12/14/2007

Windows Mobile - Does it really have a future?

Here’s a post from Bard Linder over on Download Squad earlier today talking about the next release of Windows Mobile.

Where is Windows Mobile headed?

Posted Dec 14th 2007 5:00PM by Brad Linder

Windows Mobile may have trounced PalmOS pretty completely over the last few years, but if the mobile operating system wants to maintain its market share, it’s going to need to make some changes. For example, iPhone has raised the bar for mobile web browsing while the Windows Mobile version of Internet Explorer feels like a web browser from 1997 at best.
[Read Brad's full post]

As a former user, I’m not sure I see a future at all for Windows Mobile. Like Brad points out, many of the enhancements can already be accomplished using third party solutions. For me, the stagnation and utter failure to advance over two years left me feeling Windows Mobile was headed for the deadpool. I still feel that. It just isn’t an OS I see having any viable future.

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