Speaking of leaving... A few other friends that I know that are going overseas are: El who's going to Taiwan for a few days (WOW STREET FOODS NA YAN!!!). Also Kenny, Enrile, CJ, TR(?) and Francesca are off to China for Studies (6 Month Chinese Language course), ingat kayo mga friends. These courses have become really popular as of late. I guess this just shows how important China (and the Chinese language) is turning out to be. I'm not entirely convinced though that all the 'students' really learn or more importantly put the knowledge to good use. I admit I would like to have a better grasp of the Chinese language myself (especially Mandarin) my frequent business trips do give me some sort of practice in speaking but not in writting though.
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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