Don't get me wrong the Treo is a great PocketPC Phone. One of the best I've used and I've been using them since 2003 [2002 for pure PocketPC]. I'm really happy with the 750v and I expect it to last me at least through half the year or even more it's just a great solid PocketPC phone but the geek in me wants to experiment and tinker. The problem is it seems there are fewer developers tinkering around with the 750v compared to say an HTC branded device [this includes the re-branded/carrier branded ones]. I'm not savvy enough to cook my own ROM. I might just have to buy another device to do my tinkering hehe [you do know they have WM6 Crossbow ROMs being cooked for older models]. Maybe a Wizard [dopod 838, i-mate K-JAM, et. al] again?
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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