3 posts and columns on Premium Mobile Experiences

Microsoft's New Mobile Phone Software Is Coming (and Its "Project Pink" Still Lives)–But Should It Just Give Up and Buy RIM?

in News on February 8, 2010 at 9:06 am PT

Next week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft is likely to unveil Windows Mobile 7, the new version of its mobile operating system, trying to create some excitement around its foundering mobile strategy. “Foundering” is probably kind, given the innovative strides both Google and Apple have made in the smartphone arena in recent years by comparison. So is a new mobile OS–along with “Project Pink,” to create a new Microsoft-made device–going to cut it? Or should the tech giant buy its way back into the game?

If the Sidekick Fiasco Is a "Premium Mobile Experience," I’d Hate to See the Basic Version

in News on October 15, 2009 at 6:17 am PT

Good news for SideKick users bemoaning the backend server failure that wiped out their personal data–and those suing over it. Microsoft says it has recovered most of the data that it initially believed to be permanently lost.
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If the Sidekick Fiasco Is a “Premium Mobile Experience,” I’d Hate to See the Basic Version

in News on October 15, 2009 at 6:17 am PT

Good news for SideKick users bemoaning the backend server failure that wiped out their personal data–and those suing over it. Microsoft says it has recovered most of the data that it initially believed to be permanently lost.
confidence