Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: The 10 Worst Smartphones Of All Time Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 10:37:56 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 108 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 19:37:57 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="30995b08afd5d24e11d1cd8e5495f100"; logging-data="3467082"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/rWKea4GoSUow9aGqlLGweEpEWnDT3vP0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:wRSFgNp5/JKKZXp+2qBb9zUAwls= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-CA Bytes: 5338 On 2024-05-01 10:21, News wrote: > KB BS artist. His specialty. Gibberish: your specialty. > > > On 5/1/2024 1:20 PM, Alan wrote: >> On 2024-05-01 10:19, News wrote: >>> On 5/1/2024 12:30 PM, Alan wrote: >>>> On 2024-05-01 09:15, News wrote: >>>>> On 5/1/2024 12:09 PM, Alan wrote: >>>>>> On 2024-05-01 06:55, News wrote: >>>>>>> On 4/30/2024 6:16 PM, Tyrone wrote: >>>>>>>> On Apr 30, 2024 at 5:47:10 PM EDT, "News" wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 4/30/2024 5:28 PM, Tyrone wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Apr 30, 2024 at 11:07:13 AM EDT, ""badgolferman"" >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> https://www.slashgear.com/798620/the-10-worst-smartphones-of-all-time/ >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- Galaxy Note 7 >>>>>>>>>>> -- HTC First >>>>>>>>>>> -- Amazon Fire Phone >>>>>>>>>>> -- Blackberry Storm >>>>>>>>>>> -- Kyocera Echo >>>>>>>>>>> -- Samsung Galaxy Fold >>>>>>>>>>> -- RED Hydrogen One >>>>>>>>>>> -- iPhone 6 >>>>>>>>>>> -- HTC EVO 3D >>>>>>>>>>> -- V Mobile N8-N >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Nice list.  8 Android phones, 1 Blackberry and 1 Apple.  Looks >>>>>>>>>> like Apple is >>>>>>>>>> doing just fine. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> No 'worst' WinPhones >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That's because they all sucked. It would be impossible to single >>>>>>>> one out of >>>>>>>> the huge, ugly mess that was "Windows Phones". >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Had apps, tiles, and native Office functionality before Jobs >>>>>>> stole them, like he did from Xerox PARC, but what do you know. >>>>>>> 1. The first Windows Phone came out more than 3 YEARS after the >>>>>>> first >>>>>> iPhone. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. When the first Windows Phone was released in October 2010, the >>>>>> iPhone had already had an App Store for more than 2 years. >>>>>> >>>>>> 3. Jobs didn't steal anything from Xerox PARC, and some of what >>>>>> you THINK was taken from there was actually invented by Apple. >>>>> >>>>> Win CE in 2002, but what do you know. >>>> >>>> "Windows Phones" not "Windows phones". >>>> >>>> See the capital "P" there now, sunshine? >>>> >>>> Oh, and when you mentioned "tiles", you were definitely referencing >>>> the later Windows Phone. >> >> And you couldn't deal with any of this, huh? >> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Zerox PARC mouse and GUI, but what do you know. >>>> >>>> 1. The mouse existed PRIOR to PARC and Apple licensed it not from >>>> Xerox, but from SRI International. >>>> >>>> 2. The GUI that Apple used had many differences from the one at Palo >>>> Alto Research Centre: >>>> >>>> 'For more than a decade now, I've listened to the debate about where >>>> the Macintosh user interface came from. Most people assume it came >>>> directly from Xerox, after Steve Jobs went to visit Xerox PARC (Palo >>>> Alto Research Center). This "fact" is reported over and over, by >>>> people who don't know better (and also by people who should!). >>>> Unfortunately, it just isn't true - there are some similarities >>>> between the Apple interface and the various interfaces on Xerox >>>> systems, but the differences are substantial.' >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> That's written by Bruce Horn: >>>> >>>> 'Bruce Lawrence Horn (born 1959[1]) is a programmer. He created the >>>> original Macintosh Finder and the Macintosh Resource Manager for >>>> Apple Computer. His signature is amongst those molded to the case of >>>> the Macintosh 128K. He has been a distinguished engineer at Siri and >>>> Language Technologies at Apple since June 2022.' >>> >>> >>> Sure poseur. Go fill some sandbags with your bullshit. >> >> Really? >> >> You won't take the word of Bruce Horn... >> >> ...who created the original Finder for the first Mac? >> >> LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL >