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What's the display size of those laptops? They're either like huge 18" or 19" displays or Laura and Tina are really tiny women standing in front of 14" notebooks.

Are you guys going to give away the pingñatas as consolation prizes?

I loved the outtakes. Did I hear Laura dropping the f-bomb?

Video is working for me although the fast foward doesn't seem to be working. The player starts to buffer the video and never plays again. I'll just have watch from the beginning again. That Vimeo version had horrendous PQ.

Laura, when did you start asking for only 3 minutes? I'm still willing to give you 5 minutes.

People need to chill the f*** out. If you're going to use Apple as the basis for comparison, then consider that they have only a few models to worry about and that they build the hardware themselves. They can skip the entire certification process that Microsoft has to go through with OEMs. Since Apple also operates its own retail channel (Apple Stores), they can practically skip the carrier certification process too. If Apple sends out an update that bricks their devices, you bring the device into an Apple Store. The carriers don't have to worry about it. With Windows Phone 7 devices (and Android devices for that matter), you have to bring the device back to the carrier's retail outlets.

If you feel waiting for the update process is unbearable, get yourself to an Apple Store and go buy yourself an iPhone. You can choose from the wide selection of models: from the 3.5" display model to the 3.5" display model or from the model without hardware keyboard to the model without hardware keyboard.

See my point? There is no such thing as a free lunch. If you want complete freedom of choice in terms of hardware (like Android), then you have to wait for the OEM decide when (or IF) they're going to update the device.

If you're willing to give up any choice of hardware in favor of quick updates to the OS, then go with Apple's offering.

If you want something in between (a decent selection of hardware from a handful of manufacturers but a consistent UX), then you go with Windows Phone 7. But you have to understand that updates will NEVER come as fast as Apple's updates. However, you can be damn sure that you will be getting the updates, something that's no guarantee with Android devices.

It's been a long time since the last episode. Are there not enough things to talk about?

For the next show, maybe you can mention this WP7 ad, which just so happens to be made by a guy named Brandon Foy. An aquaintance of yours, Laura, perhaps? Hmm? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHkPiU9YAQk

Here's link to his website:  http://www.brandonfoy.tv/

3 days ago, Mr Crash wrote

lol, all browsers except IE have moved away from closed source video codecs. microsoft bought a H.264 license (suckers!) and now they are realizing they bought a dying horse, ah sweat justice or karma (if you're into that)

Did you forget Safari? Besides, IE will support both H.264 and WebM, so who cares?

And Microsoft didn't just "buy" a H.264 license. It's a member of pool of patent owners for the technology. The pool consists of a who's who list of technology companies:

Apple Inc.
DAEWOO
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
France Télécom, société anonyme
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Fujitsu Limited
Hitachi, Ltd.
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
LG Electronics Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
NTT docomo
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Panasonic Corporation
Robert Bosch GmbH
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Scientific-Atlanta Vancouver Company
Sedna Patent Services, LLC
Sharp Corporation
Siemens AG
Sony Corporation
Ericsson
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Toshiba Corporation
Victor Company of Japan, Limited

Gee, where's Google? Do you really think Google would be pushing WebM if they were part of that pool of patent owners?

VS Feature Pack 2 isn't available for MAPDD subscribers.

18 minutes ago, Deno wrote

Nice set, one request can you turn down the backgroun sounds?

Best Qutoe: 3:21 "balls and things" Paul's face said it all!

Cough (And another week with no Halo talk) Cough

"...that you can play with" is probably what he was smirking about.