Tag Archives: Android

Microsoft Phone (Part 1)

Posted on November 13, 2017 by halberenson

There is a lot of focus on the death of Windows 10 Mobile, bringing an end to Microsoft’s dream of a world running Windows on every client device. But I don’t believe Microsoft feels Mobile is any less important now … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows Phone | Tagged Android, Microsoft Launcher | 3 Comments

Supporting other platforms before Windows

Posted on March 17, 2014 by halberenson

A few Microsoft properties have received grief the last couple of years about shipping features, or even entire apps, on non-Microsoft platforms before those same features or apps come to Windows and Windows Phone. I talked to a friend about … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone | Tagged Android, IOS, Microsoft Android, Microsoft IOS, Microsoft Office for iPad, Office for iPad | 16 Comments

Microsoft and an Android play

Posted on February 10, 2014 by halberenson

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

Another one bites the dust

Posted on February 6, 2014 by halberenson

Today we learned that Sony has sold off their PC business, although from the sounds of it (and certainly for anyone outside Japan) Vaio PCs are just history. In my view this is a healthy development. Too many airlines with … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft | Tagged Android, Google, Microsoft, OS X, Sony, Windows | 21 Comments

Is Microsoft the big winner in Apple’s win over Samsung?

Posted on August 27, 2012 by halberenson

Bill Gates would be the first to point out all the cases where Microsoft’s competitors made a key mistake that let Microsoft succeed. Office is perhaps the most notable example, where competitors’ reluctance to support Microsoft Windows took Word and … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows Phone | Tagged Android, Apple, Samsung | 47 Comments

Microsoft, Linux, and Patents

Posted on July 26, 2012 by halberenson

One of my readers asked if I’d speculate on why Microsoft won’t disclose the 237 of its patents it thinks Linux violates. Given news this week of Amdocs agreeing to license Microsoft’s Linux related patents (via a patent cross-licensing deal) I … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft | Tagged Android, Intellectual Property, Linux, Microsoft Patents, Patents | 76 Comments

Bing going Mobile

Posted on May 4, 2011 by halberenson

Yesterday we had the announcement that Bing would become the default Search and Mapping solution for the next generation of RIM’s Blackberry. Over the previous year we’ve seen Microsoft introduce excellent Bing apps for the iPhone and more recently iPad, work … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Google, Microsoft, Mobile, Search | Tagged Android, Apple, Bing, Blackberry, Google, Mobile, Nokia, RIM, Search | 3 Comments

Why Microsoft shouldn’t do a “Kin” Tablet

Posted on March 7, 2011 by halberenson

Hopefully I got you with that “Kin” reference, but it wasn’t just for sensationalism purposes. For the last year every reporter/analyst/blogger out there has been waiting for Microsoft to pull some new Tablet/Slate thing out of its ass and challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone | Tagged Android, Apple, Microsoft, Slate, Tablet, Windows, Windows Phone 7 | 3 Comments

Microsoft and Nokia, a match made in hell?

Posted on February 6, 2011 by halberenson

The rumors are once again swirling on the topic of Nokia adopting a Microsoft operating system for its smartphones. A few years ago there were rumors about Nokia adopting Windows Mobile specifically for the US market, where its Symbian-based phones … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Google, Microsoft, Mobile | Tagged Android, MeeGo, Microsoft, Nokia, Symbian, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7 | 12 Comments

Windows 8 Rumors

Posted on February 3, 2011 by halberenson

A little over a week ago articles appeared claiming availability for Windows 8 would be January of 2013. I hope not. The tablet space is moving fast and I just can’t see Microsoft coming back from missing two more Christmas … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet | Tagged Android, Microsoft Windows, Slate, Tablet, Windows 8 | Comments Off