A year ago Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO, said that Nokia was “standing on a burning platform” because rivals like Google’s Android mobile operating system and Apple’s iPhone were consuming the Finnish company’s market share and profits. Nokia then chose Microsoft’s Windows Phone for its main smartphone operating system. The reason for this was that the smartphone battle is now a war of ecosystems rather than just devices. So how is the third ecosystem […] Continue reading →
With Windows Phone now officially out there, the question is whether Microsoft’s latest attempt on making an useable OS for mobile phones has succeeded. Early reviews suggest no: MobileCrunch’s verdict is that “it still sucks“, SlashGear thinks it “falls short of a knock-out blow” while Gizmodo says “there’s no excuse for this“. I can, as so many others, only say: Ouch! I have search the Internet to find positive reviews of Windows […] Continue reading →
I have been a long time user of Google’s push support for Contacts and Calender entries. When I tested it for the first time, I ended up writing a blog entry with the title “I simply love it!“. The only bad thing with the solution back then, was that push support was not enabled for Gmail. Guess what? Today that changed. Users have ran down Google with requests on Google’s popular Product Ideas page and Help Forum. Our cries have finally been heard, and people […] Continue reading →
The user interface is as ugly as it can get, but what you see in this Youtube video is impressive: The Nvidia HD AVP (High Definition Audio Video Processor) with NVIDIA® PureVideo® technology currently able to run both the embedded operating systems Android and Windows Mobile. And the developer board used in the video let the developer do dual-boots of the two embedded systems. The HD AVP platform lets users both capture and playback HD 720p movies on mobile devices mobile device (and can […] Continue reading →
These days it’s all about getting more mobile, also for me … I have to split myself for my regular work and a project work that I am doing untill beginning of October. That means a lot more meetings and being available for both works (and then of course available for a lot more people), even when I am not in office. And not to forget, there is a lot more small things to do, and with my memory that’s almost impossible to keep track of. So I am quite happy with my work […] Continue reading →
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