Gary Krakow is off his rocker, blames MSFT for iPhone battery woes

re: Gary Krakow is off his rocker, blames MSFT for iPhone battery woes

DRWAM — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:15:04 GMT

Cool, thanks Mike and Josh

re: Gary Krakow is off his rocker, blames MSFT for iPhone battery woes

NeoMatrix — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:28:17 GMT

I heard the location services was causing the battery drain on 2.0 it's on by deafult.

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mikegalos@msn.com — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:16:54 GMT

@DrWam

Vista SP1 used Microsoft's usual policy for auto-update on operating systems. Initially it was not offered on Windows Update, later it became optional and finally it became an auto update (after a tool shipped to block auto-updating it for corporations who want to do their own roll out but still use Windows Update)

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DRWAM — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:36:21 GMT

Thanks Joshu4, I will check it when I get home. The popup screen at startup only showed 'Vista Ultimate', but I cannot remember if I checked a control panel, so i probably didn't. Does Vista automacially install SP1 via auto update?

thanks,

Doc

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Joshu4 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:14:16 GMT

@DRWAM

Vista shows it's version info via "Control Panel / System & Maintenance / System.

Or, my prefered way using the run command, type down "Winver" without the quotes.

I hope that helps ya out Doc

Peace Bro

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DRWAM — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:18:39 GMT

I did have a problem with the XP SP3 DL. I had several unsuccessful tries with auto update. Then finally when installed on the 2.7 GHz Celeron eMachine with 1GB RAM, it was so slow that I had to reinstall XP, so I did not install on my other PC or 3 yr old Dell laptop. I was finally able to DL the instal disc, but have been too timid. Now, somebody better answer this next question! [please]. I have Vista auto update turned on, but the System control panel only shows 'Vista Ultimate'. Xp shows any SP install in System control panel, but does Vista? If not, does Vista SP1 require anything else besides having auto update turned on?

Thanks,

Doc

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ggolcher — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:58:37 GMT

Subzero:

That's probably the most realistic, accurate take I've heard of this issue. Congratulations on a very accurate analysis of the situation.

See, Mum? See what happens when you stop the hate and worship Allah? When you love thy neighbor? Do you see, my friend?

re: Gary Krakow is off his rocker, blames MSFT for iPhone battery woes

subzerohitman721 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:21:09 GMT

A couple of points here.

First off, this guy Gary Krakow is an absolute moron. Thats like blaming Ford and GM for Chrysler's failure to sell automobiles. Also, while we know that Microsoft consulted Apple about adding Active Sync to the iPhone. The actual Active Sync download for a PC is 7.52 MB. The actual implementation of Active Sync in the iPhone is most likely smaller than that.

Second, reguarding the iPhone launch. Yes, we knew Apple was going to sell a million phones, millions of apps sold, and plenty of interest in mobile me. With that said, this weekend did put a black eye on the reputation of Apple. There was even an article on Macworld by Philip Michaels warning both Apple fans, Apple Inc, and the PC/Mobile phone community about either extremes. The article is titled, "Apple Sends the Wrong Signal to iPhone Customers." Yes, Apple got a lot of positives. But Apple did, "Fumble the Football."

The lack of server preparation for a major surge in volume was clearly Apple's fault. This was a world wide demand in 60 countries for a product. Making sure you had new servers to handle such demand should have been a part of the preparation. If they didn't, then thats just bad service. One thing that Microsoft and its testing partners does well, its that they have hundreds of servers to handle increased capacity. Notice during the Vista SP1 RTW rollout and the XP SP3 RTW launch, Microsoft downloads website didn't crash to excess capacity? Thats something that Microsoft does very well. Infact I was able to snag the download of Vista SP 1 in slightly over an hour. Considering the file size, that was pretty quick. Last year this same fiasco happened to Apple. New servers and server capacity would be something Apple should work on improving.

Nobody is disputing the success to the phone, the app store, or mobile me. But today Apple has extended the trial subscriptions as an apology for bad service. Even they today acknowledge with the win, there was some embarassingly bad moments. Its like the Cowboys winning the football game, but having bad defensive and offensive moments. Generally, its called a mixed bag or a bitter sweet victory.

Peace.

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DRWAM — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:20:30 GMT

Raaj, if I got as many nasty emails as I think Paul gets [and sometimes claims] I would be calling them worse things. I am impress with his reserve.

On a personal note, I really don't like cursing on the web as kids may see it, although I got into a battle at two other sites once, one of which is AVSforum [for electronic info] all because I posted an email from a company that a fanboy did not like, as they changed a policy one month later, making my post wrong. After apologizing and explaining that the two moth old email was outdated, but verbatum [copied and pasted actually], he got even worse. I am a very big guy and have never experienced such insults and nastiness, so I did not handle so gently.

Peace

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skeezicks — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:12:11 GMT

Paul -- would you mind adding better attribution to the content. It isn't evident that is content aggregated from my post. Thanks, I'd appreciate it.

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RaaJ — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:29:05 GMT

Doc, it is not even-handed people like you that I am talking about, or Paul refers to as "iCabal." I am referring to people who refuse to criticize Apple when they so obviously screwed the pooch.

It is also funny to see all the knee jerk reactions from the usual suspects taking objection to Paul's use of the word iCabal. You would think somehow Paul personally insulted their mother when he mocks the iCabal. Why do these people think Paul is referring to THEM as iCabal simply because they fancy Steve Jobs' bits and bobs?

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Mum — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:11:13 GMT

Right now I'm busy hitting refresh to see Paul's take on Apple's apology letter and the 30-day extension to MobileMe customers.

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Mum — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:58:21 GMT

"Why the hate?"

The post I made was cold analysis from start to finish. No hint of hate, love, humor or passion of any kind there.

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johnpapola — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:38:45 GMT

I just think it's funny that Paul is so mad about "group think" and the press regarding bashing Vista and praising Apple... but the reality is that "group think" played a major role in driving Windows into dominance. How many retailers were pushing "IBM-compatible" back in the late eighties/early nineties. Then later... what about the "group think" in the media regarding Apple's pending demise. The great "beleaguered" tag which now seems to be more associated with Dell than Apple. I think Paul has a very short-term, narrow view of the ebbs and flows of public opinion.

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DRWAM — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:30:13 GMT

Raaj, I know that you are referring to the $100 fee for the free service, which will be rectified, and it was wrong. I think the Xbox is great, but extending the warranty another year, still leaves you with a dead Xbox 2 years after you bought it, at least in over 30% of all sales. People were complaing and suing Apple because the iphone battery was not replaceable by design [but you CAN replace it yourself for $12, which I have posted here before] as well as battery life LIES in the media. Still, this post does show MS getting targeted inappropriately. And MS spent over a billion dollars fixing dead Xboxes. Personally, my two experiences with MS customer support would give then a 10 out of 10 stars, which I have also posted the experience in the past.