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A recent blog entry over at TMC points to the end of Microsoft’s small business IP-PBX known as Response Point, whilst this solution is extremely well packaged with very easy to use administration features it does seem to conflict with their more enterprise level products Exchange 2007 UM and OCS 2007.
As Tom Keating at TMC states “if Microsoft could offer a turn-key, or nearly turn-key OCS 2007 (2010?) appliance they could really take the SMB market by storm“, personally I couldn’t agree more, whilst OCS/Exchange is a great addition to a business’s telephony it is an intricate solution that needs a number of existing/additional technology components.
Source: here
There are a number of sources that suggest the original date of July 13th may be a little early for RTM, this being due to some final show stopper bugs being resolved, one related to activation. However Mary-Jo Foley has just lift the lid on a recent MS partner tweet that points to the RTM version being made available during July for software assurance customers.
Source: here
Clearly RIM being one of the biggest mobile manufacturers realises that they may want to follow Apple’s footsteps in launching their very own AppStore. Not only was I not aware of the BlackBerry App World, but I also was not aware just how many Apps they have – over 2,000 according to Bloomberg.
If you own a BlackBerry I recommend you check it out.
When I originally looked at the specs of the iPhone 3G(S) I was not really blown away, but I was intrigued by one feature, the addition of the compass. I couldn’t quite picture how an app could utilise it, but the folks at acrossair have…really well by the looks of it!
They are currently awaiting approval by Apple for an application to guide you to the nearest London tube station, forget the fact that you don’t live in London and couldn’t care less about where the tube is. The clever bit is that the guidance is displayed via on-screen video and not only understands where you are, but also the direction you are facing…this is GPS 2.0 as far as I’m concerned!
The application is called “Nearest Tube”, and launches soon, priced at £1.19
Source: here
Update: just found a video demonstration on YouTube
The blogosphere is going nuts about Google’s recent announcement to launch a Netbook friendly OS aka Google Chrome OS. Personally I don’t get what the deal is about, from what I can tell from the leaked picture below this is just another variant of Linux, like Asus’s Xandros and as we all know it didn’t take long before both Asus and their customers decided to jump ship for, yes you guessed it Windows XP.
I really don’t see how this is a threat for Microsoft, sure it has a big company name behind it, but not everything Google puts its mind to is a success. Look at Android, this is a device that needs to be charged bi-daily, every blog/podcast I read/listen to e.g. This Week in Tech, slams it for its lack of usability. Next there is the Chrome browser, put your hand up if you can use this for more than one day – it is not compatible with the internet so far as I am concerned.
Google ARE good at what they do, with this I am referring to cloud based services like search, gmail, analytics etc. Can you tell me one non-cloud based service that has been a big success? The moral of this story…I don’t see this as a threat to Microsoft or Apple and it’s board (earlier today there were claims that Chrome OS will force Eric Schmidt off the Apple board).
I see Chrome OS a threat to the Ubuntus of this world and nothing more…..
Update: the picture above has now been claimed fake by its author (see his amusing video below)
