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Category Archives: Windows Phone
Finishing turning Windows Blue
People seem a little shocked at how much change is coming in both the Windows 8.1 Update (a.k.a. Update 1, Feature Pack, etc.) and in Windows Phone 8.1. You probably shouldn’t be as both offerings have far more effort behind … Continue reading
Microsoft Goes Low
Lower-end devices are where both Windows Phone and Windows 8 tablets are showing the most traction. On the phone side the (Nokia) Lumia 520/521 is where a lot of the volume growth has come from. On the tablet side the … Continue reading
More fuel on the Android apps on Windows fire
In 1996 Microsoft licensed Java from Sun. Think about that for a moment before continuing on with this blog post. At what seemed the height of its PC market dominance, when it “owned” the developers, when Visual Basic and Visual … Continue reading
Microsoft and an Android play
We are floating in rumors and suggestions this week around Microsoft and Android, from a call for Microsoft to drop Windows Phone in favor of a forked Android to Peter Bright’s explanation of why that doesn’t make technical sense, to the … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Google, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone
Tagged Android, Asha, Microsoft, Nokia Android, Nokia Asha, Nokia Normandy, Nokia X, Windows Phone Android Apps
17 Comments
Where is Windows going?
Paul Thurrott’s piece (some might say rant) this weekend over where Microsoft seems to be taking Windows with Windows 8.1 Update 1 adds more fuel to the fire about the future of Windows. Put simply, Microsoft began a re-invention of … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone
Tagged Windows 8.1, WIndows 8.1 Update 1, WIndows 9, WIndows Desktop
15 Comments
Tablets, Phablets, and Phones: Is there change in the wind?
With the exception of Microsoft, most tech companies are posting somewhat disappointing results. Particularly when it comes to sales of tablets and smartphones. Now to some extent I think this is the result of overly aggressive projections by analysts. Or … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone
Tagged Apple, Microsoft, Phablet, smart watch, smartphone, smartwatch, Tablet, wearables
29 Comments
The New Windows Organization
The departure of Jon DeVaan and Grant George reignited my interest in writing about the organizational structure that Terry Myerson has put in place for Windows. Now realize I’m doing this with very little information and lots of assumptions, but … Continue reading
Can Microsoft get the Nokia branding right?
I’m suffering from extreme jet-lag (14 time zones is nothing to laugh at) and woke up at 4 AM thinking about microprocessor architecture and wondering if Microsoft is going to mess up the Nokia device branding when the acquisition closes … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows Phone
Tagged branding, Lumia, Microsoft, Nokia
27 Comments
Windows Phone: Getting better all the time
Paul Thurrott beat me to the punch with a blog entry about Windows Phone having turned the corner in 2013. Yes, things feel much better than they did a year ago. Volumes are up. Market share is up, strongly in … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows Phone
Tagged Lumia, Nokia Lumia 1020, Paul Thurrott, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8
6 Comments
TANSTAAFL -Making Windows Phone and Windows RT free
Recently rumors have surfaced that Microsoft is considering making Windows Phone and Windows RT free. There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Today’s OEM licenses come with marketing kickbacks that dramatically lower their price. Indeed one comment on … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone
Tagged Free, licensing, Windows Phone, WIndows RT
8 Comments