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Member since July 12, 2004

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Robert Kegel
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Review - VirtualBox
3.0.2.49928 (Jul 10, 2009)

I got the same error while installing. I'll up my rating when its fixed.
Review - Microsoft Windows XP Mode
1.1.7112.1 Beta (May 8, 2009)

This is a great idea. To bad we can't play 32bit games, but no virtualization can't run 3D graphics. We're on the way to 64 bit and thats what matters.
Review - easy PC texting
2.3 Beta (Dec 3, 2008)

I like the idea and if it were free I'd use it, but since its pay I can go through my Sprints website to do basically the same thing. Its a little more of a hassle but its free. Plus Yahoo! Messenger can do something similar as well.
Review - ZoneAlarm Extreme Security
7.3.040.000 Beta (Jun 11, 2008)

The question is, is this going to just be free for the beta or free forever?
Review - Mozilla Firefox (v2) for Windows
2.0.0.14 (Apr 16, 2008)

darthbeads - for one thing Maxthon is one big plug-in of sorts. Its a skin for MS IE (but it is a good skin, has some good finctions and I use it sometimes).

why hello there - I agree with you, and I think the way Mozilla can fix this is by looking at the top plug-ins (TabMix plus, All-in-one sidebar, Google browser sync (or foxmarks), Adblock plus, and NoScript) to name a few and just put those functions in the browser. I think if they did this they could optimize the browser better which will make it load in faster (also you wouldn't have to load in all the plug-ins which takes longer), which would also save in memory usage. Will they do this, probably not.

All we can hope is that FF 3 and 4 use up less memory to make up for the memory the plugins use. Maybe Mozilla should quality control the plug-ins better and make sure their optimized for FF better. Maybe they should have a plug-in system that integrates the plug-ins better into FF, incorporating the code better into the browser instead of something that just plugs into the browser loosely.
Comment - Windows Phone transition is killing Nokia
2.0.0.14 (Jul 23, 2011 - 2:57 PM)

I agree and Nokia did the same thing Microsoft did. Microsoft kept Windows mobile on life support to long, if they would have come out with Windows phone 6 with a new interface instead of Windows Mobile 6.1 and then 6.5, growth would have been faster. Like Nokia Microsoft tried to put a new face onto an old OS and it didn't work (partly because they didn't skin the OS enough and partly because WM 6.5 was big and clunky just like Symbian).
Comment - Windows Phone transition is killing Nokia
2.0.0.14 (Jul 23, 2011 - 2:43 PM)

I agree with everything you said but apple didn't bring in new leadership they brought back the old.
Comment - Windows Phone transition is killing Nokia
2.0.0.14 (Jul 23, 2011 - 2:38 PM)

Putting Pioneer TV's against Nokia phones isn't fare. A phones OS can go through major changes with updates while a TV may just get some new apps. A TV is a big ticket item while a phone isn't. When a new phone is coming out from a new carrier people wait to see what its going to be like, and this is more important if they are using a new OS.

I think your first comment is true, Nokia's market share would be down no matter who is in charge. Symbian was Nokia's Windows Mobile 6.x. It was old, clunky, slow and a resource hog. Nokia had to do something because if they didn't they would have lost market share anyway. Sure they could have gone with Meego but it would have taken longer and Nokia didn't think it was worth waiting and taking that big of a leap.

People who hate MS boo the Nokia deal and scream gloom and doom while the rest of us just wait and see what happens. What would have people said if Nokia said they were going to drop Symbian for Meego? The new Meego looks good but has no apps and people wouldn't have bought it because it has no apps. WP7 went from 0 to over 25,000 apps in under a year, could have Nokia done that with Meego? Probably not, look at WebOS phone still at 6000 apps even after HP bought it. App developers make apps for WP7 because of Microsoft, they make good tools and they have the clout. Nokia and Intel have the clout but how were their developers tools? Could have they gotten developers interested in Meego or would have it just turned out to be another WebOS, a pretty OS with no apps? Then people wouldn't be interested in it and Nokia would drown. Now Nokia has a chance, they're with WP7 which steadily gets new apps made for it and is getting a major update with Mango. I think Nokia made the right choice.
Comment - Windows Phone transition is killing Nokia
2.0.0.14 (Jul 23, 2011 - 1:58 PM)

One thing you have to keep in mind is of course sales are going to be slow because they are making the switch. People are waiting to see what Nokia's Windows Phone 7 phones are going to be like. What do you expect to happen, people are going to buy Nokia phones with an OS that Nokia isn't taking serious anymore. They say they're going to support it still for a while yet but they're main OS is going to be WP7. If this time next year Nokia is still loosing customers then you can write an article like this, but until then its premature.

Motorola owned the US marktet and Nokia owned the UK market. Nokia was barely in the US which one reason they went with WP7. Now they have a chance to do well in both the US and UK markest if they play their cards right.
Comment - Senate's antitrust head asks for rejection of AT&T, T-Mobile deal
2.0.0.14 (Jul 23, 2011 - 6:36 AM)

Mark my words if the merger goes through AT&T and Verizon will raise prices. Verizon is already raising prices because they feel its going to go through, but if it doesn't Verizon may lower them again. AT&T and Verizon won't be buddy buddy but since they are the two top carriers in the US they control the prices. Also AT&T will be the ONLY major GSM carrier in the US which will make them a monopoly. AT&T and T-Mobile don't only compete against Verizon and Sprint, but there is also CDMA competing with GSM.

I don't think any US carrier should be able to buy T-Mobile. Plus if the merger doesn't happen AT&T still has to give T-Mobile $3 billion.