Microsoft ends support for its ill-fated iPhone competitor, Windows Phone

gatorguy

rogifan_new said:

gatorguy said:

blastdoor said:

gatorguy said:

blastdoor said:

On the one hand, this is too bad for Windows users and competition. 

On the other hand, I have recently been forced to experience Windows again and it has brought back to mind the quote from SJ that Microsoft simply has no taste. So true. They really do not sweat the small stuff -- lots of clunkiness and inelegance wrapped in a veneer of prettiness. 

And then out of nowhere they offer something like this, showing they aren't quite out of the mobile loop. What an amazingly helpful app for the visually challenged!:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298

Neat research demo, but let's see what happens when they really try to make it a product. 

Compare the built-in magnifier in Windows 10 to the built-in zoom feature in OS X. I find the OS X magnification functionality to be much better implemented. Zooming in and out in OS X is utterly seamless. Windows 10 is quite clunky by comparison. 

It IS a real product. See the iTunes link I gave you so you can try it for yourself.
Repeated here for those that miss it.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298

Looks really cool. But it comes from one of Apple’s competitors so don’t expect it to get any love here.

At least it's available for iOS but not Android. That should be worth at least one up-vote.  

blastdoor

gatorguy said:

blastdoor said:

gatorguy said:

blastdoor said:

On the one hand, this is too bad for Windows users and competition. 

On the other hand, I have recently been forced to experience Windows again and it has brought back to mind the quote from SJ that Microsoft simply has no taste. So true. They really do not sweat the small stuff -- lots of clunkiness and inelegance wrapped in a veneer of prettiness. 

And then out of nowhere they offer something like this, showing they aren't quite out of the mobile loop. What an amazingly helpful app for the visually challenged!:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298

Neat research demo, but let's see what happens when they really try to make it a product. 

Compare the built-in magnifier in Windows 10 to the built-in zoom feature in OS X. I find the OS X magnification functionality to be much better implemented. Zooming in and out in OS X is utterly seamless. Windows 10 is quite clunky by comparison. 

It IS a real product. See the iTunes link I gave you so you can try it for yourself.
Repeated here for those that miss it.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298

I don't consider that a real product, I consider it a demo. 

Integrate it into an OS. Make it something that can be used seamlessly, all the time. Then it's a real product. 

gatorguy

blastdoor said:

gatorguy said:

blastdoor said:

gatorguy said:

blastdoor said:

On the one hand, this is too bad for Windows users and competition. 

On the other hand, I have recently been forced to experience Windows again and it has brought back to mind the quote from SJ that Microsoft simply has no taste. So true. They really do not sweat the small stuff -- lots of clunkiness and inelegance wrapped in a veneer of prettiness. 

And then out of nowhere they offer something like this, showing they aren't quite out of the mobile loop. What an amazingly helpful app for the visually challenged!:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298

Neat research demo, but let's see what happens when they really try to make it a product. 

Compare the built-in magnifier in Windows 10 to the built-in zoom feature in OS X. I find the OS X magnification functionality to be much better implemented. Zooming in and out in OS X is utterly seamless. Windows 10 is quite clunky by comparison. 

It IS a real product. See the iTunes link I gave you so you can try it for yourself.
Repeated here for those that miss it.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298

I don't consider that a real product, I consider it a demo.  

Well of course YOU might claim it's "just a demo" and not real. The sight impaired might disagree with you.