Should Microsoft Buy RIM? It May Be Time For An XPhone [View article]
If they do this, they need to get a lot more creative than simply combining RIM's email devices (fine as they are) with Microsoft's mediocre MP3 players or Windows CE devices. Otherwise, the results will be disappointing -- likeMicrosoft's UMPC reference designs.
I think they should focus on making a fundamental improvement in full scale Web access on pocket size devices. iPhone is a mall step forward (though it is basically the same zoom & pan solution Picsel has demonstrated for many years). But I have seen prototypes in Silicon Valley labs that make the mobile Web experience much more compelling than that.
Should Microsoft Buy RIM? It May Be Time For An XPhone [View article]
I think they should focus on making a fundamental improvement in full scale Web access on pocket size devices. iPhone is a mall step forward (though it is basically the same zoom & pan solution Picsel has demonstrated for many years). But I have seen prototypes in Silicon Valley labs that make the mobile Web experience much more compelling than that.