What malware? Windows CE (the base of Windows Mobile) is out there for more than a decade, you a free to install apps from anywhere and there are only two viruses for it, both are just concept viruses made by antivirus companies to promote their products.
So get down of your high horse. As for your reasoning about why should anyone buy Palm Pre because iPhone 3 would come soon, the same argumentation goes about iPhone. Why should anyone buy one when HTC Touch Pro 2/Diamond 2 come out soon and featurewise any iPhone lags years behind Windows Mobile phones?
Still, some people buy it because they like the dumbed down interface. There are reasons to buy Palm Pre - like multitasking. Lack of multitasking was pretty much the killer reason for Windows Mobile some years ago and it is what nearly killed Palm.
You have the right to self defence in any EU country. In some EU countries you don't have the privilege to carry a firearm. You still have the right to defend yourself with any sufficient force to stop the attack, including deadly force*. You even have the right to defend yourself with illegal means**, although you might get sued for it.
Anyway, what murderer you are talking about? All I can see from your descrtiption is just a mugger.
*That position differs somewhat between EU countries. AFAIK Every EU country punishes disproportional self defence, but some countries allow more disproportional self defence than others. In Germany you can use deadly force against a burglar running away with valuable property if there is no milder way to stop him, in Sweden that would be illegal because in Swedish law no property is as valuable as human life.
**Example: in Germany, you may use pepper spray only against animal attacks. If you defend yourself from a human with pepper spray, you better tell the judge that the reason you carry pepper spray is some childhood fear of dogs.
in 6 weeks or so - afaik it would be the first phone with windows mobile 6.5. currently they've got only the predcessor, which is a fine device itself but the screen is imho too small.
i've got a similar device (htc touch hd), the difference is wm 6.1, a slightly larger screen and the lack of the keyboard. best pda i've ever laid my hands on and i tested lots of them (used to be a developer for handhelds).
HTC Touch Pro 2 will be available at Verizon and the device can do everything you want - QWERTY keyboard, thethering, Skype, SD Card, 800x480 screen, custom app development, GPS with turn-to-turn navigation (if you buy the application) and so on.
The only real downside is the landscape style keyboard.
Excuse me, but this is Russia you are talking about. They stopped producing the Lada 2106 only three years ago and this car was in continuous production for 30 fucking years!
They still make Lada 2104 which came out in 1984!
And the worst thing actually is, both these cars are just facelifts and variants of the licenced Fiat 124, rolled out in 1966.
Bullshit. Constitution of Russian Federation, Article 17
1. In the Russian Federation recognition and guarantees shall be provided for the rights and freedoms of man and citizen according to the universally recognized principles and norms of international law and according to the present Constitution.
2. Fundamental human rights and freedoms are inalienable and shall be enjoyed by everyone since the day of birth.
Article 20
1. Everyone shall have the right to life.
Article 22
1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom and personal immunity.
The "pursuit of happiness" bit is unique for the USA because it is not really defined. WTF is "pursuit of happiness"? The Russian Constitution defines some more rights, by the way, including these:
Article 40
1. Everyone shall have the right to a home. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of his or her home.
3. Low-income people and other persons mentioned in law and in need of a home shall receive it gratis or for reasonable payment from the state, municipal and other housing stocks according to the norms fixed by law.
Article 41
1. Everyone shall have the right to health protection and medical aid. Medical aid in state and municipal health establishments shall be rendered to individuals gratis, at the expense of the corresponding budget, insurance contributions, and other proceeds.
Article 42
Everyone shall have the right to favourable environment, reliable information about its state and for a restitution of damage inflicted on his health and property by ecological transgressions.
Article 43
1. Everyone shall have the right to education.
Article 44
2. Everyone shall have the right to participate in cultural life and use cultural establishments and to an access to cultural values.
Article 55
1. The listing in the Constitution of the Russian Federation of the fundamental rights and freedoms shall not be interpreted as a rejection or derogation of other universally recognized human rights and freedoms.
2. In the Russian Federation no laws shall be adopted cancelling or derogating human rights and freedoms.
You are using the wrong strawman here, buddy, all four times. I know why vaccinations are important and wish they were compulsory everywhere.
You cannot know it, but my mother is a medical doctor working at an actual hospital. Paperwork is the evidence of treatment so unless you pay cash the insuranse won't pay anything unless all the papers are filled.
Problems with paper work don't make it necessary to turn away patients. But the paperwork is what brings the money to the hospital. Backlog of paperwork means backlog of income and meanwhile bills and wages have to be paid.
That is depend how you play the game. In Stalker Clear Sky I really used to hike through the area after I cleared it from the enemies because the graphics were just that beautiful.
It is still the lesser evil compared to pretty much other current PC operating systems.
If you need an operating system for the sake of showing off that you can compile the kernel, by all means, take linux. If you want to do serious work, Vista is pretty much the way to go. It might not be very fast, but I'd rather have a slow operating system with the apps I need than a fast operating system without applicatios. As for the reliability, I'd have to experience a single crash yet, so it is a moot point.
It's nothing more than a marketing trick based on association with the military HMMWV, which worked brilliantly. The humvee is a vehicle to make its predecessor jeep proud. It has an angled independent suspension that puts the gear box, drive shaft and other parts well off the ground for huge clearance. It's a great off-road vehicle, reliable and rugged.
It also leaks oil like crazy and spends more time in the maintenance than offroad. Unimog is a much better alternative.
Signing is only required for apps writing special registry keys or installing some drivers. You can easily change the security policy just by changing a registry key (nowhere near like jailbreak) and without losing warranty.
if the value of that DWORD is 0 then unsigned CABs won't install. Set the value to 16, it is a safe value which gives the unsigned CABs the normal level access. If you really trust your software, set the value to 8 (Admin rights).
Additionally, you can set the DWORD 0000101a to 1 so you won't be bothered with the warning that the software you want to install is unsigned.
After the registry change, switch the screen of and on and reboot the device.
if you're lost and need to find a gas station, the iphone will do it.
uhm, yes, this feature is called "points of interest" and is available on every navigation software for a decade already. navigation software was available for palm and windows mobile since 2002 at the very least.
same goes for all other "killer apps" you mentioned.
The lack of multitasking is what nearly killed Palm and gave way to Windows Mobile in first place. And it is the reason why so many people stay with Windows Mobile and shun iPhone - which pretty much works the same way as PalmOS used to work, just with more glitter and glamour (so much for apple innovation).
The keyboard on that particular Palm device seems to be the same as the Treo keyboard.
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I know you were joking, but a Smart is surprisingly spacious.
What malware? Windows CE (the base of Windows Mobile) is out there for more than a decade, you a free to install apps from anywhere and there are only two viruses for it, both are just concept viruses made by antivirus companies to promote their products.
So get down of your high horse. As for your reasoning about why should anyone buy Palm Pre because iPhone 3 would come soon, the same argumentation goes about iPhone. Why should anyone buy one when HTC Touch Pro 2/Diamond 2 come out soon and featurewise any iPhone lags years behind Windows Mobile phones?
Still, some people buy it because they like the dumbed down interface. There are reasons to buy Palm Pre - like multitasking. Lack of multitasking was pretty much the killer reason for Windows Mobile some years ago and it is what nearly killed Palm.
You have the right to self defence in any EU country. In some EU countries you don't have the privilege to carry a firearm. You still have the right to defend yourself with any sufficient force to stop the attack, including deadly force*. You even have the right to defend yourself with illegal means**, although you might get sued for it.
Anyway, what murderer you are talking about? All I can see from your descrtiption is just a mugger.
*That position differs somewhat between EU countries. AFAIK Every EU country punishes disproportional self defence, but some countries allow more disproportional self defence than others. In Germany you can use deadly force against a burglar running away with valuable property if there is no milder way to stop him, in Sweden that would be illegal because in Swedish law no property is as valuable as human life.
**Example: in Germany, you may use pepper spray only against animal attacks. If you defend yourself from a human with pepper spray, you better tell the judge that the reason you carry pepper spray is some childhood fear of dogs.
in 6 weeks or so - afaik it would be the first phone with windows mobile 6.5. currently they've got only the predcessor, which is a fine device itself but the screen is imho too small.
i've got a similar device (htc touch hd), the difference is wm 6.1, a slightly larger screen and the lack of the keyboard. best pda i've ever laid my hands on and i tested lots of them (used to be a developer for handhelds).
Ceci n'est pas un clavier.
HTC Touch Pro 2 will be available at Verizon and the device can do everything you want - QWERTY keyboard, thethering, Skype, SD Card, 800x480 screen, custom app development, GPS with turn-to-turn navigation (if you buy the application) and so on.
The only real downside is the landscape style keyboard.
Excuse me, but this is Russia you are talking about. They stopped producing the Lada 2106 only three years ago and this car was in continuous production for 30 fucking years!
They still make Lada 2104 which came out in 1984!
And the worst thing actually is, both these cars are just facelifts and variants of the licenced Fiat 124, rolled out in 1966.
Bullshit.
Constitution of Russian Federation, Article 17
1. In the Russian Federation recognition and guarantees shall be provided for the rights and freedoms of man and citizen according to the universally recognized principles and norms of international law and according to the present Constitution.
2. Fundamental human rights and freedoms are inalienable and shall be enjoyed by everyone since the day of birth.
Article 20
1. Everyone shall have the right to life.
Article 22
1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom and personal immunity.
The "pursuit of happiness" bit is unique for the USA because it is not really defined. WTF is "pursuit of happiness"?
The Russian Constitution defines some more rights, by the way, including these:
Article 40
1. Everyone shall have the right to a home. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of his or her home.
3. Low-income people and other persons mentioned in law and in need of a home shall receive it gratis or for reasonable payment from the state, municipal and other housing stocks according to the norms fixed by law.
Article 41
1. Everyone shall have the right to health protection and medical aid. Medical aid in state and municipal health establishments shall be rendered to individuals gratis, at the expense of the corresponding budget, insurance contributions, and other proceeds.
Article 42
Everyone shall have the right to favourable environment, reliable information about its state and for a restitution of damage inflicted on his health and property by ecological transgressions.
Article 43
1. Everyone shall have the right to education.
Article 44
2. Everyone shall have the right to participate in cultural life and use cultural establishments and to an access to cultural values.
Article 55
1. The listing in the Constitution of the Russian Federation of the fundamental rights and freedoms shall not be interpreted as a rejection or derogation of other universally recognized human rights and freedoms.
2. In the Russian Federation no laws shall be adopted cancelling or derogating human rights and freedoms.
You are using the wrong strawman here, buddy, all four times. I know why vaccinations are important and wish they were compulsory everywhere.
You cannot know it, but my mother is a medical doctor working at an actual hospital. Paperwork is the evidence of treatment so unless you pay cash the insuranse won't pay anything unless all the papers are filled.
Problems with paper work don't make it necessary to turn away patients. But the paperwork is what brings the money to the hospital. Backlog of paperwork means backlog of income and meanwhile bills and wages have to be paid.
That is depend how you play the game. In Stalker Clear Sky I really used to hike through the area after I cleared it from the enemies because the graphics were just that beautiful.
Was same here until I saw Stalker Clear Sky in DX10.1
The day after I had Vista installed.
It is still the lesser evil compared to pretty much other current PC operating systems.
If you need an operating system for the sake of showing off that you can compile the kernel, by all means, take linux. If you want to do serious work, Vista is pretty much the way to go. It might not be very fast, but I'd rather have a slow operating system with the apps I need than a fast operating system without applicatios. As for the reliability, I'd have to experience a single crash yet, so it is a moot point.
My desktop runs Vista SP2, my cellphone runs Windows Mobile 6.1.
I do care about Windows 7.
Vista SP2 is already out there.
It also leaks oil like crazy and spends more time in the maintenance than offroad.
Unimog is a much better alternative.
Could be much easier for Windows Mobile - if it is implemented as a standard input method it would be possible to use it for every application.
Signing is only required for apps writing special registry keys or installing some drivers. You can easily change the security policy just by changing a registry key (nowhere near like jailbreak) and without losing warranty.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Policies\Policies]
DWORD 00001005
if the value of that DWORD is 0 then unsigned CABs won't install. Set the value to 16, it is a safe value which gives the unsigned CABs the normal level access. If you really trust your software, set the value to 8 (Admin rights).
Additionally, you can set the DWORD 0000101a to 1 so you won't be bothered with the warning that the software you want to install is unsigned.
After the registry change, switch the screen of and on and reboot the device.
4000 gallons of dihydrogen monoxide are nothing to laugh at either and are also more than enough to kill.
Actually, yes, I do.
Neither Leica M8 nor Leica M8.2 have got AF.
uhm, yes, this feature is called "points of interest" and is available on every navigation software for a decade already. navigation software was available for palm and windows mobile since 2002 at the very least.
same goes for all other "killer apps" you mentioned.
just how iphone is special now?
The lack of multitasking is what nearly killed Palm and gave way to Windows Mobile in first place. And it is the reason why so many people stay with Windows Mobile and shun iPhone - which pretty much works the same way as PalmOS used to work, just with more glitter and glamour (so much for apple innovation).
The keyboard on that particular Palm device seems to be the same as the Treo keyboard.
Doom has been ported to Windows Mobile years ago, together with Duke 3D and Quake
And Stalin was dead for 9 years (I have a feeling that most Americans think that Stalin ruled USSR from 1917 until 'mid eighties).
not a single version of windows was designed to run on 8 bit cpus.