Comments on: Microsoft gives away Windows Mobile licensing rights

By: Screen Sleuth

Screen Sleuth — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:14:19 +0000

A last ditch move by a dying OS, in my eyes.

By: V-Technology World

V-Technology World — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:39:19 +0000

[...] Bsquare Takes Over Licensing Of Windows Mobile Posted under Computer News by Webmaster on Monday 9 November 2009 at 6:00 pm http://www.istartedsomething.com/20…censing-rights/ [...]

By: Microsoft Outsources Windows Mobile Licensing | The Windows Phone

Microsoft Outsources Windows Mobile Licensing | The Windows Phone — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:51:20 +0000

[...] a good or bad decision on Microsoft’s part? As Long Zheng points out over at istartedsomething.com: … delegating the responsibility to what could be potentially many license distributors might [...]

By: MuffloN

MuffloN — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:33:49 +0000

Seems like the 4965AGN doesn’t support this feature, it’s a no go on my laptop.

By: CyberKnight

CyberKnight — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:58:46 +0000

Windows Mobile is currently in a very bad position.
1 – It is completely obsolete UX wise (the kernel is not so bad)
2 – The “hype” factor is almost non-existent
3 – It is being sqeezed from all sides by Apple and Android now. Palm is only trying to survive.
4 – Phone makers are moving away
5 – Nothing hot is being shown

This announce with Bsquare could be good news if they intend to let go the traditional WM6.x market on a separate way. It would all make some sens if Microsoft finally understood that they cannot win anything on the phone market if they don’t control radically change the way they operate.

Could it be that WM7 is going to ride on its own track? I hope so. Otherwise, there’s only one more choice for them: get out of the phone business because they will fail miserably. And considering the trend for the next years, that would be a major mistake.

By: Long Zheng

Long Zheng — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:11:59 +0000

@Glen: The takedowns are not a hoax. I’ve got some Microsoft spokespeople to confirm them.

By: Glen

Glen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:08:50 +0000

Thats quite an interesting move by Microsoft. I agree it could be taken various ways as well but we definitely do not want or need another layer of red tape with WM.

I find the other licenses offered by Bsquare are also interesting with various brands available.

BTW, Microsoft was not clamping down on the ‘cooked’ ROMs etc… that was all a hoax.

By: Chustar

Chustar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:04:26 +0000

They could be trying to put a layer between themselves and the OEMs, so that they can sell actual Microsoft devices. This way, they can do this without terrifying the OEMs.

By: Long Zheng

Long Zheng — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:42:31 +0000

@former square: Thanks for noticing. Corrected

By: former square

former square — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:41:03 +0000

dude, there’s no d in bsquare! all your links are right, but man that used to bother me when i worked for them.

they’ve had some good vision for CE in the past, but never were able to execute. all i can say is msft has no vision nor execution either.