Recent content by tgp

Some years ago I was working in PC repair at my work, and a client's machine had the same problem. It was an older version of Windows, but I don't recall which one. I think it was Windows 7. Anyway, the problem turned out to be that for some reason it was designating 80% of the hard drive to be...

+358 would indicate that the call comes from Finland, but that can probably be spoofed. Either way, it's more than likely a scam. Microsoft won't just call you out of the blue like that.

Nope! You sounded the death knell for your practice of adopting dead end platforms. Welcome to the long term club!

It's what she wanted. The customer is always right you know!

I don't know Laura personally, but from what I see of her on here, I'm guessing the chances of her needing a text for testimony validation are pretty low! :wink: I used to work in IT. One time a girl came into our shop with an ancient Android phone. This happened several years ago, and the...

I never used WhatsApp on Windows phone because I had moved on before I used WhatsApp. However, on iPhone and Android it gets the name from your contact list, whether it's on the SIM (I think, I don't use the SIM to store contacts), Apple contacts, or Google contacts. I moved from Android to...

That's all? Only twice?

Just a few days ago my wife asked Google Assistant to set a timer, and she added "please!" She was amused when GA replied with something like "Thank you for the kind words!"

To be fair, I don't think that many people ever did argue that Windows phones' feature set beat iPhone or Android. People preferred them for a couple different reasons. Windows phones excelled in a specific area that was important to the user. The user was Microsoft fan. Along with #2, the...

Over the years I used a number of WP/WM devices. IIRC, my first one was a Nokia Lumia 710. That was actually a sweet device at the time. After that I had a couple 920s. I really liked that phone, but wow was that thing a brick! It was very heavy, but good and solid. I bought a resold a number of...

Re: For Verizon users... I had to do this when I got the OnePlus 6T in November 2018. You can take care of this via chat with a Verizon rep. Just say you need your account to be CDMA-less. They should be aware of this procedure by now, since they've been doing it for almost 2 years now. If the...

In that case, I'm sure you'd buy a Surface Duo if you're comparing the cost to the sticker price. R&D cost is spread out over the resulting devices. The devices from the first round of the Surface Duo will bear the entire cost, which I'm sure is high. It will likely also be low volume. Microsoft...

Assuming this is true, why would a company do something that would cause their customers to not be willing to pay a higher price? That is counterproductive, and goes against every law of retailing. On the contrary, retailers try to get their customers to pay as much as possible. Products like...

I have never preordered from AT&T specifically, but I have preordered in the past. It is not uncommon for a shipping label to be created early, or even on time when the product will be late. It'll show up in tracking as being created with a projected delivery date, but of course the delivery is...

Sure, but that has nothing to do with pricing transparency. I really don't care why a certain product is priced the way it is. If I agree to the price, I buy it. If I don't, I don't buy. Me knowing the cost and the manufacturer's and/or vendor's profit margin has nothing to do with it. If...