03-29-2006, 02:00 AM
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Executive Editor, Android Thoughts
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Push Coming To Shove
"Microsoft Corp. may one day challenge Research In Motion Ltd. for dominance of the mobile email market, but, despite the launch of the first "direct push" email devices, the Windows Mobile operating system isn't up to the task yet, according to analysts. They point to several constraints. For starters, there aren't many push-capable Windows Mobile devices out on the market yet, the upgrade path from older devices isn't at all clear, and enterprises haven't yet had time to test the server and device software fully to ensure that it works well. "The press seems to be giving Microsoft the benefit of the doubt that their release 1.0 of wireless email software will be competitive with the Blackberry in terms of security, manageability, and battery life," says Gartner Inc. analyst Todd Kort. "But I have strong doubts about this." He predicts Microsoft's wireless email problems will be resolved with the next software revision, expected sometime next year, as well as more and better hardware that exploit it more fully."
RIM licenses or Microsoft Direct Push? There is much speculation going around about the future for both, with this piece coming to the consensus that RIM need not fear a license drop-off in sales for quite some time. But as new WM 5 devices role out (And non-converged devices seemingly drop off the map), might RIM not be able to rest as long as some predict? How quickly, if ever, will the MS solution become dominant?
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03-29-2006, 05:08 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 327
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We are still waiting for the largest GSM carrier in the USA (Cingular) to release their push email solution for their premier Pocket PC device (8125) and they seem to be in no hurry. Microsoft either needs to pressure carriers to move faster, or just release the upgrades to the public.
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03-29-2006, 03:13 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1
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Microsoft Mobile has a lot of useability work to do
Their HCI is lacking.
Microsoft is 18 months out if RIM does nothing.
MSFT needs to stop thinking like developers and look at what matters, useability.
Battery is horrible, navigation is terrible, having to deal with mobile security is going to be a nightmare for enterprises,
...the look is there, the feel isn't.
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03-29-2006, 08:37 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 107
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Where's the update for the versions of HTC's Wizard sold by US carriers? How about for the Treo 700w? I think MS announced push email over 6 months ago. Unfortunately the joke is on us! :-(
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