While I’m not sure what to think about the tablet, this video is awesome.
Category: Microsoft
Windows Phone 7: More Than Just a Stick in the Mud?
With Windows Phone 7, Microsoft is pretty much dead last when it comes to the smartphone wars. They are even behind RIM.
While devices like the Lumia 900 are attractive and well-built, consumers haven’t fallen in love with Windows Phone 7.
But why?
I decided to try to answer that question by spending several weeks with the operating system, running on the year-old HTC Arrive.
Microsoft’s philosophy when it comes to hardware is somewhere in between Apple’s and Google’s. The company allows third party OEMs to build phones that run their OS, but Microsoft dictates to them exact specs, so that every WP7 device should run at the same speed, resolution and more.
Speaking of OS Versions...
Apple isn’t supporting some machines with Mountain Lion that Microsoft is with Windows 8.
Microsoft Pulls Office for Mac Service Pack
OS/2 Turns 25
OS/2 felt so important at first because DOS was still a gussied-up version of the rickety 16-bit software that Microsoft had licensed in 1980 for $10,000 from a tiny company called Seattle Computer Products. Windows, which first appeared in 1985, sat atop DOS and inherited its many flaws, such as the inability to utilize large amounts of memory and an eight-character limit on file names. The whole mess couldn’t utilize memory properly and was prone to frequent crashes. It was just begging to be replaced.
‘Flicking Around the Metro’
This week, on America’s favorite techno-music-infused podcast, Myke and I talk about Windows 8.
More on “No Compromise”
There is no such thing as “no compromise”.
In short, Microsoft doesn’t seem willing to compromise on its vision for Windows 8. Metro is hard to use with a mouse, and Windows is hard to use on a tablet. Microsoft is compromising where it matters the most — the user experience.
Apple is willing to compromise with what features it offers on what platform, for the good of its users.
Microsoft Denies ‘Office for iPad’ Release Rumors
The company told the NYT that the story was “based on inaccurate rumors and speculation. We have no further comment.”
Office for iPad is exactly what Microsoft should be doing, though. Ridiculous.
On ARM-Based Windows 8
In an interview, Windows unit President Steven Sinofsky said that the first ARM-based machines running Windows 8 should show up around the same time as the first Windows 8 machines running traditional PC processors from Intel and AMD.
Sinofsky also said that the Windows on ARM machines will come with several Office apps–Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote– that have been tuned to run in a very battery efficient manner. But Sinofsky said that although those applications will run in the traditional Windows desktop, they will be the only programs allowed to do so, other than components of Windows itself.
On the Nokia Lumia 800
For two and a half weeks, I mulled the Lumia 800’s merits. It’s a beautiful, sturdy phone with a great battery, a good camera, and a decent screen. But was it good enough to replace my year-and-a-half-old iPhone 4? I wondered. Well, it hasn’t. As impressive as the Lumia is, its ecosystem leaves a lot to be desired, and the apps I’ve come to know and love are nowhere to be found in Microsoft Marketplace.
Bill Gates Better than Batman?
I love Batman, but it is hard to argue with this.
On Windows 8 and that ‘No Compromises’ Mantra
Steve Ballmer, at CES last night:
There’s nothing more important at Microsoft than Windows. You saw Metro in the phone, you saw Metro in Xbox. It’s everywhere. And you’ll experience more and more natural user interface in Metro. Together, all of us in this industry, in thousands of new ways, will use the software and services to invent new things. Metro will drive the new magic across all of our experiences.