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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What uses for an abandoned Windows Phone? 4

unixisc writes: While it's always been well known that Windows phones in the market have always floundered, one saving grace has always been that one could at least use it for the barest minimum of apps, even if updates have stopped. But Microsoft has finally proved that wrong by dealing a death blow to the platform: removing WiFi capabilities. I had been using that for other things in existing apps, but yesterday, when I found that I could no longer access the Internet without using cellular data, I switched that phone to another old Android I have.

Aside from a door stop or a hand me down to someone who'll use it like a dumb phone, what are your suggested uses for this phone? A music player (if the songs are on an SD card)? Games? As far as phones go, I have what I need, so for this, anything it's good for?

Submission + - How ready is IPv6 to succeed IPv4? (worldipv6launch.org)

unixisc writes: Over the last 2 years, June 6th had been observed as IPv6 day. The first time, IPv6 connections were turned on by participants just for a day, and last year, it was turned on for good. A year later, how successful is the global transition to IPv6? According to Cisco 6labs, adaption rates vary from 50% in Belgium to 6% in China, with the US coming somewhere in the middle at 37%. A lot of issues around IPv6, such as the absence of NAT, have apparently been resolved (NAPT is now available and recognized by the IETF). So what are the remaining issues holding people up — be it ISPs, businesses, consumers or anybody else? When could we be near a year when we could turn off all IPv4 connectivity worldwide on an IPv6 only day and nobody would notice?

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