Microsoft unveiled their new mobile OS, Windows Phone 7 Series. Outside of the classically bad microsoft naming, pretty much everybody who saw it was impressed. I haven't seen such positive buzz about a Microsoft product ever. This is good for everyone, as competition drives innovation. Three competitors is better for consumers than only two.
On the mobile browser front it will be the only OS that matters that isn't using a WebKit based browser. And in addition, like both WebKit and mobile FireFox, the mobile Windows Phone 7 Series browser (based on Internet Explorer) won't have Flash support at launch. It's just too resource intensive for mobile devices. Adobe is in danger of losing their incredible advantage with Flash as we move from a desktop to mobile computing world.
Was ballmer (sp?) doing a cranky old man impression? "It's a phone gadummit, not a compooter!"
does it work w/ verizon??
It's not a specific phone. It's the operating system software that will run a phone, and many different manufacturers will use it to make phones. Like many different manufacturers use Android as the OS for their phones. There will be one on Verizon I'm sure, but no devices are expected until the end of the year.
I was quoting mocking the wrong Msft exec.
Heh, hadn't seen that.
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On the mobile browser front it will be the only OS that matters that isn't using a WebKit based browser. And in addition, like both WebKit and mobile FireFox, the mobile Windows Phone 7 Series browser (based on Internet Explorer) won't have Flash support at launch. It's just too resource intensive for mobile devices. Adobe is in danger of losing their incredible advantage with Flash as we move from a desktop to mobile computing world.
- jim 2-17-2010 12:49 am
Was ballmer (sp?) doing a cranky old man impression? "It's a phone gadummit, not a compooter!"
- mark 2-17-2010 12:59 am
does it work w/ verizon??
- Skinny 2-17-2010 12:07 pm
It's not a specific phone. It's the operating system software that will run a phone, and many different manufacturers will use it to make phones. Like many different manufacturers use Android as the OS for their phones. There will be one on Verizon I'm sure, but no devices are expected until the end of the year.
- jim 2-17-2010 3:39 pm
I was
quotingmocking the wrong Msft exec.- mark 2-17-2010 6:43 pm
Heh, hadn't seen that.
- jim 2-17-2010 7:10 pm