Mark Simms
marksimms at verizon.net
Thu Aug 23 19:56:16 CDT 2012
2 years ago I upgraded to a nice Samsung Focus S smartphone. Worked nice, except voice recognition for text messaging was awful.... Wouldn't recognize common phrases. Other problems: Bluetooth connectivity would drop randomly. Now, if you are anywhere NEAR this technology, The combination of the above...is actually DEADLY ! Why ? In a car, it forces you to go manual on the keyboard instead of just speaking. Well, I complained to Samsung who didn't really offer a solution. Just 3 weeks ago, I got a message to upgrade the O/S..which was Win7. Took 2 attempts and over 6 hours to do the upgrade via USB port. What's happened recently ? Omigosh...Bluetooth is solid.. And voice recognition for text messaging is really working now ! I love it ! What's the "catch" ? BOTH Samsung and HTC have moved to the Android operating system in their latest and greatest phones. Bottomline: MICROSOFT WAS TOO LATE..TOO LATE...in the fixes. Samsung obviously logged the complaints...and this forced their hand..to move on. This is ominous for this company run by Steve Balmer. I now call him "Slug-O".