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dimsas reacted to Bouzoo in RX 460 benchmarks have been leaked
I just realized, 460 performs like 960, 470 like 970 and 480 like 980. AMD seems to be going after now old NV naming scheme. Sort of.
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dimsas reacted to GoodBytes in Google ready to publically shame OEM who don't upgrade their Android devices
Microsoft solution for the Windows 10 Mobile is, so far, the best.
I think Google should take a page from this.
Basically, while at first with previous version of Windows Phones, Microsoft tried different tactics to by-pass carriers and manufactures blocks, it wasn't perfect, and many faced problems in not getting updated. But Windows 10 Mobile seems to be a success so far.
The way Microsoft is doing is as follows:
EVERYTHING is an app. Like everything. From SMS/MMS, to phone, to camera, gesture system, glance screen (that is when the phone is off/sleeping, you see the date and time and notifications, consuming very little power, especially for devices with OLED screens), everything. All OS updates are managed by Microsoft servers like Windows updates, and not manufactures or carriers. Firmware can be updated apart from the OS, allowing each manufacture to deliver firmware upgrades when they want. They don't need to "baked them in" the OS to deliver them. OS and firmware can upgraded with plugging the phone to your computer and using Microsoft Device Recovery Tool, so if somehow things are blocked, you can by-pass it all. Now it is clear that Google doesn't want to handle this, and public shaming will not help anything. It will hurt Android. Many manufactures can't support their phone for a long period of time, because, due to competitive pricing, the price doesn't allow many years of support, let alone 2 years of continuous.. as Android updates are released, updates. And carriers wants to make sure its users gets the best experience. Because if a phone drops calls, or miss getting calls, or miss getting text messages, or drops from internet constantly, because some firmware creates a bug with the radio transmitter or something... it will be THEIR fault, as the user will think it is them the issue, not the phone. So they don't like that. In Windows 10 Mobile world, it is about at your own risk updating without your carrier approval, if they block it. Microsoft tries to avoid such problem by working with the carriers if the firmware updates something related to them.
So it is complicated, but Google approach doesn't help. They are being cheap ass, that is all. And I think all it will do, is have manufacture only make phone that are popular only. What I mean, is that they won't try to innovate, or cater to niche or smaller markets, and this will drive the cost up, as extended and more support is needed.
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dimsas reacted to GoodBytes in Windows Phone sales drops below 1%
SALES!!!! These are SALES!
Sales are down! Not market share!
Please read your sources before posting!
The title of the table that you are talking about is:
"Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System in 1Q16 (Thousands of Units)"
Notice how they also explain on how Lenovo/Motorola isn't listed as they have no phones yet.
Windows powered phones are down, because Microsoft is not advertising AT ALL the phone. Not even in countries where they were marketshare, like India, or the U.K. And HP super fancy phone mentioned before is not even being sold yet. In fact pretty much all announced manufacture have their phone "in the works". The reason is its not that Microsoft is killing off Windows Phone. It is because it isn't ready. Microsoft themselves said that the release of the Lumia 950 / 950 XL that the phone was for its fans.
Microsoft is going full in the support of the OS. If you are running a Windows 10 Mobile, most likely you are an insider, you are getting new builds every week, almost. With mass number of bug fixes and many improvements as well. Imagine Android getting weekly updates, but done in such way that phone carriers and manufacture can't block the device updates or even firmware updates. This is Windows 10 Mobile right now. Any Windows 10 Mobile user will tell how the OS has changed in the past few months, and improved so much since day 1 of its release.
Basically, what Microsoft is doing now, is what they should have been doing on day 1. Now they are finally taking their mobile OS seriously. If you use the OS, if you give it a serious try, you'll see, at least for me, you'll feel like a solid, complete phone, a phone where you do productive things on the go, as the GUI is designed for that, much like Android. The look of a spruced up MP3 player, is gone. I personally gringe every time I use an app and it is a Windows Phone 8 app. Just frustrating to use. But Windows 10 Mobile, I feel like I was under Windows 10 / Android.
Anyway, all to say, that Microsoft is really not stopping Windows 10 Mobile, and without Windows 10 Mobile, you can't have Windows 10, as it would break the OS identity. The company said that they will focus on businesses/enterprise environment first, which makes sense as this is Microsoft strong point, and the phone integrates perfectly in a company environment / domain network.
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dimsas reacted to Notional in Self driving race cars powered by Nvidia
The Greener Peener is preventing the Red Rocket from passing, using BlockWorks, part of their ShittyTacticsWorks. It's super effective.