10 replies on “This is How the Current State of Windows Mobile Makes Me Feel”
Ha! But yeah, it does seem like Apple, RIM, and even Palm have their ball gowns on and wireless dancing partners selected, and MS is leaning on the gym wall, cursing its pimples. “WHY AM I SO AWKWARD?!”
If we were to take your metaphor just a little bit further, I would suggest that Microsoft adopt the tactics of Anthony Michael Hall in Sixteen Candles. I think that although he didn’t end up with Molly Ringwald, the movie still ended pretty well for him.
I fear that in such a scenario, I’d end up with the Long Duk Dong role. I actually used to use his first line in the movie as a pick-up line:
I’ve tried it out a few times, and I really hated all the design choices they made. It really felt like a stripped down version of windows itself, where the mobility options were tacked on. The blackberry storm feels the same too, with their touch capabilities tacked on.
I guess with mobility devices, you really have to plan from the start how to do things.
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Hi,
This is a copyrighted photograph taken by me. Please can you list a credit for the image or remove it from this site.
Thanks,
Alex
Alex Brown: Gladly! I had no idea of the photo’s provenance, and am only too happy to give you a credit and a link. Consider it done, and great photo!
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10 replies on “This is How the Current State of Windows Mobile Makes Me Feel”
Ha! But yeah, it does seem like Apple, RIM, and even Palm have their ball gowns on and wireless dancing partners selected, and MS is leaning on the gym wall, cursing its pimples. “WHY AM I SO AWKWARD?!”
If we were to take your metaphor just a little bit further, I would suggest that Microsoft adopt the tactics of Anthony Michael Hall in Sixteen Candles. I think that although he didn’t end up with Molly Ringwald, the movie still ended pretty well for him.
I fear that in such a scenario, I’d end up with the Long Duk Dong role. I actually used to use his first line in the movie as a pick-up line:
I’ve tried it out a few times, and I really hated all the design choices they made. It really felt like a stripped down version of windows itself, where the mobility options were tacked on. The blackberry storm feels the same too, with their touch capabilities tacked on.
I guess with mobility devices, you really have to plan from the start how to do things.
HMMMM really gets me to wanna check out the Open Moko handsets http://www.openmoko.com/
[…] and technologies including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Azure and Visual Studio 2010. Yes, the current state of Windows Mobile has me less than pleased, but I’ve been enjoying these other parts of the Microsoft technology […]
[…] the photo on the right, it’s the “Sad Darth Vader” photo from my earlier article titled This is How the Current State of Windows Mobile Makes Me Feel. I posted it in response to The Empire’s seemingly directionless efforts with its phone platform, […]
[…] written before that the current state of Windows Mobile makes me feel sad, and I’ve also written that recent developments like the new hexagon interface for the upcoming […]
Hi,
This is a copyrighted photograph taken by me. Please can you list a credit for the image or remove it from this site.
Thanks,
Alex
Alex Brown: Gladly! I had no idea of the photo’s provenance, and am only too happy to give you a credit and a link. Consider it done, and great photo!
[…] since joining The Empire, I’ve been saying that Windows Mobile needs to go back to the drawing board. While there was good technology lying in its innards – mobile versions of the .NET framework, […]