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The Verge
LookitsPuck
On The Verge since Feb 05, 2012
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Yikes, Sony continues to fail at user interfaces. The PS4 is just an incremental PS3 upgrade.
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Nice review, Tom. I think it’s pretty fair.
Isn’t there supposed to be a 32GB model? And there are 3 colour options, just don’t know the exclusivity on them.
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This image is wrong. Considering PS4 is now charging for online play. :)
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Nobody is calling the PS4 a looker…especially not over the Xbox One. The Xbox One is understated, more Bose like in design. The PS4 is easily the ugliest console/device on the market today.
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Recommended stamps79's comment in PlayStation 4: Sony outmaneuvers Microsoft on price, design, and common sense
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The guy is clearly blind.
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I don’t think you know what failure means.
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The Verge continues down the rabbit hole of ridiculous bias.
The PS4 is the most heinous looking of the two. How the hell does it beat the One in design? We never saw a UI. The UI they briefly showed in the past looked like Steam’s Big Picture Mode had sex with Ubuntu and Vista. Not a good combination.
The Xbox One will sellout just like the PS3 did in the past despite being the same price as the PS3 at launch ($499).
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Hideous, not expandable, ventilation looks terrible…no price or availability announced.
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Phil Schiller is such a corporate shill. He has to be, but that Pro isn’t innovation at all. It’s just a different design.
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Not really. Microsoft knows that their SaaS Office offering is an incremental thing. They’re happy selling licenses of Windows (regardless of 8 or RT) for the adoption of not only the licenses but use of SkyDrive, their App Store, etc. It satisfies other divisions.
Office is a cash cow. Still is. Google Docs is getting destroyed even though they’re “going after” MS’s dominance, but are falling terribly short now that Office is available on the web, via a subscription model, via a per-device model, and eventually across all devices: Android, iOS, etc.
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Netbooks were created to combat the Linux laptops, pure and simple. It was a race to the bottom just like the race to bottom with these craptastic, cheap Android tablets that most people don’t buy unless it has the name Kindle Fire or Nexus associated to it.
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Recommended IDreamInGreen's comment in Netbook 2.0: Microsoft's small tablets with free Office are a recipe for confusion
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Bingo. It’s only confusing because people need a reason to hate on Microsoft.
It’s very simple. Actually, very, very simple. Running Windows RT? Office included. Any version of Windows and <= 8"? Office included.
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Recommended TheMystery's comment in Netbook 2.0: Microsoft's small tablets with free Office are a recipe for confusion
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I think you’re stuck in a year that doesn’t exist quite yet.
Truth be told, Office is the best selling productivity suite on the planet. Most estimates have Office marketshare at between 90%-97%. Whether you like it or not, people use Office and prefer it to any of the other hodgepodge of productivity “suites” out there (iWork, Open Office, Google Docs). Packaging Office as part of the value proposition for a device does nothing to hurt the device. If anything it’s an extra selling point.
I use Office on my Surface RT quite often. My iPad 2 just sits because of its lackluster productivity app selection. It’s been relegated to content consumption because that’s what Steve Jobs and Gang drove it home to be. But now that it’s been out for a few years, manufacturers and companies are starting to realize that these “tablets” don’t have to be just for content consumption. They should be able to do more.
Way to buy into the propaganda that Apple feeds you. Steve Jobs would be proud.
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I think this article is a bit sensationalist.
The new netbook is actually the cheap Android tablets race to the bottom both quality and price wise.
In regards to Office being free, this isn’t rocket science. If it’s RT, it gets Office for free. If it’s <= 8", it gets Office for free.
No different than laptop manufacturers that have Office installed by default (with an extra premium). Just have to read. That’s it.
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Very nice improvements.
Love the new search experience. Also the ability to set the background as the same as your desktop makes the transition from desktop to Start Screen seamless as opposed to 8.0…was jarring.
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It’s unfortunate that video and camera quality is so sub-par.
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Another Verge post about “iRadio one step closer”. Yawnfest continues.
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Ah, yes. Mark Shuttleworth. Who has driven Ubuntu into the ground. Canonical couldn’t produce marketshare if it was given to them. So they have to applaud iOS and Android. Ridiculous.
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That thing is hideous.
And I’ll believe it when I see it functionality wise. So many have tried, so many have failed. I’d love to see it do well, but good god…just because it’s Yves designed doesn’t mean it’s good.
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Because it was a rushed review done by someone that probably shouldn’t be doing reviews?
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When a reporter from The Verge posts this…you know what the original article intends to do: provide nothing and incite hits and riots.
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This is the same company that thinks the First is a worthwhile phone and applauds its build.
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BTW this review has zero substance. Looks like a CNET wrap up more than a review.
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HTC First which was a monumental failure got 7.9. The 928 a 7.1? Relatively speaking it deserves a 10. The Verge’s consistency and ability to do reviews is questionable. Z Man…don’t do reviews, homie. Let Pierce handle them.
