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CHARTS OF THE WEEK: The Collapse Of Microsoft's Mobile Business
http://www.businessinsider.com/charts-of-the-week-the-collapse-of-microsofts-mobile-business-2010-2#yahoo-still-king-of-display-advertising-1
Dear Microsoft: Please Give Up on Mobile
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| Dear Steve Ballmer, I believe it's time to
| give up development of a mobile operating
| system. With all due respect to the multi-
| billion dollar empire you're entrusted
| with running, the simple truth is that
| Microsoft is quite bad at developing user
| interfaces that are friendly and
| intuitive. Windows 7 is an improvement,
| but you're far from being out of the
| woods. What's more, it appears that your
| guidance, Mr. Ballmer, might be making the
| problem worse, especially if the things
| you said recently about your instructions
| to Windows Phone developers were true.
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http://www.daniweb.com/news/story262056.html
Skype drops its Windows Mobile app
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| Ok, ok. Don't freak out--it looks like
| this is just a step towards supporting the
| new Microsoft mobile operating system and
| not a move showing Skype is quiting MS-
| based phones altogether. Skype has pulled
| their app for Window Mobile, meaning new
| users will not be able to download it.
| Users with the software already installed
| will still be able to use it. According to
| GigaOm, it appears the reasons are that
| the software never quite achieved the best
| possible consistent user experience and
| Skype has grown tired of supporting it
| when they could be focusing on making a
| killer app for the Windows Phone 7
| operating system.
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http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/skype-drops-its-windows-mobile-app/2010-02-25
Skype delivers blow to WinMo
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/02/skype_delivers_blow_to_winmo.html
Skype Pulls Windows Mobile Apps; No Word of Return
http://www.pcworld.com/article/190276/skype_pulls_out_of_mobile_apps_no_word_of_return.html?tk=rss_news
Skype and also Adobe!
Developers, save us from the Microsoft undead
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| More software developers should follow the
| lead of Adobe and Skype, which have
| abandoned Windows Mobile -- what Microsoft
| now calls Windows Phone Classic.
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http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Developers-save-us-from-the-Microsoft-undead/1267213434
Microsoft's Impossible Task: Win Over Developers
http://www.thebigmoney.com/blogs/app-economy/2010/02/22/microsofts-impossible-task-win-over-developers
Microsoftâs Challenge With Windows Phone 7 Is Wooing Developers
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/windows-phone-7
Microsoft gives more details on Windows Phone Starter Edition
http://www.intomobile.com/2010/02/26/microsoft-gives-more-details-on-windows-phone-starter-edition.html
Microsoft Talks Windows Phone Starter Edition
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Talks-Windows-Phone-Starter-Edition-136086.shtml
Microsoft's Windows Mobile Becoming Windows Phone 6 Starter
http://hothardware.com/News/Microsofts%2DWindows%2DMobile%2DBecoming%2DWindows%2DPhone%2D6%2DStarter/
Are you kidding me Microsoft? Why confuse with Windows Phone Starter Edition?
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| Doesnât Microsoft think there is enough
| confusion with Starter Edition in Windows?
| Why bring this to the smartphone world
| where you need to get out a simple and
| memorable brand and experience to the
| consumer? What about the Classic Edition
| we heard about, is that for real too?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=3185
Is Microsoft Trying To Buy BlackBerry?
http://consumerist.com/2010/02/is-microsoft-trying-to-buy-blackberry.html
Microsoft may bring out its own phone
http://www.examiner.com/x-6470-San-Jose-Gadgets-Examiner~y2010m2d20-Microsoft-may-bring-out-its-own-phone
Microsoft News - Microsoft Might Buy a Smartphone Company: Hunch, Rumor or Truth?
http://microsoft-news.tmcnet.com/microsoft/articles/76521-microsoft-might-buy-smartphone-company-hunch-rumor-truth.htm
Microsoft might buy RIM
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/feature/1593124/microsoft-rim
Microsoft To Buy Cell Phone Maker?
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/02/microsoft_to_bu.html;jsessionid=OTRJZPSU5LCMPQE1GHPCKHWATMY32JVN
Recent:
Microsoft is charging Windows Mobile developers indefinitely more than Apple and Google
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| Can you believe that? Market share of Windows
| Mobile is sinking like Titanic, and
| competitors have tens of thousands of apps
| (compared to less than one thousand in Windows
| Mobile app store), plenty of which are not
| available at all (!) for Windows Mobile, and
| what is Microsoft doing?
|
| Microsoft is charging Windows Mobile
| developers indefinitely more than Apple and
| Google as you can see in this comparison...
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http://mobile.msmobiles.com/news.php?id=8939
Microsoft plays down Windows Mobile
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| It isn't the first time that Microsoft has
| missed the boat - it was also a late starter
| in the Internet game - but the company has all
| but dropped the ball with its Windows Mobile
| operating system.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Cellular/11358.html
Microsoft to discontinue Mobile2Market program
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| Microsoft will discontinue Mobile2Market, its
| mobile application certification and
| marketing program for independent software
| and hardware vendors.
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http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/microsoft-discontinue-mobile2market-program/2010-01-18
Microsoft Struggles to Extend Desktop Dominance to Mobile
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| Unlike Windows Mobile, the platform developed
| by a massive cross-industry alliance led by
| Internet giant Google, is based on open
| source Linux software and enables greater
| flexibility for programmers building
| applications and features tailored to
| handsets.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/01/133_58798.html
Windows Mobile 7: Should Microsoft even bother?
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| When looking at all the competitors for
| smartphone supremacy, you might say the
| Windows Mobile is DLF in the rankings
| (although a recent report places it at third
| place). Some would even contend that
| Microsoft would have been better off never
| entering this race if it weren't going to put
| up a good fight. That may shock the 7.2
| million users of the Microsoft smartphone OS,
| especially those in the enterprise who don't
| see the iPhone as a serious contender at all
| (due in part to Apple's history of ignoring
| the needs of the enterprise in favor of the
| individual user).
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/windows-mobile-7-should-microsoft-even-bother-356
Microsoft responds to 2016 SMS bug; not just cell phones affected
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| The saga of the Year 2016 text message bug
| continues. While there's not an official
| fix as of yet we, do have a workaround
| (download here). And we just received an
| official statement from a Microsoft
| spokesperson:
|
| âMicrosoft is aware of reports that
| phone messages received after 1/1/2010
| may be dated 2016. These reports have
| not yet resulted in widespread customer
| inquiries; however, we are working
| closely with our manufacturing and
| mobile operator partners to investigate
| the cause and correct the issue as
| appropriate.â
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http://www.wmexperts.com/microsoft-responds-2016-sms-bug-not-just-cell-phones-affected
2016 bug hits Windows phones
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| The date bug which is interfering with Aussie
| point of sale transactions has spread to some
| Windows mobile phones.
|
| The glitch means that text messages received
| since New Year's Eve will appear with a 2016
| date. Card scanners in thousands of Australian
| shops have also been hit, as we reported
| yesterday. Bank of Queensland systems, believing
| it was 2016, rejected most payment cards because
| they'd passed their expiry date.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/05/windows_mobe_bug/
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