Passport logs just a user name and password but can be extended, if a user chooses, to add lots more information.
The biggest drawback is that you can't use the device on its own without a phone, but if you're a heavy browser user or need to do some serious text input, but aren't doing anything serious enough to demand a real laptop, the REDFLY might just hit some sort of sweetspot for heavy Windows Mobile users.
But what if Samsung succeeds at building a user experience that is comparable or superior to what Apple comes up with?
"Our goal is to do what a top data scientist would do if given the user's data -- but to do it automatically in just a few seconds, " said Stephen Wolfram.
For instance, it may be perfectly ok to correlate location and time-of-day information, but it will be deemed unacceptable if a third stream of user context data is introduced.
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But if it had listened to one helpful user who reported a bug in its registration system months ago, it might have avoided the whole fiasco.
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Under terms set by the card systems the merchant can refuse to accept any or all varieties of plastic, but if it takes a card it can't make the user pay the card fee.
But you can store up to 2GB completely free if you are a home user.
True, someone somewhere may be able to supply a cheaper part, but if it is not tailored to the user's needs, or if it does not consistently arrive on time, the cost in lost production could be huge.
These typically do not charge for app-to-app calls, but do require the user to buy credit if they want to call or send a text to a standard mobile or landline number.
The extra-long olive branch will be slightly unusual for Microsoft if it's confirmed, but then the company is also trying to move along a user base that in some cases has clung to XP for more than a decade.
The download typically gets dropped into non-user accessible storage, but apparently, Palm has a contingency plan in place if an update is truly massive -- if that happens, it can steal some user storage with your permission.
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Again, it's a very minor quibble, but we'd prefer if Samsung kept the experience consistent for its user base.
Suppose a player were to break his arm during the contest, a user can trade their units in that player, but the value of the units will drop if everyone tries to sell them at once, emulating a stock exchange.
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It's understandable if the prospect creeps you out -- it should -- but the end goal isn't to invade a user's privacy (though the data mined would be significant), it's to anticipate and assist.
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