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[BeeNetter]

(META) Microsoft Chatter Protocol?

[Lojack]

They already have one. The Microsoft smartphone is sold in Europe. Although MS doesn't manufacture the handsets themselves, they use partners. Don't know if they'll try it in the US, depends on how it goes over there.

[BeeNetter]

No, I mean a device themed to "look like" a Halo2 chatter (assuming we ever see one in Halo2), with a distinct Halo2 theme to it.

Meh, I seriously doubt any such thing would exist.

[Oecumenix]

[Nova]

[ABoxInABox]

[turbov21]

Smartphones

[Kagehi Kossori]

Let me guess. Since it is Microsoft:

1. It costs twice as much as everyone else.
2. Uses proprietary code.
3. has a bloated protocol with a mess of extra unneeded stuff to make it harder to design compatible systems, but which doesn't add any function.
4. It has lots of features, but most of them no one cares about.
5. The ones people do care about are support for like Outlook Light or something, which means IE is probably in there some place and you r phone will get viruses.
6. You will have to upgrade to Smartphone XP next year, which will look cooler, add even more junk you don't need and has to be patched 12 times before it stops crashing for no reason in the middle of a phone call. (The first 11 patches will of course introduce other bugs, but not fix the original crashing issue.)

Not that I am biased against any of their software or anything.... I use it all the time and fully expect to have to reboot my current computer 3-4 times before it starts properly. Of course I could buy XP and then get stuck with all the same problems that people who play muds have with SP2 (most refuse to install it due to some of the 'fixes' MS uses to limit the damage viruses can do, but also fucks up every utility or program that needs a less restricted system to work properly...) Heh, I get the choice between having every virus in a thousand miles infecting my system, while still be able to use the machine, or being unable to use it the way I want, but having a false sense of security, knowing that at least the *known* viruses can't invade. Yep, real impressive and innovative solutions from the people that redefined the second word to mean:

Innovation n - Poorly done and incomplete integration of ideas and design, which someone else has already put out on the market, so the original developer can't compete.

[sanctusmortis]

[Scumbag]

[thebruce]

Error 4 = complaining about Microsoft in a forum that doesn't really care, because this forums is about the ARG, not 'the man'.

adios

[Buzzkill247]

[krystyn]

omg you totally went the OS holy wars route - there should totally be a godwin's law for that, man.

[FauxHammer]

I want a Final Fantasy phone!

[Kagehi Kossori]