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Jason Dunn
Executive Editor


Joined: 30 Jun 2003
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Location: Calgary, CANADA

PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 9:30 am    Post subject: Welcome to Smartphone Thoughts! Reply with quote

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Smartphone Thoughts! It brings me great pleasure to launch this new site dedicated to the Microsoft Windows Mobile Smartphone platform. I'm tremendously excited about the future of the Smartphone platform - I've been using one for the past couple of months, and while there are some rough edges, on the whole I'm in love with the platform. The first day I started using my Orange SPV on the Fido GPRS network, I configured it to check my email account, and it instantly became more useful to me than any other cell phone before it (even my T68 with Bluetooth). I remember having a similar experience with my Pocket PC - there's such rich functionality that you can't help but want to use it more than any other device in its class. And I have a secret to share with you - sometimes I leave my house without my Pocket PC, but I never go anywhere without my Smartphone. Shh! Don't tell anyone at Pocket PC Thoughts! Wink

Our focus here are Smartphone Thoughts is to make this site the most useful site possible for you as a Smartphone owner. We'll post daily bits of news gathered from around the Web, link to the best articles and reviews we find on other sites, and write our own reviews and columns. We've put together a team of opinionated editors, so expect to see a few rants and raves popping up - we're not afraid to share our opinions here at Smartphone Thoughts, and while we have sponsors and bills like most sites, they don't influence our editorial freedom. We'll tell you exactly what we think, every time.

The Microsoft Smartphone is a "young" device - if you currently own a Smartphone, it's likely a first generation device like an Orange SPV or maybe the Red E from the developer's kit. We at Smartphone Thoughts believe in the long-term success of the Microsoft Smartphone platform. Microsoft does not enter a market unless it has the patience and persistence to dominate, and we believe that the Smartphone will evolve into the premier information-rich mobile device on the market. Yeah, we know we have basically zero percent market share right now - there's nowhere to go but up! Very Happy

If you've visited Pocket PC Thoughts before, you'll be familiar with how things work here. Smartphone Thoughts (sometimes referred to as SPT) is part of the Thoughts Media Network, and a sister site to Pocket PC Thoughts. Both run atop the Thoughts Media Engine, and will have identical functionality. Over time, we'll be launching new Thoughts Media sites, and a powerful synergy will develop between them.

We're just getting started, so stick around - if you're a Smartphone owner, this is the place to be!

Jason Dunn
Executive Editor
Smartphone Thoughts

PS - We're still working out a few kinks in our new system, so be patient. If you're reading this on June 30th, you've caught our "soft launch". We wanted to go live to see how things work, but we don't kick it into high gear until next week. In the meantime, feel free to post in the forums and explore the site, and come back often.


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HailStorm
Smartphone Pupil


Joined: 30 Jun 2003
Posts: 29
Location: Southern California

PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 8:24 pm    Post subject: Penny for my THOUGHTS? Reply with quote

Jason,

I have been randomly "hitting" www.smartphonethoughts.com for the last month or so. Imagine my surprise to suddenly break forth into this visual bonanza that is Smartphone Thoughts!

I am really impressed with the design and features! I look forward to seeing SPT community grow as we get some really big hardware launches soon!

I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for the Verizon Wireless i600. Wink Hope I don't fall off waiting for it!!

Kudos on the new site and your Thoughts Network! Keep up the great work everyone involved!!

Paul Britton
Los Angeles, CA
-Future Smartphone User
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Jason Dunn
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Joined: 30 Jun 2003
Posts: 1547
Location: Calgary, CANADA

PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 9:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Penny for my THOUGHTS? Reply with quote

HailStorm wrote:
I have been randomly "hitting" www.smartphonethoughts.com for the last month or so. Imagine my surprise to suddenly break forth into this visual bonanza that is Smartphone Thoughts!


Welcome Paul! Somehow I'm not surprised that you're our very first registered user! Very Happy It will be several days until we start the flow of news & views (still quite a bit of behind the scenes magic to be wrought), but I'm thrilled to be able to see this site live after months of hard work. Regarding the look, you can thank me for the colour scheme, and the amazing Fabrizio for the killer design and layout.

Don't post anything about this to other sites though - I want everything to be in place for our "hard launch" when we announce the site. Rock on dude!
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HailStorm
Smartphone Pupil


Joined: 30 Jun 2003
Posts: 29
Location: Southern California

PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Don't post anything about this to other sites though - I want everything to be in place for our "hard launch" when we announce the site.


You got it...tho as you can see -in my excited state- I notified our favourite San Franciscan via IM after I found out. lol

I am really really impressed. This is exactly what I have come to expect from your whole team! Just bullseye man. Smile "Game over *man*, Game Over!"

hehe

Does this launch hint at "something wonderful" in the US market near-future? Razz

I'm dyin I am I swear! hehe
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ARW
Smartphone Theorist


Joined: 30 Jun 2003
Posts: 277
Location: Seattle

PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very cool Jason!

I have to ditto much of what HailStorm has said. I'm awaiting a NA Smartphone as much if not more than when the original PPCs were announced. As a faithful reader of PPC Thoughts I'll now have two quality sites to hit on a regular basis.

Trying to be patient and hoping I won't be disappointed.

Al
Near Future SP User Hopefully
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Paul [MVP]
Smartphone Neophyte


Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Posts: 6
Location: Norwich, UK

PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 4:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congratulations on the new site Jason Smile

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Robert Levy
Smartphone Philosopher


Joined: 30 Jun 2003
Posts: 513
Location: Redmond, WA

PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Paul_[MVP] wrote:
Congratulations on the new site Jason Smile


Congrats on finding it Paul Cool
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Jason Dunn
Executive Editor


Joined: 30 Jun 2003
Posts: 1547
Location: Calgary, CANADA

PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

HailStorm wrote:
Does this launch hint at "something wonderful" in the US market near-future? Razz


I wouldn't launch a site like this unless something good was coming this way. Very Happy
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Arne Hess
Smartphone Ponderer


Joined: 30 Jun 2003
Posts: 68
Location: Wireless Cyberspace or Munich, Germany

PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congrats Jason Fabrizio and Team!
#2 to go on the way of ThoughtsMedia...
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Bojan Rip
Smartphone Neophyte


Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Posts: 4
Location: Boston

PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 2:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congratulations on the awsome looking site! Impressive!

Long live the Smartphone!
Bojan
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