Zaim2

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by Zaim2 15y ago
Another part is I think they're trying to drive adoption of the Google Wallet/Checkout payment system, which also has a beneficial effect to other parts of their ecosystem such as Youtube, Android/Google TV etc.
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by Zaim2 15y ago
Not really. Currently there's the black navbar AND the product specific search. This change is making the current product specific search the universal navbar, so at the end of it you've stilled gained the space occupied by the black nav ba
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by Zaim2 15y ago
Matias Duarte seems pretty passionate about moving Android forward at least: http://thisismynext.com/2011/10/18/exclusive-matias-duarte-i...
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by Zaim2 15y ago
Except last time I checked Android isn't bundled with existence as a human. The handsets aren't free the the public unless subsidized by contract, which is the same deal as competitors. The only "free" part is licensing to OEMS, and they st
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by Zaim2 15y ago
Do you have links/sources? I only know of Barnes & Noble and Motorola fighting against MS, afaik everyone else immediately settled.
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by Zaim2 15y ago
So that they can peggle a Windows phone license as the better, cheaper alternative.
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by Zaim2 15y ago
Well, they did have cross licensing agreement with Microsoft back in 2007, but that didn't cover telecommunications. http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft%2C-Samsung-in-patent-swap-dea... Maybe the they'll choose to go to court this time, as Sam
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by Zaim2 15y ago
That's what they were going for. Too many people were tuning the top bar out for their liking probably. Now it's unmissable.
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by Zaim2 15y ago
Ugh, assuming it's the same zrgiu who made Antivirus free, I really want to read what he has to say. That's what I get for being late. :( Anybody mind reposting it in quotation marks if they happen to have it saved? Or if zrgiu himself coul
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by Zaim2 15y ago
From the AllthingsD interview ( http://allthingsd.com/20110601/up-next-at-d9-microsoft-windo... ): 4:57 pm: Could an OEM make a tablet in which the user would never see “traditional” Windows? Larsen-Green: You can’t turn the desktop off. Yo
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by Zaim2 15y ago
You realise that the new tablet UI REPLACES the Start menu and is mapped to the start button right so whenever you click start, that's what pops up? They spelled it out in the AllthingsD/Computex events, and also state as much in the press
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by Zaim2 16y ago
I would've thought better tab management would be first priority, as nameless mountains are really grating. Tab groups can't come quickly enough.