J2ME does NOT ensure a unified "write once run anywhere" environment. Due to differences in keyboard handling you must build versions of application for each platform.
PIE still sucks...browse a site which shows (ca cert) in every other browser...PIE shows empty space.
Entered device id during setup...20 seconds later unit comes back to life.
The pregnant pauses are terrible and just as bad as WM5...and this was BEFORE I loaded my apps on.
This is NOT WM6....more like WM5.00001. I was hoping for a lot more (touch scrolling, etc.). But we'll have to buy a new device for this...luv' that capitalism.
WM dev't really appears to have stalled...kinda like with Vista...nothing there to care about.
Ballmer's? recent quote about "there's nothing WM developers cannot do" when talking about rising popularity of gPhone and iPhone is garbage. You can't take a picture or video from code...no APIs. The user must manually press button to start video/picture...so much for advanced applications.
A d-bag because I want my equipment to be as versatile as possible? Guilty as charged. As soon as your ipod battery dies and you find the newest model has a different jack you'll be talking a different story. Do you understand standards at all and the value they offer? Guess not.
Believe it or not...unlike you I don't go to Engadget for humor...I prefer Comedy Central/etc. for these sorts of things.
What amazes me is the # of dolts/trolls (yourself included) that pollute what is otherwise an excellent source of information on the web.
Only a fool would think that adding digital inputs in a mass-marketed product would add more than a few dollars to the cost...learn economy of scale man. But when you get into high school I'm sure you'll find out soon enough.
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