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The Pixel 2 XL issues are not that bad. Yeah, Samsung screens are a bit better. But the Pixel phone's camera is much better than Samsung's. I look forward to developers writing some apps to output raw image files.

The issues are there, but it's being amplified through the media echo chamber, so it comes out sounding worse than it is. Most Pixel 2 phones aren't experiencing whiney sounds. A few are. If you get a whiney unit, just send it back and get it replaced. The screen has a circular polarising...

What Boeing calls containment, people in the industry call the "fire box". When a 787 Dreamliner is three hours away from the nearest airport, the Fire Box will keep the fire contained and vented until the airliner lands. This bird must use Lithium batteries. There's no choice. The...

Tizen will replace Bada. Bada was reasonably successful, and sold more units than some giant OS vendors. It shows that it is very very possible that Tizen does gain market traction with Samsung.

I'd like to see a more detailed statement about the app situation. Some say that the first version of Windows 8 on a phone will allow Silverlight apps, but from then on, development will be pushed to WinRT.

I still don't see how MegaUpload's activities are very different from other major companies that are offering file transfer services. Maybe the New Zealand authorities should be paying compensation to Mr Dotcom, as they are the ones that made the dramatic arrest with guns and helicopters.

Apple is locking us all into its walled garden, while keeping a key for itself and the feds. George Orwell's predictions have come true.

This article (and others) basically say that the future of the Windows Phone platform is riding upon the success or failure of this one handset, the Lumia 900. That, to me, adds risk. If the "flagship" "hero" phone fails to sell very well, then Windows Phone 7.5 platform is in trouble. Later...

Microsoft should actually be praised for adopting industry standards such as HTML5 and Javascript. I'm sure Microsoft would have liked Silverlight to become universal and ubiquitous. But the reality is that Silverlight needs mobile adoption to succeed, and Microsoft doesn't have clout in mobile...

Unlocked phones are great. Except in the US they are unviable. That's because the carriers won't reduce their rates to make it viable to bring-your-own phone.

The smartphone market is competitive like the browser market. Competitors are now updating both browsers and smartphones at a furious pace. Microsoft is not used to working at this pace, and needs to seriously examine the management shortcomings that prevent the company from working at the same...

The first problem is that these features don't currently exist on Windows Phone. The next problem is how long will it take to actually arrive on handsets? Remember the 'NoDo' fiasco. In 2010, Microsoft said that this 'copy and paste' update was finished and would be available within weeks...

There's a lot of fuss about this, but I think that whether an update comes this month or next is minor. The real issue is whether the platform is keeping up with competitors, and surpassing competitors. It needs to actually surpass the incumbents (Android and iOS) to have any success, as they...

This is a massive debacle for Sony. A complete disaster that has shattered the trust of its customers. As 'gorehound' said above, it brings back memories of Sony's rootkit fiasco.

Does anyone really believe Microsoft when it says it will ship Windows Phone 7.5 on May 3rd? The 'NoDo' update, was apparently finished last year, but didn't arrive in handsets until now. What's going to be different next time? Will the updating fiascoes continue? It leaves Windows Phone 7...

Microsoft needs to ship these features today. Not in 6 months or a year (if the NoDo delays are repeated). Microsoft is moving surprisingly slow with Windows Phone 7, and falling further behind Android and iOS.

So, the only way to make Windows Phone useable is to hack it. The real problem is that the long list of Windows Phone missing features is not being addressed by Microsoft. I thought Microsoft would have moved quickly to add hundreds of new features, but not so. This update basically just...

I'm disappointed that Microsoft hasn't added more features to this update. It took so long to come. Microsoft is not moving fast enough, and is slipping further behind Android and iOS.

Doom and gloom for Google and Android. It "highlights Google's vulnerability". Hmmm. Did the appearance of malware on Microsoft's desktop Windows OS ever highlight Microsoft's vulnerability? No. The dominant player becomes dominant for other reasons, and stays popular despite the appearance...

This must be Ballmer's dream come true. A phone platform that forbids users to run GPL open-source software (which includes most open-source software, and the most popular open-source software). Remember when Ballmer once described Linux and open-source software as "a cancer"? Well this is his...