Revolutionizing Mobile Phones

[Clark Gilbert]

Originally Posted by Raven_Writer

What This Is All About (Webcast on Microsoft.com which goes indepth as much as possible right now about this.)
** The stream is ~1 hr. long, and if you are anti or pro Microsoft...you atleast have to watch the Q&A section...one person asks about a possible Linux-version of this new smartphone. **

Sometime next year, Microsoft, Verizon and Palm will release a new version of the Palm Pilot. But, this isn't like the latest Palm G650 (or whatnot...I don't follow Palms), it's completely different.

+ Uses Windows Mobile 5.0 instead of the Palm OS
+ Tries to make everything very easy
-- The address book goes by picture I.D. and also by name.
+ If your computer uses Windows Exchange, you can wirelessly sync your address book and everything else into this new device.

(There is a lot more discussed on this, but I can't remember it all). The reason why I never mentioned a name on this, is because they haven't given a name for it yet. Also, Verizon doesn't play any part in this, besides the fact that they have the technology for the wireless abilities Microsoft and Palm wish to have in this. One last thing on the video...they demostrate quite a bit on what it can do.

Okay, now that that's over with...sorry if this was already posted here (I couldn't find anything here on it). I found out about this while in my "Intro to PC" class today (my teacher is a technology-invovled person).

My opinion: Even though I don't like Microsoft much, my teacher made a good point...this WILL revolutionize the mobile industry. There is no doubt that within 1-2 years, this new smartphone will be like the PC of now...everyone will have one. Even though this has been worked on for a few years now, it's still way beyond most of what America is marketing right now...could this be a big step in making America the new Japan in technology? (I douubt it, but it's still interesting to think about.)

Is the new Palm really any different than the other Microsoft Smartphones that are out right now? I have a Motorola MPx220 that runs Windows Mobile and it can do all of those. While I'm not too sure about the Palm smartphone, I am looking forward to the new Motorola Q that runs Windows Mobile 5.