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Greg’s bite: Microsoft Mobile Vista 7 crashes and burns

Greg’s bite: Microsoft Mobile Vista 7 crashes and burns

Posted by | Dec 1, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

The big returns are really coming in regarding Microsoft’s Mobile Vista 7.  I mean big numbers of phones physically being returned by customers to the cell companies who sold them.  

Big as in a very large sales disappointment for both cell phone companies around the world and cell phone hardware manufacturing partners who were willing to give the Kin crew one more chance. Numbers like 2% of all new phone sales being the new Microsoft phones isn’t good news for Redmond.  

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Greg’s bite: Apple’s Living Room Aspirations Languishing?

Greg’s bite: Apple’s Living Room Aspirations Languishing?

Posted by | Nov 30, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

As an Apple fan and a believer in the wisdom of most of what comes out of Cupertino, I bought the most recent Apple TV device and have used it quite a bit since it was first launched. As I noted in this space on a number of occasions I think there is an opening for Apple to challenge the cable/satellite TV content providers, since a lot of people hate them, but it won’t be easy and it is not happening yet for Apple. The numbers aren’t right yet.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Nov. 29

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Nov. 29

Posted by | Nov 29, 2010 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

All Caps Apps has announced Christmas ELF 1.0, their new electric light finder for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. With the free app, you can let the Christmas ELF guide you on a tour of all the festive holiday lights. Along the journey, vote for your favorites and tag others that you find on your own. Christmas ELF uses GPS to pinpoint the user’s current location.

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IDC: Android will be Europe’s top smartphone platform in 2011

IDC: Android will be Europe’s top smartphone platform in 2011

Posted by | Nov 29, 2010 | , |

Google’s Android software will be Europe’s top smartphone platform next year, according to researcher IDC.

Android phones accounted for 23% of western Europe shipments in the third quarter, behind Nokia Oyj’s Symbian and Apple’s iPhone platforms, IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo said in an interview — as reported by “Bloomberg” (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-29/android-phones-set-to-pass-nokia-s-symbian-in-europe-idc-says.html). Android is set to pass Symbian and iPhone in the region, he said, adding that it is already second to Symbian worldwide.

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