Windows Mobile is too late with too little…..

There I was, sitting in Las Vegas Airport after CES. The WiFi in the airport is now ‘sponsored’ by Google. Indeed when I brought up my favorite time-killing web game, the Nexus One had the primary GoogleAds position, waiting for me to click. As I’m currently looking at my bricked HTC Touch Pro, I easily resisted. Others have not, and are buying. What they say afterwards in some cases has been negative, although it’s otherwise being well received.

[via ITWORLD]

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If the iPhone didn’t finish off Windows Mobile in the smartphone market, the Motorola Droid may.

Windows Mobile is losing the last vestiges of its mojo–if it really had any to begin with–as the Droid and other phones based on the Android 2.0 operating system push the buzz meter needle into the red zone. Many in the media–which can play a big role in steering users to one technology platform or another–sense that Windows Mobile has now been relegated resolutely to has-been status.

[via cnet]

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Acer has showcased what it claims is the first netbook which comes with both Google’s mobile platform, Android, and Microsoft’s very own Windows 7, which is scheduled to be launched on the 22nd of October.

In reality though, the laptop it unveiled earlier today is not a proper dual booting machine. You can only boot up in Google’s open source OS either from a clean start or if yuo do a restart. To go in Windows 7, you must start Android and select a “Switch OS” from Android’s slide out menu.

[via ITProPortal]

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Fanbois and girls alike constantly debate the future mobile operating landscape. Is there room enough for all of the current platforms or will there be just a few? From a consumer standpoint, there’s room for plenty of competitors — after all, choice is good, right? But more choices can play havoc with the finances of the companies that produce handsets. With a fixed budget of resources — in a tight economy, no less — handset makers need to judiciously manage their resources and devote them strategically.

Acer is reportedly doing just that, says Digitimes, and they’re adding to the growing trend of phone makers who are joining the Android army.

[via jkOnTheRun]

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