technology

I didn't what to blog about this week so I decided to Google technology, and this is what I found:

I found out that Microsoft is coming out with a cellphone. The article made it sound like that this wasn't the first phone they put out, but they were worried about the selling numbers due to the competition of the iPhone and T-Mobile Android. The phone slated to be called WinPho7. The phone is said to be a step down from the previous version WinMo 6.5. This was done to make it more user friendly, by not having it loaded with functions and the 6.5 version operating system was not have a friendly user interface. The new phone will be lacking a few key features that have been on previous models and you won't be able to do as much multi-tasking as on older models. Features like Cut & paste, full multitasking, and memory card support was eliminated from this unit. The multitasking was eliminated to help extend battery life and prevent complexities in the user interface. Cut and paste was also sacrificed on this phone. When asked iPhone owners how much they used cut and paste, some said once every 4 months. Another drawback with this phone is that all apps must be installed from the Windows Phone marketplace, not like the other phones where you could download directly from the internet.

Micorsoft has the phone hitting the market early September, and iPhone will update its phone in June. Once again Microsoft is putting themselves behind the eight ball and following in the footsteps of iPhone.

So Mircosoft decided that cut & paste, full multitasking, and memory card support was something this new phone could do with out. In there opinion, less is more. Better for the customer to a more user friendly phone and with a battery that will last longer. At this time I couldn't find a price for the phone, but I did manage to find out that HTC will be the manufacturer of the phone.