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    xpPhone Runs Windows 7 and Has Several Screen Sizes

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    11/13/09

    In reply to xpPhone Runs Windows 7 and Has Several Screen Sizes
    It is a sad testimony to the utter failure of the UMPC concept to capture market share that you refer to this device as "netbook-like". #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    In reply to xpPhone Runs Windows 7 and Has Several Screen Sizes
    alright, maybe i am off base here, but why not just make a smartbook that relies on a bluetooth ear piece for any actual phone talkingness and the rest (texting, internet browsing, anything really) be contained in something bigger than a phone and smaller than a tablet? why doesn everyone think you have to hold the actual device up to your darn head? #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    In reply to xpPhone Runs Windows 7 and Has Several Screen Sizes
    Interesting that this would be the first and only "phone" so far that would make me drop my iPhone 3GS in a heartbeat.

    Finally, Skype/IM video conferencing on a "phone" over a US cell carrier. #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    In reply to xpPhone Runs Windows 7 and Has Several Screen Sizes
    This is by far the most interesting phone I've ever wanted. #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @STiger: This is by far the most interesting phone I've Never wanted #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @Canoehead: This is by far the least interesting phone I have ever wanted...
    wait... #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @flynt7: This is by far the least interesting phone I have never wanted.

    That's two threads I've completed today. My work here is done! #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @OldSchoolGadgetLover: It is interesting, sort of like a monkey with 4 asses. I mean, it's kind of like a Ben Heck thing - jamming something where it does not belong, just to see if you can. Ok, that may have come out wrong.
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    11/13/09

    In reply to xpPhone Runs Windows 7 and Has Several Screen Sizes
    Does the 7 inch screen version even bother with phone functionality? I can't imagine anyone trying to talk with that thing pressed against their face. #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: Bluetooth headset I guess? #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @Danny Allen: Alright, you've got a headset. So if you don't have it smashed on the side of your head, where DO you put the damn thing? Keep it in your purse? #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @elementary: It's a man bag, don't judge me! (good point, though). #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @Danny Allen: It's European! #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    In reply to xpPhone Runs Windows 7 and Has Several Screen Sizes
    Maybe the XP phone should rebrand to reflect the fact you can load Windows 7 on it. What the hell is an AMD Super Mobile CPU, anyway? #xpphonewindowsxp
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/13/09

    @clarketelecom: Maybe it's their Neo or Congo (''2nd Generation Ultrathin Platform'') chip that's designed for netbooks? #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    In reply to xpPhone Runs Windows 7 and Has Several Screen Sizes
    "But it doesn't have an App store....." sigh #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @cmanptown02: No... sadly it only runs millions of software applications available globally, via retail stores or digital download, for the most commonly-used operating system, worldwide. What a bummer. :/ #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @cmanptown02: the internet? problem solved. #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @cmanptown02: Sure it does. #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    In reply to xpPhone Runs Windows 7 and Has Several Screen Sizes
    since it has evdo and cdma, could it go on verizon? #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/13/09

    @dantheman12: From what we're seeing it looks as though it could be compatible with just about every major carrier, worldwide. #xpphonewindowsxp
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7
    The level of Apple fanboyism in these comments is off the scale.

    In the end everyone copies from each other at some point. Personally I don't think Win7 resembles OSX much but that's just my opinion.

    Also to pre-empt any snarky Apple fan spinning that opinion into something negative I don't think that it being dissimilar is a bad thing. Windows has its perks over OSX and vice versa, neither is unanimously superior so get over your damn god-OS complexes already. #windows7mac
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    11/12/09

    @Odin: No, Windows 7 doesn't resemble OSX that much, but what it did do was take a lot of the popular features of OSX and integrate them into itself.

    Now, I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but I think that's something that we can all agree happened.
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    Edited by NeoAkira at 11/12/09 11:22 AM NeoAkira was starred NeoAkira was unstarred
    Image of s8ist s8ist
    11/12/09

    @Odin: As someone who almost exclusively uses Apple products, I couldn't agree more. These kinds of borrowing elements from one to another are pretty much inevitable. It can only benefit the consumer that these companies understand what the customer likes and doesn't like and try to implement the best options available to the user. I also don't think W7 looks much like OS X, and the elements that do seem to be implemented better. I think a lot of this bashing W7 is to make Mac fanboys feel as if their OS is so superior that everyone copies it, meanwhile Snow Leopard doesn't appear to have so much revolutionary appeal to it. #windows7mac
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    Odin promoted this comment s8ist was starred s8ist was unstarred
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    11/12/09

    @s8ist:
    Unfortunately the majority (or at least the vocal majority) of Apple users sees OSX as their Messiah and defend it zealously. Anyone who doesn't worship it is a heathen and an idiot. It's a stupid way to think. There's no perfect OS, OSX has its flaws just like everything else.

    You use what you like or what suits you, just because you like it doesn't automatically invalidate the competition. I'm primarily a Windows user, always have been and probably always will. Why? It's not because I believe Windows is the saviour of all mankind and Microsoft can do no wrong and that Apple is the devil. It's because it suits the things I do with my computer and I like it. As a gamer and a .NET developer I just can't see myself using anything else as my primary system.

    I don't hate OSX because I don't use it. I don't think it's bad because it doesn't suit what I do. It's definitely a comparable OS but it's not incredibly better than what I currently use.

    The level of Apple fanboyism out there though borders on zealotry and it's crazy sometimes. I mean before I came to Giz I thought Windows users ragging on Mac users were bad. Turns out the reverse is a whole lot worse. I can barely bring myself to look at any of the comments on Microsoft articles on Giz because they're just filled with seething hatred and bias.

    Take the recent article on the Microsoft Courier. I found it to be an attractive interesting looking gadget, well worth my interest. When I looked at the comments though, the majority were just about how Microsoft sucked and how the Apple tablet Courier.

    It's bizarre. I personally couldn't give two shits about the Apple tablet right now. Why? Because it's an Apple product? No! Because it doesn't even have a substantial existance. All it is right now is a bunch of fan made concept images, a couple of patents and a smattering of rumours on the wind. It's a freaking phantom of a product. Yet there are people out there willing to call an interesting and infinitely more substantial device rubbish because of it. It's mind blowing.

    This is directly addressing any over zealous Apple fanboy that reads this:

    I've since reconsidered the thing I dislike most about Apple (that's not to say that I hate Apple, I just have things I don't like about them and this is one of them), and it's the fanboys. Your close mindedness, ass kissery and superiority complexes bring not only shame upon yourselves as human beings but shame upon the company and products you adore. Congratulations, you're a plague upon what you like most. Morons. #windows7mac
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    11/12/09

    @Odin: That's your opinion (and an unnecessarily long one at that). #windows7mac
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    11/12/09

    @Odin: I largely agree. I think this whole thing as approaching a commensalism argument. In most things, if something is demonstrably superior in function it tends to be adopted universally. When M-B introduced antilock brakes on their S-class (lo these many years ago), everyone else scrambled to adopt the technology. Where they copying Mercedes? No, it just works better. I've had Mac and PC machines for years, and the OS's are becoming more and more similar. As the evolution continues, any differences between them will be largely cosmetic. Human function determines OS function, not the other way around. And whether you use Apple or MS, we're all (most of us) human. #windows7mac
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7
    What is this obsession with being original all the time? Can't someone just use an existing good idea? #windows7mac
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7
    Didn't see that one coming. *faux shock* #windows7mac
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7
    LOL, so much Drama with Micro$oft #windows7mac
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    11/12/09

    @vladdybear: Oh shit, we've got another edgy hipster who replaced the "s" in Microsoft with a $!

    That'll teach Microsoft. Because, you know, as a company Microsoft is unique in seeking profit. #windows7mac
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    Image of J France J France
    11/12/09

    @Kymeira: Shit! Another edgy hipsters having a go at a not-quite-as-edgy-hipster for using an $ instead of "s".

    Now someone have a go at me for having a go at him for having a go at that other guy.

    Lets troll this thread into an infinite loop. #windows7mac
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    11/12/09

    @vladdybear OH CRAP! That was so clever and unexpected! #windows7mac
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    Image of MarClar MarClar
    11/12/09

    @Leonce: This will blow your mind:

    APPL€.

    Im taking edgy-hip to the next level.
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    robinandtami promoted this comment Edited by MarClar at 11/12/09 3:48 AM MarClar was starred MarClar was unstarred
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    11/12/09

    @Kymeira: Oh don't be jealous. Its not about who makes more money is about who charges $400 for their OS. #windows7mac
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7
    Steve Jobless wouldn't have disowned him but fired him after calling him a retard. #windows7mac
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7
    In the end... Apple copied from Xerox. /flamewar #windows7mac
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    Image of VonFeldt7 VonFeldt7
    11/12/09

    @warezIbanez: They didn't necessarily copy it. But either way, it's pretty interesting how many of the technologies we use today (from both MS and Apple) originated from Xerox PARC almost 40 years ago. #windows7mac
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    11/12/09

    @VonFeldt7: and X 12-15 years ago...

    In the mid 90's there were some bad ass interfaces and window managers for X. I have yet to see something "new" that I didn't see back then. #windows7mac
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7
    Who was that guy? 7 is nothing like X and everything else he said was stupid. I'd rather post about Star Trek vs. Star Wars than this. #windows7mac
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