Like the typical left-brained slashdotter, I'm a technologist who values my "geek cred".
And throughout WP7's life (especially early, but still today) you need to defy logic and judgement and rational thinking just a little too much in order to buy a WinPhone. You needed to pretend that missing features weren't important. You needed to suffer lies and contempt regarding updates. You had to ignore all the productivity and fun and relevance that other smartphone owners were enjoying. You had to tolerate a weak ecosystem. You had to apologize for Microsoft's mis-steps.
The thing I liked about my iPhone and love about my Android is how I can organize my apps the way that I want to. Everything app laid out sequentially? Sure. Similar apps clustered together on different screens? Sure. A deep hierarchy where everything is nested in folders on a single screen? No prob.
WP7 Metro is decent-looking, but just too restrictive. Let me put stuff in folders!
Nokia lowered their forecast due to "increased competition". Isn't that just a backwards way of saying "our inability to compete"? Other companies are thriving (or at least surviving) despite all this competition.
The number of exploits found in each mobile OS seem to be proportionate to that OS's market share. Note that found is the key word here. For the same reason that hackers prefer to find exploits for Windows instead of Mac, more holes are found and exploited in Android and iOS than in WP7 and Bada. It doesn't necessarily mean that WP7 and Bada have less holes, it's just that it's not (yet) worth anybody's effort to find them.
But if security really is the submitter's #1 factor for picking a smartphone (which seems a little far fetched), then I guess I'd recommend Bada. Good luck with that.
But TBH, I think the best way to stay safe regardless of which phone you own is to avoid dodgy apps and dodgy websites. Use common sense and you'll be fine with whatever phone you choose.
Let's imagine that the world would be better off if a certain percentage of people weren't allowed to vote.
I think we can probably all agree that if only the "top 98%" of society could vote, this would yield positive election results. I think we can also agree that if only the top 2% of society could vote, this would be a bad thing.
So what's the right number? Half can vote? 70% can vote?
You're ensuring a process by which one demographic (wealthier, more educated) are given all authority over another (less wealthy, less educated). You are ensuring an aristrocracy in which the elite rule the serfs and the serfs have little or no voice.
No, the difference is that in feudalism, power was very top-heavy. The majority of power and influence was distributed across no more than the top 5%. What if it was 50%?
Honestly, I think Win8 would be better off deprecating the desktop and being metro-only. But this can't happen on day one, because users will be in a situation where half their apps are metro and half are legacy. So Win8 forces us to endure the jarringly schizophrenic clash between Metro UI and the Classic Desktop. It's the "transition version" of windows. Win9 will get it right.
I'm in Canada where cellular choices generally suck, so I won't try give you any advice about carriers and phone brands. But I will say that having a cheap smartphone with no data plan actually works out pretty good. I picked up a couple ~$150 android phones for my kids when they started high school, and put them on inexpensive no-contract, no-data plans. There's so much free WiFi out there nowadays (homes, school, restaurants) that not having cellular data is no big deal.
And the nice thing about giving my kids smartphones is that they can do so much more than dumbphones and featurephones can: lists, reminders, etc.
Blaming WP7's failures on every mobile phone salesperson all over the world is a cop-out.
Remember Windows Mobile? It powered several nice smartphones, especially models from HTC. Those sold very very well up until the iPhone took over. Did salesmen require bribes to sell those?
I wanted to write a funny "rest in peace" message in LISP, but then I remembered that I never wrapped my head around that stupid language, and only passed my AI course by sharing code with a classmate.
Steve Jobs championed the notion that WE come first. His approach was karmic: if I build a thing that is good for you, then you will buy it from me. It's that simple. He didn't make billions selling your personal info to advertisers. He didn't make billions engaging in anti-competitive practices. He just made great stuff.
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Used it. Developed for it. No thanks. WP7 has several good things going for it -- just not enough good things.
Been there 25 years ago; moved on. ;)
http://i.imgur.com/MdXaq.jpg
Like the typical left-brained slashdotter, I'm a technologist who values my "geek cred".
And throughout WP7's life (especially early, but still today) you need to defy logic and judgement and rational thinking just a little too much in order to buy a WinPhone. You needed to pretend that missing features weren't important. You needed to suffer lies and contempt regarding updates. You had to ignore all the productivity and fun and relevance that other smartphone owners were enjoying. You had to tolerate a weak ecosystem. You had to apologize for Microsoft's mis-steps.
That's just too much.
The thing I liked about my iPhone and love about my Android is how I can organize my apps the way that I want to. Everything app laid out sequentially? Sure. Similar apps clustered together on different screens? Sure. A deep hierarchy where everything is nested in folders on a single screen? No prob.
WP7 Metro is decent-looking, but just too restrictive. Let me put stuff in folders!
FWIW, I have the same beef with Windows 8.
Nokia lowered their forecast due to "increased competition". Isn't that just a backwards way of saying "our inability to compete"? Other companies are thriving (or at least surviving) despite all this competition.
Redmond, WA. Why do you ask?
Yeah, evolution... http://i.imgur.com/avgcv.jpg
The number of exploits found in each mobile OS seem to be proportionate to that OS's market share. Note that found is the key word here. For the same reason that hackers prefer to find exploits for Windows instead of Mac, more holes are found and exploited in Android and iOS than in WP7 and Bada. It doesn't necessarily mean that WP7 and Bada have less holes, it's just that it's not (yet) worth anybody's effort to find them.
But if security really is the submitter's #1 factor for picking a smartphone (which seems a little far fetched), then I guess I'd recommend Bada. Good luck with that.
But TBH, I think the best way to stay safe regardless of which phone you own is to avoid dodgy apps and dodgy websites. Use common sense and you'll be fine with whatever phone you choose.
A vibrating tattoo that also improves buoyancy? Now that's patentable!
Is he going to post bail to get out of jail legally, or just jailbreak?
Let's imagine that the world would be better off if a certain percentage of people weren't allowed to vote.
I think we can probably all agree that if only the "top 98%" of society could vote, this would yield positive election results.
I think we can also agree that if only the top 2% of society could vote, this would be a bad thing.
So what's the right number? Half can vote? 70% can vote?
You're ensuring a process by which one demographic (wealthier, more educated) are given all authority over another (less wealthy, less educated). You are ensuring an aristrocracy in which the elite rule the serfs and the serfs have little or no voice.
No, the difference is that in feudalism, power was very top-heavy. The majority of power and influence was distributed across no more than the top 5%. What if it was 50%?
| You're ensuring a process by which one demographic (wealthier, more educated) are given all authority over another (less wealthy, less educated).
You say this like it's a bad thing.
No, the REAL nightmare for programmers is daylight savings time. Especially in the spring, when local times jump back and repeat. Ugh.
Honestly, I think Win8 would be better off deprecating the desktop and being metro-only. But this can't happen on day one, because users will be in a situation where half their apps are metro and half are legacy. So Win8 forces us to endure the jarringly schizophrenic clash between Metro UI and the Classic Desktop. It's the "transition version" of windows. Win9 will get it right.
http://i.imgur.com/avgcv.jpg
step 1: buy an apple tv
step 2: jailbreak
step 3: install plex
step 4: win!
I'm in Canada where cellular choices generally suck, so I won't try give you any advice about carriers and phone brands. But I will say that having a cheap smartphone with no data plan actually works out pretty good. I picked up a couple ~$150 android phones for my kids when they started high school, and put them on inexpensive no-contract, no-data plans. There's so much free WiFi out there nowadays (homes, school, restaurants) that not having cellular data is no big deal.
And the nice thing about giving my kids smartphones is that they can do so much more than dumbphones and featurephones can: lists, reminders, etc.
Fire 90% of the teachers, replace 'em with computers that serve multimedia instruction, online tests, etc.
Khan Academy FTW!
Terrible. Bush would never have done anything like this. ;)
Then why aren't they walking into the shop and saying "Sell me a Nokia Lumia 900, dammit!"? Why not the same level of determination for a WP7 phone?
Blaming WP7's failures on every mobile phone salesperson all over the world is a cop-out.
Remember Windows Mobile? It powered several nice smartphones, especially models from HTC. Those sold very very well up until the iPhone took over. Did salesmen require bribes to sell those?
Or civilization for the past 5000 years...
I wanted to write a funny "rest in peace" message in LISP, but then I remembered that I never wrapped my head around that stupid language, and only passed my AI course by sharing code with a classmate.
Steve Jobs championed the notion that WE come first. His approach was karmic: if I build a thing that is good for you, then you will buy it from me. It's that simple. He didn't make billions selling your personal info to advertisers. He didn't make billions engaging in anti-competitive practices. He just made great stuff.