Microsoft's Anti-Android FUD Campaign in Full Swing
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#2This is not surprising. Ballmer doesn't like the idea of losing his job in disgrace and Windows 7 Phone, while competitive, is still based on Windows CE. If you ignore the GUI, the underlying OS is every bit as sophisticated and modern as... Symbian.
These are the patents Microsoft mentioned to the International Trade Commission. They may or may not the the patents mentioned in the Motorola lawsuit.
5,579,517: Common name space for long and short filenames
5,758,352: Common name space for long and short filenames
6,621,746: Monitoring entropic conditions of a flash memory device as an indicator for invoking erasure operations
6,826,762: Radio interface layer in a cell phone with a set of APIs having a hardware-independent proxy layer and a hardware-specific driver layer
6,909,910: Method and system for managing changes to a contact database
7,644,376: Flexible architecture for notifying applications of state changes
5,664,133: Context sensitive menu system/menu behavior
6,578,054: Method and system for supporting off-line mode of operation and synchronization using resource state information
6,370,566: Generating meeting requests and group scheduling from a mobile device
I wonder what Google could do to invalidate these patents...
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#3If WM7 is so important, why is it that Microsoft explicitly does not support syncing with 64-bit Outlook? This has led me to conclude that they've already given up, and when my PocketPC dies, I'll be looking for an Android.
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#4Isn't this like taking out a giant ad saying win7-mobile is so technically poor - we have decided the only way to compete with Apple and Android is in court with software patents?
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#5This is not surprising. Ballmer doesn't like the idea of losing his job in disgrace and Windows 7 Phone, while competitive, is still based on Windows CE. If you ignore the GUI, the underlying OS is every bit as sophisticated and modern as... Symbian. These are the patents Microsoft mentioned to the International Trade Commission. They may or may not the the patents mentioned in the Motorola lawsuit. 5,579,517: Common…
Most of these are downright ridiculous... I mean damn it's like they patented common sense...
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#6Microsoft used to say that Linux TCO was lower than Windows. Clearly that argument it totally inapplicable to consumer phones. Their choices are very limited at this point, so I expect the patent shakedowns to continue. So far, it is working like a charm... Amazon, Salesforce, HTC, etc. I see no reason why they'd stop.
Oh sure, they could try competing based on the quality of the product. But I think they realize this is too difficult for them to pull off now.
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#7Windows Phone 7 is a really good vapor-ware. And ridiculous patents + broken patent system are the key to success
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#8Windows Phone 7 is a really good vapor-ware. And ridiculous patents + broken patent system are the key to success
vapor-ware? seriously? The OS has shipped to OEMs already. It actually does exist.
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#9Isn't this like taking out a giant ad saying win7-mobile is so technically poor - we have decided the only way to compete with Apple and Android is in court with software patents?
No. It is more like taking out a giant ad and saying we own lots of patents and rather than sit on a wall with a plaque we intend to extract value from them, because that is what our shareholders demand.
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#10This really seems doomed. Yes, Android's "free" status got it traction. But it appears that people like it. So if Win7 can't surpass it on that measure, manufacturers are still going to want to use what their customers will buy.
I mean, even if there are patent fees, that just means the phone is a bit more expensive, right? And you'll pay more for something you want than for something you don't want, right? Price does not seem to me to be the driving factor in the handset market.