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People have ALWAYS died.

2 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 recommend

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I’m really looking forward to it. If images send I’ll be hopping on over instantly.

The amount of time I’ve wasted pressing the “previous messages” button in whatsapp alone makes me want to quit it…

2 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in

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So what you meant was the top two platforms? Why even say platformS then. Why not just say iOS and Android?

2 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 reply 5 recommends

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Many people are talking about free SMS etc. I have unlimited SMS also, however:

I also share images very frequently.
I absolutely can not afford MMS. It’s simply too expensive.
Whatsapp at the moment is filling a void for me.

Not all my friends can afford iPhones.

2 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 reply 2 recommends

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What hardware exactly?

3 days ago on Internet advocates say the TPP is the biggest threat yet to open web

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I’m extremely impressed by the direction MS is going. Outlook.com is a subtle but nice improvement over what I’ve seen in W8 natively and I hope they’ll be going more in that direction with 8.1.

3 days ago on Metro 2.0 1 recommend

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Bummer. I’m actually very impressed by Skype on my Surface at least but I went back to iOS after being v disappointed by the lack of a 7.5 → 8 transition on my Lumia. Hope WP8.x irons all these issues out!

Thanks for the details btw!

4 days ago on BlackBerry bringing BBM to Android and iOS this summer 1 reply

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Whats the issue with Skype out of interest? I’m pretty happy with it other than it’s lack of inline image previews.

4 days ago on BlackBerry bringing BBM to Android and iOS this summer 2 replies

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While we’re going with truisms I’ll join in.

All phones suck more than any of their respective owners will ever admit.

4 days ago on BlackBerry bringing BBM to Android and iOS this summer 7 recommends

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Agreed. “Best” is a silly word to use. “the best” depends so much on who, what, and why.

Lately I wish I had a keyboarded phone rather than my iPhone as my use case changed – I chat a lot suddenly. Previous to the use case changing the iPhone was a no brainer. Now it’s lack of a keyboard or swype or something is really making me uncomfortable with my phone.

4 days ago on BlackBerry bringing BBM to Android and iOS this summer

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At one point I got so frustrated with XMPP on my PC that I took a photo of my screen with my iPhone and sent the image via whatsapp. Yes. It Just Worked. They got the picture. That was all I wanted to do. It has limitations. But at least it actually works!

4 days ago on BlackBerry bringing BBM to Android and iOS this summer 1 reply

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Which planet do you live on? I think I’d like to move.

4 days ago on BlackBerry bringing BBM to Android and iOS this summer 1 recommend

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From my experience non proprietary == suck. XMPP is a good example in fact. Try sending a picture with it some time.

4 days ago on BlackBerry bringing BBM to Android and iOS this summer 2 replies

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I’d love to have Metro iTunes for my Surface (so RT). Could watch my TV series on it that way.

8 days ago on Microsoft wants an iTunes app for Windows 8, but it's not coming 'any time soon' 1 recommend

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I didn’t even know Visa make debit cards… So I’m guessing the 90% is quite country centric.

8 days ago on Microsoft wants an iTunes app for Windows 8, but it's not coming 'any time soon'

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I much prefer Apple’s photography to the renders of other companies. Frequently the renders just don’t capture surface texture very well.

Amusingly, due to Apples heavy use of alum and their minimalism they are one of the few that could get away with it…

9 days ago on The illusion of simplicity: photographer Peter Belanger on shooting for Apple

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Hey thank you. I’ll make sure to switch to a Lumia next time, didn’t realize they have large bezels. If there is one thing I hate about my iPhone 5 it’s the lack of a smooth bezel, I usually rest my phone on the top of my ear and after a long call always end up with a painful ear.

11 days ago on Lumia 928 confirmed by official Nokia website 3 replies 4 recommends

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Thank you.

No really, thank you!!! I think I love you.

Switched. No more random missing images in articles. No more clicking the bookmarklet for every single damn page in an article. QR codes for quickly sharing after reading an excellent article. No more “You added 200 articles please fuck off” even though I pay for instapaper. No more limitations on the number of items sent to My Kindle.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

(what is it about “blah was bought by blah” that puts the fear of God into me lately?).

22 days ago on Instapaper acquired by Betaworks, owner of Digg