Old Windows computers have no problems running Windows 7. But Windows is made by Microsoft which is a software company. If they are able to make their software run on more computers that benefits them because people will buy the upgrade and install it.

That is not the correct use of the phrase "begs the question."

Shipping cost for item you linked to: $0.50

Or you get the generic brand off ebay and spend $0.85.

The vast majority of custom ROMs are not stable enough to stand up against a ROM update released by a carrier. Cyanogen Mod, the biggest/most popular custom ROM out there, still doesn't have beta builds out yet for CM9/ICS. It takes time to make a good ROM.

They can throw something together in a few days but it will be a pre beta release. Carriers don't release updates until they are stable. It is not an accurate comparison in any way.

And it's a pretty bad official official reason. If Siri is meant to be used from afar then why is holding the phone up to your face one of the ways to activate Siri? Why does every person in the Siri commercials hold and talk directly into the phone when using Siri?

Don't forget about all those TV commercials where the people hold the phone right next to their mouth when talking to Siri.

Yeah, I know. It was actually a wall. Not the Myspace style comment system that it ended up switching too.

If they are switching cables why are they not going with micro USB? Is this cable better than USB or something?

The moon doesn't have a dark side. The side that doesn't face the earth gets just as much light as the near side.

I think you are right. They aren't actually changing things. This is the current policy. It applies to all Google services. It lists the ways that they collect information then says

I know! When I first skimmed the article I didn't get why it was evil. Then I saw the part that said "why we're calling this evil" and I thought ohh here it is. Then it said that Google is evil because "Because Google changed the rules that it defined itself."

Or if you want to be logged in you can take 12 seconds to disable this feature and then never worry about it again.

And 95% of the people who will see the commercial won't even know that phones can get upgraded.

Ok so you like to be among the first to get updated. Why is it funny to you that the vast majority of people don't even know that an update is available?

Also the article gives no reason to why many Windows and Symbian phones are 4+ inches.

Also the article gives no reason why there are plenty of Windows and Symbian phones with 4+ inch screens.

In actuality the thumb thing was ridiculed because it was just a green arc drawn over a phone. No stats about the average thumb size, nothing about how you hold your phone. On top of that many many users with larger phones can touch the whole screen with their thumbs.

Left out of the article is that there are plenty of 4+ inch screens on Windows and Symbian phones as well as Android.