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Do you care what your phone manufacturer thinks of you?

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Sitting at work and just got a phone call from someone asking about a television.  We don’t normally deal with televisions here but what the customer said was relevant to me becoming pissed off and writing an article about bad consumerism.  Let me explain.  Customer calls in and has one requirement about the television.  He … Read more

On the Fence: A fragmented future with Windows Phone

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I’m definitely not done making decisions, especially with how awesome and free the Samsung Captivate is probably going to be when I’m ready for my upgrade.  However, in the spirit of this whole me-sharing-my-upgrade-experience thing I wanted to let you in on some of my internal thought process about the long term development of mobile operating systems.  … Read more

On the Fence: Leaving my favorite developers behind

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I’ve been using Windows Mobile now for about 4 years.  In all my time with the Mobile OS and the thousands of applications I’ve been through, G-Alarm stands out as the absolute best of them all.  Its virtues have been extolled by all those that have had the priviledge of using it.  The group making … Read more

Developer explains why he’s all in on Windows Phones.

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DavidK shot this out early today and I had some time to marinate on its content for a while before posting.  I think this guy has a lot of good points about the attraction that Windows Phone has to developers.  Everyone seems to think that the only thing Dev’s care about is install base.  This … Read more

Verizon: Get your Android terminology straight for your customer’s sake.

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Hello everyone.  This will be an Adventures at Best Buy kind of thing for you.  Guy calls in (cause I answer phones for the entire store) and says “Do you guys have the new Droid?”  So I assumed what every English speaking person does when the term “new” is used and default to the most recent … Read more

What in the hell is wrong with electronics consumers/Why I can’t hate Google.

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Now this is probably not directed at the majority of our readership as our predisposition towards tweaks and tricks for modding out cell phones tends to be for the more gadget minded.  However, why does the general public expect to be fully educated about a product they buy when purchasing electronics specifically?  I don’t know of any … Read more

On the fence: Scary emails from DavidK edition

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I wanted to let you all in on some of our email chaos amongst the staff.  I think it represents the departure of a great deal of what constituted many user’s reasons for choosing Windows Mobile.  We were discussing Android fragmentation and it made me a little uneasy with what he said about the new … Read more

It’s not about where Android is, it’s about where it’s going…

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So David and Doug have been back and forth about this whole Android/WinMo thing, and it has mostly centered around Apps.  We can debate about the quality of Android apps and the archaiety of WinMo apps forever as there is plenty of ammunition around to make the US nuclear stockpile look like firecrackers.  However, one specific trend sticks out in my mind that spells D-O-O-M for Android if they’re not careful.  Microsoft stumbled on the same problems and are now facing a major overhaul. 

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