Following on from the recent announcement of Windows Mobile 6.5 comes fresh rumours regarding Microsoft entering the mobile phone market themselves.For years Microsoft has provided the operating system for use on a wide range of handsets by different manufacturers. This might be about to change. If you believe recent rumours, then Microsoft is allegedly going to launch a mobile phone based on Nvidia's new Tegra CPU which would be annoucned at the forthcoming GSMA Mobile World Congress in February 2009. Microsoft has used the annual event to introduce previous versions of Windows Mobile.
With the news, in late September, of a delay in Windows Mobile 7 the company has been hurrying to make Windows Mobile 6.5 available to handset manufacturers and operators as soon as possible. News leaked early this year regarding the features of Windows Mobile 7. If Microsoft is planning its own device and Windows Mobile 7 will be powering it then the delay could make for a rather interesting coupling for next year. Roll on February.
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finally able to put these small 800x480 screens to good use
wonder how this will affect apple/nvidia's marriage?
Is this in the interest of Microsoft and Windows Mobile that Microsoft make the phone and the OS coming with it?
Would the MS partners be happy about that? Would they be ready to pay Microsoft for the Windows Mobile licenses if Microsoft becomes a competitor?
Besides, it's not as if Microsoft ever tried to make a phone (and failed), anyone remember the Microsoft Cordless Phone?
I'd love if they released a more basic mobile phone. Possibly combine the Zune with a basic phone, like the iPhone, but without it being 99% touchscreen.
Nothing can be "killer" if unreleased and based on speculation.
So far, nothing MS has produced in the mobile/handheld device market has been even remotely a "killer" of any similar product by Apple. In fact, we've seen these "iPod-killer" and "iPhone" killer claims before - the former one since the first iPod. Has never proven to be even remotely true.
Let's wait until we see an actual release or at least a comprehensive list of features.
And if MS does release their own phone, there's a good chance it'll end up screwing their WinMo partners, just like they screwed their PlaysForSure partners with the Zune.
Windows Mobile is a MUCH MUCH better OS than the iphone one. Sure it has a few problems looks wise, but with the huge amount of customization/skins/theme packs etc etc available (ahem xda-developers)...that problem is solved.
And oh guess what...it has COPY AND PASTE.
The Zune as a player is MUCH MUCH better than the ipod...but because apple has a better marketing team...the ipod sells more.
More spooning with Jobs later tonight?
Oh, and LTD wasn't the one to throw his personal opinion out there like you did. Don't understand what's with the unnecessary attack.
More spooning with Ballmer later tonight?
(see what I did there?)
He did it on the Blackberry Storm post, he does it on ALL windows mobile posts etc. (Go read like 2 posts down)
He made a claim about how crap windows mobile is, I went ahead and proved him wrong.
Please...we all know whos the biased one here. I don't claim windows mobile or zune is the best, like he does for apple products, I just say that they are better than apple.
Windows Mobile is a MUCH MUCH better OS than the iphone one. Sure it has a few problems looks wise, but with the huge amount of customization/skins/theme packs etc etc available (ahem xda-developers)...that problem is solved.
And oh guess what...it has COPY AND PASTE.
The Zune as a player is MUCH MUCH better than the ipod...but because apple has a better marketing team...the ipod sells more.
More spooning with Jobs later tonight?
rofl.
He did it on the Blackberry Storm post, he does it on ALL windows mobile posts etc. (Go read like 2 posts down)
He made a claim about how crap windows mobile is, I went ahead and proved him wrong.
Please...we all know whos the biased one here. I don't claim windows mobile or zune is the best, like he does for apple products, I just say that they are better than apple.
Oh please. All you said was "MUCH MUCH BETTER" and that was it. Sure, LTD is biased, and so are you. The difference is that you attacked him when he said nothing wrong in the post you replied to. Posting to attack someone is just retarded.
- Multitasking
- Copy and paste
- Skins/Themes/Design packs
- Huge amount of apps available for it
- Huge developer base (both for hacking features etc etc)
- Custom roms
And so on.
I replied to: "So far, nothing MS has produced in the mobile/handheld device market has been even remotely a "killer" of any similar product by Apple"
Now please tell me how my post doesn't show that.
And also please tell me how am I biased when I say windows mobile is BETTER (note NOT the best) than iphone, but I never once said it was the best OS and we should all worship it. I'm not the one who always claims Apple or microsoft or RIM etc etc makes the best things now am I?
But you're free to do so. And I'll even defend your right to do it.
Based on the demos it's certainly a Windows Mobile killer! and a huge leap in the right direction.. To-date all Windows Mobile devices have lacked the ability to push out smooth graphics, be it due to lack of GPU's or bad drivers. I've owned every Windows Mobile device (PPC & Smartphone) over the last 8 years (due to my work) and todate no WinMo device has managed to offer a compelling no-lag user interface, including HTC. Whether it's due to profit initiatives or lack of expertise the WinMo platform has progressed slowly over the last few years.
iPhone Killer or not! The Tegra GPU is a huge step in the right direction by Microsoft and one that may spin out future partnerships with Nintendo, Sega, XBox and other game developers to bring over their 1,0000+ GBA titles to the WinMo platform and make a truly compelling all rounded (Phone+Organiser+Music+Movies+Gaming) experience.
Nb. Compared to the iPhone the Tegra+WinMo offers a true multi-tasking experience, watch movies, surf the web and run multiple applications at the same time! which will hopefully inspire Apple to push ahead as well. Bottom line competition is good for all..
Both HTC and the Blackbery Storm are both lagy (don’t take my word for it, Google it) the Tegra is a game changer, even one upping the current iPhone (which i'm sure they'll address
What's an HTC?
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Btw ever heard of custom roms with direct3d drivers? Go look it up on xda-developers or www.htcclassaction.org
HTC phones do have 3d video acceleration, but for some reason HTC refuses to provide drivers for it.
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And RIM didn't screw up the touchscreen interface..its a very nice phone and the software works quite well for it. Just because you used it once and found it different to other touchscreen phones, doesn't make it a bad phone. Engadget explains the way the interface works perfectly. Go read it.
oh and btw...it has COPY AND PASTE
Last edited by /- Razorfold on 28 Nov 2008 - 00:55
Btw ever heard of custom roms with direct3d drivers? Go look it up on xda-developers or www.htcclassaction.org
HTC phones do have 3d video acceleration, but for some reason HTC refuses to provide drivers for it.
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And RIM didn't screw up the touchscreen interface..its a very nice phone and the software works quite well for it. Just because you used it once and found it different to other touchscreen phones, doesn't make it a bad phone. Engadget explains the way the interface works perfectly. Go read it.
oh and btw...it has COPY AND PASTE
Better go read that review again, Razor. They do explain why it works. And why I'm right. But whatever.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/blackberry-storm-review/
And my HTC comment was sarcasm. I even put a little winky face there.
The Storm's not a bad phone in particular. It's really the iPhone's only worthy competitor currently. It's just a bit underwhelming in light of RIM's experience and light of what we already have.
Strangely enough they have two opposing reviews of the same phone lol
Strangely enough they have two opposing reviews of the same phone lol
LOL, strange indeed. Buncha fence-sitters.
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still, 3D would be nice..
I don't usually comment on articles, but I felt that I have to say this:
The iphone is a joke, it really is. I bought one a month after it was released in the US and I just fell in love, but the more time I spent playing with it, the more I hated that piece of crap.
The battery is useless, as for the ipod, I have 2 dead ipods by the way, the battery only lasts a year then it starts to drain out, and oh, try to change it yourself, even if you have the right equipments, you're gonna scratch your iphone/ipod badly, and i really mean badly that you cannot stand looking at it, and that will make you want to buy another one.
I bet that everyone who bought an ipod/iphone is having more than one and if you just think about it, it is what makes apple products sell, it is a perfect strategy, it will always sell.
iphone app store? man, have you ever people tried that? they sell backgrounds and screen savers! they sell unfinished games which really not working on touch screen!
the iphone looks good, that's it, and not anymore, now i have a zune and nokia e71 and both really are a 10000 times than the ipod/iphone.
sorry for the bad english, it is not my mother tongue.
1. Take care of your stuff.
2. Don't change out batteries that weren't meant to be changed out to begin with.
3. Try to USE the features of the products you CLAIM to have owned. You're way too obvious, by the way.
4. I doubt that a phone that was already obsolete when it was released can be "10,000" times better than the iPhone, or *anything* for that matter. At least try to make it quantifiable somehow.
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**iphone app store? man, have you ever people tried that? they sell backgrounds and screen savers! they sell unfinished games which really not working on touch screen!**
THAT was the dead giveaway. Either that, or the individual in question is just TROLLING.
Done.
These are the 2 dead minis and whats left from the iphone "the earbuds"
and dude, i owned an iphone even before the appstore existed and since the installer days, before zibri's ziphone and since the days when you have to jailbreak /unlock the phone yourself.
and take it or leave it, the iphone is a joke
and i am not lying, dude, it is an iphone not a Bugatti Veyron
Looking forward to Windows Mobile 6.5, I'd be interested to see what Microsoft can come up with.
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