Comments on: Microsoft Courier: the third weak link in a miserable mobile strategy

By: okli

okli — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:24:34 +0000

@DD
I agree with DD and DED
its just another poor performance from air guitar virtuoso Mr.Soft Willi
like: WYSIWYNG-What You See Is What You Newer Get
or like: WYSIWYG- What You Steal Is What You Get

By: Windows Phone 7: Microsoft’s third failed attempt to be Apple — RoughlyDrafted Magazine

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:12:34 +0000

[...] Microsoft Courier: the third weak link in a miserable mobile strategy Competing with Apple’s past The problem for Microsoft is that Windows Phone 7 won’t arrive until the end of the year at the very soonest. By then, Apple will have had the new iPhone 4.0 out for six months. Additionally, WP7 is really targeting the features of iPhone 2.0 from 2008. There’s a reason why Apple does not continue to sell iPhone 2.0 software: it’s outdated. [...]

By: Myaushka

Myaushka — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:33:37 +0000

One more thing – this two-screens thing is like Nintendo DS.

By: Myaushka

Myaushka — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:30:27 +0000

@ Joel RE: Cairo

You know what’s really amazing? At internal meetings, the demos are just as fake. I really don’t get this, it’s demoralizing to the people who actually know the real state of the product, so what’s the point? It’s not /just/ about forestalling competition.

By: Myaushka

Myaushka — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:24:03 +0000

@kt “The dual screens also offer a really intuitive way to transfer content from one document to another and to compare multiple versions of a document side by side.”

Wait, then why stop at 2 screens? Also, transferring content from one screen to another seems problematic.

By: Myaushka

Myaushka — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:11:00 +0000

Looking forward to your analysis of the Windows Phone strategy.

By: tundraboy

tundraboy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:49:32 +0000

Two random points:

The typewriter was invented because handwriting was deemed too slow, strenuous, and inefficient. Those reasons still hold today.

Have you seen how kids slam their laptops shut? Now imagine that level of force used on a device with two LCD screens facing each other. Better yet, make it a pocketbook sized device where you can slam it shut using one hand like you would a pair of castanets. And they expect parents to buy a courier for their teenager? You know, the subpopulation who think it is totally uncool to put something down gently when the option to carelessly toss it aside is always available? Uh hmm, yeah right.

By: Player-16

Player-16 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00:30 +0000

Here’s another MS concept…
…with a parody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvA9lA7_5FE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0USn7eufXps

…but what MS lacks…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjxacrSCYRE&feature=player_embedded

By: gus2000

gus2000 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:10:40 +0000

To convert the monolithic iPad into a Courier two-page device:

1. rotate the iPad 90 degrees to a landscape orientation
2. place a strip of black electrical tape down the center
3. ta-da!

NOTE: may not fold.

By: Thomas Menguy

Thomas Menguy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:59:11 +0000

Hi Daniel,

I too strongly believe Sony has a chance to do something, but they miss a “whole company strategy”, linking phones and PSP (this is coming) with their music brand and ebook parts.
Could you elaborate a little more about Sony ?(and it will change you …and us to not pointing the MS failures:) )