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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

How Microsoft Intends to Regain Lost Ground In Mobile Territory

Posted by Darius Wey in "Pocket PC Talk" @ 08:55 PM

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-264314.html

"Microsoft has made some stumbles in the mobile world, but a strategy shift made more than a year ago will soon pay dividends, the company's top Windows Mobile executive said in an interview with CNET News. Andy Lees, the executive brought over from the server unit a year ago, said that Microsoft's efforts to make sure that its mobile software could run on a wide range of phones resulted in an operating system that failed to take advantage of advances in hardware. "We aimed to go for a lower common denominator," Lees said. Microsoft was also limited by the origins of Windows Mobile, which was developed to power handheld computers that neither connected to a network nor handled voice. "We started out when we were in PDAs (personal digital assistants) and then a phone got strapped to the back of the PDA," Lees said. The company also failed to recognize that phones--even those that were used for business--were still as much personal as they were professional."

The first four paragraphs of the CNET/ZDNet article accurately highlight some of Windows Mobile's flaws, and why the once-venerable smartphone operating system, at times, appears feeble next to relative newcomers, iPhone OS, Android, and webOS. But it's not all doom and gloom for Microsoft. According to Andy Lees, we'll see some breakthroughs over the next 18 months, with the first set expected as soon as mid-February as Microsoft takes the stage at MWC. Lees hinted at an increased reliance on the cloud, the need to improve the core of Windows Mobile in order to keep up with the competition, and a closer relationship with OEMs (which we can only hope translates to more frequent and more consistent updates for all consumers).

Is this the right approach? Sound off in this thread.


Friday, January 2, 2009

Winners of the Ringtone Shuffler Contest

Posted by Darius Wey in "Pocket PC Events" @ 12:28 AM

To kick off the new year, we're announcing the winners of last month's Ringtone Shuffler contest. If your username is listed below, congratulations! Please check your private messages within the next 24 hours for registration details.

  • edhead
  • janoulle
  • maskology
  • paulsg63
  • ucfgrad93

Thanks to Gx5 for their generosity. Stay tuned as we bring you more contests in the coming weeks!


Sunday, December 7, 2008

Win 1 of 5 Copies of Ringtone Shuffler

Posted by Darius Wey in "Pocket PC Events" @ 09:38 PM

http://www.gx-5.com/products/ringto...erforwmdevices/

"With Ringtone Shuffler, every time a call comes in you hear a different custom ringtone that you have put on your phone. This is a great feature when you have many custom ringtones and you want to enjoy all of them. It gets even better. With Ringtone Shuffler, you can select the ringtones you want to shuffle. Why is this super cool? Imagine a scenario where you have created 3 ringtones from one song; that is the first verse, second verse, and the chorus. Now you can select those 3 and enjoy them all. In another scenario, let's say you have about 20 ringtones and 5 of them are from one or a few artists you are really feeling. Now you can just select those 5 as the ones to shuffle."

Thanks to Gx5, we have five copies of the new Ringtone Shuffler application for Windows Mobile Standard and Professional to give away. Here's how you enter:

  • Simply post the artist and title of your favourite song in this thread. Really, it's that simple!

Entries are limited to one per person and you have until 12:00 PM (GMT) on Monday, December 15, 2008 to get them in. Winners will be randomly selected and announced the following week. Good luck!


Thursday, March 27, 2008

Windows Mobile Shakes with Fear: Microsoft Hints at Office and Voice Recognition Applications on the iPhone and iPod touch

Posted by Darius Wey in "Pocket PC Competition" @ 12:25 AM

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...phone_apps.html

"The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant is already the largest software developer for Apple's Mac platform outside of the Mac maker itself, with Fortune's Big Tech blog estimating that its Mac Business Unit generates revenues in excess of $350 million and profits of over $200 million each year. Add to that the firm's expertise in its proprietary Exchange email protocols and business email systems, and it's almost a certainty that Microsoft will be among those bearing fresh wares for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch a bit later this year, Tom Gibbons, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Specialized Devices and Applications Group, told the business publication. "We do have experience with that environment, and that gives us confidence to be able to do something," he said. "The key question is, what is the value that we need to bring?" Gibbons' team of Mac developers, which actually resides in Mountain View, Calif., just a few miles from Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, is reportedly weighing its most viable options for an initial native iPhone application, which appears as if it will fall within the Office family of productivity applications."



It wasn't too long ago that Apple announced Exchange support for the iPhone and iPod touch. The implications here have yet to be seen, but come June, we'll likely see the two devices consume a reasonable chunk of Windows Mobile's market share. What about Office? It's always been one of Windows Mobile's biggest selling points. The iPhone and iPod touch lack it, but that may soon change, and if it does, it has the potential to be huge. Add in Tellme and a host of other applications and Microsoft will need to find new ways to make Windows Mobile as popular as it once was.


Thursday, December 20, 2007

Tracy and Matt's Christmas Competition (Part Deux)

Posted by Rocco Augusto in "Smartphone News" @ 02:05 PM

http://www.tracyandmatt.co.uk/blogs/index.php/2007/12/20/christmas_competition_number_2

"This time the nice people at eXpansys have kindly given us one of the just-released HTC S730's to give away as part of our Christmas promotion. To enter, you simply have to head on over to the eXpansys website to find the answer to our competition question below. Once you have the answer come back and submit it to us using our Feedback Form - remember to give us your name and email address with your entry. We'll choose a winner at random on the 9th January 2008 and will accept entries up to the 8th January, you've got plenty of time to enter. One entry per person please, we'll only accept entries via our feedback form."



Those wacky whippersnappers, Tracy and Matt, are at it again! This time they're giving away the sleek and sexy HTC s730, one of HTC's latest Windows Mobile Standard devices. This handset sports a slide out QWERTY keyboard, fairly large 2.4" QVGA screen, a front facing camera for video conferencing, 256MB Flash, 64MB ROM, HSDPA and Quad-band GSM/EDGE data connectivity. To win this handset, all you have to do is go and drop Tracy and Matt a line via their feedback form and answer this super easy question - "How big (in inches) is the screen on the HTC S730?"

NOTE: All replies must be sent to Tracy and Matt via the feedback form on their website!


Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Mobile Web Biz Plan Competition

Posted by Jason Dunn in "EVENT" @ 01:00 PM

http://www.livedigitally.com/2006/11/01/mobile-web-biz-plan-competition/

"In an interesting alliance, Nokia, the government of Finland and Red Herring have come together (it�s gotta be the herring) to offer a competition to who can put together the most compelling mobile Web business plan. This is excellent timing in my opinion (read this story at GigaOm if you don�t believe me), as the only space on a par with the excitement of Internet video is mobile technology and mobile lifestyle (with the combination of the two being at the peak of JT�s fictitious hot-meter). The Web-2-Mobile Business Plan Competition is open to any �qualified� entrepreneur, which is an interesting choice of words - who exactly is an unqualified entrepreneur anyway? It�s probably just to deter people like that crazy Omarosa woman from the Apprentice."

If you're mobile platform agnostic (hey, it's Nokia after all) and have some great ideas about mobility, here's your opportunity to shine! Just remember to tell Nokia you were inspired by this Web site. :mrgreen:


Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Win $50,000 with Connected Systems Developer Competition

Posted by Mike Temporale in "DEVELOPER" @ 08:15 AM

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/08/EditorsNote/default.aspx

"Connected Systems 2005 Developer Competition is currently accepting entries from the development community. If you're programming with Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and/or BizTalk 2004/2006, and you've come up with something creative, this could be your big chance for fame and fortune. We know what you're saying: "But I write Microsoft Smartphone applications using Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server Mobile Edition. Is this contest really for me?" As it happens, this is your lucky day. Our competition is divided into 15 application categories�a measure of how far we've come in 20 years. Back in 1987, the categories would've been "best memory manager," "most annoying TSR," and "game that best uses all 16 possible screen colors." Now, look at your choices..."

There's 15 different categories listed, and one of which is: "Best Microsoft Smartphone application using Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server Mobile Edition." Now is your chance to make that cool Smartphone app and have a chance at winning $50,000. Registration closes on August 30th, 2005, and all entries must be in by September 15th, 2005. Check out the linked article for more information, and get coding!


Thursday, November 4, 2004

Rogers Wireless Gets OK From Competition Bureau for Fido Takeover

Posted by Mike Temporale in "NEWS" @ 08:15 AM

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/cpress/20041103/ca_pr_on_bu/rogers_microcell

"Rogers Wireless Inc. said Wednesday that the federal Competition Bureau won't oppose its friendly $1.4-billion takeover of rival Microcell Telecommunications, owner of the Fido cellphone network. ...the head of the Rogers Communications Group said last week he wouldn't consider the Microcell agreement a done deal until the Competition Bureau gave its approval. The Rogers-Microcell deal will combine the only two wireless networks that use the GSM/GPRS standard, which is used throughout Europe and many other parts of the world, but only in some North American networks."

It looks like Canada will now have one less carrier to pick from. Although, I feel better about the Rogers offer than the Telus offer, I'm still not sure this is a good thing for Canadians.


Thursday, September 9, 2004

The Competition Is Not Sitting Idle

Posted by Kris Kumar in "THE COMPETITION" @ 09:30 AM

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_hi_te/smart_phones

"The smart phone market will grow more crowded Wednesday with the debut of two devices directed at opposite ends of the customer spectrum: a BlackBerry for consumers with a newfangled keyboard and a Nokia phone-organizer for mobile business professionals. Both handsets, designed to feel more like a cell phone than a handheld computer, will compete with about two dozen other smart phones that run on advanced operating systems such as Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm."

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I love competition. Competition motivates me to improve my skills and challenges me to exceed expectation. Microsoft Smartphone is being challenged by two worthy competitors; the redesigned, slimmer, lighter Nokia 9300 and BlackBerry 7100. During the last few days we have seen some awesome Microsoft Smartphones being announced. And now it is the competitors turn to show off. Good to see all these product announcements. The winner in this product warfare will be the consumer. We will not only get better choices but also good prices. Out of the three: BlackBerry, Microsoft and Nokia, who do you think will be the favourite?

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Friday, July 16, 2004

First Annual .NET Compact Framework Coding Competition

Posted by Kris Kumar in "DEVELOPER" @ 04:00 AM

http://www.opennetcf.org/PermaLink.aspx?guid=e8d96370-6684-4ee1-9f16-3436d276de00

"OpenNETCF Consulting is pleased to announce that they are sponsoring our First Annual .NET Compact Framework coding competition.

The competition will run from July 15, 2004 until midnight GMT, August 31, 2004 and everyone is invited to compete. All entries will be accepted, though OpenNETCF.org board members are not eligible to win. Submissions must follow the the submission guidelines and be posted into the OpenNETCF Wiki before midnight GMT of August 31, 2004 to be scored and eligible for any prizes.

The general purpose of the submissions is to demonstrate using the .NET Compact Framework and the OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework. To help make the competition objective we have a well-defined score card that all submissions will be scored against, and each submission will be scored by at least three judges.

For more information, visit the Competition Wiki Page."


Friday, February 20, 2004

Valentines Day Competition Winners at MoDaCo

Posted by Jason Dunn in "EVENT" @ 10:57 AM

http://www.modaco.com/ftopic104611.html

"Thanks for your patience as we got through so many wonderful entries!We�ve been off doing research about the correlation between Windows Mobile for Smartphone customers and the ability to write amazing poems --- MoDaCo community, WE ARE IMPRESSED! It�s been a tough week making a selection. Thank you to everyone who participated. We�re holding on to every single story and entry for when we need some inspiration..."

Click on over to MoDaCo to see who won, and what the surprise is... :D


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