On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Stephen Price <[email protected]>wrote:
> I know where you are coming from. There is a cost for a company when > they abandon a product. To this day, I will never buy a HP again. They > Aww. (cries) > abandoned my laser printer and my palm pilot. Printer works fine, if I > stay with windows XP. It actually won't work anymore. There's probably > some fine print somewhere saying to bad, I'm on my own there. > > You mean the printers that rely on most of their s/w functionality being in the computer, rather than PS or PDL in the printer? > My Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is still waiting for an Ice Cream Sandwich > update. I could put it on there myself if I want the pain that goes > with that. Or buy one of their new products that has ICS. Marketing > ploy or are they just busy making it work properly so the support > calls don't come in when they roll it out? > > I've got a 10.1 Samsung, possibly I don't want ICS if it makes it unstable. If Samsung introduce it, I guess I'll go for it. I wouldn't buy that size again, it's uncomfortable size to use as a ebook. > I'm not saying its a good thing but Microsoft are not the first to do > this. Won't be the last. It's still being driven by humans, and we > aren't perfect. > Sniff. speak for yourself :) > > The real question is, so what are you going to do about it? Complain > on here on this list or go and do something about it? > > Still can't believe Scott dragged my face into this. That's just low. ;) > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Bill McCarthy > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Stephen, > > > > Yes phones will be out of date, the question is whether it is months or > > years. In Australia, typical contracts are 24 months, and I'm pretty sure > > the ACCC told telcos they had to warranty devices for the length of the > > contracts. So two years is fair to expect to be a current lifetime; > > obviously there will be hardware improvements in that time, but the > software > > and apps available you'd reasonably expect to be current. Apple deal with > > that by controlling the release dates of devices to a new device a year > and > > OS support roughly of +1: hence you can be sure to get two years of being > > current. Android has been all over the place, but the big players such > as > > Samsung are also moving to give that period of currency by providing OS > > updates (eg Galaxy II). For Windows Phone there isn't that. > > > > Personally the thing about this I dislike the most is not the fate of my > own > > phone (I do like my lumia), but that I can no longer recommend to people > > they currently buy a windows phone. This is the real shame. It'd be a lot > > better if people could upgrade: would probably still be worth waiting for > > the newer devices for NFC. The sooner they get the new devices out the > > better. > > > > > > |-----Original Message----- > > |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- > > |[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Price > > |Sent: Wednesday, 27 June 2012 8:29 PM > > |To: ozDotNet > > |Subject: Re: Windows Phone 8 announced > > | > > |Why don't you two get a room? :) > > | > > |In an attempt to throw petrol onto a cooling fire, Microsoft don't have > to > > make > > |new devices backward compatible. Or forward compatible. > > |They make decisions, like any project, on what new releases mean. I > don't > > think > > |that assuming people will be happy to upgrade their phone for a newer > > improved > > |one is a bad one to make. These days the majority of phones end up in a > > draw > > |somewhere in less than three years. The phones cost almost nothing (if > you > > are > > |on a plan where you got your phone for $0 and you get to the end of the > > contract > > |period, they don't make your plan cheaper for example.) You get the > option > > to > > |upgrade to a newer phone. If your phone is older than 2 years old then > > phones > > |are not that important to you (or you're money priorities lay elsewhere) > > and no > > |amount of new features would compel you to upgrade. > > | > > |I, for example, have three phones. Android, Iphone, and Windows phone 7. > > Thats > > |just the phones I carry in my bag, I have no idea how many phones I > have at > > home > > |in the draw somewhere. > > | > > |Your phone will be out of date. Its just a question of how long that > will > > take. I'm > > |kinda stunned that's news. > > | > > |As for you two fighting over what information was available, and what > > |assumptions people made about if they can upgrade their new phone or > not. > > |heheh... it really really must tick you off. I'm not taking sides, I > don't > > care. It's > > |been too long since anyone's butted heads on this list so, good times! > > We'll all > > |look back on this and laugh. If you have any sense. Take a deeeep > breath, > > and > > |step outside. You know, outside where there's sunshine and people > walking > > about > > |without computers n stuff. :) We're all in this together, ya know. > > | > > |And.... Go. > > | > > |On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 6:15 PM, .net noobie <[email protected]> > > |wrote: > > |> what you not happy to basically call me a liar on the list? > > |> > > |> you want meet face to face now... what to have a fight? > > |> > > |> over a telephone??? > > |> > > |> I am not the one who has the problem bill, i am fine thanks > > |> > > |> > > |> On 27 June 2012 15:03, Bill McCarthy <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > |>> > > |>> Hi David Thiessen, > > |>> > > |>> |so... no not after the fact, as much as your ego would like to think > > |>> |it > > |>> is.... > > |>> | > > |>> |seriously, get over it, you act like a child who's mummy will not > > |>> |buy him a > > |>> lollie in > > |>> |the supermarket > > |>> | > > |>> |yeah and you can't read, thats what i said i assumed > > |>> | > > |>> |you need to get over your self mate, have a cry mybe > > |>> > > |>> > > |>> Okay, that's EOC here. If you want to email me of list or discuss > > |>> this face to face feel free to email me directly at > > |>> [email protected] > > |>> > > |>> > > > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
