Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Jan 11 14:30:10 CST 2011
Maybe they all do it but the Windows Smartphone seemed, in some circumstances, to be sending a lot of data...over a GB a month, according to the posted article. Recently acquired a Samsung Galaxy S Smartphone with Android and I am really liking it. Just installed the following app: http://www.doubletwist.com/airsync/ (Not so much into music and pictures but maybe it will transfer code snippets as well.) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 8:19 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft Windows 7 cell phones are having problems Do the other smart phones also send data regularly? If so, how much? I've been thinking of getting a 1st smart phone before too long. Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:13 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft Windows 7 cell phones are having problems Hi Gustav: Right now nobody knows. If it is a bad design or some configuration issue that is easily made but not understood by the users, that is a problem. At the time of the news release no one, at least in or related to press had any idea what this data flow was for. I would suspect on going updates as Microsoft has always done, on PC, totally automated except that does not really work on a cell phone device where every byte transferred cost money. I suspect it is minor issue but the amount of bad press is major and just what Microsoft doesn't need... especially as iPhone is just getting more established and Android is cleaning up. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 1:37 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft Windows 7 cell phones are having problems Hi Jim As the article mentions "some" not "all", the extra data transmitted by some phones is probably due to some misconfiguration or misbehaviour of a kind. It should be relatively easy to track down. /gustav >>> accessd at shaw.ca 11-01-2011 06:09 >>> According to an email sent to me this evening, it appears that the windows cell phone operating system is causing and having some problems. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12152517 This might be the final death knell to MS's aspirations of getting a firm foot hold in the growing cell phone market. The question is whether this is a system bug or a design feature... Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com