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Misunderstandings abound about the 'Windows Phones' branding. Head's up: Nothing has changed. Nothing.

I guess it's not just the desktop version of Windows that people are confused about these days. But at least this time it's not Microsoft's fault. Over the past few days, a number of news reports have sprung up claiming that Microsoft was getting rid of the Windows Mobile brand and was changing...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-02-2009
Tonight: Live blogging the Steve Ballmer CES keynote

I'll be live blogging the Steve Ballmer 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote address this evening with Mary Jo Foley and Tom Warren. Right now, the event page is down but we'll open it up a little bit after 9 pm EST and get things rolling around 9:30 pm when the keynote actually starts...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-07-2009
How to fix Windows Mobile

This is an interesting if misguided article and, coincidentally, I met with the Windows Mobile folks just this week, so it’s good timing as well: In recent months, Microsoft's mobile strategy has hit a rough patch. In the third quarter, iPhone maker Apple shipped more smartphones than all 56 device...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-12-2008
Is Microsoft making its own phone?

Rumors of Microsoft doing a smart phone on its own have been around for a long time, most recently with talk of a Zune Phone, or zPhone. OK. But we have to take the latest example of this rumor with a grain of salt because of the source, the long-time Microsoft Haters at the Inquirer, a UK-based virtual...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-25-2008
Steve Wozniak on the iPod

The Telegraph’s recent interview with Steve Wozniak has gotten a lot of play online today for some reason. I don’t see what the big deal is. He predicts the imminent death of the company's most popular product, the iPod. "The iPod has sort of lived a long life at number one," he says. "Things...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-08-2008
iPhone 3G does not capture 17 percent of the US market for cell phones

It’s interesting to me how people contort Apple market share figures to make them look better than they really are. If Apple’s market share of, say, the PC industry isn’t high enough, we’ll just use the US figures without mentioning that’s what happening. Still not high enough? We’ll use a nebulous and...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-07-2008
FY09 Strategic Update

Only Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer could send such an important message out and give it a subject line that boring. But you'll want to read this one. I've highlighted some bits I feel are particularly interesting. From: Steve Ballmer Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:30 PM To: Microsoft–All Employees...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-25-2008
Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Developer Preview, and an idea for actually using SideShow

This this is interesting. Since fairly early in the Windows Vista beta, Microsoft has been touting a Vista feature called Windows SideShow, but the required hardware has never really appeared in any mass market product, though the odd laptop with an external SideShow display or Sideshow-based remote...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-13-2008
Put Windows Live on your Windows Mobile phone

The Windows Vista Blog is promoting (a new release of?) Windows Live for Windows Mobile: Windows Live for Windows Mobile is now available to download for your Windows Mobile phone. Windows Live for Windows Mobile lets Windows Mobile users sync their email from Windows Live Hotmail as well as their Windows...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-14-2008
The Great Windows Collapse of 2011

I've gotten a lot email this week about the over-hyped Gartner report that said, essentially, that Windows is collapsing under its own weight. My reaction to this is two-fold. Before we get to that, here's a typical story about this report from ZD's Larry Dignan, who, I'm happy to report...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-12-2008

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