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Bugs like what?

The stupid thing with this is that retailers are still going to find a way to give themselves an “edge.”

For example, last year Target was offering a $75 target gift card if you bought an ipad.

I’d rather retailers perform those kinds of promotions/sales rather than manufacturers imposing some kind of fake minimum price to prevent customers from shopping online for discounts.

Agreed. I know its kind of like kicking a dead horse, but it always makes me laugh when phones that are crappyish score above the lumia.

What would you prefer? A jaw dropping design with the lumia 900 for $100 or this run of the mill android phone that still doesn’t have ICS?

I wouldn’t call 80,000 apps (and rapidly growing) no ecosystem.

Obviously its not on part with android/iOS, but its not like there only 20 apps available on wp.

lol…

I don’t even know where to start. Less bugs? What?

Its not “Microsoft” though. Generally formal press releases are issued to the press by one of Microsoft’s two PR firms. Its a COO (in China) simply conducting an interview.

Its not like there was some big grand scheme at Microsoft to have this guy talk to a Dutch media outlet with this information. He was simply conducting an interview and mentioned the figures.

Would you include Forbes in that list?

Oh yeah, they ran the story to, without even interviewing the Chinese COO!

like who? you?

Don’t really know anything about Emerce, but it doesn’t look like someone in a basement’s blog.

Its pricey, but its $900, not $1000. Its an unlocked phone (probably worth ~$600), a set of bluetooth speakers,a bluetooth headset, and a nice set of headphones. If purchased separately (through amazon) the three accessories would cost you ~$350.

So, while it is a lot of money, its not like Microsoft is ripping you off. You get a fair deal of bang for your buck.

uhm.

I doubt a Microsoft COO saying, “we have X% market share in this location” is a random comment.

Also, I don’t see the point of him making up a percentage, I would assume Microsoft has data to back that sort of statement.

Those roku boxes are just blowing out my ears!

My favorite part is how Microsoft’s last gasp is the biggest selling OS of all time.

Uhm, I did a CTRL+F in the article you link and the first mention of “Microsoft” was in the comments.

Please, just shutup.

sigh

I guess the world is too complicated for you. First off, if Microsoft did want to have a monopoly on smart phones, by definition of the word monopoly, they would be following Apple’s footsteps – not trying to license their patents.

Second, and most important, think about who makes android phones, and realize that they also make hardware for Microsoft products. If Microsoft stops Samsung and HTC from making Android phones, I’m sure they won’t be too happy to keep making Windows Phones.

kinect voice always works flawlessly for me.

Just a sad story. I’m used to hearing of studios making way too much money, but when one can’t even pay off loans then its just a sad day.

There should be a mention in there somewhere about Kinect integration with the xbox. With kinect, I can now launch Netflix and start watching shows without having to touch a remote.

If only you could control volume with kinect…

Well, there goes my last reason to stay with Verizon. After WP8 comes out, I’m fleeing to AT&T.

Well for each their own. And also, if this were to happen, there would be a way to engineer it so that it happens correctly. I.e., if you’re at work opening and closing tabs it won’t be having a “drain” effect on all your devices.

…how is this any different than email running in the background?

I don’t know about you, but i move between my devices (desktop, laptop, tablet, and phone) constantly. I might go back and forth between several devices in the course of an hour. Having my browser “live in the cloud” would be awesome.

Also, for people who want to do…private…things in their dark bedrooms, there would obviously be a mode (maybe even the incognito mode) on each device where you could use the browser/open tabs on that device but not have them sync up with the cloud.

Am I the only one who wishes this whole “tab syncing” thing was done in real time? I.e., I open up a tab on my laptop and go to “reddit.com”…on my xoom in chrome a tab for reddit also opens up. Simply put: my chrome browser is mirrored 1:1 across all devices.

If you watch the video, its because of a LAN party!