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What derailed the Windows Mobile 7 train?

One has to wonderwhether Microsoft even knows how to deal with a competitive environment anymore. One also has to wonder how long the Teflon coating will last on its CEO, because while MS will not be declaring bankruptcy any time soon, you cannot seriously argue that this CEO has maximized...

Tags: Microsoft Windows CE, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Mobile, SMP, Microsoft Windows, WM7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

How will Microsoft fix Windows Mobile? The Softies still aren't saying

How will Microsoft fix Windows Mobile? The Softies still aren't sayingIt won't slip . . .there's absolutely too much at stake. The mobile marketplace will depend on WM7 being released in a timely fashion. I for one would like to see this pink device come to fruition. There are legions...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Mobile applications, laptop hunter, Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., mobile, WM7, phone, Microsoft Windows, Softies, advertisement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

MS' Fiscal 2010 game plan: The marketing calendar (Slideshow: A look ahead at Microsoft's FY 2010 launch plans)

MS' Fiscal 2010 game plan: The marketing calendar (Slideshow: A look ahead at Microsoft's FY 2010 launch plans)One long ball after another.MS is certainly knocking them out of the park this year.RE: MS' Fiscal 2010 game plan: The marketing calendar (Slideshow: A look ahead at Microsoft's FY 2010 ...

Tags: Games, marketing calendar, FY 2010, WM7, Microsoft Corp., game plan, slideshow, marketing, game

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Windows Mobile 6.5: Microsoft messed up

Windows Mobile 6.5: Microsoft messed upDespicableLet the flame war begin....!It's all about choicesIt looks like there will be lots of exciting choices in the Smart Phone market in 2009. Unfortunately, Microsoft won't be one of them. Considering it had a seven year head start on the iPhone, Android, and Pre...

Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., WM7

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

Windows 7-Windows Mobile integration: What's coming when?

Windows 7-Windows Mobile integration: What's coming when?Windows Mobile What??Sorry, after the two pieces of junk called Mobile 5 and Mobile 6, I'm never going back.Vive la IPhone!WM7 & W7 will ship nearly at the same timeMary Jo:I think the fact that these Mobians didn't see an WM7 device means that...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, WM7, Apple iPhone, fart, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., mobile

Discussion threads 2008-12-10

Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7

Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7In the next 12 months . . .WM7 is way more important than Azure and W7 combined. M$ has to right this sinking WM ship. Apple is eating their lunch, and now Google has entered the fray with their very compelling G1...

Tags: Operating systems, enterprise market, Microsoft Corp., Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, WM7

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

Cringely's right, Windows Mobile is dead

Cringely's right, Windows Mobile is deadPeople who know nothing have the loudest opinions"Cringley is right, unless you can point me to any hot new product that will be using it."@UninformedIdiotHave you heard of the HTC Touch HD or the Xperia X1?Triple......I like your posts sometimes but you're way out on...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular phones, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., mobile, WM7, Microsoft Zune, Cringely, handset, High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-24

Live Labs kills Deepfish; suspends Volta downloads

Live Labs kills Deepfish; suspends Volta downloadsVolta and PDCI'm guessing Volta will show up again at the PDC. Dharma Shukla's Live Platform Architecture session seems to hint at it with "hybrid client/cloud scripting". I also wouldn't be surprised if a stand-alone Volta session is added at the last...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Dharma Shukla, Pocket Internet Explorer, Deepfish, Volta, WM7, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

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Yahoo: Giving users a mobile experience, not a mobile OS

M$ to buy Yahoo in less than 2 yearsSo, why should Yahoo be all that concerned about developing a mobile OS? Once the search deal is closed and given 12 months to prove M$' bing can slowly grab market share from Google, M$ will, in fact, complete a purchase of...

Tags: mobile-OS, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., mobile

Discussion threads 2009-10-24

Ballmer: Zune services coming to 'next release' of Windows Mobile

As if Windows Mobile wasn't slow or bloated enough already...not much left to say. Windows Mobile is toward the horse's heiney of mobile platforms, right now and I doubt Apple or RIM will screw up their products just to let proven crapware back in... In a socialized world,...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, phone, Steve Ballmer, strategy, Internet, smart phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Zune, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Microsoft opens Windows Marketplace for Mobile with 246 apps

logic"Bach told press and analysts ... that there are more than 20,000 applications available for Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 phones ? and even if the applications focused on specific business verticals and IT tasks are subtracted, there are still ?tens of thousands? of Windows Mobile apps out there."20.000 minus...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Mobile applications, OPEN SOURCE, Wireless and Mobility, Bach, Microsoft Windows Mobile, GPL, Apple Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Zune, mobile, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Microsoft considering making Zune services available to Apple users

Hell Yes!iTunes is the only thing that's making me want to ditch my iPhone. It's a bloated piece of garbage. At least on Windows. However, the Zune software runs beautifully. I already have the Zune Pass so win-win.Yep!!!I sure hope they do port it to other...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital music, Digital media, Zune Platform, Apple Inc., software, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Windows Mobile 6.5 gallery two (Image Gallery: Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints with lack of customization and stylus requirement)

yes you rightIs embarrasing and dumb the new presentation of windows mobile, the same way to copy iphone menus, the same fake windows like Vista trying to match MacOS .The archeologist media player. The only lesson that other learn early, the new iphone browser is wide seen. Is more like...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Smart phones, Handhelds, Mobile applications, Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Microsoft kicks off its Windows uber-branding campaign

These phones are more powerful than the laptops of a couple years agoThey have lots of RAM, GPU, HW codecs, etc, so yes they can run Windows and it's past time they did. Stick a fork in WinMo, it should have already been part of history with 6.5. My...

Tags: Construction, Telecom & Utilities, phone, wall, laptop computer, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints; no Start customizations and stylus still required

Apple is safe.Point release or not, Microsoft is under the gun to come up with something better than this retread if they want to stay in the mobile device business. Make no mistake, the handset makers are not just disappointed, they are steaming about Microsoft's inability to keep up, because...

Tags: Keyboards, Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless and Mobility, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, touch screen, Windows Mobile 6.5, ringer, mobile, Finger-friendly, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Will Windows Mobile jump back to number 2 by 2013?

Don't summon the marketing people...Win7 house party ads check cNet Buzz Report for a nice roast, Bill Gates shaking his posterior, and misleading Laptop Hunters ads...these are the people you want to sell people on WinMo?Personally I'd say to have MS do the same thing that they mostly do with...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, phone, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, mobile, WinMo

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Pink and Microsoft Tablet (Take 2): A couple of updates

Microsoft should release a High end WM 7 PhoneIn fact a high end phone which will effectively show off all capabilities of WM7, because i don't think that Microsoft can rely on any of its partner to do that. Especially as its biggest partner for WM phones,HTC, is more and...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Palm drops Windows Mobile from future plans, WebOS only focus

very wrong step for Palm that will eventually bankrupt themPalm is trying to squeeze in to the iphone space and forsee the future with WebOs. it so sad they don't understand the future is both. the windows Mobile platform is used by the federal government and fortune 500 companies and...

Tags: Handhelds, Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Cellular phones, Operating systems, Mobile applications, windows mobile platform, Symbian OS Phones, Microsoft Windows, mobile, Treo Pro, Palm Inc., WinMo, Palm Treo, Fortune 500 company, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Microsoft: Windows Mobile 7 not on the PDC docket

MS can be extremely innovative when they want to beI'm looking forward to WM7. When MS feels threatened, they are easily the most innovative tech company in the world. And when I say "innovative", I mean in the real sense, not in the Apple sense where innovation is taking something...

Tags: PDAs, Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)

What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)Typo"Business Productivity Online Services, Windows Azure, desktop virtualization, storage Data Protection Manager and identity ser[b]v[/b]ices."Me: I would really work much harder on mobileI think Microsoft is doing the right thing in the Enterprise space. I even think it is a...

Tags: Research & Development, Collaboration, Groupware, Content management, Enterprise software, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., billion-dollar business, R&D, Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2009-08-03