Monday, February 12, 2007
Windows Mobile 6 - like XP SP2
So a few days on and having read a bit more on the subject, Windows Mobile 6 feels like a service pack. It's lots of nice little fixes and improvements to make it appeal more to the enterprise user. Plus making email better will help challenge the use of blackberry devices amongst senior white collar workers.
I feel that Windows Mobile 6, is to Windows Mobile 5.0 as XP SP2 was to XP.
The version numbering gives this impression also. See: http://www.peterfoot.net/AmIRunningOnWindowsMobile6.aspx
I feel that Windows Mobile 6, is to Windows Mobile 5.0 as XP SP2 was to XP.
The version numbering gives this impression also. See: http://www.peterfoot.net/AmIRunningOnWindowsMobile6.aspx
Dealing with customers
Re Tact: The single biggest predictor of medical lawsuits, according to a recent study, is bedside manner; suits are highly correlated with poor bedside manner.
Spend time with your customers, befriend them, give them love (even when you'd rather be giving them something entirely different). Most aren't out to get you; they simply have a world in which they function reasonably well, and yours isn't it. Another way to put it: Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be explained by incompetence.
-- Steve
Steven B. Levy
Senior Director, Information Systems
Microsoft Legal and Corporate Affairs
Spend time with your customers, befriend them, give them love (even when you'd rather be giving them something entirely different). Most aren't out to get you; they simply have a world in which they function reasonably well, and yours isn't it. Another way to put it: Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be explained by incompetence.
-- Steve
Steven B. Levy
Senior Director, Information Systems
Microsoft Legal and Corporate Affairs
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Windows Mobile 6 - too soon!
So Windows Mobile 6 was officially announced today.
This is a bit earlier than I was expecting. I was expecting it to come later in the year so that it would come with WPF/E and .NETCF 3.5 built in. The fact it will be available so soon suggests to me that it won't come with this. This is likely to mean that there will be an update/ service pack later this year.
I'd love to correct my next statement at some point in the future, but from what I've read this new version will not have anything groundbreaking in it, but will feature lots of small changes that improve the overall feel and usefulness of the device. I just think the platform is so great that I'd love to see really big changes and new functionality.
Considering the launch of Office2007 was last month, I'm surprised to see that in the new versions of the office programs (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) there isn't support from the new XML formats, in that they are making a big deal of the desktop versions of files being fully supported on the devices.
All in all I suppose that this new version is to improve the user experience for 'typical users'. As a developer I want to see lots of innovative new things coming along. I totally expect to love the device when I get one, but just now I'm not going too wild.
This is a bit earlier than I was expecting. I was expecting it to come later in the year so that it would come with WPF/E and .NETCF 3.5 built in. The fact it will be available so soon suggests to me that it won't come with this. This is likely to mean that there will be an update/ service pack later this year.
I'd love to correct my next statement at some point in the future, but from what I've read this new version will not have anything groundbreaking in it, but will feature lots of small changes that improve the overall feel and usefulness of the device. I just think the platform is so great that I'd love to see really big changes and new functionality.
Considering the launch of Office2007 was last month, I'm surprised to see that in the new versions of the office programs (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) there isn't support from the new XML formats, in that they are making a big deal of the desktop versions of files being fully supported on the devices.
All in all I suppose that this new version is to improve the user experience for 'typical users'. As a developer I want to see lots of innovative new things coming along. I totally expect to love the device when I get one, but just now I'm not going too wild.
Friday, February 02, 2007
Going back from Office 2007 to Office2003
Arial seems so boring after having worked with Calibri and Cambria for several months.
The ribbon IS really usable and quicker.
Having RSS feeds in Outlook is really convenient.
Plus I really miss blue squiggles from the spelling/grammar checker.
Hopefully, oneday, spell checking will be part of the operarting system, that way the same functionality will be available to all application and it won't be necessary to manage lots of different dictionaries.
The ribbon IS really usable and quicker.
Having RSS feeds in Outlook is really convenient.
Plus I really miss blue squiggles from the spelling/grammar checker.
Hopefully, oneday, spell checking will be part of the operarting system, that way the same functionality will be available to all application and it won't be necessary to manage lots of different dictionaries.
