Comments on: Windows Phone 7 Series Back Story: The Sleeping Giant Awakes, Reboots Windows Mobile

By: Jobs(to earth)

Jobs(to earth) — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:08:04 +0000

To update the story …

As of August 2012, Microsoft have no WP8 devices on sale but, in what in marketing terms will go down in history as one of the greatest ever own-goals, has announced that WP7 is not going to be upgradeable to WP8.

Worse still, the differences between wP7 and WP8 are so deep-seated that app developers have decided not to invest time in WP7, preferring to wait on WP8. Major players in the app field have simply drawn a line through their WP7development plans, iced the code in the hope that some of it may be applicable to WP8 (when ever Microsoft get around to letting them see it).

Meanwhile, device manufacturers see no sales in WP9 based devices as the market waits for the real Microsoft OS to be released. Those who do purchase WP7 devices will be trapped in a lagoon of lethargy without the market share to justify customisation by app developers and with Microsoft having cut off the lifeline of upgrade-ability to future WP versions.

As a business strategy, it could have been designed by Apple (to sink the competition). Perhaps the single most costly decision ever made by a US corporation. Goodbye Microsoft?

By: Jobs(to earth)

Jobs(to earth) — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:02:23 +0000

To todate the story …

As a business strategy, it could have been designed by Apple (to sink the competition). Perhaps the single most costly decision ever made by a US corporation. Goodbye Microsoft?

By: Windows Mobile 6.1 now running as app on Windows Phone 7

Windows Mobile 6.1 now running as app on Windows Phone 7 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:48:04 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:49:06 +0000

You're correct, it ran H/PC 3.0, based on WinCE 2.11. Fixed now- thanks!

By: edik

edik — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:32:38 +0000

The Jornada 680 ran Win CE 2.11 not Pocket PC 2000 as you stated!

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Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:30:16 +0000

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By: Microsoft Kills Kin

Microsoft Kills Kin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:36:34 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:51:20 +0000

Thanks for spotting that! Corrected.

By: correction

correction — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:22:28 +0000

Just before the Steve Ballmer video, it is mentioned that "Steve Jobs immediately laughed off Apple’s new phone…". That's meant to be Steve Ballmer, not Steve Jobs. Jobs would not laugh off his own product.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:18:43 +0000

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