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limited space? i dunno 30gb seems like enough to load the os and office related programs, 60gb is plenty for adding some games or music, and the 120 option would make having some movies on there very possible. not to mention even more room for games... although i'm sure it wouldn't have the fastest load times.
[citation][nom]dethsite2[/nom]...i would expect to see a windows ce or windows mobile variant on offer with this phone,,i know you could run xp on 1gb ram though i wouldn't touch a device like this without atleast 2gb of ram in it, if it was running a full version of xp as this footnote claims you would need 2gb of ram..since this phone look's like a htc slide mobile or a docomo 838 pro running win mobile 6 it's hard to say what this concept will be..[/citation]
I disagree. Windows Mobile Sucks and blows hard... I've never been a fan of the Windows platform, the biggest nuisance as of now is the usage of virtual memory, which was a good feature back in the early '90s when RAM was expensive but not now when 3GB RAM is standard. However, I could understand that MS had the burden of backwards compatibility which I could see be on the expense of performance.
Now, when Pocket Windows, or WinCE (or Win Mobile or whatever you would like to call it) came out it was based upon a totally new platform with no burdens of backwards compatibility or anything. It was released when the computer technology was relatively mature so one could have expected that the developers should have learned the lessons from the mistakes of the early computer technology development by now but no. It was and is bloated and full of crap so thanks but no thanks!
When looking into the specs it doesn't say that it is based on windows, only that it is [/u]compatible[/u] with it. So that means that one can run WinXP, Win7 or Ubuntu Linux on it.
I disagree. Windows Mobile Sucks and blows hard... I've never been a fan of the Windows platform, the biggest nuisance as of now is the usage of virtual memory, which was a good feature back in the early '90s when RAM was expensive but not now when 3GB RAM is standard. However, I could understand that MS had the burden of backwards compatibility which I could see be on the expense of performance.
Now, when Pocket Windows, or WinCE (or Win Mobile or whatever you would like to call it) came out it was based upon a totally new platform with no burdens of backwards compatibility or anything. It was released when the computer technology was relatively mature so one could have expected that the developers should have learned the lessons from the mistakes of the early computer technology development by now but no. It was and is bloated and full of crap so thanks but no thanks!
When looking into the specs it doesn't say that it is based on windows, only that it is [/u]compatible[/u] with it. So that means that one can run WinXP, Win7 or Ubuntu Linux on it.
thus is why i said win mobile gooey...
i highly doubt you'll get a complete version of windows on it, it's a mobile phone for christ's sake..
they are likely to be using the ce/mobile version of xp on it..
originally win ce was meant palm pilot os
i'm familiar with alot of things concerning the docomo and jasjam mobiles since i've oened both of them
i highly doubt you'll get a complete version of windows on it, it's a mobile phone for christ's sake..
they are likely to be using the ce/mobile version of xp on it..
originally win ce was meant palm pilot os
i'm familiar with alot of things concerning the docomo and jasjam mobiles since i've oened both of them
Wait... Do I have move the tiny mouse pointer to the tiny Start Menu, click, and then move the pointer to the tiny Programs menu to have access to apps?
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thebigt42 has a point. I have Verizon because I get a corporate discount because my employer uses them, which is about 18% per month, which is quite a bit. So I went with their smartphone offering: Blackberry Storm. It's OK, but it is no iPhone in speed and smoothness. I had to hack the phone to turn on the GPS without paying $10/month. With a full Windows OS, I could do so much more to make it better than the competition. My only concern is that XP, being 10 years old, is a spyware/virus magnet. I haven't tried Windows Mobile yet, but I'd love to see it.
I hate slide-out keyboards. I hope they integrate a touch-screen version. That's the one nice thing about my BB Storm.
I hate slide-out keyboards. I hope they integrate a touch-screen version. That's the one nice thing about my BB Storm.
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interesting implementation, considering it has a mouse (more or less) but in function I'd prefer a touch screen or stylus on a smart phone. The most common uses of the phone would become burdensome if we had to mouse scroll and click all of our calls and applications (text messaging, emailing, etc).
Question: do we really need a full OS on a phone?
It seems like quite a bit of additional capability and added vulnerability that needs to be secured simply to say "my phone runs a full version OS". I don't see the need for it. Windows Mobile seemed capable enough minus the fact you cannot send and receive pictures like most other phones. iPhone has a lite OS and seems fully functional. I just don't see the gains of a Full OS and all the additional burdens that come with it ... and without touch screen implementation, the use of your hand-held computer would become annoying for the phone, text, and emailing uses.
Question: do we really need a full OS on a phone?
It seems like quite a bit of additional capability and added vulnerability that needs to be secured simply to say "my phone runs a full version OS". I don't see the need for it. Windows Mobile seemed capable enough minus the fact you cannot send and receive pictures like most other phones. iPhone has a lite OS and seems fully functional. I just don't see the gains of a Full OS and all the additional burdens that come with it ... and without touch screen implementation, the use of your hand-held computer would become annoying for the phone, text, and emailing uses.
Well running a full OS (in the Windows case; full DirectX and full .net SDK implementation, ...) means that you can run a lot of applications on it.
Running a full OS does not imply that you need to run explorer (the start menu and all that ...), you can run any shell that is suitable or even adapted for a small display and/or a command prompt (cmd.com, 4NT, Take Command, Cygwin, ...).
And please don't mention Windows mobile it's a f**g joke! Remember the old days when a PentiumIII was hot? A full Windows OS on that machine would be Windows95 or NT4. A modern smartphone/PDA is even more powerful than a PIII and yet the display (with its QVGA or VGA resolution) is considerably less resource hungry compared to the displays that were run on PIIIs (XGA, or 32-bit UXGA which I used to run).
If you want to run a real and efficient OS there are loads of Linux or BSD distros out there.
Running a full OS does not imply that you need to run explorer (the start menu and all that ...), you can run any shell that is suitable or even adapted for a small display and/or a command prompt (cmd.com, 4NT, Take Command, Cygwin, ...).
And please don't mention Windows mobile it's a f**g joke! Remember the old days when a PentiumIII was hot? A full Windows OS on that machine would be Windows95 or NT4. A modern smartphone/PDA is even more powerful than a PIII and yet the display (with its QVGA or VGA resolution) is considerably less resource hungry compared to the displays that were run on PIIIs (XGA, or 32-bit UXGA which I used to run).
If you want to run a real and efficient OS there are loads of Linux or BSD distros out there.
"How much of that do you need on a phone, though?"
Dude, most of (not-so-smart)smartphone users want a small, portable COMPUTER with a phone, not a phone with quasi-computer.
Apparently you don't get it, which doesn't matter - but what matters is that many companies don't get it either.
Yes, as someone else said: that's a first SMART phone that may raise my interest too.
Dude, most of (not-so-smart)smartphone users want a small, portable COMPUTER with a phone, not a phone with quasi-computer.
Apparently you don't get it, which doesn't matter - but what matters is that many companies don't get it either.
Yes, as someone else said: that's a first SMART phone that may raise my interest too.
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Strangely, I just read the end-of-support for XP article. Now this. It will have a short lifetime.
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