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Subject: Re: The 10 Worst Smartphones Of All Time
Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 13:21:49 -0400
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KB BS artist. His 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" <News@Group.Name> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 4/30/2024 5:28 PM, Tyrone wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Apr 30, 2024 at 11:07:13 AM EDT, ""badgolferman""
>>>>>>>>> <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> 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.'
>>>
>>> <https://www.folklore.org/On_Xerox,_Apple_and_Progress.html?sort=date>
>>>
>>> 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