In the good old days, we’d just be getting started.
Mm
On Apr 5, 2011 5:42 PM, “Mark Roddy” wrote:
> Is this finally the thread that never ends?
>
> Mark Roddy
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:55 PM, wrote:
>> Not just the ISVs, also the IHVs. There’s a lot of hungry HW cos :). And
>> that is exactly Android is exploiting.
>>
>> Since symbian is dead, I’ve some hope for win phone now, let’s see 
>>
>> -p
>>
>>
>>> I still have a Newton on the shelf somewhere… Also a “Fat MAC” and
>>> original Macintosh programmer’s documentation.
>>>
>>> Long ago I wrote software for the Mac. I left the Apple fold for a
number
>>> of
>>> reasons. On being that when they achieved a modicum of success they
began
>>> incorporating software that was initially third-party into the OS in a
>>> pretty wicked way. Basically, they closed the door on software
developers
>>> except for games and other fairly inconsequential stuff (IMHO).
>>>
>>> Humm, sound familiar???
>>>
>>> Anyway, I suspect that the iPhone and iPad are really great products!
But
>>> my
>>> unjustified prejudice will keep me from buying one. I will keep my
DroidX
>>> (Unless MS gives me a WM6.5 phone…) and wait for XOOM Wi-Fi only to
>>> come
>>> down to reasonable price.
>>>
>>> Thomas F. Divine
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: “Tim Roberts”
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 2:21 PM
>>> To: “Windows System Software Devs Interest List”
>>> Subject: Re: [ntdev] How to set other threads to the alertable state
>>>
>>>> xxxxx@garlic.com wrote:
>>>>>> I still ask people WHY they’re so excited about Apple products like
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> iPhone, iPod or iPad - and they can’t really give an answer to which
I
>>>>>> can’t reply “well I can do that with my WM6.5 phone, or in Windows”.
>>>>
>>>> I can answer that.
>>>>
>>>> I’ve always been an Apple basher, mostly because I am allergic to hype.
>>>> Two years ago, my wife bought me an iPhone (against my will). I have
to
>>>> say, with a begrudging nod, that I now “get it”. This device is
>>>> magically easy to use. There is never any doubt about what to do next,
>>>> or which button to push, or which buttons do what. The darn thing is
>>>> just natural. Having long struggled with designing my own user
>>>> interfaces, I now have a great deal of respect for those dudes in
>>>> Cupertino.
>>>>
>>>> My wife got a Windows 6 phone for herself, and I was completely lost.
I
>>>> had no clue where to go next, or how to bring up a menu, or even how to
>>>> get back to the dial pad. We returned it. If the manual is more than
a
>>>> pamphlet, the phone has failed.
>>>>
>>>>> I like the keyboard when calling, I hate it when SMS-ing. But then
>>>>> again,
>>>>> it is already a falling star. Android is picking up, next Blackberry
>>>>> and
>>>>> WinPhone to pick up
>>>>
>>>> Are you saying the iPhone is a falling star? I think you’re wrong.
>>>> Android already has twice the market share of the iPhone, and I think
>>>> that is likely to continue for quite a while. Windows is likely to
suck
>>>> up the share currently held by Symbian and Blackberry, but that’s just
>>>> scrambling after the leftovers.
>>>>
>>>> –
>>>> Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
>>>> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>>>>
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