Yes, it is a dreadfully confusing name for a mobile operating system. The world agrees on that. What seems to be an issue of contention though is what these devices will look and feel like.
Firstly, here is the WP7S promo video from Microsoft :

Why This?

What we can see here is based on the Zune OS. Although not many people will know that because not many people own, or have even seen (myself included) a Microsoft Zune.

Microsoft haemorrhaged cash into developing the Zune...

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Before owning an iPhone, I was always somewhat concerned by the apparent lack of long term battery life that the phone, in normal use, provides. As much as I understand this isn’t the fault of the phone – as just calling this device a phone is inaccurate, as it isn’t really a phone. it’s a portable device music playing web surfing app running social networking sort of thing – it’s an iPhone.

So, what about battery life then? What if I reduce the iPhone to merely just a phone, how long will the battery survive?

To find out, starting this morning and...

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Causing something of a stir when it appeared on Slashdot yesterday evening, the news that a talented JavaScript developer at http://paulirish.com/ had built an rendering engine that can play simple Flash movies  is bound to get some people thinking.

Anyone with an iPhone will know that the built in browser, Safari, has no flash support. This is by design and is as such for a number of reasons. Some beneficial to the user others beneficial to Apple.

Steve Job’s has always said that the lack of Flash support on the iPhone was purely because the device wasn’t fast enough to render...

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A massive increase in the number of people using smart phones is putting huge strain on the mobile 3G networks. Bandwidth intensive features and web browsing habits have led some industry experts to suggest that the Internet itself simply cannot cope under the strain. On first reflection, this could appear to be somewhat sensationalist. Growing Internet usage, largely driven by growth in the smart phone market and an increase in mobile web browsing, has forced network operators such as O2 to spend in excess of £1 billion on upgrading infrastructure. As such, the level and magnitude of mobile web browsing...

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Google is hoping to have the same impact on the mobile phone market in 2010 as it did with the Internet itself with the release of new Google Android handsets. Having spent considerable time researching and developing applications for the iPhone, the Waracle development team are keen to see how the battle between Google and Apple will unfold into 2010. Google must either create a handset, or entice another company (HTC?) that can compete with the usability and functionality of the iPhone, in order for the Android platform to be a success. Having seen a plethora of iPhone ‘copy cat’...

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As an IPhone 3G user, I have been looking forward to the OS3.0 software upgrade for weeks. What has not been made abundantly clear through Apples usually flawless marketing is the distinction between the release dates for the software upgrade and the new IPhone 3GS handset. Lets set the record straight: IPhone OS3.0 is out June 17th (today) and Im currently anticipating its arrival as this written. Friday 19th June sees the equally anticipated arrival of the IPhone 3GS. In essence, this means that current users of the IPhone 3G will be able to benefit from some software tweaks on...

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It seems that the water-walking gods of Cupertino have shone upon us, and blessed us mere mortals with a glimpse of fruits soon to bear from the great Apple tree of awesomeness. But before we suckle on the teat of Steve Jobs gospel let me pay reference to appadvice.com who are currently experiencing server outages due to the influx of traffic to their site this morning.

At this point given a view of new technology I would compare said tech with a competitor. Here I feel this is a waste of time. Over the last year or so watching...

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