Monday, February 25, 2002
Wishful thinking!
Posted by Andy Sjostrom in "THOUGHT" @ 03:14 AM
The combined strength of the current Pocket PC companies, including Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Casio, NEC, Symbol, Toshiba, etc is awesome. They have proved from product, marketing and sales perspectives that the Pocket PC platform is in good hands. The Smartphone 2002 is also off to a good start with Texas Instruments, Samsung, Sendo, Compal and HTC. Needless to say, we need more Smartphone 2002 manufacturers, but the race is long. I am not worried.
But just for the fun of it... What's ahead? May I induldge myself in some wishful thinking, perhaps? Let's make up some headlines! Note: these are just my own fantasies! Wouldn't it be cool to see some of your own headlines!?!
FAKE 1: Handspring announces new Pocket PC - We knew Handspring execs hadn't ruled out making non-Palm OS devices, but this innovative and brand new device took us all by surprise! The new Handspring Pocket PC product line features XScale-processors, various types of phone integration, and the best battery life we've seen in any Pocket PC, so far!
FAKE 2: Sony's two-step to establish stronger grip - Sony announced yesterday a new Clie product line, that will utilize the Pocket PC operating system from Microsoft. Mobile execs at Sony also confirmed the rumors that the company will work within the Sony Ericsson partnership to put a Sony Ericsson Smartphone 2002 on the market in Q3 2002.
FAKE 3: Symbian, Microsoft combine and compete - In a surprising deal that was communicated yesterday Symbian and Microsoft agreed to license each other's runtime engines. Microsoft agrees to open its Windows CE operating system to any licensees who wish to include a J2ME engine, and other core Symbian runtime environments, into their devices. Symbian licenses, on behalf of all Symbian attached companies, the core element of the .NET Framework known as the Common Language Runtime. To enable manufacturers to put platform agnostic devices on the market quickly, the two companies will put together a task force that will help make the nescessary adjustments. Executives from both companies say that competition will continue to be fierce despite this deal.
FAKE 4: IBM revisits Windows CE - IBM left the Windows CE camp some years ago, but has decided to revisit it. This time IBM works with Microsoft and Cisco to make an entire range of home products based on the Tablet PC specifications.
FAKE 5: Dell believes mobile phone market goes corporate - The hardware giant has long stayed away from the mobile device market, but is finally determined to start playing in this growing segment. Dell has decided to work with device maker HTC to make their Dell Smartphone 2002. Their strategy is somewhat different from the other mobile phone makers: they will market and sell the devices to corporate accounts only, coupled with server hardware, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Mobile Information Server.
But just for the fun of it... What's ahead? May I induldge myself in some wishful thinking, perhaps? Let's make up some headlines! Note: these are just my own fantasies! Wouldn't it be cool to see some of your own headlines!?!
FAKE 1: Handspring announces new Pocket PC - We knew Handspring execs hadn't ruled out making non-Palm OS devices, but this innovative and brand new device took us all by surprise! The new Handspring Pocket PC product line features XScale-processors, various types of phone integration, and the best battery life we've seen in any Pocket PC, so far!
FAKE 2: Sony's two-step to establish stronger grip - Sony announced yesterday a new Clie product line, that will utilize the Pocket PC operating system from Microsoft. Mobile execs at Sony also confirmed the rumors that the company will work within the Sony Ericsson partnership to put a Sony Ericsson Smartphone 2002 on the market in Q3 2002.
FAKE 3: Symbian, Microsoft combine and compete - In a surprising deal that was communicated yesterday Symbian and Microsoft agreed to license each other's runtime engines. Microsoft agrees to open its Windows CE operating system to any licensees who wish to include a J2ME engine, and other core Symbian runtime environments, into their devices. Symbian licenses, on behalf of all Symbian attached companies, the core element of the .NET Framework known as the Common Language Runtime. To enable manufacturers to put platform agnostic devices on the market quickly, the two companies will put together a task force that will help make the nescessary adjustments. Executives from both companies say that competition will continue to be fierce despite this deal.
FAKE 4: IBM revisits Windows CE - IBM left the Windows CE camp some years ago, but has decided to revisit it. This time IBM works with Microsoft and Cisco to make an entire range of home products based on the Tablet PC specifications.
FAKE 5: Dell believes mobile phone market goes corporate - The hardware giant has long stayed away from the mobile device market, but is finally determined to start playing in this growing segment. Dell has decided to work with device maker HTC to make their Dell Smartphone 2002. Their strategy is somewhat different from the other mobile phone makers: they will market and sell the devices to corporate accounts only, coupled with server hardware, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Mobile Information Server.
