Back home finally after a very long and tiring trip. During the 1Hr stop over at CHANGI Airport, Singapore I was able to play around with the dopod C500 [HTC Vox] very sleek device. The screen is amazing and it's really tiny. The device was 'clean' [no 3rd party apps or data installed] so it was really snappy. The top slider had a slight jiggle on the lower [near the keypad] part [this actually made me decide on holding off on getting one]. It was listed at SGD 700.00 [about PhP 21,XXX] that's a fair price for a feature packed WM Standard [Smartphone] device.
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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