Guest Paul (MVP) Posted May 12, 2008 Report Posted May 12, 2008 [Edit: Check out the full topic for updates!] 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...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 :D P
Guest Kallisti Posted May 12, 2008 Report Posted May 12, 2008 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. :D 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.
Guest WearTheFoxHat Posted May 12, 2008 Report Posted May 12, 2008 Remember to bare your left breast as you enter the building.
Guest WearTheFoxHat Posted May 12, 2008 Report Posted May 12, 2008 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. :D 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 !
Guest mikeeey Posted May 12, 2008 Report Posted May 12, 2008 Seattle huh? well I live only a few miles north of Seattle, in Everett. Be sure to visit the space needle!
Guest Posted May 12, 2008 Report Posted May 12, 2008 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 :D
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted May 13, 2008 Report Posted May 13, 2008 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 :D P
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted May 13, 2008 Report Posted May 13, 2008 Somewhat traumatic journey here: http://www.paulobrien.net/i039m-not-a-plane :D P
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted May 13, 2008 Report Posted May 13, 2008 Sites attending: http://www.geek.com http://www.phonescoop.com http://www.engadget.com http://www.brighthand.com http://www.mobiletechreview.com http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/ http://www.thoughtsmedia.com http://www.mobileburn.com http://www.gearlog.com http://www.geardiary.com http://www.msmobiles.com http://www.theunwired.net http://www.modaco.com http://www.my-symbian.com http://xataka.com http://www.ADVERT LINK REMOVED.com http://www.windowsmobileitaly.com http://www.akihabaranews.com http://www.Thai-G.com http://www.pocketpc.com.hk http://www.mypdacafe.com http://www.mobile01.com P
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted May 14, 2008 Report Posted May 14, 2008 The guy from Sony Ericsson is here, with a couple of Xperias... here's some interesting info... 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM! :D P
Guest mikeeey Posted May 15, 2008 Report Posted May 15, 2008 The guy from Sony Ericsson is here, with a couple of Xperias... here's some interesting info... 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM! :D P awesome! were you able to tell if there were any video drivers? if everything seemed to be smooth or was it low framerate?
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted May 15, 2008 Report Posted May 15, 2008 It does have accelerated 3D drivers. P
Guest n20nine Posted May 15, 2008 Report Posted May 15, 2008 only concerned about the screen res on the xperia. i am not sure if they will be able to support most applications...
Guest amitbat Posted May 15, 2008 Report Posted May 15, 2008 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?!?!? :D
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted May 15, 2008 Report Posted May 15, 2008 Accelerometer - don't think so. GUI is nothing like Diamond... P
Guest globecode Posted May 15, 2008 Report Posted May 15, 2008 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)?
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted May 15, 2008 Report Posted May 15, 2008 The velocity phones were clearly preproduction, so pretty uninspiring at this time... P
Guest amitbat Posted May 15, 2008 Report Posted May 15, 2008 Accelerometer - don't think so. GUI is nothing like Diamond... P Browser?
Guest amitbat Posted May 17, 2008 Report Posted May 17, 2008 Remember to bare your left breast as you enter the building. Touch Diamond for sale in 900$ ?!?!?!?!? http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Touch-Diamond-Bran...Q2em118Q2el1247
Guest nuttyphilt Posted May 17, 2008 Report Posted May 17, 2008 Touch Diamond for sale in 900$ ?!?!?!?!? http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Touch-Diamond-Bran...Q2em118Q2el1247 It's just a pre-order listing.
Guest lexad Posted May 26, 2008 Report Posted May 26, 2008 any wm update for a HTC s710 to a version of wm 6.1 ?
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