Mobile phones & tablets thread

I know this is on a Microsoft friendly site, but I think it's quite true

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I think iPhones are nowhere near as cool as they used to be, Android is the new cool because iPhones are conformist and a rather unimaginative choice. It's not like back IN 2007 when other touchscreen phones probably weren't as slick, didn't work as well and didn't have an easy to use app portal. But now you can buy an Android, WP7 or RIM handset that is every bit as good as an iPhone.

and a good reason why Windows Phone 7 will still continue to stay in the doldrums

Microsoft Discovers Windows Phone Retailers Know Nothing About Windows Phones

Microsoft really do need to get off their butts and actually do some promotion with WP7. It's not going to sell itself.....

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Originally Posted by henners88

I know you have a WP7 phone Daniel but IMO the interface is awful. The 'tile' interface just seems dull to me and I haven't been impressed when I've had a go with friends phones. Sure you can customize which tile goes where and you can change the colour which is probably marvellous, but I think different phones serve different sectors of the market. Its personal preference at the end of the day. :)

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Thing is it's all about what you've used. When I've tried to use an Android phone to Frape someone I didn't even know how to turn the 3g on.

I think if you watched a few youtube videos of how the WP7 interface works and understood it a bit better you might grow to like it a bit more. Just as I'd probably like an Android phone if I knew how to use it :p

Another day another lawsuit.

Samsung files French patent complaint against Apple, targets iPhone, iPad -- Engadget

This stuff really pisses me off. It all seems so childish and silly and the only people who get harmed are consumers.


I want one of these Electrolux kitchen laptop concept disregards grease, common sense -- Engadget though!

You can also have operating systems that aren't Microsoft running your PC. Microsoft if just conformist, and not nearly as trendy as it used to be. :)

If people are still buying Iphones long after they quit being trendy or cool, maybe it's because they actually like them. But I'm sure the haters of those products would never consider that as an option in a persons choice of how they spent their own money.

My MacBook is from mid-2007 and is starting to give me some problems. There are blotches on my monitor, the optical drive is acting screwy, and my trackpad doesn't like to work 100% of the time. Not too back for 4 years, and definitely impressive with the way I treat my notebooks. I'm taking it into the Apple shop in 2 hours, so we'll see what they say.

I didn't buy my iPhone because I thought it was 'cool' but because it does the job.

Now if I could have an iPad, that is the same weight and thickness etc but have a full (not mobile) version of Windows on it, that would be fantastic!

From what I've seen iPad is excellent but there are still a few issues with it which mean it can't yet replace a proper PC.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Windows 8 Slate Hands On: It's Fantastic. (But Don't Sell Your iPad.)

Its only the developers version being tested so far.

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What a ****ty review. It warbles on incessently about how great Windows 8 is, then goes on to complain about flash not running on a developer preview (a developer preview is not even anywhere near the standard of a beta) when only an idiot would expect everything to work. A developer preview is a sort of proof of concept, this is something to get developers thinking about the designs of their apps for when Windows 8 launches this timeish next year. Criticising this version of Windows for not having things working is like criticising a test mule car for having bits in the interior which don't necessarily fit together 100% perfect etc etc.

He then jibber jabbers on about how it's better than any Android he's ever used. I like Microsoft more than most, but even though I've not spent a huge amount of time with an Android tablet (there's one here on my desk at work unused) I somehow suspect that Android is currently a more feature rich and stable environment than a developer preview of Windows 8. Personally whilst this is a far better tablet OS than 7, I still don't get the whole tablet thing. Marginally more portable than a laptop, less powerful than a laptop, far less portable than a phone...... I could go on. I see the uses for them, I work in a college for mentally handicapped young people and in the kitchens the students use them and I think for people who aren't going to have the ability to use a keyboard and mouse 100% they're great, but if you can use a keyboard and mouse you really should use them.

The author then goes on to prove what a moron he is by saying that Windows 7 is his least favourite build of Windows along with ME. What about Vista? Windows 98????? People are quite rightfully ripping into him on the comments section for that :laugh:

The Metro UI really is rather fantastic and I think once it launches in Windows 8 people will start to see how great it is to use and how tiles make more sense than a grid full of icons as in iOS or Android. Wonder how long it'll take before Apple and Google are doing live tiles?

So they are just big icons which can update themselves?