The 'Lavatory' or lack thereof... Going number 1 and especially going number 2 is always an ordeal on any flight. Cramped and confined, noisy, smelly (if you're really unlucky). This flight takes it to the next level as there are only 2 Lavatories accessible to the whole 'Economy Class' (approx. 200 people) now we have 'Chronological Advanced Travelers with Hyperactive Bladders' trotting all the way to the back of the aircraft. A wonderful parade if I do say so myself. As of this entry 6 people, make that 7 people are in line to use the 'Airborne John'. I suspect quite a few folks holding it in... I know I am. I'm using the Jedi Bladder Meditation Technique ;-)
So which is it? Nokia (NOK) and Microsoft (MSFT) announced a partnership today. Both lumbering companies have been in some trouble with their smartphone divisions. Both have been loosing market share to Apple, Android and Blackberry in recent years. WindowsMobile (previously PocketPC and currently WindowsPhone) once the dominant mobile OS, yes folks before the iPhone came into power Microsoft slowly but surely killed of it’s main competitor palm OS, which was acquired by hp last year and is now barely a sliver of a shadow of it’s former former former self. Just this week hp/palm unveiled 2 new smartphones the palm Pre 3 and Veer, as well as their entry into the tablet space with the TouchPad. hp being one of the top computer manufacturers at the moment has the resources to use and spread webOS like a creamy peanut butter across all markets they are in. By being one of MSFT’s biggest customers now suddenly not using Windows7 (still MSFT’s tablet OS of choice) and churning out comp...
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