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Office for iPhone looks pretty smart, but…

... at the cost of a $99 annual subscription to Office365, that makes it amongst the most expensive mobile office productivity applications around. I'm...

Just how damaging is Microsoft’s Office for iPad non-strategy?

Right now I'm sitting on a train carriage surrounded by people using laptops. I'm the only one using an iPad (and a physical keyboard)....

Wishful thinking from Microsoft

A video conference? From a British train? Almost impossible for more than 20 seconds, surely? 😉 (I found this advert on the train to Basingstoke)

Surface: Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft… WHAT are you thinking?

Well. We're all clairvoyant, aren't we? What a clusterfluck that was. Microsoft yesterday released a rather smart looking tablet device on the back of all...

Microsoft Surface: One sentence opinions from the mobile industry’s executives and influencers

This afternoon The Verge broke the pricing news of Microsoft's Surface tablet device. I have my own rather strong opinions but wanted to check...

$199 for the Microsoft Surface? Now that would set the market alight…

Everyone and their dog has picked up the rumour-cum-possible-fact originally cited by Engadget that Microsoft will shortly offer their Surface (Windows RT version) for...

Acer should start innovating and stop complaining

I had to smile at this series of points from Acer's top man into today's FT regarding the impending launch of Microsoft's Surface: Acer, the...

Why the Microsoft Surface tablet is brilliant news for everyone

Well then. That took us all by surprise didn't it? Last week's keynote from Microsoft announcing their Microsoft Surface tablet strategy was unexpected. We should...

Buy an Xbox for $99 and $15/month… how long before I can get my MacBook Air this way?

For a long time I've been banging on about renting and leasing. WHen it comes to consumer technology, I rarely ever want to actually...

TechCrunch on Nokia: “Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft”

A positive note from the chaps over at TechCrunch on Nokia -- along the lines of my piece last week. As bad as Nokia’s financials...

Is Nokia’s rehabilitation in the Western Media complete?

Was it this time last year that Nokia was burning? I had to check through the Mobile Industry Review archives just to be sure!...

Chevron for WP7 should get geek heads turning

Microsoft smartly jumped straight into bed with the team of developers who got together to try and make it easy to hack (or, to...

James Whatley on the importance of ecosystems

Whatley is back this week with his perspective on ecosystems -- a word that's increasingly being integrated into the marketing communications of almost every...

Microsoft hasn’t lost a moment capitalising on HP/WebOS

Pradeep over at wmpoweruser.com has published an email that is being sent out to the (apparent) legions of developers jumping ship from WebOS to...

Is it time to subscribe to a printer service from HP?

What’s the best way of buying a phone today?

MWC: What device highlights did you miss?

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