Wednesday, February 13, 2002
What if...
Posted by Andy Sjostrom in "THOUGHT" @ 09:55 AM
Ed just said in the previous post: "How things change in just two short years.". Well, let me take that for another spin!
What if Palm OS 5 takes off with brand new hardware, including phone combos, from Palm and other licensees?
What if Palm gets a great new user interface, multimedia, multitasking?
What if all old Palm apps just work on these new machines?
What if Palm continues to exclusively hold on to what the Pocket PC doesn't have: brand recognition, decent battery life, price and form factor?
What if the "Pocket PC camp" goes as stale as the first page of PocketPC.com?
What if Nokia releases a super smart Symbian-phone with great connectivity and multimedia features?
What if Motorola and Sony/Ericsson follow shortly thereafter and release even smarter Symbian-phones?
What if Sun REALLY succeeds in bringing a decent Java VM down to these phones?
In two short years, from now, what looked to be off to a great start can be left in the dust, unless...
• Microsoft increases the speed of Pocket PC innovation.
• Pocket PC OEMs get their act together, and make even better hardware.
• Microsoft gets at least two of the top five cell phone manufacturers making the Smartphone 2002.
• Microsoft can convince mobile operators that Internet is really not a threat, and why this is so.
What if Palm OS 5 takes off with brand new hardware, including phone combos, from Palm and other licensees?
What if Palm gets a great new user interface, multimedia, multitasking?
What if all old Palm apps just work on these new machines?
What if Palm continues to exclusively hold on to what the Pocket PC doesn't have: brand recognition, decent battery life, price and form factor?
What if the "Pocket PC camp" goes as stale as the first page of PocketPC.com?
What if Nokia releases a super smart Symbian-phone with great connectivity and multimedia features?
What if Motorola and Sony/Ericsson follow shortly thereafter and release even smarter Symbian-phones?
What if Sun REALLY succeeds in bringing a decent Java VM down to these phones?
In two short years, from now, what looked to be off to a great start can be left in the dust, unless...
• Microsoft increases the speed of Pocket PC innovation.
• Pocket PC OEMs get their act together, and make even better hardware.
• Microsoft gets at least two of the top five cell phone manufacturers making the Smartphone 2002.
• Microsoft can convince mobile operators that Internet is really not a threat, and why this is so.
