The News Review:
- Microsoft’s Internet Do r Die
- BT pushes Windows Mobile 6.0
- Getting the CE Treatment at Conferences
- Windows Mobile 6 sighted
- Techtree.com India > Reviews > Mobile Computing > Mobile…
- Weekly compilation of storage news: Copan Brocade Sepaton and more
- Sales pitch served with movie dessert
Microsoft’s Internet Do r Die
InformationWeek – Apr 16, 2007
Microsoft says it’s been working on that strategy for some time often pointing to its Windows Update service as an early example. A better example today is its e-mail server Exchange. n the back end Exchange can be installed on premise or hosted by a third party. n the front end the utlook client lets users take e-mail access offline; utlook Web Access allows e-mail access via the browser; and utlook Mobile runs on mobile devices such as cell phones and PDAs. Exchange 2007 even gives users the option of accessing e-mail via voice prompts on the phone… A feature called PowerPoint Slide Libraries in SharePoint Server 2007 lets users store PowerPoint slides online and get RSS notifications whenever they’re checked out or changed. When a user searches for templates in Microsoft Word the application pings ffice nline where contributors have uploaded custom-made templates and others have rated their quality. The user can then choose from those templates as well from the desktop software. That capability has been available since ffice 2003 though it has flown under the radar says Microsoft VP Chris Capossela. That’s the essence of software plus services technically and philosophically.
BT pushes Windows Mobile 6.0
Inquirer – Apr 16, 2007
“Users can also include a BT penzone subscription withpay-as-you-use access charged at 20p a minute 500 minutes for £5 or 4000 minutes for £25. Pardon me but if you still have to subscribe to a wireless ISP doesn’t that sound like those unlimited calls aren’treally free at all?. In other words it’s a Windows Mobile 6. 0 wireless PDA which you could get elsewhere. Such as from range with theSPV E600 which like BT’s offering is based around HTC’s Excalibur S620. The INQ always likes the bitter irony that BT’s own Ad Astral research park contributed towards creating the firstWindows wireless PDAs.
Getting the CE Treatment at Conferences
New York Times – Apr 16, 2007
“A more intimate setting is a bit more desirable than milling around hundreds of other people” said Sallyan Zenko global head of marketing for UBS the investment firm. UBS likes to take over all the rooms in a hotel to ensure that managers do not encounter other guests especially those that might be interested in UBS business. “It makes everyone feel like they are getting V.
Windows Mobile 6 sighted
T3 – Apr 16, 2007
There are easily recognisable icons and an all-round feeling of unity between the desktop and mobile experience. It’s not just cosmetics there are tweaks under the hood too. Windows Mobile now packs Microsoft ffice functions as standard so e-mail attachments can be opened properly as well as edited and forwarded in native Word Excel or PowerPoint format. Speaking of e-mail Windows Mobile now handles HTML messages as standard – something Microsoft says is unique to Windows Mobile 6. It also packs clever ‘smart filtering’ which thins out your inbox as you type a search term letting you zero in on one e-mail in thousands with just a few key-taps. So far so businessey. But Microsoft’s got some attractive features under that no-nonsense exterior… There are easily recognisable icons and an all-round feeling of unity between the desktop and mobile experience. It’s not just cosmetics there are tweaks under the hood too. Windows Mobile now packs Microsoft ffice functions as standard so e-mail attachments can be opened properly as well as edited and forwarded in native Word Excel or PowerPoint format. Speaking of e-mail Windows Mobile now handles HTML messages as standard – something Microsoft says is unique to Windows Mobile 6. It also packs clever ‘smart filtering’ which thins out your inbox as you type a search term letting you zero in on one e-mail in thousands with just a few key-taps. So far so businessey. But Microsoft’s got some attractive features under that no-nonsense exterior.
Techtree.com India > Reviews > Mobile Computing > Mobile…
Techtree.com – Apr 16, 2007
The phone has immense word processing capabilities which make it even more desirable to use as a business communication tool. The phone performs these applications with ease the lag while working on these documents in comparatively very low when placed against a smartphone. The phone supports Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint Corel WordPerfect and Adobe PDF. The BlackBerry 8800 has some GPS navigation maps and you can download more from the internet. It will help you can navigate through towns with ease considering the maps you download are genuine. The 8800 has a media player which is basically the QuickTime player. It plays a lot of formats and is great to use for presentations.
Weekly compilation of storage news: Copan Brocade Sepaton and more
computerweekly.com – Apr 16, 2007
Sepaton’s president and CE Mike Worhach said the company has plans to go public next year “if we continue to execute this calendar year. ” Seagate launches file recovery softwareSeagate announced the launch of do-it-yourself data recovery software. File Recovery for Windows supports Word Excel PowerPoint utlook PSTs databases AutoCAD and Microsoft SQL files as well as photo music and video formats including JPG GIF MPEG AVI and MP3. Users can download a preview version of the software for free from Seagate’s Web site and preview its disc and file content in a hexadecimal viewer to find out if a successful recovery is possible. The array scales to 36 terabytes (TB) in a 4U enclosure.
Sales pitch served with movie dessert
Rocky Mountain News – Apr 16, 2007
“This way we could educate those eligible forMedicare and give them a movie that hadn’t been on the big screennationally in 60 years. Humana joins the ranks of Microsoft Takeda Pharmaceuticals and PapaJohn’s as companies that are skipping the traditional hotel conferencerooms in favor of steakhouses and movie theaters to hold productlaunches training seminars and networking events. Centennial- basedNational CineMedia which hosted the Humana event has doubled itsmeetings business each year since the company introduced the concept in2002. Last year it hosted about 9800 meetings across the country. “When people walk into a movie theater they’re relaxed they’reattentive. It’s fun” said Tom Galley National CineMedia’s chiefoperations and technology officer… Monday throughThursday and mornings Friday through Sunday although specialarrangements can be made for other times. Movies are optional for National CineMedia’s meetings – sometimes acompany just wants to use the silver screen for a PowerPointpresentation for a product launch shareholder meeting or employeetraining seminar. But movies usually are the lure Galley said with groups meetingfor a couple hours and then breaking for a movie. A lot of NationalCineMedia’s meeting business is built around sneak peeks of highlyanticipated movies and the company already is booking meetings thatfeature early viewings of next month’s Shrek The Third hesaid. National CineMedia• Hosted 9800 meetings in movie theaters in2006 up from 7000 meeting in 2005. • National CineMedia’s theaters include AMCTheaters Cinemark Theaters Edwards Theaters Regal Cinemas and UnitedArtists Theaters.