Windows Mobile, the grand-dad of all smart phone Operating Systems is slated to get an update to version 7. Not to sound like I’m in the dark, but does anyone still use a Window’s powered smart phone? With Nokia dominating worldwide cell phone sales then there’s RIM, the iPhone, and various versions of Google phones out there who would want to use such outdated technology. Unless like their desktop version, Microsoft’s mobile OS will finally find it’s own? Perhaps.
There are easily five or more competing smart phone OS’s available today. Symbian, RIM, Apple, and now Google appear to be the top runners. Microsoft used to be and anyone who owned an MS Mobile powered phone will tell you all about bugs. So why persist if market preferences have moved on. The best guess is that MS has found a way to stabilize the OS and make phones powered by the device run faster than ever. One can hope.
The smart phone and the PC appear to be heading toward not so distant collision course. If MS, Apple, or Google realize this, they will be thinking not about separate OS’s, but a single unified platform. Google appears to have grasped this with the announcement of Google powered netbooks (more to follow soon). Microsoft and Apple would be smart to see this trend.
The new Windows Mobile OS may end up being their best ever, but this MS after all. They’re constantly upgrading and tweaking any of the OS’s. Own a PC with Vista? Then you know what I mean. Apple appears to have the only company releasing stable OS’s because they use intensive in-house testing and only occasionally release upgrades. The rest use massive consumer bases as their test beds (why no-one’s rebelled against this is a massive surprise on its own).
No matter how well Windows 7 Mobile performs, be assured that you’re phone will be downloading upgrades on a regular basis. It wouldn’t be a Microsoft experience otherwise. Bet on it.
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