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- fatclue_98Retired ModeratorThat could make things very interesting. BB's have always been of exceptional build quality and let's face it, they do make the best keyboards in the business. Something to watch.06-29-2012 01:14 PMLike 0
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.... aaaaaaaaand just like that, the rumor is dead...06-29-2012 01:55 PMLike 0 - Well, datapackages are growing and roaming fees are decreasing. Compressed data is not as important as earlier.
But RIM did make fantastic hardware, and for a while I was crazy about the OS as well. It was like Symbian all grown up and the only thing that was missing was the apps.
I would like to see them survive this in some form, but not at the price of WP. My affection for WP has grown to much.
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.... aaaaaaaaand just like that, the rumor is dead...
BB10 has been delayed until Q1 2013 at the earliest...which means the last presentation about BB10 was largely vaporware and the OS is nowhere near ready to go. And they don't have the capital to keep on their legs, funding next-gen R&D and paying overhead, for another 9+ months.06-29-2012 07:51 PMLike 0 - Well, datapackages are growing and roaming fees are decreasing. Compressed data is not as important as earlier.
But RIM did make fantastic hardware, and for a while I was crazy about the OS as well. It was like Symbian all grown up and the only thing that was missing was the apps.
I would like to see them survive this in some form, but not at the price of WP. My affection for WP has grown to much.
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I think it's a "if you build it, they will come" senario. The developed world is about to really start to see widespread adoption of LTE in the next year or two. Faster data speeds combined with faster processors in the phones is a vacuum that developers will be quick to take advantage of.
And don't think for a second that the carriers don't see this coming. Their last real source of revenue IS data, and I'm not surprised to see all those unlimited plans in the states being throttled or eliminated entirely. 2GB may seem like a pretty heavy use month now, but I'll betcha in a year or two, it'll be "normal".Last edited by gwydionjhr; 07-02-2012 at 03:41 AM.
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- I think MS would beg to differ as the data compression in WP8 is supposed to give you something like 30% compression. It's a feature I haven't really seen discussed anywhere since the presentation, and to the best of my knowledge, neither Apple or Google offer it natively. This may in fact turn out to be a dark horse "killer app" for WP8.
As a regular on the Windows Phone Suggestion page, i'm forever seeing people from countries like India asking for data compression, and tools to monitor their data usage, as the fees as huge.
Lets also not forget, if you are sending less data, surely your surfing will be faster.07-02-2012 07:49 AMLike 0 - fatclue_98Retired ModeratorCompletely agree.
As a regular on the Windows Phone Suggestion page, i'm forever seeing people from countries like India asking for data compression, and tools to monitor their data usage, as the fees as huge.
Lets also not forget, if you are sending less data, surely your surfing will be faster.07-02-2012 01:02 PMLike 0 -
- I'm using UC Browser this very second, which seems to be based on Firefox. It has browser buttons for back, forward, tabs and homepage. Homepage is a bunch of tiles for recently/frequently visited pages, similar to chrome for PC, but metro-looking. Very useful. It also gives options for orientation lock and saving form data, custom skins, and setting default image quality. There also seems to be a setting for enabling a low-traffic "booster" mode, which I haven't tried. Apart from a bug where it displays Chinese while showing English as the default language, it seems very well designed. Also includes the ability to directly download media files like videos and podcast, with the only drawback being that they stay within the app and must be watched/listened to there. And it's free!07-02-2012 02:13 PMLike 0
- I did install UC. It looks like it only shows mobile versions of sites. I prefer full version and don't like mobile websites at all.
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