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The day the Windows died
I always thought Windows 2000 was the point of over-service for Microsoft. The book linked below puts a date on the point when Microsoft could and should have created an autonomous division whose task would be to create…
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Why HTC (Part II)
Starting in January, Apple launched a series of C-Level discussions with tier-1 handset makers to underscore its growing displeasure at seeing its iPhone-related IP infringed. The lawsuit filed against HTC thus appears…
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Why HTC?
In the suit against HTC, Apple’s listed infringing phones include HD2, Touch Pro2, Tilt2, Imagio, Pure and Touch Diamond. These all run Windows Mobile and not Android. HTC shipped 80% of the Windows Mobile units in the…
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Microsoft: Mobile Platforms Don't Matter
AppleInsider | Microsoft Pink-Zune details emerge alongside Windows Phone 7 Dilger in fine form today ripping Microsoft a new one. The collapse of its Windows Mobile Marketplace has now caused Microsoft to radically…
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100 Million Windows Mobile Devices
by 2007. The goal was set 6 years and 3 months ago: On November 3, 2003, Microsoft announced that it intends to sell 100 million Windows Mobile devices by year 2007. This goal has been set by Steve Ballmer. Majority of…
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Microsoft and Nokia agree: Apple is hindering Innovation in Mobile market
From the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 (one year ago): Kallasvuo used Apple and its “closed” ecosystem as an example of what could limit innovation in the mobile market in the future. He said Apple’s vertically…
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Into the Mind of a Windows Mobile User
What are we to make of the new Windows Phone 7 Series? First, we have to distinguish it as a new platform. Let’s use Microsoft’s new naming conventions and call it “WP7S” as distinct from the current Windows Mobile 6.5…
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Platform Bonanza! Three new Platforms in one Day
Delivering precisely what the world needs today: Three new ambitious platforms starting with zero installed bases and no applications are going up against the following: It should be noted that Microsoft’s new Windows…
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Dick Brass Vents
I knew of Dick Brass at the time when he was promoting ClearType inside Microsoft. We met his team to consider licensing our table recognition algorithms for the production of ebooks for Microsoft Reader, an early ebook…
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That River in Egypt
Mini-MSFT: Windows Mobile 7: we so dropped the ball in our early phone OS presence that now it seems like it’s a losing battle to have a dog in this fight. But WinMo7 is out there. To me, I can imagine this becoming like…