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Need a laugh? Check out MM FAQ!

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If your in need of a laugh head on over to http://www.twyn-y-berllan.com/mm/faq.htm
and read Mobile Musings newly posted FAQ. Me thinks I should post one for this site!

Yes well I know I shouldn't laugh but... with quotes like this...

Why do you hate Microsoft?
I don't hate Microsoft. In my time a a gadget freak, I have used a Psion5, WindowsCE, Psion5mx, PocketPC and now a Nokia 9210 (in that order).

I have seen that there are strengths and weaknesses in all operating systems. Symbian isn't perfect and Microsoft fangirls love to point out the flaws in Palm and Symbian OS devices while being unable to even begin to understand why anybody in their right mind would consider anything other than a Microsoft device.

For example, the Microsoft Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 is just assumed to be the best device on the market simply because it has the same OS as a PocketPC. Yet, if you use the same arguments to compare the MS smartphone with (say) the P800 as they like to use when comparing the PocketPC with a Palm, you'll find that that someone at Redmond has a lot of explaining to do.

For the record, I actually like Windows on desktops, but not on servers and certainly not on phones!