Personal computing discussed
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RickyTick wrote:Not to derail the thread, but I really miss my Windows Phone. Really a shame it never caught on and I still think it's a superior OS. Oh well...
just brew it! wrote:HTTPS sites should still be safe. But bottom line is that you should not consider WPA2 WiFi networks to any more secure than an open public access point.
Also worth pointing out that this is a client-side attack, i.e. WiFi APs/routers don't necessarily need to be patched as the vulnerability is on the device connecting to the AP, not in the AP itself.
Chrispy_ wrote:Mee too about Warp. I knew it was doomed when the benchmarkers would only test the speed of a single app in windows vs OS/2 and in those tests windows came out the winner. But OS/2 was superior as a multitasking OS.RickyTick wrote:Not to derail the thread, but I really miss my Windows Phone. Really a shame it never caught on and I still think it's a superior OS. Oh well...
It may have been a better OS but an OS is just a base-level requirement for the applications that people ultimately want their phones for, and the devs only wrote for iOS or Android.
I actually liked OS/2 Warp - it had a technically better filesystem than Microsoft, and it didn't go down the patronising (and obfuscating) "My Computer" and "My Documents" path, it also didn't split program data into multiple locations (program files, users\documents, registry, like Microsoft did in 1995. But, with everyone writing for Windows, OS/2 was guaranteed to die off.
just brew it! wrote:I was too!I was also a DESQView user way back in the day. Multi-tasking DOS applications in the '80s FTW!
End User wrote:HTC Touch
IPhone 3G
iPhone 4
Nexus 4
iPhone 5
iPhone 6
IPhone 7 Plus
Honourable mention goes to my HP iPaq hx4700. Window Mobile 6 was a **** OS but it was the best available at the time. HP barely got a working version of 6.1 out the door and never bothered to release drivers for the VGA display.
MichaelJD wrote:I have never used a button-based phone all my life. I have been touchscreen all the way ever since I graduated from high school
Looking for Knowledge wrote:When drunk.....
I want to have sex, but find I am more likely to be shot down than when I am sober.
MichaelJD wrote:I have never used a button-based phone all my life. I have been touchscreen all the way ever since I graduated from high school
Vhalidictes wrote:MichaelJD wrote:I have never used a button-based phone all my life. I have been touchscreen all the way ever since I graduated from high school
What was the BlackBerry Storm like? I've never used one.
Mr Bill wrote:I'm starting to really dislike the last couple of android updates for my Moto X Pure Edition. The changes made, take away features. For example, network usage was a time histogram with a thumbable vertical bar for scale. It was easy to figure out what app was hogging data. I deleted netflix after it gulped 3 GB of data without even being used. But now, net usage is a single bar growing longer. It does not have any useful information about when network usage occured. This sucks.
Mr Bill wrote:I'm starting to really dislike the last couple of android updates for my Moto X Pure Edition. The changes made, take away features. For example, network usage was a time histogram with a thumbable vertical bar for scale. It was easy to figure out what app was hogging data. I deleted netflix after it gulped 3 GB of data without even being used. But now, net usage is a single bar growing longer. It does not have any useful information about when network usage occured. This sucks.
bthylafh wrote:My Nexus 5's battery crapped out again, and rather than play the battery lottery I upgraded to a OnePlus 5T.