I agree that none of the big players have a decent relational data solution (Google has Fusion Tables for really large data sets, but it doesn’t have good relationship handling).

If you look carefully at what Microsoft is giving away though it really is still just a teaser and you only get all the power when you hand over your wallet. I still think Google gives you more bang for free, because the additional features you get for paid subscriptions are back-end features, for the admins, the end-users (consumer and business alike) get everything for free (except additional storage).

PC World did a good comparison of the additional free features vs. the full paid feature-set in the new Office 365.

The subscription model has existed for quite some time though, at a certain size companies just subscribe to annual licenses from Microsoft. The reason the employees seem stuck one or two version behind is corporate IT departments take that long to roll-out the new version to the employees. And by then the next version is available to consumers. Microsoft may be trying to push the subscription threshold lower and lower, maybe even to the consumer level. But at the corporate level it has existed for many years.

If you are buying apps on your device it’s because you trust the platform and are using it more. You are therefore more tempted to pick it up to look something up. I am not saying that none of the Android users do this too, but these results do seem to correlate that more often than not Android users simply treat their devices like phones.

You’re welcome, and you’re right. Unfortunately I didn’t have as much time with Snap Camera (or A Better Camera) but since the review I’ve been using it more and more (it’s my primary camera now). The interface is very nice and leaves all the space for taking pictures, I just need to watch out for my big fingers (which is why I tend towards interfaces with big buttons).

Was auto-awesome turned on before you uploaded the images?

The thing with auto-awesome is it’s automatic, you don’t have control – but you can encourage it! For sequences, panoramas, HDR, moving object removal, or smile aggregation make sure the timestamps and geo-location are present, correct, and close together.

Here’s some more auto-awesome tips from Google.

For Emoticons there’s no standard but most are commonly accepted. For Emoji there is a standard character set.

I know iMessage is more tightly integrated with iOS so I expect a little better UX there – not that Android couldn’t have the hooks to do it and I think they’re available in 4.4 KitKat so we’ll have to see if the situation improves.

But I’m pretty sure iMessage doesn’t allow you to send an SMS from your iPad or laptop/desktop by bouncing off your iPhone. So in that regard it’s just as good/bad as Hangouts.

After this post, i’ve installed it and im amazed with this keyboard.
I have to say cause i’ve used all the keyboards mentioned here, Swype, SwiftKey, Android default and others, but TouchPal is so far better!

Smooth, fast and functional!
The only thing i miss is the capability of write in 2 languages at the very same time without have to change the dict.
Anyway, i can survive without it =D

Cheers! ^^

What’s much more difficult and harder to dismiss is the fact that Skype is still in the top five several years after it was released. WhatsApp is still in the top 10!

Short-term number of downloads and activations are meaningless figures. Especially for free apps that are easily installed (and un-installed). Much more interesting will be to see where BBM is in a month, 6 months, and a year from now.

I wish app stores showed current installations and active users rather than download counts.

PS I actually quite liked their slogan: “One Page to Rule Them All”. It seems to be very true.

It’s all about the BBM group where you can have multiple chats at same time, task list and calendar make event planning easy and simple. I have a friend using BBM group to plan wedding it is such a time saver and collaboration is much easier.

If you have need clarification I would be happy to assist.

Hope they fix it’s instabilities, small bugs, and resource needs.

Again, thanks for the post!

Chris

Thanks

Your welcome!

But your explanation makes sense and appreciate the insight.

Personally I always hold off until the first Windows service pack is released before installing any version on my own hardware. That said, I have not owned a windows PC for quite some time now. I use me at work, but at home it’s a whole other story.

Maybe Schultzter has some more clues as to why the install fails. Hopefully he’ll give us an update soon.