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07/02/09
Zune Phone"Pink"Once I got my Exchange account working right, I have to say, the iPhone 3GS is a business-class smartphone. After a year, I'm used to typing on the touchscreen (although I still kind of prefer the physical keys). It gives me the information I need.
I don't know if Microsoft can put out a handset to match either the iPhone 3GS or even the BlackBerry Bold.
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Show me *any* such device from anyone.
It's a little unfair to set the bar higher than everyone else and then complain when the new guy doesn't hit it.
If it's a bucket of FAIL for the new ZuneHD or ZunePhone (assuming it's real), then it's just as much a bucket of FAIL for the iPhone and iPod touch, no?
I also have to point out that most of what you're claiming makes the iPhone a 'business-class' smartphone, Windows Mobile's been capable of doing for years. But here's five things WiMo can do that the iPhone can't (at this time):
- Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint Mobile.
- .Net 3.5 CF - the easiest way to make new apps.
- Multitasking, background tasks and services.
- Third party apps that don't require Apple's blessings.
- Applications that compete with the ones shipped by MSFT including entire shells such as the ones by HTC.
If the ZunePhone exposes WM7 then I'll be in line for one. If not, then I'll stick with my iPhone.
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Now that my Exchange account got sorted out (IT error, not Apple error), if my secretary puts a date into my calendar at the office, it's on my phone within seconds. Email hits my phone before my Outlook box. And when IT comes in next, I'm going to have them set up the Citrix app. 80% of the time, when I'm out of the office, I'm at court. I need available dates for conferences and access to key facts and cases for oral arguments. The quicker I get it, the better. There's a lot to be said for being a lawyer who isn't causing a headache for the judge because he doesn't have the info that the judge is asking for.
That's what makes it a business-class smartphone: access to the same data as if I was in my office.
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Zune Phone"Pink"But it also made it sound like its just going to be a sidekick 2.0. Whats left of danger is leading the whole thing. Its still supposed to target the same sidekick demographic.
Too bad if that holds true. I've always thought that the sidekick was a solid device that got stuck with the tween label but if they're just going to keep targeting that demographic its not going to grow out of it.
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That would allow any carrier to compete fairly for customers based on service adn features.
Pretty much in the same way the Windows has done for the 1000's of PC manufacturer's.
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Zune Phone"Pink"How could they not hire them for this?! Madness!
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Zune Phone"Pink"But I did like this commercial, that while a bit screwy in the head, did come with that pleasant song snippet.
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So the new platform is a scrotum? That's the only thing I can think of between a dick and a shithole.
Oh, c'mon people, settle down! I'm just kidding! The Xbox is NOT a dick of a platform.
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Damn it, I probably will. That would be freaking awsome.
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[home.howstuffworks.com]
Go ahead and look at your crotch after reading that. You know you want to.
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I just thought that the YKK thing was interesting, and tried to shoe horn it in. My Bad.
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