I wonder when the new WM6 devices will be hitting the market. Specifically the Asia Pacific region. It'll be interesting to see if the upcoming devices will have anything new or just sport the same hardware but different OS. So far announced items or rumoured items seem to have the same old specs, although a few devices are much more interesting than the rest [case in point the HTC Vox]. I'm also waiting for palm to come out with a WM6 update to the 750v. I hope Vodafone doesn't slow things down.
So which is it? Nokia (NOK) and Microsoft (MSFT) announced a partnership today. Both lumbering companies have been in some trouble with their smartphone divisions. Both have been loosing market share to Apple, Android and Blackberry in recent years. WindowsMobile (previously PocketPC and currently WindowsPhone) once the dominant mobile OS, yes folks before the iPhone came into power Microsoft slowly but surely killed of it’s main competitor palm OS, which was acquired by hp last year and is now barely a sliver of a shadow of it’s former former former self. Just this week hp/palm unveiled 2 new smartphones the palm Pre 3 and Veer, as well as their entry into the tablet space with the TouchPad. hp being one of the top computer manufacturers at the moment has the resources to use and spread webOS like a creamy peanut butter across all markets they are in. By being one of MSFT’s biggest customers now suddenly not using Windows7 (still MSFT’s tablet OS of choice) and churning out comp...
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