Comments on: Windows Mobile needs work http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/05/29/windows-mobile-needs-work/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:42:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jamison Banks http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/05/29/windows-mobile-needs-work/comment-page-1/#comment-29081 Jamison Banks Wed, 31 May 2006 12:05:57 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/05/29/001809/#comment-29081 These are some of the growing pains of taking a Windows CE-based OS to the smartphone market. PDA's have traditionally been 'throw away' devices in comparison to PC's - which doesn't make them any cheaper to buy or develop for. What may have to happen is the market grabbing hold of a single version of the CE OS and sticking with it inspite of MS's efforts to upgrade beyond it. A truly hard sell. These are some of the growing pains of taking a Windows CE-based OS to the smartphone market. PDA’s have traditionally been ‘throw away’ devices in comparison to PC’s – which doesn’t make them any cheaper to buy or develop for.

What may have to happen is the market grabbing hold of a single version of the CE OS and sticking with it inspite of MS’s efforts to upgrade beyond it. A truly hard sell.

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