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Steve Ballmer Does Not Understand the iPhone

Nerd Grind — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:26:14 +0000

While promoting Windows 7 improvements Steve Ballmer scorned the idea that smart phones could unseat PCs as the technology of choice for on-the-go consumers saying:

"Let’s face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the iPhone. That’s why they’ve got 75,000 applications, they’re all trying to make the Internet look decent on the iPhone."

Just a little correction. At the time Ballmer made this statement it was already well-known there are 85,000 apps. With the addition of new plugins for content management systems such as Wordpress that allow sites to be viewed easily with the iPhone, iPod Touch, and other high-end phones, the 230,391,343 blogs that exist at this moment can be viewed easily, and those blogs look great. With the new plugins blogs don’t even have to make a special mobile friendly site anymore.

Try viewing NerdGrind in your high-end phone and you’ll see how wrong Ballmer is.

What’s worse for Microsoft investors is that Microsoft develops the Windows Mobile OS for phones, so maybe he meant the Internet doesn’t look good on Windows Mobile phones.

With the explosive growth of the iPhone and iPod Touch Ballmer might want to stop ignoring that market.

Adobe Announces Flash Support for Windows Mobile – Apple iPhone Support Missing

Nerd Grind — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:47:35 +0000

Adobe is set to demonstrate a fully functional build of Flash on the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform today. The demonstration is going down at the Adobe MAX conference. That’s good news for some of you out there. The company also indicates that development for the Android platform is currently underway.

However, mum is the word regarding the Apple iPhone. The company says it is "up to Apple" but offers no indication as to what that means. This is disheartening considering months ago the company promised the program would be coming to the iPhone in "a very short time." A very short time, indeed.

ASUS Formally Announces the P565 Smartphone – Claims it is Fastest in World

Nerd Grind — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:21:34 +0000

ASUS has officially announced the P565 smartphone. The device had been rumored to be in development for some time but this is the first formal recognition by the company. The HSDPA smartphone features a Glide UI, Windows Mobile 6.1, 800MHz Marvell CPU, a 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen, 256MB flash memory and 128MB of DDR SDRAM. It also has 802.11b/g wireless capabilities, Bluetooth 2.0, and a microSD slot with SDHC support. ASUS claims it is the "fastest business PDA phone" in the world. They offer no word on pricing or availability yet though.

Pharos Announces Traveller 117 and 127 – GPS-enabled Smartphones

Nerd Grind — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:18:14 +0000

Pharos has officially unveiled two new additions to their Windows Mobile GPS smartphone lineup. The Traveller 117 and 127 was announced by the company today. The units are both GPS-enabled phones that feature tri-band 7.2Mbps HSDPA. The phones also have a 2-megapixel camera and VGA touchscreens. The 127 features a QWERTY keyboard.

On the GPS front, Pharos Smart Navigator gives traffic updates, dynamic POI and FollowMe services all embedded within the phone. The units will be available on December 1st and will retail for around $530.

Steve Ballmer Confirms Windows Mobile 6.5

Nerd Grind — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:01:59 +0000

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer recently let some details go regarding the impending release of Windows Mobile 6.5. Motorola recently leaked that the OS was in the cards and Ballmer confirmed it. He didn’t go into details regarding specs, but he did hint at an improved UI. He also noted it would be the first Windows Mobile release to have Zune software integration. Windows Mobile 6.5 will probably see release in the first couple of months of 2009.

Microsoft pretends iPhone sales figures mean very little

Nerd Grind — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:45:18 +0000

Companies love to do this during tech wars. It happens again and again. Remember when Sony announced that the Wii selling a bazillion copies was just PR nonsense? Or when the Zune was pronounced a success because it had units on the shelf and not in the hands of consumers? Well, it’s happened again.

Microsoft’s Robbie Bach gave an interview to BusinessWeek recently regarding the Apple’s 6.9 million iPhones figure. He seemed vaguely disinterested and chalked it up to "launch buzz." 6.9 million units, launch buzz? Well, whatever floats your boat Robbie:

"Apple had a big launch of a new product, and they launched at scale in a lot of new countries with a lot of new [wireless] operators. This quarter, RIM is having its big launch, and at some point we’ll have our big launch. We’ll have to see where things normalize."

At least he admits that Windows Mobile 7 won’t continue to be vaporware until the year 2450. Maybe only until 2049. And as far as those iPhone figures being simple launch hype, see the Zune for the exact opposite.

NetFront Browser for Windows Mobile Has Arrived

Nerd Grind — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:15:24 +0000

Access, the owners of the Palm OS, are apparently porting the 3.5 version of the NetFront browser to Windows Mobile. NetFront is the basis of Palm’s Blazer browser, a perfectly workable way to get on the Web. It’s better than Pocket Internet Explorer, so WinMo users might want to consider the option. When are they going to come out with a 3D holographic projected browser? I’m still dreaming of it.

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