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I think you mean Samuel Clemens. Better known by his pen-name, Mark Twain.
http://www.samueljohnson.com/refuge.html
Wow, thank you. Now I know the quote predates Twain's use.
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#392There was some credible speculation back then that Google bought up Mototorola because its CEO threatened patent warfare with other Android manufacturers, something Google really did not want happening. Along similar lines, I speculate that Microsoft snapped up Nokia because they threatened starting an Android line of phones. I think there's a significant business lesson in here somewhere... Something along the lines…
This is largely OT, but I consider this to be a critical factor in online communities, so... I speculate that I upvoted you just for this bit. Smart people who note when they're speculating are rare ##. I hear speculation spoken as though it were experience or authority depressingly often. Reading your comment further: I agree. ## I'm worried that I'm sounding prejudiced and that's not my intention. Not-smart people…
Excellent points. Wish I had written this comment. =]
Denoting when you're speculating is definitely important. It can help to deconstruct the problem - a bit like a well-placed assert statement.
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#394> Nokia Windows Phones the fastest-growing smartphones in the world
Huh?
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#395Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Most of the phones running 2.3 aren't shipping with Google Play (is Play even compatible?)" This is wrong, Google Play is compatible with every Android device. (link: http://source.android.com/compatibility/ ) I don't know where you got this information from, but I can assure you that 99,9999% of all Android devices you'll find outside of China will have Google Play on it. "These are drastically underpowered devices…
I think Amazon devices comprise more than 0.0001% of non Chinese devices. OK not exactly Android.
Like you said, Amazon devices are not Android, even though they are architecturally very close.
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Android has 80% worldwide market share, but it's much much closer in the US. If you take out the crap phones that are smartphone in name only, it's much closer worldwide. While Android is clearly winning by a decent margin, I'm not convinced it's over. I think the hopefully coming soon cheaper iPhone could make things a lot more interesting. Note that I don't actually want the iPhone to win. I would very much prefer…
No, please, we have such hard time moving MS out of the hot field, don't bring them back! Remember when everyone feared MS? I mean, that was really terriying time for our industry. How forgetful is it to "wish" MS could gain a third of the phone OS market shared... Apple and Google conjugated efforts kept the wolf outside and you want to open the gates? However, I agree that a domineering Android/Google or Android/Sa…
>just like Linux forked Unix
Darl McBride? Is that you?
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Which shows how backwards the platform is.
yeah, how dare they allow people to have a useful phone for several years at a time.
What? It's the very inverse: they DONT allow people to have a useful phone for several years at a time, they saddle them with an osbolete OS and don't provide upgrades.
It's a very big pain point that Android makers don't provide upgrades for their older devices (even 1 year old ones). For some models they don't provide upgrades AT ALL, and you have to get custom-install on them to have a new Android.
That's why (Google's own numbers) older (by up to 3 years) Android releases amount to 60%+ of the CURRENT installed base, whereas on iOS over 80% of users update on the latest version on the very first month of its release.
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#398Ballmer trumps his critics. Well done - Sir.
There is a lot of potential to eat from both iPhone and Android cakes. Android needs a beefy h/w, c'mon guys let's admit it. Windows is way faster even on the low-end lumias. Also don't forget MS Office - the sleeping giant on windows phones.
History likes to repeat itself. First Jobs wouldn't licence MacOS, and Billy rode the wave he created. Then google got the second wave. Why? The same reason, he wouldn't license iOS.
From a user perspective iOS is the best, but the new Lumias makes me think of Apollo as no less great. No matter what google does, lumia will eat big from Android's share. But I waiting to see how big a bite it's gonna be on the apple.
In the enterprise world Office on Phones is gonna pay a big role. This is death toll for blackberry, sorry to say that.
C'mon Cook, partner on. Let others make "cheap" apples. License iOS before it's too late.
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#399This is a great move. There is no money in being an Android vendor except if you're Samsung and are totally vertically integrated. With Windows Phone, Nokia and Microsoft at least have some hope of carving out a profitable stake in the market. Anecdotally, I'm very impressed with some of the new Lumias. I got a 620 to replace my stolen iPhone, and for $200 unlocked its phenomenal phone. The build quality makes a flag…
It is the inevitable move. MS can't let Nokia founder after going all-in for MS.
>With Windows Phone, Nokia and Microsoft at least have some hope of carving out a profitable stake in the market.
I think you mean Microsoft, Nokia is no more. You think they'll really do it this time? They've only been trying since before the iPhone. I dunno, maybe without Ballmer, they can make something happen.
>for $200 unlocked its phenomenal phone.
Don't get used to that. It's because they overestimated demand.
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#400What would this mean for all the Nokia feature phones ? The latest Asha series was very good and selling pretty well atleast in India. How would this figure in MS strategy? Are they going to ditch it? That would be sad, because Nokia still makes phones that can withstand rough use. On the other side would Nokia start manufacturing Laptop in future. I would really like Nokia design team to come up with a good Windows…
I'm wondering the same. My main phone now is an Asha 501 — great phone for a light user who wants a small, light device with a long battery life.