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jmash
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Hey Gucciman Happybirthday bro | |
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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 P1i pic:
How much is that doggy in the window...LOL:
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Tsepz_GP
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On 2010-02-20 16:48:00, jmash wrote:
Hey Gucciman Happybirthday bro
Thanx Jmash! 
Wanqs
Eish,You got me cravin biltong with that pick 
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amawanqa
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LOL Gucci, ya I was surprised to see it now being sold in a non-SA goods shop.
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amawanqa
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P1i pics taken today:
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amawanqa
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Eish, India beat the proteas by one friggin' run!  Could've been a lot worse if it wasn't for Parnell n' Steyn, I suppose.
Did you watch the game, Hobbster?
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Hobbs
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Unfortunitely not Wangs.Sounds like a nailbiter.Pity I missed it.
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amawanqa
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Hey Gucci, what do you think of Audi's new A1?
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amawanqa
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Nokia X10?:
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia[....]creen_rumor_says-news-1466.php
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amawanqa
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Taken from The Register:
'Symbian needs your help. Please
Symbian won't run unless a lot of volunteers get their hands dirty, with internal sources confirming it's most likely to be three months before the code can compile.
There are two issues here: getting the source code to compile, and getting v3 (once it's compiled) to boot into a GUI. The former needs an open source toolchain, based on GCC, but this throws up around 150 errors, and won't produce a working executable.
Before jetting off to Barcelona, Symbian's Mark Wilcox dropped us this note:
I'd be pretty disappointed if it took us three months to get GCC compatibility. If no-one but Symbian Foundation staff worked on it then it could take that long... We're trying to work with the community to fix these errors. We've already had one prominent hobbyist and some of the Qt team at Nokia volunteer to get involved (they have "creative Fridays" with 20% of their time to work on any relevant project of their choosing). This really is a case of many hands make light work. It's not the most interesting work though, so motivating volunteer effort is part of the challenge.
A source explained that the 30 packages which refuse to compile are packages 'owned' by Nokia, so it's very much a spare time effort for Finland's finest. "Three months is realistic," said a source close to Symbian. The Symbian Foundation claimed it had released the source "four months" early according to its release schedule, but if the code doesn't compile, then it's not ready for prime time.
As for the Symbian^3 graphics, which were shown in Barcelona in demos this week, Mark explained:
"Getting the new graphics adaptation working... is fairly ambitious for the end of February, although there are still plenty of unknowns at this point - it could be working next week! However, the graphics is purely our effort and its not easy for someone else to step in and help (we have some support from Nokia with their new code of course), whereas the compiler compatibility progress will be somewhat dependent on the level of volunteer effort."
So there you have it. Google and Microsoft have billions at their disposal, while poor old Symbian is calling for volunteers, and all hands on deck. You have to sympathise.
One developer and Symbian fan sounded pessimistic:
"Seeing Symbian effectively put to sleep like this is a shame: one of the few remaining alternatives to the Cult of Unix crashes off the speedway, leaving only Microsoft as the remaining competitor. I don't think this is healthy for the industry," he told us.
To complicate things, Nokia and Intel created a big splash, by combining their Linux efforts into one very ambitious project called MeeGo. This will be targeted at everything from phones to set top boxes. That's another temptation for a prospective volunteer.
Symbian denies the early release of the code - which doesn't compile - before Barcelona was timed to achieve executive's bonuses. Sources put this in the region of six figures per suit.'
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Tsepz_GP
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Wanqs
Mixed feelings hey, the front looks great, the rear is okay, but i realy dont like the round roof,reminds me of the VW Beetle a bit,doesnt go with the rest of the body so well, i'd take the A3/S3 over it any day lol
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amawanqa
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The relentless Apple March continues:
(taken from GSMArena):
2009 world handset sales ranked, iPhone OS eats WinMo
Technology researchers from Gartner have come up with their annual report on mobile phone sales, 2009 edition. And it's an interesting read.
In short, 2009 phones sales have remained flat despite the economic imbalances but there are some pretty interesting market share shifts.
Unless you've lived in a cave for the past twelve months, you won't be surprised to learn that Motorola and Sony Ericsson took the biggest hits this year, while Apple, Samsung, LG and RIM had one hell of a year.
Table 1
Worldwide Mobile Handset Sales to End Users in 2009 (thousands of units)
Company 2009 Sales 2009 Market Share (%) 2008 Sales 2008 Market share (%)
Nokia 440,881.6 36.4 472,314.9 38.6
Samsung 235,772.0 19.5 199,324.3 16.3
LG 122,055.3 10.1 102,789.1 8.4
Motorola 58,475.2 4.8 106,522.4 8.7
Sony Ericsson 54,873.4 4.5 93,106.1 7.6
Others 299,179.2 24.7 248,196.1 20.3
Total 1,211,236.6 100.0 1,222,252.9 100.0
Source: Gartner (February 2010)
Nokia also took a dive, dropping two percent of total market share (and 5.5 percent of smartphone market) but their market leadership remains pretty safe. They shipped 440 million handsets - a volume that almost totals that of all other companies from the Top Five (470 million). Things are even more convincing in smartphone terms where Symbian accounts to 47 percent of all sales globally.
However Apple have managed to double their market share, shipping 25 million iPhones, compared to 11 million in the previous year. RIM also noted a healthy 48 percent increase pushing the number of sold handsets to 34 million.
Table 2
Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System in 2009 (thousands of units)
Company 2009 Units 2009 Market Share (%) 2008 Units 2008 Market Share (%)
Symbian 80,878.6 46.9 72,933.5 52.4
Research In Motion 34,346.6 19.9 23,149.0 16.6
iPhone OS 24,889.8 14.4 11,417.5 8.2
Microsoft Windows Mobile 15,027.6 8.7 16,498.1 11.8
Linux 8,126.5 4.7 10,622.4 7.6
Android 6,798.4 3.9 640.5 0.5
WebOS 1,193.2 0.7 NA NA
Other OSs 1,112.4 0.6 4,026.9 2.9
Total 172,373.1 100.0 139,287.9 100.0
Source: Gartner (February 2010)
When it comes to smartphone platforms, the open-source Android has the biggest market share growth shipping on nearly 6.8 million devices in 2009. That's more than 10 times better than the 0.6 million in 2008. Another year like that and they might just take the second spot (or even first if Symbian doesn't up its game urgently).
An interesting trend is that the iPhone OS managed to reach a wider user base in 2009 than all the various versions and reincarnations of Windows Mobile. Now that should tell you something Microsoft, you better get your back into Windows Phone 7. We're waiting...'
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amawanqa
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Nokia N97 Mini goes bling:
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia[....]g_to_smartphones-news-1472.php
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gola
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Audi A1 for car of the year for the next 5 years 
Although I must say; the one that will be in production looks too generic and bland from when it was still in the conceptual stage, especially the interior, but I guess that's the norm...
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amawanqa
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Taken from The Register:
'Nokia No.2 is so sorry for N97 debacle
Apologises to general public for leaky flagship
CEO confessionals are all the rage now, but Nokia's No.2 executive has apologised for Finland's 2006 winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest ("Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi), the lack of jokes in Aki Kaurismki's dramas, and the Nokia N97 phone. Actually, no - we made the first two up.
But Anssi Vanjoki said the 500 flagship "has been a tremendous disappointment in terms of the experience quality for the consumers" and promised it won't happen again. That's quite a change of tune from September's Nokia World show, where he touted great sales numbers.
The EVP of Markets told All About Symbian's Rafe Blandford that while commercially it had been a success, the reception has obliged Nokia to revise its QC and product development.
The N97 was rushed to market last summer to go head-to-head with Apple's iPhone 3GS. I wasn't the only reviewer who wanted to give the underdog a fighting chance, but found it underwhelming. It was full of bugs, some serious, and memory and usability issues. The X6 I reviewed last month rectified very few of these.
Vanjoki also said that Nokia had kept relying on an out of date Symbian for too long.
But there's bad news if all you want is an updated version of the N95, a solid conventional slider phone. It doesn't really figure in Nokia's plans anymore - or at least not for high-end premium devices.
"I think what we have seen is that the usability of the different services is much more about large screens and direct access to things, rather than pull down menus and things like this. So I think that these hybrids are in particular, the ones where you have full QWERTY and beautiful large sized touchscreens," he says.'
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