents the most obvious stuff to stop others doing the same, blocking innovation the same way James Watt's patents blocked the evolution of the steam engine for 30 years.
It has long been known that many companies hire "armies" of reviewers and commentators to promote their product and hide any negative information under a ton of PR releases. Waggener Edstrom and a few others advertise their purpose and MO.
In the beginning, it was easy to pinpoint shills and marketeers; the word astroturf entered the English language after one of the first of such campaigns was identified. Now, they have become smarter; they use several accounts, with some doing "normal" comments and reviews to be seen as reliable and to be able to vote the more strident accounts up. These last accounts are either just spewing the PR garbage directly, and get created and abandoned very quickly, or they create a "personality", almost always biased towards a single company or product, but always somewhat discrete, trying to appear as genuine fans, upbeat about a product. These are harder to identify, as sometimes a blind fan might not be different from one of these shills; but usually blind fans don't get up voted as quickly as these are by the other company accounts.
Slashdot has been resisting these tactics, but they are pervasive, and there is money in this kind of trolling, so it is always a difficult battle...
""Samsung had requested this voluntary trial in September 2011, in order to oppose Apple's ongoing efforts to reduce consumer choice and innovation in the tablet market through their excessive legal claims and arguments. Apple has insisted that the three Samsung tablet products infringe several features of Apple's design right, such as 'slightly rounded corners,' 'a flat transparent surface without any ornamentation,' and 'a thin profile.'
"However, the High Court dismissed Apple's arguments by referring to approximately 50 examples of prior art, or designs that were previously created or patented, from before 2004. These include the Knight Ridder (1994), the Ozolin (2004), and HP's TC1000 (2003). The court found numerous Apple design features to lack originality, and numerous identical design features to have been visible in a wide range of earlier tablet designs from before 2004."
They might be cool (after all, the target market values form over function) but they aren't original!
So you quote yourself as if that proved you were right? Come on, you can be more creative than that!
The worst part for you is, the guy who has came up with the figures, Tomi Ahonen, keeps being proven right. And his figures have been right on the spot, sometimes even a bit optimistic in regards to the lumias.
So no, you can deny it all you want, but WP7.5 isn't a success, and Nokia is really destroying its business by pursuing this alliance with Microsoft. Sorry, but reality keeps denying your fantasies.
Or just a "unfortunate coincidence" that the magazine censured over a word is a Linux magazine?
I love a good conspiracy theory, but it feels like this has a lot more stupid/dumbth involved (since 2600 is still allowed) than it does evil/malevolence. However, that could just be me.
Hanlon's razor says you are probably right. However, it still is an interesting coincidence, coming right after the news that Microsoft had bought B&N silence in the android patent trolling case.
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Tell that to Poulsbo chipset buyers...
The promised Gallium3D driver was never delivered, even if it apparently was nearly ready to release, and Intel only kicked users around between their desktop and automotive teams, releasing some crappy binary drivers to keep them quiet.
Care to explain what "lack of configurability" means?
Well, if you look at what WP is copying (android's widgets) you'll see what I mean by lack of configurability. Only three sizes, long "toilet paper" list with no way to add side screens, etc. I can see how it is more configurable for you if you're coming from iOS, but even iOS now can create folders, allowing you to organize your apps as you want. WP doesn't know what that is, you only have two views, either the tiles, or the alphabetical list. It might work if you have only a few apps, but when you pass the 100 is completely unmanageable. And I have over 200 on my Android, which I use regularly.
As for notifications, you're right, Apple only recently copied them from Android. But Apple has fanatical followers and it has allowed them to sell a less "feature rich" phone at a premium price- Microsoft I'd bet has more haters than followers, and apparently has trouble selling WP even at barrel scraping prices.
In Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal I've only seen another windows phone in the wild (outside of MS seminars). The owner was happy with it, as the Nokia hardware is still good. However, he used it only for phone calls and quick emails.
In these three countries the phone distribution is very different - Luxembourg I can see a lot of Galaxy S3 and Note, Belgium is mostly 50/50 between older Apple and Samsung/HTC, Portugal is more ZTE and some Samsung.
My Lumia is only being used as a second phone - it works to receive phone calls for a second SIM, but that is it. The crappy interface (impossible to see notifications unless the tile is in view, among other idiotic limitations), incomplete bluetooth, lack of configurability completely killed it for me. Well, the person who gave it to me won't give me another one, that is for sure.
Btw, was I the only one to notice that Kantar has changed its "data" since landing a nice contract with Microsoft? As for the IDC statement that WP is outselling iOS in 7 countries, more damning are all the other countries where it is outsould by Bada, BB, etc. If even selling phones below cost (lower price lumias are being sold at a loss, only compensated by the money Microsoft injects in Nokia) doesn't allow "winning" more than 7 markets, things are really bad. And when you take into account that both IDC and Kantar are only showing number for officially shipped phones, and don't include "grey" imports, and that in some of these markets (Poland, Argentina, etc.) the iPhones aren't even on sale, then this looks as another failed attempt to fake interest in WP, by the same marketing companies that have been telling us that WP8 phones are selling out, the same that told us that WP7 phones had sold out...
And the "devil's advocate" is at it again, and already moded informative! Strangely, if you read the comments, and not only the Chris Burn's story, you'd see that the only thing that isn't working is http/https access. But never let the facts get in the way of an anti-google rant, right?
BTW, your posting story is really very interesting, only pro-ms and/or anti-google posts, mingled with some (moded insightful) rants on how the anti-ms camp is destroying slashdot.
Going back to the issue at hand, for me google reader is the project that should at least be given an opportunity to live as a commercial/paid for service
Need any more proof? Best part is I took the screenshot on the Ubuntu machine, moved it onto the phone via drag and drop, then uploaded it to imgur using an app.
That still doesn't tell me if you're using MTP or USB mass storage, which was my question. But you still manage to get modded informative when you fail to address what I asked.
But it doesn't seem to be your only reading comprehension problem.
1- The things you call errors are maybe errors for WP8 - but I've stated I was talking about WP7, and even asked for clarification if things had changed with WP8. Besides, despite WP8 now being apparently usable with Linux, what else has changed? Can you modify that idiotic search button so that it will show google instead of bing? Can you select folders to auto-sync in dropbox, box, or minus? Because you can't do any of these in WP7.8
2- I didn't call you a shill. I just noticed on your postings that you are a Microsoft fan and are usually quote/defend Microsoft, so I made that jab. I didn't want to imply you were a Burston-Marsteller or Waggener Edstrom employee, so if that is what it sounded like, I apologise
.
You might want to check out WP8 given your concerns about WP7.
You forget WP7 devices won't be updated to WP8. Besides, the person who gave me my WP7 phone won't be giving WP8 phones, and I really won't buy one just to check if the problems in WP7 are solved in WP8.
Wrong, Windows Phone 8 mounts specific folders on the phone. I can trasnfer documents, music, videos, pictures, and ringtones via explorer without a special client. http://www.gsmarena.com/windows_phone_8_to_get_mass_storage_and_screenshot_support-news-4530.php
I was wondering when we would get Microsoft's take on the matter... Unfortunately I can't verify if this was really implemented as I only have WP7.8, can you please post something that is not speculation and instead is a clear confirmation that WP8 has USB mass storage support?
This I can understand, it is a valid argument for using MTP instead of USB mass storage. If only MTP wasn't so unreliable on my arch linux netbook...
Yes, they *should*... but regarding this specific instance/thing... why should MS have to change 10s/100s of things not related to Google to use one of Google's things. A thing that is really easy for Google to do, and will make them profit?
Why shouldn't they? Why are they asking for a standard access to a third party API when they don't follow standards, and even distort them for their own profit? Besides, what profit would Google have in changing their APIs to cater to an almost non-existing smartphone OS? Why not first focus on Bada or Symbian or RIM, which still have bigger market share than Windows Phone?
PS: I got an Android phone in the meantime. The WP phone was a gift, and it works well as my second phone - receiving calls and SMSs, basically working as a dumb phone.
- Skydrive, the more or less standard way to get stuff in and out of Windows Phones, doesn't implement WebDAV in a open manner, making it difficult to use with Linux or BSD;
I'll give you that. Meanwhile, enjoy your Google Drive over WebDAV... oh, you don't have that either.
No, but I can easily access the files I have on my Android phone, using either USB mass storage or standard MTP. No need to use a cloud service. And, an added advantage over WP7.x (never used 8) is that other cloud services work, with automatic synchronization of folders. On WP7.x you need to copy files by hand, at least with Dropbox and Box.
Windows Phone 8 does support standard MTP? USB mass storage is an anachronysm.
I haven't tried yet WP8, but 7.x doesn't support standard MTP, only a hacked non-compatible Microsoft variant.
BTW, USB mass storage isn't an anachronism, it is just the easiest way to transfer things; in Linux it just works, in windows it just works. MTP has too many quirks and one of my peeves with the recent android releases is that it is used by default, forcing one to resort to workarounds to get the device working in mass storage mode.
Maybe, just maybe, Microsoft shouldn't be complaining so much when they block or use non-standard protocols on their devices, in particular WP ones:
- Skydrive, the more or less standard way to get stuff in and out of Windows Phones, doesn't implement WebDAV in a open manner, making it difficult to use with Linux or BSD;
- The hardware search button in Windows Phone is tied to bing, and users can't change it;
- Windows Phone doesn't support standard protocols (standard MTP, USB file access) to access its filesystem, so it doesn't play well with Linux or BSD;
- Windows RT and Windows Phone specify a locked bootloader, so that users can't install anything else on their devices;
I could go on and on here, but these 4 examples should be enough... They really should fix their act before complaining that others aren't playing fair.
The bet on WP8 might not have failed yet, but WP7 was an unmitigated disaster, that failed to convert most of the previous Nokia buyers. Even being given away in large quantities the lumias failed to attract more than a few Microsoft fans, and even some of those got upset with the way the platform got osborned with the announcement of WP8 and of the impossibility to update WP7 phones to it.
Going back to the time-sharing days is not something most of us would like. The PC revolution was all about empowering the user, the subscription/cloud model is all about giving control back to big companies.
I hope it won't happen, but after seeing the queues to buy a overrated, expensive toy this Friday and assuming there are that many ready to part with their money in exchange for a locked system, I really don't expect it to fail. There are many that will trade freedom for (assumed) convenience too easily.
I know the Poulsbo chipset is a re-branded PowerVR. But that isn't the main problem here; I don't care if it was re-branded or developed in house. The problem is that Intel released that crap, then abandoned it. They had half-decent psb drivers, which where great for watching films without stressing the underpowered atom CPU, but they just dropped any development (or even basic maintenance) for them.Then, after a huge outcry, promised gallium drivers for it, had them almost finished, and never released them. Instead, they pushed the users to the IEGD/EMGD binary crap, which has now also been discontinued with the end of Meego.
Even if they didn't have the agreements to release the source, Intel could have easily done a NVidia approach, with a binary core and open source "glue" that could be updated easily, but instead they choose to just play around with the poor suckers that got stuck with a GMA500 chipset netbook. And that is what I won't forget. And I won't buy any other Intel chipset just in case it is just some re-branded stuff that Intel can't/won't support.
As any other owner of that orphaned Intel chipset, I'll never buy another Intel integrated video solution. Even if they manage to get their power consumption below competitive ARM SoC, I will still not get that crap. The GMA500 disaster showed how much Intel cares for end users after selling them the hardware. So it is interesting they managed to reduce power consumption so much, but my netbooks are still going to be AMD, my tablets and phones are ARM possibly with NVidia's Tegra chipset. Intel will have to do a lot more to convince me to try their solutions again.
Doh... Know you say that, I went and re-read his post and I agree, I misunderstood. He mentioned getting the details on geeks working at Sony and at Apple, not geeks buying devices from these two companies.
geeks? I see no geeks there, why would geeks using fashion accessories instead of smartphones or using devices made by a company who likes to install rootkits on their users machines?
That article in the Register is basically quoting a small reseller of used phones, which has found an excuse to try to pay less for Samsung kit. But the Reg lately will post anything that might get them visits, and if it is pro-apple even better.
Loathing for Apple's usage of lawsuits and nonsense patents as a way to protect its business?
Guilty as charged.
Preference for the Galaxy S3 in this moment in time?
Guilty as charged.
I admit, I'm biased. If that is your definition of bias.
But if I could afford it, I'd have a Asus transformer tablet, and I've had HTC, Nokia and Sony-Ericsson smart and feature phones. I have no loyalty to any company. But I can loathe a company that tries to stop competition with frivolous lawsuits, that copies everything and patents the most obvious stuff to stop others doing the same, blocking innovation the same way James Watt's patents blocked the evolution of the steam engine for 30 years.
I believe the word astroturf entered the English language when they built the Astrodome in Houston.
Completely right. I meant the verb astroturfing, but obviously that wasn't what I wrote... :)
It has long been known that many companies hire "armies" of reviewers and commentators to promote their product and hide any negative information under a ton of PR releases. Waggener Edstrom and a few others advertise their purpose and MO.
In the beginning, it was easy to pinpoint shills and marketeers; the word astroturf entered the English language after one of the first of such campaigns was identified. Now, they have become smarter; they use several accounts, with some doing "normal" comments and reviews to be seen as reliable and to be able to vote the more strident accounts up. These last accounts are either just spewing the PR garbage directly, and get created and abandoned very quickly, or they create a "personality", almost always biased towards a single company or product, but always somewhat discrete, trying to appear as genuine fans, upbeat about a product. These are harder to identify, as sometimes a blind fan might not be different from one of these shills; but usually blind fans don't get up voted as quickly as these are by the other company accounts.
Slashdot has been resisting these tactics, but they are pervasive, and there is money in this kind of trolling, so it is always a difficult battle...
I wouldn't say it is too cruel. There are many similarities between my lumia 800 and my old nokia 6600 (the small S40 slider one).
- I only use any of them to receive calls or sms with a SIM from countries where I used to live;
- 5MP, average camera
- dumbed down, but fast, interface
- some apps (including maps) but more expensive and less flexible than "smartphone" ones; also a lot less variety than Android or iOS;
- smaller resolution screens than the medium end smartphones, at their release
Differences:
- the old 6600 was actually fun to use, the lumia I am always fighting the artificial restraints;
- expandable memory on the 6600 slide, with standard uSD cards
- touch screen on the lumia, also much larger and higher resolution than the 6600 slide
- keyboard on the 6600 slide
- "social media integration" on the lumia - I never used it much, I rather use the facebook/linkedin/twitter clients or go to the sites directly;
So, what makes the lumia a smartphone instead of a featurephone, like the S40 ones?
""Samsung had requested this voluntary trial in September 2011, in order to oppose Apple's ongoing efforts to reduce consumer choice and innovation in the tablet market through their excessive legal claims and arguments. Apple has insisted that the three Samsung tablet products infringe several features of Apple's design right, such as 'slightly rounded corners,' 'a flat transparent surface without any ornamentation,' and 'a thin profile.' "However, the High Court dismissed Apple's arguments by referring to approximately 50 examples of prior art, or designs that were previously created or patented, from before 2004. These include the Knight Ridder (1994), the Ozolin (2004), and HP's TC1000 (2003). The court found numerous Apple design features to lack originality, and numerous identical design features to have been visible in a wide range of earlier tablet designs from before 2004."
They might be cool (after all, the target market values form over function) but they aren't original!
So you quote yourself as if that proved you were right? Come on, you can be more creative than that!
The worst part for you is, the guy who has came up with the figures, Tomi Ahonen, keeps being proven right. And his figures have been right on the spot, sometimes even a bit optimistic in regards to the lumias. So no, you can deny it all you want, but WP7.5 isn't a success, and Nokia is really destroying its business by pursuing this alliance with Microsoft. Sorry, but reality keeps denying your fantasies.
Or just a "unfortunate coincidence" that the magazine censured over a word is a Linux magazine?
I love a good conspiracy theory, but it feels like this has a lot more stupid/dumbth involved (since 2600 is still allowed) than it does evil/malevolence. However, that could just be me.
Hanlon's razor says you are probably right. However, it still is an interesting coincidence, coming right after the news that Microsoft had bought B&N silence in the android patent trolling case.