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MS have now revised the page to remove the statement that the screen is larger.
It still has the wrongly scaled images.

about 2 hours ago on Microsoft Inaccurately Depicts Windows Tablet as Larger than iPad in New Comparison Ad

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I just spoke again with my friend in France Télécom and she says the Facebook announcement is bull. It was EE that cancelled the launch, not Facebook. Facebook have said they will supply updated software and revised terms ( probably make the phone cheaper and/or sale/return policy).

about 2 hours ago on Facebook puts HTC First launch on hold in the UK to 'focus on making Home better'

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Groklaw, as usual, sides with their paymasters.

about 2 hours ago on Apple Sues over Google Now

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Yes, it makes sense because Samsung profit from using it, Google do not.

about 2 hours ago on Apple Sues over Google Now

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That is the shame of it. Samsung can get away with infringing and build up the biggest smartphone business because it takes the courts so long to stop them.

about 2 hours ago on Apple Sues over Google Now

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They can’t even sue Google over the N4. They would need to sue LG who are the responsible party.
Google’s strategy with Android has always been to to avoid liability.

about 2 hours ago on Apple Sues over Google Now

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Orange were going to be launching it in France at the same time.

about 17 hours ago on Facebook puts HTC First launch on hold in the UK to 'focus on making Home better'

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That is a crazy figure. You get get the S4 for £35 and things like the SGS3 for £20

about 17 hours ago on Facebook puts HTC First launch on hold in the UK to 'focus on making Home better'

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I have heard that too (through a friend at retailler Carphone Warehouse and another at France Telecom who own Orange). The real story is that they were going to cancel the launch altogether but Facebook have persuaded them to hold off until a revised software package is available.

about 17 hours ago on Facebook puts HTC First launch on hold in the UK to 'focus on making Home better'

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I was selling phones in those days and Sense was vastly better than the clunky, amateur looking stock interface. We sold several hundred Desires in the 4 months I was there. Easily the best selling Android phone. We sold one Nexus.

1 day ago on If HTC lives through this.

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On OSX , yes. It is vastly better.. On iOS, no, it isn’t but it doesn’t try to be.
RT tries to give the full PowerPoint but it is too slow and lumpy to be useful.

1 day ago on Microsoft recruits Siri to bad-mouth the iPad in new Windows 8 tablet ad 1 reply 7 recommends

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Only if by advantage you mean you can open full Powerpoints. The fact that you have to work in netbook mode and it is painfully slow cancels out most of the advantage.
Apple products generally do less but do it better. You would never create a presentation from scratch on an iPad. You could on an RT machine but you would be stupid.
You can edit and tailor on an iPad and it is a superb presentation machine.

1 day ago on Microsoft recruits Siri to bad-mouth the iPad in new Windows 8 tablet ad 3 recommends

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First line: totally wrong.

1 day ago on Didn't IDC Say iPad was Losing Market Share? 2 replies 6 recommends

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You are only talking about the US. The Nn1 became av.ailable on contract in Europe fairly quickly when Vodafone bought up Google’s unsold stock but it still didn’t sell.
The GN was available everywhere but nobody was terribly interested in a armed over SGS2 when the knew the SGS 3 was coming along soon.

1 day ago on If HTC lives through this.

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I think it’s Google’s new random forum posting system. They haven’t quite got the algorithms sorted and are picking up random selections from Taiwanese photocopier manual.

1 day ago on If iOS 7 disappoints will you jump over to Android? 1 reply 17 recommends

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Nope. The Desire was vastly more successful than the One because it was a better phone with a more user friendly interface. The SGS2 was vastly more successful than the GN and was out 6 months before it.
The only Nexus that has boosted any companies sales is th N7 and that is because it is cheap.

1 day ago on If HTC lives through this. 2 replies 1 recommend

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I don’t. It works.
But then again, I don’t use Windows.
Having said that, every time I have been asked to help someone fix a problem with iTunes on Windows it has been because they did something stupid or it is Windows so-called Plug and Play not behaving.

1 day ago on Why do you hate iTunes?

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Yawn.

1 day ago on If iOS 7 disappoints will you jump over to Android? 2 replies 15 recommends

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Motorola haven’t a hope in hell. They have virtually no smartphone sales outside the US and are declining steadily in the US.
Stock Android means nothing the the average consumer.

2 days ago on HTC in disarray: staff departures, 'disastrous' First, and production problems cloud company's future

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Flurry Agent is a usage tracking service devs can use.

2 days ago on Hey Verge! Why do you need my Device ID ? 2 recommends

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Or removable batteries, stock Android or any of the other geek favourites

2 days ago on HTC in disarray: staff departures, 'disastrous' First, and production problems cloud company's future 2 recommends

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Google doesn’t have the option. Samsung already control 97% of the Android profits. Anything Google do to try and restrict that and Samsung will fork and bye-bye OHA.

2 days ago on HTC in disarray: staff departures, 'disastrous' First, and production problems cloud company's future 1 reply

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Did they leave or were they pushed? The tone of the article suggests the former. That they have left because the company is failing so they can’t do their jobs.

2 days ago on HTC in disarray: staff departures, 'disastrous' First, and production problems cloud company's future 1 reply

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The Nexus One ( and the first Desires) display was ritually the same as the one used on the Original SGS.
Samsung them pulled supplies to HTC so they went. To LCD.

2 days ago on HTC in disarray: staff departures, 'disastrous' First, and production problems cloud company's future