Comments on: Windows Mobile 7: not just a “me-too iPhone” http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090313/windows-mobile-7-not-just-a-me-too-iphone/ All the stuff about Microsoft and technology you haven't read anywhere else. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:52:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: iphone spy app http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090313/windows-mobile-7-not-just-a-me-too-iphone/#comment-143870 iphone spy app Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:12:58 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3455#comment-143870 I agree Windows Phone 7 Series looks great and should be able to try and challenge the iPhone dominance. I think though that it's perhaps too late. Apple has a huge headstart with the number of users, developers and applications. I agree Windows Phone 7 Series looks great and should be able to try and challenge the iPhone dominance.

I think though that it’s perhaps too late. Apple has a huge headstart with the number of users, developers and applications.

]]> By: Windows Mobile 7 job posting – reading the tea leaves http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090313/windows-mobile-7-not-just-a-me-too-iphone/#comment-74970 Windows Mobile 7 job posting – reading the tea leaves Sun, 31 May 2009 03:11:28 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3455#comment-74970 [...] Long Zheng from the istartedsomething blog has posted this job description for the position of Principal Development Manager on the Windows Mobile 7 team and the blogosphere response has been many and varied, focussing on different elements of the post and possibly over-interpreting things just a bit. [...] [...] Long Zheng from the istartedsomething blog has posted this job description for the position of Principal Development Manager on the Windows Mobile 7 team and the blogosphere response has been many and varied, focussing on different elements of the post and possibly over-interpreting things just a bit. [...]

]]> By: J http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090313/windows-mobile-7-not-just-a-me-too-iphone/#comment-70812 J Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:27:15 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3455#comment-70812 Who is me to? I have had an ms phone/pda probably like 6 years.. and it has had useful features like cut and paste form day 1. The only thing apple has that I want is multi touch ... and they are trying to patent that ... what balz.... Who is me to? I have had an ms phone/pda probably like 6 years.. and it has had useful features like cut and paste form day 1. The only thing apple has that I want is multi touch … and they are trying to patent that … what balz….

]]> By: tom http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090313/windows-mobile-7-not-just-a-me-too-iphone/#comment-70707 tom Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:34:57 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3455#comment-70707 I think if Microsoft wants to truly compete in the Smartphone space they need to rebuild their mobile OS from the ground up. Not just prettify the Interface. I think the real beauty of the iPhone lies in it's underlying architecture. For developers there is very little difference between developing for the iPhone and developing for the Mac. The main difference is the Interface. Most of the core APIs are essentially the same. I don't believe the same can be said for the Windows platform. Then add on top of that a myriad of different hardware platforms, screen form factors and it's difficult to see how Windows 7.0 will ever be as good as the iPhone OS unless they rebuild it from the ground up. In my mind Microsoft should dictate the hardware parameters for the phone and then build an OS around it or better yet release their own mobile hardware... just buy up HTC and be done with the hardware part. I am just stumped how all of these mobile manufacturers and Operating system developers could underestimate the iPhone platform to the extend that Apple now has a 2 to 3 year development lead. And their only answer now seems to be to release a pretty interface. If they really thinks that's the only reason why the iPhone is so successful then they really have now idea. I think if Microsoft wants to truly compete in the Smartphone space they need to rebuild their mobile OS from the ground up. Not just prettify the Interface.

I think the real beauty of the iPhone lies in it’s underlying architecture. For developers there is very little difference between developing for the iPhone and developing for the Mac. The main difference is the Interface. Most of the core APIs are essentially the same.

I don’t believe the same can be said for the Windows platform. Then add on top of that a myriad of different hardware platforms, screen form factors and it’s difficult to see how Windows 7.0 will ever be as good as the iPhone OS unless they rebuild it from the ground up.

In my mind Microsoft should dictate the hardware parameters for the phone and then build an OS around it or better yet release their own mobile hardware… just buy up HTC and be done with the hardware part.

I am just stumped how all of these mobile manufacturers and Operating system developers could underestimate the iPhone platform to the extend that Apple now has a 2 to 3 year development lead. And their only answer now seems to be to release a pretty interface. If they really thinks that’s the only reason why the iPhone is so successful then they really have now idea.

]]> By: Jarrod http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090313/windows-mobile-7-not-just-a-me-too-iphone/#comment-70527 Jarrod Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:14:53 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3455#comment-70527 I noticed that in the recent Engineering Windows 7 blog that your blog is in a screenshot: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/03/13/a-few-more-changes-from-beta-to-rc.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/e7/WindowsLiveWriter/AfewmorechangesfromBetatoRC_141C1/image_thumb.png Very kool :) I noticed that in the recent Engineering Windows 7 blog that your blog is in a screenshot:

http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/03/13/a-few-more-changes-from-be ta-to-rc.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/e7/WindowsLiveWriter/Afewmorechangesfr omBetatoRC_141C1/image_thumb.png

Very kool :)

]]> By: Windows Mobile 7 job posting – reading the tea leaves at Hellfire Empire - Wireless http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090313/windows-mobile-7-not-just-a-me-too-iphone/#comment-70504 Windows Mobile 7 job posting – reading the tea leaves at Hellfire Empire - Wireless Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:31:34 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3455#comment-70504 [...] Long Zheng from the istartedsomething blog has posted this job description for the position of Principal Development Manager on the Windows Mobile 7 team and the blogosphere response has been many and varied, focussing on different elements of the post and possibly over-interpreting things just a bit. [...] [...] Long Zheng from the istartedsomething blog has posted this job description for the position of Principal Development Manager on the Windows Mobile 7 team and the blogosphere response has been many and varied, focussing on different elements of the post and possibly over-interpreting things just a bit. [...]

]]> By: CKurt http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090313/windows-mobile-7-not-just-a-me-too-iphone/#comment-70499 CKurt Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:14:30 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3455#comment-70499 Nice to know. The post doesn't show up right in IE8 RC1, the 'blocknote' isn't spanned across the whole width. Maybee look into it since IE8 is being released next week , sssst ;-) I didn't tell you Nice to know.

The post doesn’t show up right in IE8 RC1, the ‘blocknote’ isn’t spanned across the whole width. Maybee look into it since IE8 is being released next week , sssst ;-) I didn’t tell you

]]> By: wreiad http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090313/windows-mobile-7-not-just-a-me-too-iphone/#comment-70478 wreiad Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:18:18 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3455#comment-70478 @Josh How did they screw up big time with Windows Mobile 7? Have you used it? That video didn't look faked to me at all. @Josh

How did they screw up big time with Windows Mobile 7? Have you used it? That video didn’t look faked to me at all.

]]> By: Josh http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090313/windows-mobile-7-not-just-a-me-too-iphone/#comment-70476 Josh Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:04:52 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3455#comment-70476 @wreiad Don't want to brust you bubble but the small glimpse your are talking about is clearly composited in (which means not actualy running on the phone), and is more that a Year old. And Photon (if WM7 is still Photon) has been in the work since the release of WM5. Porjects can restart from scratch many times before realease, it's praticaly always the case (depends on many factors, like competion, economics etc..). Just rememder the SKyMarket jobs posting back in August. Everybody thought the same ("no! MS can't be in this early stage in dev of their App store etc OMG..) and it was true. MS fucked up big time withWM7 and they know it. Back to the drawing board. @wreiad

Don’t want to brust you bubble but the small glimpse your are talking about is clearly composited in (which means not actualy running on the phone), and is more that a Year old. And Photon (if WM7 is still Photon) has been in the work since the release of WM5. Porjects can restart from scratch many times before realease, it’s praticaly always the case (depends on many factors, like competion, economics etc..).
Just rememder the SKyMarket jobs posting back in August. Everybody thought the same (“no! MS can’t be in this early stage in dev of their App store etc OMG..) and it was true. MS fucked up big time withWM7 and they know it. Back to the drawing board.

]]> By: wreiad http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090313/windows-mobile-7-not-just-a-me-too-iphone/#comment-70475 wreiad Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:24:37 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3455#comment-70475 @Ncus The codename is "Photon". I also don't believe that they're still at any "early" stages. They gave us a small glimpse of Windows Mobile 7 in the Live Mesh ad (0:33): http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080505/live-mesh-synchronizing-your-life-video/ Seeing that, I just can't imagine that they're still in the early stages. Oh well. Where is that image from? @Ncus

The codename is “Photon”. I also don’t believe that they’re still at any “early” stages. They gave us a small glimpse of Windows Mobile 7 in the Live Mesh ad (0:33):
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080505/live-mesh-synchronizing-your -life-video/

Seeing that, I just can’t imagine that they’re still in the early stages. Oh well. Where is that image from?

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