Comments on: Windows Mobile Focusing on Windows Live http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/10/21/windows-mobile-focusing-on-windows-live/ All Things Mobile and Wireless Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:08:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: MobileViews Blog :: So, What About the Google Phone? http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/10/21/windows-mobile-focusing-on-windows-live/comment-page-1/#comment-116905 MobileViews Blog :: So, What About the Google Phone? Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:04:06 +0000 http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/10/21/windows-mobile-focusing-on-windows-live/#comment-116905 [...] Third, Google’s strategy will probably assume an always connected model. Microsoft’s Windows Mobile has an excellent client software model. But, they too are focusing on model that assumes you are always connected (read my earlier rant on this topic at: Windows Mobile Focusing on Windows Live). Some of us (a lot of us? most of us?) spent part of the time either completely out of mobile carrier signal range or in poor data quality situations. For those of us in that situation, always connected is not part of our reality. Client resident software is a good thing. [...] [...] Third, Google’s strategy will probably assume an always connected model. Microsoft’s Windows Mobile has an excellent client software model. But, they too are focusing on model that assumes you are always connected (read my earlier rant on this topic at: Windows Mobile Focusing on Windows Live). Some of us (a lot of us? most of us?) spent part of the time either completely out of mobile carrier signal range or in poor data quality situations. For those of us in that situation, always connected is not part of our reality. Client resident software is a good thing. [...]

]]> By: Randy Smith http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/10/21/windows-mobile-focusing-on-windows-live/comment-page-1/#comment-105705 Randy Smith Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:54:46 +0000 http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/10/21/windows-mobile-focusing-on-windows-live/#comment-105705 I think that the iPhone and to a lesser extent the iPod Touch will force developers of mobile devices to step up or get out of the business. With a full web browser like Safari on the iPhone and iPod Touch even good programs like Opera mini are not going to cut it any more. Even the other iPhone apps, which now thanks to a 13 year old developer and a program called iJailbreak are now on my iPod Touch, installed with a single click, are going to force developers of mail, address books and calendars to improve as well. With the power of iTunes behind it as well as the system level calendars and address books of OS X it will force micrrosoft to repair what has long needed repair. The interesting thing will be to see those that can keep up and those who can't. I think that the iPhone and to a lesser extent the iPod Touch will force developers of mobile devices to step up or get out of the business. With a full web browser like Safari on the iPhone and iPod Touch even good programs like Opera mini are not going to cut it any more.

Even the other iPhone apps, which now thanks to a 13 year old developer and a program called iJailbreak are now on my iPod Touch, installed with a single click, are going to force developers of mail, address books and calendars to improve as well. With the power of iTunes behind it as well as the system level calendars and address books of OS X it will force micrrosoft to repair what has long needed repair.

The interesting thing will be to see those that can keep up and those who can’t.

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