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 May 12 2008, 12:10
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,800 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III  |
 I'm sitting at Heathrow right now about to head out to Möbius 2008 in Seattle, an event i'll be reporting on here as the week progresses. What is Möbius? Fellow Möbius member Arne from the-unwired actually sums up the event very well... QUOTE If you haven't heard about Möbius before, it's an invitation-only community (with roughly 100+ members now) of the world's most influential technology pundits and online writers/bloggers, initiated some years ago by Microsoft. The yearly Möbius conference brings together around 25 Möbians which normally interact behind the scenes with companies, big and small, to shape the direction of devices, services, pricing, design and the culture of consumer technology. As with every Möbius event, Microsoft will host a variety of speakers, from across the industry, who will talk about general mobility issues, industrial design, new applications and of course provide sneak peeks into future products and this time the attendance of some ODMs seems to be confirmed already as well as Microsoft will provide some further product and service updates. However the best part of Möbius is having a very open and honest dialogue and even healthy debate about the industry, technologies and initiatives that are shaping the future of mobility especially because Möbius isn't about Windows Mobile only but Microsoft always invites a good mix of tech bloggers and journalists from different areas including Windows Mobile and Symbian as well as bloggers which covers a broader range of devices. Initially initiated by Microsoft, Möbius became a self-runner over the years and it's not about the annual conference only but there is a strong interaction and friendship between Möbians during the rest of the year (for instance we meet once a year at the Mobile World Congress), including discussions and opinion-sharing. Some of the sessions will be completely open and i'll be free to report on them, others will be governed by handshake-NDA, so I won't be free to discuss the content here. I'm anticipating we'll have some good tidbits of info for you once the event kicks off on Wednesday however, so stay tuned  P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Read my Blog or get your own on MoDaCo! Free 2.25GB online backup from Mozy... Click here for details! MACHEIST IS BACK! Click Here to check out the uber-bundle of apps for you Mac! Check out MUPromo bundle too :D |
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May 12 2008, 14:05
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 Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 230 Joined: 6th January 2003 Member No.: 1,648 |
I do hope you'll be mentioning that MS has about 3-6 months to sort out their OS or risk a mass exodus to iPhone.
Reminded of it again today while I was waiting for my Vario III to catch up with my typing so I could go back and insert the characters that it would inevitibly miss out on. Oh and when I was last trying to browse the net in garbled, screwed up web pages that load slowly and hang endlessly. |
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May 12 2008, 15:06
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TyTNic !  Group: News Team Posts: 574 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): T-Mobile MDA Vario III |
Remember to bare your left breast as you enter the building.
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May 12 2008, 15:07
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TyTNic ! Group: News Team Posts: 574 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): T-Mobile MDA Vario III |
QUOTE(Kallisti @ May 12 2008, 15:05)  I do hope you'll be mentioning that MS has about 3-6 months to sort out their OS or risk a mass exodus to iPhone. Reminded of it again today while I was waiting for my Vario III to catch up with my typing so I could go back and insert the characters that it would inevitibly miss out on. Oh and when I was last trying to browse the net in garbled, screwed up web pages that load slowly and hang endlessly. iPhone maybe ... when it sorts out the huge bugs and missing functionality. Android handset ... deffo ! -------------------- --
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May 12 2008, 20:30
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 Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 77 Joined: 6th December 2004 From: Gothenburg, Sweden. Member No.: 100,625 Device(s): Motorola Q9h |
Paul,
What website will be at Mobius? -------------------- Current mobile devices: IPOD Classic 160GB, HTC Advantage, Nokia E61i, Motorola Q9h, Nokia N95 8GB, HP IPAQ 614
Laptop: HP Pavilion 6275ea Acessories: Huawei E220, Novatell Wireless XU870 and X950D express cards. |
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May 12 2008, 21:47
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 Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,936 Joined: 10th July 2006 From: US, Washington, Everett Member No.: 197,656 Device(s): AT&T Tilt (Kaiser)!!! |
Seattle huh? well I live only a few miles north of Seattle, in Everett.
Be sure to visit the space needle! -------------------- try my wmp skins for smartphone! | and my newest Pocket PC compatible skin!
Crystal Liquid Explosion MoDaCo Skin_____________Titanium Media PlayerNEW emerald chrome wmp11 skin______________________ Nokia 3395---Nokia 6010---Nokia 6230---Nokia 3220---Motorola V300---Motorola V360---T-mobile SDA---AT&T Tilt! |
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May 12 2008, 22:16
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 Addict Group: Posters Posts: 722 Joined: 13th January 2005 From: Eire Member No.: 105,252 Device(s): HTC S620 |
QUOTE(mikeeey @ May 12 2008, 22:47) Seattle huh? well I live only a few miles north of Seattle, in Everett. Be sure to visit the space needle! I'm sure your ticket's in the post mikeeey
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May 13 2008, 04:25
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,800 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
QUOTE(mikeeey @ May 12 2008, 22:47) Seattle huh? well I live only a few miles north of Seattle, in Everett. Be sure to visit the space needle! Cool mikeeey, didn't realise you were so close! I've been to Seattle many times before, and yeah, done the space needle a few times  P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Read my Blog or get your own on MoDaCo! Free 2.25GB online backup from Mozy... Click here for details! MACHEIST IS BACK! Click Here to check out the uber-bundle of apps for you Mac! Check out MUPromo bundle too :D |
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May 13 2008, 04:26
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,800 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
Somewhat traumatic journey here:
http://www.paulobrien.net/i039m-not-a-plane P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Read my Blog or get your own on MoDaCo! Free 2.25GB online backup from Mozy... Click here for details! MACHEIST IS BACK! Click Here to check out the uber-bundle of apps for you Mac! Check out MUPromo bundle too :D |
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May 14 2008, 21:29
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,800 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
The guy from Sony Ericsson is here, with a couple of Xperias... here's some interesting info...
512MB ROM, 256MB RAM!  P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Read my Blog or get your own on MoDaCo! Free 2.25GB online backup from Mozy... Click here for details! MACHEIST IS BACK! Click Here to check out the uber-bundle of apps for you Mac! Check out MUPromo bundle too :D |
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May 15 2008, 04:06
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,936 Joined: 10th July 2006 From: US, Washington, Everett Member No.: 197,656 Device(s): AT&T Tilt (Kaiser)!!! |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ May 14 2008, 14:29) The guy from Sony Ericsson is here, with a couple of Xperias... here's some interesting info... 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM! P awesome! were you able to tell if there were any video drivers? if everything seemed to be smooth or was it low framerate? -------------------- try my wmp skins for smartphone! | and my newest Pocket PC compatible skin!
Crystal Liquid Explosion MoDaCo Skin_____________Titanium Media PlayerNEW emerald chrome wmp11 skin______________________ Nokia 3395---Nokia 6010---Nokia 6230---Nokia 3220---Motorola V300---Motorola V360---T-mobile SDA---AT&T Tilt! |
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May 15 2008, 05:07
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,800 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
It does have accelerated 3D drivers.
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Read my Blog or get your own on MoDaCo! Free 2.25GB online backup from Mozy... Click here for details! MACHEIST IS BACK! Click Here to check out the uber-bundle of apps for you Mac! Check out MUPromo bundle too :D |
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May 15 2008, 07:00
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 Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 16 Joined: 27th May 2007 From: Penang, Malaysia Member No.: 260,533 |
only concerned about the screen res on the xperia. i am not sure if they will be able to support most applications...
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May 15 2008, 18:35
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 3 Joined: 18th November 2006 Member No.: 214,622 Device(s): null |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ May 15 2008, 05:07) It does have accelerated 3D drivers. P How about accelerometers? Is the GUI anything like the Diamond's? Xperia, Diamond, Xperia, Diamond.... What will I do?!?!? 
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May 15 2008, 18:57
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,800 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
Accelerometer - don't think so.
GUI is nothing like Diamond... P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Read my Blog or get your own on MoDaCo! Free 2.25GB online backup from Mozy... Click here for details! MACHEIST IS BACK! Click Here to check out the uber-bundle of apps for you Mac! Check out MUPromo bundle too :D |
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May 15 2008, 19:34
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 2 Joined: 10th June 2007 Member No.: 265,131 Device(s): Dopod C730 |
Paul,
I noticed from some pics on geardiary.com that you guys got to look at some of the unreleased phones for WinMo yesterday. Can you tell me what your thoughts were on the Velocity Mobile phones (103 and 111)? |
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May 15 2008, 19:38
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,800 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
The velocity phones were clearly preproduction, so pretty uninspiring at this time...
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Read my Blog or get your own on MoDaCo! Free 2.25GB online backup from Mozy... Click here for details! MACHEIST IS BACK! Click Here to check out the uber-bundle of apps for you Mac! Check out MUPromo bundle too :D |
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May 15 2008, 20:22
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 3 Joined: 18th November 2006 Member No.: 214,622 Device(s): null |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ May 15 2008, 18:57) Accelerometer - don't think so. GUI is nothing like Diamond... P Browser? |
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May 15 2008, 20:48
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,800 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |