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Bill Gates switches to Android phone

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Re: Bill Gates switches to Android phone

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Post by Dolores12 »

201709User wrote: post #23
nwah1 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows 10 Mobile is better. Developers can use the same XAML + C# toolchain for universal apps, but easily deploy to desktops as well. The Edge browser is much better. It is fast, and shares the same kernel as regular Windows, as well as Xbox. The upcoming mobile version will have something called CShell which means that the interface will be shared among desktop and mobile, meaning that there will be no differences…

Are we supposed to buy legacy/obscure devices to get it though? They lied about upgrading my 920 very blatantly.

If you are talking about Windows 10 mobile on lumia 920 you can upgrade it by installing their app called Upgrade Advisor[0] in windows store.

[0] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13778

Re: Bill Gates switches to Android phone

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Post by louprado »

This story was originally reported the same day Apple announced that it would no longer use Bing.[1]. Gates' sudden affection for Android feels like a transparent way to snub Apple in retaliation and nothing more.

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16361628/apple-siri-bing-...

Re: Bill Gates switches to Android phone

#53

Post by ansible »

Clubber wrote: post #38
qubex wrote: post #2

The total failure of Windows Phone to gain acceptance in the market is a huge pity. I have a Lumina 950 as a secondary device (for loading with a local SIM while abroad) and it’s a solid performer with a polished OS, refreshingly ’different’ UI, and excellent basics (build quality, call quality, and battery life). The basic, core apps I ’need’ in this role are available (WhatsApp, Facebook/Messenger, Twitter, & ceter…

I was really hoping to have a full Windows 10 phone that ran x86-64 apps and you could then dock and use like a regular computer. I think Intel scuttled that idea when they dropped the mobile chip though. It could have been a game changer.

I've liked that sort of idea, but not really as it has been currently implemented.

What I really want is just some way to maintain my 'working state' wherever I go.

When I'm in front of a desk, I'll want to make best use of multiple screens, higher-speed networking and storage. And when mobile (on a phone or tablet) I still want to maintain my context, at least in terms of what I've been looking at on the browser, in email, etc.

At any rate, I don't want to be power/thermal limited by the processor I can carry around in my pocket.

Re: Bill Gates switches to Android phone

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Post by ThrowawayR2 »

chiph wrote: post #12

I really liked my Windows Phone and wish they were still being made. The OS was stable and fast, and you could resize the squares to make them easier to hit with your thumb. Battery life was good. I think if they'd gone with premium hardware they'd make sales to people who appreciate a good looking phone and one that didn't make them wait for pointless animations to finish. Now that Microsoft has talented hardware pe…

> I really liked my Windows Phone and wish they were still being made.

They are. The HP Elite x3 is the current flagship Windows Phone 10 device, although it's primarily aimed at business users. You can get a package that includes a Continuum dock for about $700 online.

Re: Bill Gates switches to Android phone

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

KGIII wrote: post #17
chiph wrote: post #12

I really liked my Windows Phone and wish they were still being made. The OS was stable and fast, and you could resize the squares to make them easier to hit with your thumb. Battery life was good. I think if they'd gone with premium hardware they'd make sales to people who appreciate a good looking phone and one that didn't make them wait for pointless animations to finish. Now that Microsoft has talented hardware pe…

Acer, HP, and Alcatel still make them. Microsoft doesn't make any and Windows Phone 8 is dead, I think.

In fact, it sounds like a Verizon model of the HP Elite x3 is launch-imminent. I'm hearing mid-October.

Re: Bill Gates switches to Android phone

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Post by voltooid »

jstanley wrote: post #40
losteverything wrote: post #39

I accidentally rode an elevator mr gates was in. Just me, him and an EA from exec area He was carrying a laptop. No case. It was well before cell phone ubiquity and way before smartphones. I thought "wow, the richest man carries an unprotected laptop, no briefcase, his hair even uncombed (probably because he just came from heliport)" I felt "LC" because i cared about a celebrity (and even noted my diary). Later, the…

I can't work out which one of these you're referring to: http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/LC

Lara Croft? Liver Cirrhosis? Leaky Cauldron??

Re: Bill Gates switches to Android phone

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Post by [deleted] »

201709User wrote: post #23
nwah1 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows 10 Mobile is better. Developers can use the same XAML + C# toolchain for universal apps, but easily deploy to desktops as well. The Edge browser is much better. It is fast, and shares the same kernel as regular Windows, as well as Xbox. The upcoming mobile version will have something called CShell which means that the interface will be shared among desktop and mobile, meaning that there will be no differences…

Are we supposed to buy legacy/obscure devices to get it though? They lied about upgrading my 920 very blatantly.

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Re: Bill Gates switches to Android phone

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Post by ThrowawayR2 »

201709User wrote: post #23
nwah1 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows 10 Mobile is better. Developers can use the same XAML + C# toolchain for universal apps, but easily deploy to desktops as well. The Edge browser is much better. It is fast, and shares the same kernel as regular Windows, as well as Xbox. The upcoming mobile version will have something called CShell which means that the interface will be shared among desktop and mobile, meaning that there will be no differences…

Are we supposed to buy legacy/obscure devices to get it though? They lied about upgrading my 920 very blatantly.

> Are we supposed to buy legacy/obscure devices to get it though?

It hasn't been advertised to regular consumers because it's targeted at business users but the HP Elite x3 is the current flagship Windows Phone device.

Re: Bill Gates switches to Android phone

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

MBCook wrote: post #20
miguelrochefort wrote: post #9

Windows Phone was the best thing since webOS. The developer experience was (and still is) a lot better than for iOS or Android. I'm sure it will eventually come back.

I don’t know how it could. It doesn’t matter how nice it is the app ecosystem is too important and they’d be light years behind. If they emulated Android (like Blackberry)... why not just buy an android phone?

The fact that Microsoft is pushing Universal apps so hard, and if you're making a universal app for desktops, it's trivially easy to allow it to also work on Mobile. A not-insignificant number of times I've installed an app on my desktop and then realized I can use it on my phone, or installed a phone app, and realized it's great on my desktop too.

If UWP takes off, their mobile app support will follow. New Windows 10 S devices only running UWP apps will encourage this progress a lot.

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