“Microsoft delivers its ‘other’ tablet operating system: Windows Embedded Compact 7” and other links…
Mary Jo Foley: “For the last several months, a number of Microsoft OEMs have been touting new slates and tablets that will be running Compact 7. Microsoft officials have attempted to distinguish slates and tablets running full Windows 7 from those running Compact 7 by saying those running the Windows Embedded Compact OS are meant to be consumption devices, rather than consumption and creation devices.”
“What Microsoft Can Learn From Mac OS X Lion”
Paul Thurrott: “Currently, Apple really makes two versions of Mac OS X, one for Mac desktops and laptops (Mac OS X) and one for servers (Mac OS X Server). But I see something in the Lion developer preview that just makes my heart weep: It includes both the client and server versions in a single install, and the server code is actually installed as if it were a feature or add-on for client. Oh my. Now, as unlikely as it is that Apple would ever ship the final version of Lion in this same configuration, you have to dream. Come on Microsoft. I don't really expect you to reduce your product lineup to a single product version. But you could make it simpler. A lot simpler.”
“A new kind of hello”
Brian O’Leary: “If the Forrester survey holds up, and it does feel right, the way we most often acquire books doesn’t mesh well with how e-books are sold. Most e-book files and services have not been configured to readily support giving away or loaning digital content. …If sharing books is part of what encourages us to want to read them, then not being able to share books risks reducing the size of the market we’re organized to serve.”
“The Web: Why Users No Longer Matter”
Kristine Schachinger: “Now companies force their view of the web on the user, wait out the complaints about the change, and know that if they make users wait long enough, they’ll eventually come to accept the change or adopt a mindset of ‘resistance is futile’ or ‘what’s the point, they’re just going to do it anyway.’”
“Microsoft apparently pulls pre-update for Samsung users”
Paul Thurrott: “Well, I can see Microsoft’s first (sort of) update for Windows Phone is off to a wonderful start. In the wake of several reports of what I’m calling the “pre-update” fouling up some phones–what some people are describing as “bricking” them–Microsoft has apparently pulled the update for some users. I say apparently because Microsoft has not published this information anywhere publicly that I can find or told me about it specifically.”
“What will the Nokia deal mean for Microsoft's other phone-maker partners?”
Mary Jo Foley: “Microsoft reportedly is paying Nokia hundreds of millions of dollars to secure the deal. In exchange, Nokia has agreed to make Windows Phone its principal smartphone operating system. Nokia, in turn, becomes a key backer of Bing, adCenter, Office Mobile, Visual Studio, Silverlight and XNA.”