Michel Merlin

Member since: Feb 7th, 2008

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Dell Lightning: the ultimate Windows Phone 7 device leaks out (Engadget)

Jun 29th 2010 4:29AM Dell Lightning: RESOLUTION? WEIGHT?
Versailles, Tue 29 Jun 2010 10:29:30 +0200

Samsung Galaxy S preview (Engadget)

Jun 21st 2010 1:15PM Galaxy S is too wide and thin thus too fragile
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HTC HD2 already has a number of users with a broken screen due to its too wide and too thin body: http://www.htc.com/www/product/hd2/specification.html > 121×67×11mm (width/thickness = 6.1, height/thickness = 11)

Now the Galaxy S is even worse:
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Samsung-Galaxy-S-phone-p_4522.html > 122×64×9.9mm (width/thickness = 6.4, height/thickness = 12.3)

Versailles, Mon 21 Jun 2010 19:15:00 +0200

Windows Mobile 6.5 cellphones coming October 6th (Engadget Mobile)

Sep 2nd 2009 9:53AM Clearer releases please MS
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I read that MS is releasing WinMo 6.5 on 06 Oct 2009, an upgrade in Feb 2010, a WinMo 7 in Oct 2010 that will compete with iPhone while WinMo 6.5 will continue to sell and compete Android, and that WinMo 6.5 will have a new Pocket IE called "Internet Explorer Mobile 6", and a new Pocket Office (with undisclosed name and number).

So people will be fooled into believing that WinMo 6.0 and 6.1 devices will have the new IE "6", or hesitate (and possibly mistake) buying a device with 6.5 or 7.

Microsoft would be clearer and more successful IMO by following these changes I submit them:

- On 06 Oct 2009, name "MIE6.5" (Mobile Internet Explorer 6.5) its browser, and "MOF6.5" (Mobile Office 6.5) its Mobile business suite
- Drop any intermediate upgrade in Feb 2010 or else (MS does have its bad sides, but one very good has been for 3 decades to consistently issue *few* versions but well prepared in marketing *and in product*, which makes a clear version history, a clear product line, and, despite competitors' hype, more reliable products)
- Come in Oct 2010 with WinMo 7 as announced, but make it *what customers except*, i.e. a *successor* to 6.5, able at the same time to compete with iPhone and Android. And of course name it and its browser and business suite "WinMo 7.0" (Windows Mobile 7.0), "MIE7.0" and "MOF7.0". The "7.0" is important: if they call it just "7", then when new releases come (e.g. "7.1"), then bad vendors will use it to sell "7" items as still up-to-date. Deceiving customers is NOT in the interest of Microsoft.

Versailles, Wed 02 Sep 2009 15:53:10 +0200

Adobe Reader Lite: Blazing fast version of Adobe Reader 8 (Download Squad)

Feb 7th 2008 12:05PM Peter Wed 26 Dec 2007 17:09, for one of the main reasons why people are leaving Adobe Reader, please see http://forums.techguy.org/all-other-software/491578-adobe-reader-alternative.html#post5582899 "Adobe Reader stealth Update slowed my PC to death for a week".

Versailles, Thu 7 Feb 2008 18:05:00 +0100