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Barnes & Noble Nook (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
When Microsoft made an investment today in the Barnes and Noble Nook, at the very least, the Android tablet market just got a little more entertaining -- and Microsoft got to take on all kinds of demons from Apple to Google to Amazon.com. Certainly great technology theater if nothing else.
Read my full commentary on my TechTarget View from Above blog.
AT&T is supposed to be making a big push to sell the Nokia Lumia 900 at its local stores, but I saw scant evidence that this was a case on a recent trip to my local store.
Read my full commentary on my TechTarget View from Above blog.
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This is just a bit frightening actually: Windows 8 Metro running on an iPad (and Steve Jobs must be rolling over in his grave), but I have to say, I'm tempted to download this app just to try it.
Nokia and AT&T are betting big with a splashy launch of the Nokia Lumia 900 next month, but Nokia will probably still have a trouble cracking the US market, no matter how much it spends or how hard it tries. (See how many cliches I was able to pack into the lede to describe this launch. It's big I tell you. Huge!)
Read my full commentary on my TechTarget View from Above blog.
This week we look at business uses for iPad 3, how to choose a Linux server and the growing Windows 8 backlash with posts from Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Preston Gralla, Wayne Rash and Chris Brogan and that's a fine list of writers right there folks.
Check out my full list of links and commentary on the Ness Software Engineering Services blog
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Microsoft Windows to Go for Windows 8 is great idea, but instead of saving a desktop image to a USB stick, why not make the connection to the cloud instead? It's such an easy link, it's hard to believe Microsoft missed it.
Read my full post on my TechTarget View from Above blog.
Photo by Ron Miller.
As Microsoft and Nokia have linked their mobile futures, rather than trying to compete with the elite phones at the top of the market, they are shooting for the lower end -- and it's a smart strategy.
Read my full commentary on my TechTarget View from Above blog.
Read my full post on my TechTarget View from Above blog.
Microsoft lost more ground in US smart phone market and you have to wonder if it's throwing good money after bad. I still like the idea of a RIM-Microsoft partnership very much -- and I think it could salvage both company's smart phone strategies (such as they are).
Read my full commentary on my TechTarget View from Above blog.
