Saturday, April 19, 2003
Happy Birthday Pocket PC!
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 05:00 AM
April 19th marks the third birthday of the PDA we all know and love, our dear Pocket PC. It's amazing that it's been three years - it seems I've been at this a lot longer than that!
I remember exactly where I was on the 19th. At the time, I was on a short-term contract for Microsoft helping them build and launch PocketPC.com. We couldn't push the Web site live until Steve Ballmer made the morning announcement at Grand Central Station in New York city. I was part of the team that was going to prop the site, although considering I was a content guy, I was just along for the ride. I stumbled into the mobile devices building at 5:30 AM, ready to see my "baby" (the site) go live. We had a few problems getting it to propagate across to all the servers, but shortly after 9 AM eastern time the site was live. Ah, what a day...
Let's celebrate this birthday by telling stories about our fondest Pocket PC memories. What's the best memory you have about your Pocket PC? Was there ever one day when it was so useful to you that you were incredibly grateful you bought it? Or were you one of the people excitedly waiting for the launch of the Pocket PC? Tell us your story!
I remember exactly where I was on the 19th. At the time, I was on a short-term contract for Microsoft helping them build and launch PocketPC.com. We couldn't push the Web site live until Steve Ballmer made the morning announcement at Grand Central Station in New York city. I was part of the team that was going to prop the site, although considering I was a content guy, I was just along for the ride. I stumbled into the mobile devices building at 5:30 AM, ready to see my "baby" (the site) go live. We had a few problems getting it to propagate across to all the servers, but shortly after 9 AM eastern time the site was live. Ah, what a day...
Let's celebrate this birthday by telling stories about our fondest Pocket PC memories. What's the best memory you have about your Pocket PC? Was there ever one day when it was so useful to you that you were incredibly grateful you bought it? Or were you one of the people excitedly waiting for the launch of the Pocket PC? Tell us your story!
