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I have small hands, to the point I find straining to use 5" screens, so that's where our differences lie in this case! Also I like my devices to be small, I never bough an MP4 player or the big MP3s with screens preferring microplayers like the Creative Zen.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: Also I like my devices to be small, I never bough an MP4 player or the big MP3s with screens preferring microplayers like the Creative Zen.
This is part of why I still use my Zune daily. People crack jokes about it, but it's been dropped on hard wood and concrete floors more times than I care to count and it's still going strong and looking brand new. Best of all: no trace of any Apple software on any of my machines.
Meanwhile, over the years those who laugh at it have purchased numerous MP3 players because of dead batteries that will no longer keep a charge, shattered glass, simply stopped working, they got tired of it or they've moved to a phone or tablet that they still upgrade every few years.
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I kept my Zen but now use a Samsung YP F3, which is slightly bigger due to an integrated belt clip and a mini scrolling screen. I used it because my Zen was a 2GB and this one is 4, almost full BTW.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I've owned a few of the cheapie MP3 players--not that I have any idea what yours was worth new--and I've found all of them to be total garbage. Difficult to navigate, battery that wouldn't keep a charge, poor quality (cracked screen after being drop a few inches from the ground, buttons wearing out and no longer responding), etc.
I bought my Zune when Microsoft finally gave up on them and local stores were dumping them; I got mine for $100, including charger and car adapter, and I've never looked back. In fact, I'm still underwhelmed by the alternatives (which are practically non-existent nowadays), and have bought another Zune from a local auction site, ready to go when this one dies - which it shows no sign of.
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Mine is about 60$ new, navigation is more comfortable than other players but the small screen does what it can - I use it mainly on shuffle so it wasn't a parameter taken in consideration.
Battery keeps the charge, the screen is a major source of consumption even at the lowest settings but it recharges in very little time.
For the durability: I usually keep it in my bag under 0.5 l of water and my ~0.5 kg foodbag + fork, a jacknife and a heavy keichain. Otherwise it's in my pockets with a jackknife, the smartphone and car keys. It fell a lot of times. It's still perfect, only soe minor scratch on the screen.
Oh yes: I brought it on the beach a lot of time, under scorching sun and fine sand - it almost killed my ebook reader - but the player is intact. It's a bit bigger and heavier than how I'd like it but it looks it's secretly made of steel so I can't complain!
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I considered getting one as my contract was up for renewal and I had price discounts from Swisscom[^]
I have been pissed with Crapapples Music app for a while, even enough to opt for a Spotify account.
The Note 7 seemed to big for me, thus I headed for a S7 Edge. Good decision, this was.
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Why is the software business so hard?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Because there is no wiz in its cheese.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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megaadam wrote:
IBusinessCategory bc = new SoftwareBusiness();
bc.Difficulty = DifficultyEnum.Hard;
InterrogativeDelegate = (b,d) => { return Why(b);};
int answer = InterrogativeDelegate.Invoke(bc);
if(answer == 42){ Win(); }
Sorry, I was too busy migrating your question into a code workflow to think of an answer.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Because there are too many TLAs.
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megaadam wrote: Why is the software business so hard?
It's not. The hardware business is hard. Software business is soft. Duh. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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It's not. Software is quite easy. The hard part is properly defining and documenting the business process that said software is going to be automating/assisting.
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Vark111 wrote: The hard part is properly defining and documenting the business process that said software is going to be automating/assisting well enough that the idiot users can understand it.
FTFY
I can't count the number of times we've gotten feature requests for things that already exist. Such is the result of poor training and next to no documentation.
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M.M. (moron managers)?
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Finally i can go to holidays, hope you guys keep the site alive 
Bye bye, see read you in 3 Weeks!
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Hang on a moment...what about the FSOW? Nobodies solved it so you're going to have to rip up your plane ticket and stay behind... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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We will be doing him a favour, I heard he was going to Wales via Luton.
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I hope you won't kill me for not responding in time 
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Now that Windows mobile (phone) app development is pretty much history, I wonder whether it makes sense to develop Windows desktop store apps or just move over to other platforms.
At this moment, the next step in choosing the right path is confusing if you are a Microsoft fan and a mobile developer.
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Xamarin?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Licensing costs and performance.
I also tinkered with Cordova, but whatever is used, it looks like something is always missing working with apis and html.
I find it easier working with native code.
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As far as I know, since the release of VS2015 Xamarin is free - no licence is required beyond that you need for VS anyway. I fit into the Community Edition as a one-man-band, but I'm not aware of any additional licence for Enterprise users. (It was the licensing costs that put me off it as well, before MS acquired it)
Performance? Don't know how much of a problem that will be: the old "C++ native vs C# speed" debate went very quiet several years ago, so it may be the same here - if not now then in a few releases time.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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They removed the 'deployment' costs for Xamarin?
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Yes they did.
This space for rent
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