Comments on: Crapware on phones- growing trend http://jkontherun.com/2008/11/14/crapware-on-pho/ Using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:10:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: turn.self.off http://jkontherun.com/2008/11/14/crapware-on-pho/#comment-238 turn.self.off Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:45:17 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/crapware-on-pho#comment-238 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>is this not a old classic over at the featurephone market?</p> </div>

is this not a old classic over at the featurephone market?

]]> By: Ben http://jkontherun.com/2008/11/14/crapware-on-pho/#comment-239 Ben Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:40:16 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/crapware-on-pho#comment-239 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>great. and unlike a PC, you can't even format the HD and install a fresh copy of the OS.</p> </div>

great. and unlike a PC, you can’t even format the HD and install a fresh copy of the OS.

]]> By: Dave Beauvais http://jkontherun.com/2008/11/14/crapware-on-pho/#comment-240 Dave Beauvais Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:03:36 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/crapware-on-pho#comment-240 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade for my BlackJack II included several extremely limited game demos. They all timed out in somewhere around four minutes. Once they time out, you register and play them or they just stay there, littering the Start menu and taking up ROM space that could have been used for something more useful like the Remote Desktop client, Live Messenger, etc.</p> </div>

The Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade for my BlackJack II included several extremely limited game demos. They all timed out in somewhere around four minutes. Once they time out, you register and play them or they just stay there, littering the Start menu and taking up ROM space that could have been used for something more useful like the Remote Desktop client, Live Messenger, etc.

]]> By: Mike Klein http://jkontherun.com/2008/11/14/crapware-on-pho/#comment-241 Mike Klein Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:16:28 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/crapware-on-pho#comment-241 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>What...you don't want to see trial/crap-ware installed to ROMs? This w/be so cool.</p> </div>

What…you don’t want to see trial/crap-ware installed to ROMs? This w/be so cool.

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