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Windows 7 would like a word. ]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
No, no, no, you have your manufacturers mixed up. Apple makes the iPad, not Microsoft, and yes, it is very disappointing.]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Even vista wasn't sucha disappointment.

Of course i am well aware that i am one of few people that had hardly any trouble with vista.

Anyway, were we not talking mobiles??]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/in fact i'm using vista right now

my netbook with xp crashed more than my notebook with vista
-surprising? yes but ipad? no]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/same with me I bought a gateway like 7months ago with vista on it... It's never crashed, had problems or slowed down and I don't just use my pc for internet but games and media management... From what I understand people who upgraded there xp computers to vista hated it... But people who bought computers preinstalled usually did not]]>Jan 29th 2010 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
interesting, as i was just about to say that.

basically, microsoft needs to hit it out of the park with winmo 7. they're not at all on the brink of financial disaster, so their life doesn't really hang in the balance quite like it did for palm, but if winmo 7 is any worse than outstanding, they may not be taken seriously in the mobile space ever again.

so it's great that they'll "have more to say" later in february. but if what they're gonna say is only mediocre, well we'll have to see...]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Microsoft does not need to pull a Palm or an Apple. What Microsoft needs to do is get the answer to the following questions right...

What does the consumer of a Microsoft smartphone want in a device?

You see Palm and Apple don't set the bar. What they have done is proven that they can fall short of consumers' expectations or we wouldn't be waiting for the next great device to step into the light. Apple didn't create the perfect smartphone when they brought the iPhone to market because if they had we wouldn't now have the 3G or 3GS. (Some don't even consider it a smartphone.) Take a look at the new iPad unveiled this week and you can clearly see that Apple has left a lot to desired in such a device. Perhaps the sixth generation iPad will get it right but in the five years leading up to that time I'll be looking to other companies like Microsoft to get it right first.]]>Jan 29th 2010 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
If they start trying to follow Apple with this no multitasking rubbish, then its likely to fail.]]>Jan 29th 2010 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Its either going to be a Palm or a Face-Palm. The ball is in your court MS.]]>Jan 29th 2010 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 30th 2010 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 30th 2010 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
I don't think it's all that hard - honestly. Their strategy for a consumer and then power user is pretty smart in my mind. Consumer level phone can be iPhone esque. Limited user control, automated memory management, easy to use app store, etc.

The secret to Windows 7 is to do everything you do today but just make it better. Honestly, there isn't much a WinMo device can't do. We need better emailing and text, we need better integration with social networking sites. We need to devices to be responsive without gimping (iPhone) a users ability to do what they want when they want. These aren't new features, but enhancing existing features will go a long way towards appeasing the masses.

At the end of the day though I just don't think it will matter to folks like the writers on Engadget. Can't please them unless Microsoft comes out with the new iPhone. No matter what they do, they will be ripped endlessly. We've seen it with their treatment of 6.5 (which was a very solid upgrade over 6.1) and I'm sure we'll see it with 7.]]>Jan 30th 2010 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
You're right I don't have an iPhone...but I do have an iPod Touch that I won at a golf outing. I also have two Windows Mobile devices...one running 6.5 and the other 6.1. I think "bjsguess" summed it up best in his post above.]]>Jan 30th 2010 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 30th 2010 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
However at least Palm does meet expectations with multitasking, much better UI than iPhone with the same amount of fluidity as iPhone. iPhone is pure planned obsolescence from day one. This iPad as it stands is a joke and only the most hardcore blind Apple fanboys would think it is anything but a glorified iPod touch. ]]>Jan 30th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Damn skip. People have this conception that MS has been on some sort of luck streak since the $50K DOS purchase and it's been all gravy since.

There's a little panic in Redmond these days, and these guys are not idiots, so I get a feeling they're gonna deliver.]]>Jan 29th 2010 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 30th 2010 1:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 30th 2010 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 30th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Competition against OS X? I doubt Microsoft would attempt this.. Hang on a sec..]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/That's the only reason I love Microsoft, or as I'd like to call it, Biggestfail inc.]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Your definition of fail must be why you haven't been as successful.

]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Well, judging by his name, I'd say he's either 13, or he has a tattoo around at least one bicep and says extreme a lot. ]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Win Mo Consumer
Win Mo Enterprise]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Developing for Windows Mobile once and a while at work for scanners and other devices is ridiculously simple they just need to add a little nicer UI and some standards like they have done. 480x800 display for instance tegra 1 or faster.]]>Jan 29th 2010 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
(been focusing on looking out for Courier news more than WM7 lately)]]>Jan 29th 2010 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Why does it have to be the end of one and the rise of another? Why can't each company just make their own products and try to sell them to the market they know they have?

I'm tired of the whole "X-company has to lose for Y-company to win". It's perfectly possible for each company to just create products that people love (or hate).]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Its nice to see MS news instead of .... well you know what im talking about already...........]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
What? What are you talking about? I don't get it!]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
iDO]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Tell me, is there A/c In a cave these days? i mean how hot does it get?]]>Jan 29th 2010 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
Its better TO BURN OUT, than to FADE AWAY!!]]>Jan 29th 2010 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/
There can iBe only one ]]>Jan 29th 2010 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/microsoft-cfo-says-well-have-much-more-to-say-about-winmo-7-i/Jan 29th 2010 9:15PM