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Thanks, Hal and Nate. I

Thanks, Hal and Nate. I absolutely agree that WP 7 is great technology. I've frequently written about it. And I still think that. The question is whether they can overcome the hurdles the face.

Nate, I apparently don't yet have the ability to authorize comments. Our webmaster is intending to fix that but hasn't gotten to it yet. Feel free to approve it.

Jim

By the way Jim, that first

By the way Jim, that first comment looks fine if you want to approve it...;) Sorry about the comment approval. It was getting ridiculous though, so we had to do something.

Been having a discussion on

Been having a discussion on this very topic over at Win 7 place today with some of the bloggers over there. I admit I have not been following WP7 developments very closely lately, and was not even familar with the new hub concept at all. I asked the question there if they could give me compelling reason to keep covering WP7. ..But since, I am starting to think Hal is right. I have to say the game aspect of tying in XBOX games across to the phone is very compelling. It will defn give the iPhone gaming a significant competition on that aspect alone. There are lot of XBOX owners that would jump at an easy way to take their games with them. Hopefully the geeks doing the coding can pull it all off without a bunch of terrible glitches, DRM problems, and the various wretchedness that will sometimes accompany new M$ technology.

I am hearing opposite things,

I am hearing opposite things, that Windows Phone 7 is going to be great, even an iPhone-killer. Here's one such article.

I think it's for real,

I think it's for real, because I've seen other sources. They need to get their act together.

Wow, I read that mini-MS blog

Wow, I read that mini-MS blog and was blown away. Is that for real? I mean could it be a hoax? Jeez, at the very least if that is how bad things seem to be (at least in the mobile division, though Office not doing so great either), M$ better start cannibalizing and chopping jobs where they can. Things aren't getting better any time soon. Kinda sad really.. They really pissed away a true head-start.

I feel that, while you posted

I feel that, while you posted doubts, you still feel this is a "strong platform" and that Microsoft is on track. Recent announcements from Steve Ballmer say otherwise. Now, he is talking about a new 6.5 based release for business phones and delaying business oriented features until 2011. Looks like not enough is ready to make it enterprise worthy (like how can companies put their apps on the phone?

Strong? With so much missing to make it competitive with current offerings from Apple and Google, it will quickly die as consumers will view it as the 2007 era phone it really is.

To me, it looks like the start of death throes for Microsoft's mobile business. Nothing seems to be going right for them.

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