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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

APRIL FOOLS: Microsoft Ditches Windows Mobile, Goes iPhone

Posted by Jon Westfall in "Pocket PC News" @ 07:00 AM

http://www.smallunit.com/news-ap-re...ows_mobile.html

"Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced late yesterday that Windows Mobile will be officially retired effective June 1, 2008. In a surprising twist, Microsoft is recommending that users switch to rival Apple's iPhone, confirming rumors that versions of Microsoft Office applications may be ported to the iPhone platform. Enterprises everywhere should be relieved to know that the next version of the iPhone will support Microsoft's Activesync server-side synchronization standard, which will allow them to continue to provide email to their users..."

In what can only be described as a shocking twist of mobile electronics fate, Microsoft has abruptly abandoned its Windows Mobile operating system and decided to jump on the Apple bandwagon as far as mobile devices go. My only wonder is what will happen to the Windows Mobile team?? Such nice people seemingly out of a job - unless they learn to love all things lower-case i.

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APRIL FOOLS: Apple Announces Boot Camp for iPhone

Posted by Tim Williamson in "Pocket PC News" @ 05:00 AM

http://www.apple.com/pr/

"CUPERTINO, California—April 1, 2008—Apple® today announced additional enhancements to its iPhone™ 2.0 software. The upcoming iPhone 2.0 software release will contain Boot Camp for iPhone. Similar to Boot Camp for the desktop version of OSX, Boot Camp for iPhone allows users the freedom to choose between a variety of operating systems for their iPhone. This opens up the iPhone to developers wanting to create software in the operating system they prefer, and allows users the freedom to select the environment they feel comfortable with on a day-to-day basis, while still allowing Apple to supply the top-notch iPhone platform. 'We’re excited to give our users and developers the freedom to select the best environment for their needs,' said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. 'The iPhone’s hardware is the best mobile platform available, and combined with its revolutionary Multi-Touch interface, we believe this will create a surge in software development for the iPhone."

This is a pretty amazing announcement from Apple! Typically Apple likes to retain total control over their platforms and user interfaces, but Boot Camp for iPhone potentially means we could see Windows Mobile on the iPhone platform. I'm not sure that's the best OS for the hardware, but it at least gives people more options, which is always a good thing, right? So which OS will you choose to run on your iPhone?