Category Archives: Microsoft

Windows RT Pricing

Posted on June 13, 2012 by halberenson

Rumors are flying that Windows RT (with Office 2013 included) will cost OEM’s $85 a copy. This is causing a bit of an uproar because at that price there is no way an OEM can build an Amazon Kindle Fire … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a startup – PredictableIT Part II

Posted on June 11, 2012 by halberenson

In the first part of this series I alluded to what we put together as an operating environment and before I flesh that out I want to go through the heart of our “IP”.  As I’d mentioned the major initial development … Continue reading →

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Keeping Windows 8 “Fresh” after RTM

Posted on June 9, 2012 by halberenson

One of the outstanding questions around Windows 8 is how Microsoft will keep it fresh after RTM.  Most recently Long Zheng raised this question in the context of the relative immaturity of the new Windows Runtime.  If the Windows team retains … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 Release Preview Impressions

Posted on June 8, 2012 by halberenson

I’ve been using the Release Preview for a week now and thought it would be a good time to provide some impressions.  With the previous (Developer, Consumer) Previews I only installed Windows 8 on otherwise “out of service” PCs.  For … Continue reading →

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100,000 Apps and I can’t find anything to install

Posted on June 6, 2012 by halberenson

Back at the beginning of April I wrote a blog post that posited Windows Phone’s biggest App problem was the absence of key applications for interacting with the physical world.  So I found it really interesting that in the same week … Continue reading →

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How will Microsoft keep existing Windows Phone’s “Fresh”?

Posted on May 22, 2012 by halberenson

When queried about Windows Phone 8 upgrades for existing handsets both Microsoft and Nokia officials have deflected the question with comments about supporting existing customers and keeping their experience “fresh”.  The most direct interpretation of these statements is that Windows … Continue reading →

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Samsung and AT&T Send Messages

Posted on May 7, 2012 by halberenson

Today Samsung and AT&T announced the Samsung Focus 2 would be coming to AT&T in a couple of weeks.  While the phone itself is interesting, what it really important here are the messages that both AT&T and Samsung are trying … Continue reading →

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Media Center, DVD Playback, and Microsoft’s Media Strategy

Posted on May 5, 2012 by halberenson

There is quite a bit of noise in the system after Microsoft’s announcement this week that Windows Media Center would be a separate add-on to Windows 8, and even more noise regarding the decision to remove DVD playback from Windows … Continue reading →

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Looking for the Microsoft Nook

Posted on May 1, 2012 by halberenson

Microsoft has always had a thing for electronic books, but turning that into a successful venture?  That’s a whole other story.  Microsoft entered the electronic book reader business 12 years ago with the release of Microsoft Reader 1.0 as part … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 7.5 will top out at 100,000 apps

Posted on April 27, 2012 by halberenson

Two phone ecosystems, two very different phone experiences.  That’s what the current Smartphone market really looks like.  Apple’s IOS and Google’s Android (fragmented as it is).  Apple ships out updates to its iPhone user base at regular intervals and has, … Continue reading →

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