Microsoft launches Windows smartphones : My view on it

Microsoft is in a battle to reincarnate its dinosaur mobile OS with launch of its own smartphone.The phones, which combine the ability to make calls, surf the internet and view videos, carry Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system.I know you will go like Hey don't we already have that. Don't you think it is too little too late !!! The smartphone market is already saturated with lots of different OS and the major ones like Apple's iPhone system, Plam OS, Google's Android (which is a free platform) and Symbian OS. The new venture Microsoft is attempting is just a desperation to gain market that it already lost to big guys like Google and Apple. In a official launch Mr. Ballmer said "We have taken the Internet Explorer browser technologies, and we rebuilt them for the first time for these Windows phones. So you can get the same experience on these phones that you will get on your windows PC." (Hey watch out, The Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) is coming to your smartphones !!!) Is that the way you promote your technology. A reincarnated IE ??? Lets face it IE is no where near the facilities provided by other browsers like Mozilla Firefox and with the new kid on the block called Crome which is improving at a speed of light (Well that is an exaggeration but you know what I mean !!!). Microsoft needs to come up with something new that is authentic and that can make others to follow it rather than just trying to get the market that is already saturated. Get a life Microsoft and you really needs some great minds to think of products Mr. Ballmer !!!

Google Wave: What is it ?

There is a new Google product called Google Wave currently under limited preview. Some of you may have already tried it or at least looked at its video or you may not have any idea about whatsoever. In a simple term it a mashup of emails,documents and social networking. Don't scratch your head. Just go to google and google it! (How ironic !!!). You can look at a video on youtube that explains it in a simple terms. and if you want to get a detailed explanation of it go to Google Wave's website and spare yourself an hour of amazement.

Here is a simple explanation of what you can do with google wave.
For Example you want to know more about Sydeny Opera House. So you start a new wave with this topic and invite your friends. Once they join the wave they can comment on it and everyone who are in the wave can view it and provide their opinion. You will go so whats a big deal here ? You can also share photographs and documents. It can be a really good collaboration platform.

So head out to Google Wave and enjoy it.