On 10/16/2015 5:57 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 16/10/2015 08:45 AM, Stephen wrote:
>> On 10/16/2015 8:34 AM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>> Today, I guess all phones run Andriod, and are thus identical in every
>>> respect... (The odd one out being the iPhone, of course.)
>>
>> Never, ever take up gambling for a living. :-P
>
> You are kidding? That's not a "living"! :-P
>

It can be for some people. But if not a living it can be a source of 
additional income.
Personally I never gamble with anything as trivial as money.

>> Each manufacturer has their own GUI and controls.
>
> ....and now I'm thinking about all the crapwhere that gets installed on
> big-name PCs. Usually stuff like "this special toolbar allows you to
> open the Internet with just one click, in case you're too retarded to
> know how to open a web browser all by yourself". Man, that doesn't sound
> fun...
>

I don't think anyone on this newsgroup is qualified to complain about 
crapware (I prefer my spelling :-) ). I know quite a few people who need 
a F1 key to go to the toilet with a computer.

>> And if you root the device you can customise it even more.
>
> Presumably only a tiny proportion of people actually do that though.

Have a look on some forums. You might be surprised.
I rooted my last phone when it was having battery problems and 
need/wanted to install an App to monitor and shut down unwanted 
programs. Some people root their phones just because they can.

-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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