Recent content by Mr. MacPhisto

I went a roundabout way to get to iOS. I had only every had a Windows Phone as my daily driver since switching over to smartphones around 2012. First I was on WP7 and then 8, 8.1, and Windows Mobile 10. So last year I decided to switch and I went with Android. A primary concern was updates...

Depends. I don't know of anything that has that 3:2 ratio in the segment. The XPS 13 is up there, but it is also in the same price range. Same for the Spectre X360. The Spectre is a convertible and the XPS 13 can be one. The Spectre has the digitizer automatically whereas the XPS 13 doesn't...

If you want a thin, light laptop with the best battery life possible, compromises happen. It's easy to criticize, but Microsoft was forthright in this area. This is not something that will be discovered down the road - they said it before it ever even shipped. That means those that care about...

Nice phone. Wouldn't be a bad handset to have onhand.

This is a solution I've thought about in the past. HP is doing it through their service, but there's no reason Microsoft can't do it on their's. HP's solution is business centered. Microsoft could do something different through Azure in the future, allowing a user to install an OS to their...

They said it works wirelessly, so I'm guessing it's a Miracast device. There's a possibility that HP has done something to make it more proprietary, though I doubt it. It's a guess, but since it sounds like a Miracast device, I'd think it would work with any Continuum device that supports...

It won't run Win32 natively since it has an ARM processor. HP is working on having it run virtualized Win32 apps through the Cloud.

I think a phone like this or others will definitely make their way to consumers at some point. The usage case is compelling. You could sell a bundle with the dock, keyboard, mouse, LCD monitor, and the mobile extender for a decent price as a complete computing package. For most people, it'd...

The deal with the FCC means that Verizon has to allow the Elite X3 on their network if it gets certified by a third party. This happened with the Nexus 5X, 6P, and the Moto X Pure Edition. HP is not going to say it will work until they have it certified, but I'd imagine they will get that...

I'm guessing we'll get the official details tomorrow. Seems the embargoes for everything end on the 21st.

Yeah. Completely. Windows Central didn't publish the leaks. Neither did Thurrott.com. I'm sure they're aware of it. I'm positive Paul knows about it because he has good connections at HP. He had the Spectre X360 way before it was announced. The post on WinCentral about MWC was also...

$800 is way too much. Like I said, the V10 is $599. The G5 is supposed to have a 5.7" screen and an 820 and be $599. I could see $699 as the highest. But the 820 is cheaper than the 810 was. The QHD screens have gotten cheaper. Memory is cheaper. Storage is cheaper. Even the Samsung...

Not sure about that. QHD screens are actually cheaper when they're a bit larger as opposed to smaller. The Snapdragon 820 is actually cheaper than the 810. I think the 950s have healthy margins on them and were priced higher to leave room for OEMs below them. Even the 550 and 650 are priced...

Or they could just have a deal with Verizon. The HP name may make some sense. Things should be easier with Windows 10 separating the cellular stack out and fencing it off. I think that's where problems occurred in the past. I also tend to think that Verizon wants Windows 10 devices. They...

It's Snapdragon 820 and that supports all Bands out of the box. It just depends on if HP unlocks it and pays a 3rd party to certify. If they do (or if they have a deal with Verizon - possible since the Elite X2 LTE Surface clone is a VZW exclusive, or so they say) then it will work on Verizon...