Today has been one heck of a busy day. If you read this blog, you know that today, Microsoft officially announced Windows Phone 7 Series (gotta love Redmondian branding), its brand new mobile platform geared to getting it back "in the game" and more aggressively compete with the likes of Apple, Google and Palm.
The new user interface relies heavily on the Zune user experience, but adds a broad array of real-time connectivity through "Hubs" and "Tiles." Boy did this get my curiosity going.
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It's snowing today in Boston. This year has actually been rather easy in terms of snowfall in New England this year...certainly unlike what other cities like Washington D.C. have been dealing with in the last 10 days (I understand they now have over 3ft or 1m of snow on the ground!). Taking a quick break from today's busy schedule I came across this rather interesting article at GigaOM talking about why wireless carriers should care about customer care.
It's interesting to see this topic come up again, especially in the context of how T-Mobile has for so long heralded its customer care, while until recently Sprint has suffered much criticism for its "less than optimal" quality of care. The article did however make me think of one thing.
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In the words of the great thespian Keanu Reeves, "Whoa..." So today, Microsoft and Nokia, two of the mega powerhouses in the world of mobility announced a deal where the two companies will work closely together to develop Symbian versions of the venerable Office application suite, as well as Office Communicator Mobile, and provide tie-ins for SharePoint, System Center and continue the support of the ActiveSync protocol.
The announcement and ensuing discussion was quite interesting, but my jaw hit the floor around 49 seconds into the conversation.
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So as you might recall, I got an iPhone about a month ago. I've had a number of mixed emotions about the device. The user interface is amazing. I can't type on the device to save my life. The browser is second to none. I love how Steve Jobs knows better than I do how I want to customize the device...including sounds and ring tones for things other than people calling me (note sarcasm). So these are mostly consumer-related issues.
What about issues that are more related to enterprise mobility?
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Wow. That's all I can say on this one. Actually - we all know that's not true. Motorola announced yesterday that it had sold its Good Technology group to Visto. This marriage certainly didn't last that long - just over two years in fact.
So much for the great idea Motorola had of going head to head with the likes of RIM and the BlackBerry platform.
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It's 9:30 PM EST right now, which means my body thinks it's 3:30 AM CET. I just got back from a company meeting in Barcelona which was a lot of fun. While I got to spend some incredibly valuable time with my colleagues from all across the world, I unfortunately didn't have the time to finish my story regarding my experience that has convinced me of the incredible value and need for enterprise mobility management. Given that my body thinks it's 3:30 AM, let's see how quickly I can put a few thoughts together...
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So regardless of your political views, regardless of whether you're a citizen of the United States or not, there is no question that today was an absolutely historic day - at a glocal (not a typo) level. At noon EST, Barack Hussein Obama, became the 44th President of the United States. Random Trivia: He actually became President before he took the Oath of Office, because the Constitution says he became President at noon while the actual swearing-in happened a few minutes later. What's fascinating to me however, is that the man who is now "the most powerful person in the free world" had to fight to keep his BlackBerry.
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Well, what can I say. After much speculation, Palm finally announced their new Linux-based platform along with a new device called the Pre. There have been a number of web sites that have already spoken about the initial positive reviews. I'm not here to do that, but instead throw out some ideas regarding the potential impact on enterprise mobility.
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Over the course of my time running this blog, as well as my time as a research analyst covering the space of enterprise mobility, I have had the pleasure of meeting scores of companies and hundreds of people who are as passionate as I am about what mobility can do for the enterprise. One of those organizations is a Canadian company called Analystik.
The team over at Analystik reached out to me to see if we could start a little debate around productivity gains from enterprise mobility. A ping pong match if you will. Now sure, they might speak a funny kind of French over there (sorry, being born in Paris, I just couldn't help myself), but I'm always game to debate the merits of enterprise mobility. So here it goes...
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