04-26-2005, 03:00 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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CNET: "Microsoft Smart Guy Takes On Smart-Phone Business"
"With Windows-powered mobile devices lagging behind the Palms and BlackBerrys of the world, Microsoft has brought an electrical engineer from China--a master of the strategy game Go--to put them back in the race...the first results of Zhang's efforts are scheduled to be unveiled at a conference May 9-10 in Las Vegas at which Microsoft plans to introduce the next version of its Windows Mobile software, code-named Magneto, with new productivity and multimedia features."
There isn't a whole lot of technical detail here, but it's an interesting read nevertheless.
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04-26-2005, 04:53 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Windows Mobile - Now with added Zen 
Surur
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04-26-2005, 04:58 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Figures and speculation. One day Windows Mobile are in front, the next day, they're behind. Then they're in front again, then they're behind again. :roll:
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04-27-2005, 03:59 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Ok, so this Zen guy started working with Microsoft's Mobile Devices in January, just 3-4 months ago, and WM2005 is supposed to be full of exiting changes he has made? Does anyone else see a problem with that. Wouldn't WM2005 be locked as to what was in and what was out several months ago?....Mybe the Zen in his name actually means something. :idea:
Dave
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04-27-2005, 06:01 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Is it April 1st again already!
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04-27-2005, 03:52 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Ok, so this Zen guy started working with Microsoft's Mobile Devices in January, just 3-4 months ago, and WM2005 is supposed to be full of exiting changes he has made? Does anyone else see a problem with that. Wouldn't WM2005 be locked as to what was in and what was out several months ago?....Mybe the Zen in his name actually means something.
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It says he started at MS labs in 99 and came to Redmond in January 2004. I would assume he has extensive input/work in the mobile field since the article says they were talking to him in '03 to take over mobile then.
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04-28-2005, 09:40 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by jimski
Is it April 1st again already!
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Why? :confused totally: What makes you think this is a humorous fake story?
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04-28-2005, 10:25 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 534
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Originally Posted by Paragon
Ok, so this Zen guy started working with Microsoft's Mobile Devices in January, just 3-4 months ago
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IIRC, Zhang actually began in January of 2004. That's a bit more time to influence product design.
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