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Old 3rd October 2017, 13:33     #15081
Lightspeed
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jodi
Wife actually loves the windows phone and is angry that MS is dropping it.

She went to use an android phone and was instantly pissed off with it, as everything was slow and nothing made sense.

Wasn't much impressed with an iphone either.

Grandma it's even worse, so we are going to give her our old windows phone 7.
There's got to be a name for that. The irritation at the necessity to have to migrate technology to keep up.
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Old 3rd October 2017, 17:56     #15082
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I liked my Windows Phone too, but it sucked once Microsoft really took it over and got rid of the Nokia branding. I use Android now and a lot of things are a bit better.

Although, speaking of Nokia...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/g...in-new-zealand
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Old 3rd October 2017, 18:06     #15083
crocos
 
If you really miss Windows Phone, I don't know about other brands or if this is a general Android thing, but Huawei has a mode with a simple interface that permits just the apps you want, and turns off ~80% of Android's advanced features. Sure your battery last a week and the interface looks very Windows-Phone-ish but then you can't DO squat other than your pre-permitted apps.
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Old 10th October 2017, 11:34     #15084
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WTB a smaller size phone ~ 2009 with min-bevel. Not likely to happen.

Realised I've never seen a windows phone in the 7+ years they've been available.
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Old 17th January 2018, 15:54     #15085
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p13, every damn time:
http://explosm.net/rcg/pbskprdrb
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Old 16th October 2018, 11:53     #15086
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Verizon and Palm, of all outfits, have created the phone Ab wants...

However it's Verizon-exclusive and not sold as a phone by itself, but as a plan add-on instead.
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Old 22nd October 2018, 23:18     #15087
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
The phone I want already exists, it's the iPhone SE. Goddammit.
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Old 26th October 2018, 12:28     #15088
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
Quote:
Google gave a $90m severance package to Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android mobile software, but concealed details of a sexual misconduct allegation that triggered his departure, the New York Times has reported.

According to unnamed sources who spoke to the Times, Google investigated and found credible claims from a female employee, who said Rubin forced her to perform oral sex in a hotel room in 2013.

Soon after, Larry Page, Google’s former CEO, asked for his resignation. However, the company continued to pay him millions of dollars in installments of $2m a month for four years.

Page praised Rubin when he left the company, saying in a 2014 public statement: “I want to wish Andy all the best with what’s next. With Android, he created something truly remarkable – with a billion-plus happy users.”

Last November, the Information exposed that Rubin had an “inappropriate relationship with a subordinate”, which violated company rules. At the time, a spokesperson for Rubin stated the relationship was consensual and not a misconduct violation because the female employee did not report to him, emphasizing that his decision to leave the company was unrelated.

According to the New York Times report, it was not the first time Rubin had got into trouble. In another instance, current and former Google sources told the Times, Google docked his bonus after security found bondage videos on his work computer.

Rie Rubin, his former wife, who divorced him this year, said in a civil suit that he engaged in “ownership relationships” with several other women while they were married.

In an email he sent to a woman in 2015, that was included in the suit, Rubin wrote: “Being owned is kinda like you are my property, and I can loan you to other people.”

Rubin, who joined Google in 2005 after the company acquired Android, was an integral part of growing its success. Often referred to as “the father of Android”, the engineer and entrepreneur created the software now used in 80% of the world’s smartphones.
wrap it up
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Old 26th October 2018, 13:50     #15089
pxpx
 
All those android poors better be throwing their rapey phones into the bin right now!
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Old 26th October 2018, 22:30     #15090
Lightspeed
 
If we start throwing out such rapey things, would there be anything left?
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Old 2nd November 2018, 15:40     #15091
Jodi
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lightspeed
would there be anything left?
Windows phones!
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Old 23rd April 2019, 11:08     #15092
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/sa...23-p51gb3.html

#samsung #quality #androidlife
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Old 30th April 2019, 17:47     #15093
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HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE
 
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/29/1...te-millennials

#samsung #verticalvideoproblemsolved
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Old 15th May 2019, 13:08     #15094
Lightspeed
 
Damn phones with more memory and a better screen than my desktop.

OnePlus 7 Pro
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Old 15th May 2019, 13:17     #15095
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try this link https://www.tomsguide.com/us/oneplus...view-6472.html
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Old 15th May 2019, 13:18     #15096
Lightspeed
 
Thanks, I was on mobile, waiting for cheeseburgers.
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Old 28th June 2019, 08:34     #15097
CCS
Stunt Pants
 
Boy, 11, lucky to be alive after charging tablet burns hole through his bed

Quote:
"It serves as a stark reminder not to leave items charging on materials that could catch fire when hot," he said.

Yeah sure, everyone should have an asbestos pad they can leave their device on while it charges.
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Old 28th June 2019, 11:43     #15098
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
#samsung #quality #androidlife
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Old 28th June 2019, 11:45     #15099
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
https://apple.news/AD0SJ2hrrSa62Et69jaPhcw

Apple's chief design officer, Jony Ive, is leaving the company
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Old 28th June 2019, 12:39     #15100
CCS
Stunt Pants
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ab
#samsung #quality #androidlife

Whoa there fella. #samsunglife. Don't tarnish all Androids with Samsungs battery failures!
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Old 20th July 2019, 00:50     #15101
mr selfdestruct
The Deliverator
 
Windows is dead Ab!
$33.7B in revenue last quarter
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Old 20th July 2019, 05:05     #15102
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
How much of that was Windows Phone OS?
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Old 6th August 2019, 21:52     #15103
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What is a 'Windows phone' ?
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Old 7th August 2019, 13:47     #15104
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
wooosh
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Old 17th August 2019, 23:33     #15105
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
Apple just fucked up bad on privacy:
https://daringfireball.net/2019/08/siri_privacy_trust
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Old 19th August 2019, 12:21     #15106
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
Cheesy grin

lol the galaxy S8 keypad screen can’t send DTMF tones because Samsung
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Old 24th August 2019, 18:47     #15107
CCS
Stunt Pants
 
Android Q Is Android 10



So Google got to Q and couldn't think of a dessert? Good job.

If Q is 10 then working back, then Android 1 is Honeycomb? Maybe Google likes the sound of 10.
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Old 24th August 2019, 20:33     #15108
MadMax
Stuff
 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queijadinha

Yeaaahhh can’t see that happening.
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Old 25th August 2019, 14:25     #15109
CCS
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Quindim would've been fine.
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Old 25th August 2019, 15:08     #15110
Ajax
Architeuthis
 
Quince jelly
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Old 25th August 2019, 16:27     #15111
CCS
Stunt Pants
 
Or even Quint's Jelly.

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Old 8th April 2020, 10:09     #15112
crocos
 
Small form factor phone fanciers rejoice! The iPhone SE is back!
https://www.macworld.com/article/353...s-release.html

... but porkier, having grown from a 4" to a 4.7" screen
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Old 8th April 2020, 13:17     #15113
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
Quote:
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Small form factor phone fanciers rejoice! The iPhone SE is back!
https://www.macworld.com/article/353...s-release.html

... but porkier, having grown from a 4" to a 4.7" screen
Bring back the goddamn IP4 form factor, 3.5" is perfect.

Nevertheless I care more about the new SE than any other phone. TouchID has always been awesome.

I mean, insofar as an unemployed person gets to care about phones.
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Old 16th April 2020, 19:15     #15114
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The Deliverator
 
Stop projecting your penis size to your preferred phone size Ab.
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Old 1st May 2020, 20:53     #15115
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
I've got your projection right here

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasb.../#2d61be161b2a

all the way to CHINA!
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Old 13th May 2020, 21:10     #15116
OdditY
Bad Hacker, No Biscuit
 
Got a new SE, up from old SE.

It does indeed rule. Works properly with water on it and when its plugged in (both things the old SE was bugged on)
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Old 17th July 2020, 10:57     #15117
[fe]
 
An iphone 5S made its way into HQ the other day (so light!). The 4/5 is one of if not my favourite piece of mobile phone design along with the nokia n9.
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Old 18th July 2020, 16:00     #15118
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
I still use my IP4 (mostly as an AppleTV remote) and it's a perfect 2D size. If it were a bit thinner and a bit lighter that would be my ideal form factor. Plus TouchID.
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Old 6th August 2020, 22:15     #15119
Lightspeed
 
A meme:

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Old 10th October 2020, 18:41     #15120
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Google Pixel 5 - Everything you want in a phone. Perfect. Purchased.
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