Microsoft could gain a share of the productive mobile market, if it invested in R&D and delivered a new kind of user input interface. This would be the equivalent of Apple's first line of touchscreen smartphones. Cameras...
In reply to: Re: Expand the desktop/laptop franchise with compatible devices
Agreed, at some point consumers are going to try to consolidate devices. It is already happening as the line between tablets and phones is becoming blurry, and consumers in emerging markets attempt to save capital by owning...
In reply to: Re: RIP MICROSOFT
I somewhat agree. Certainly one company isn't going to master every conceivable area, but you either have to master (or do pretty well) at one, and continue to innovate in that area, or you have to do well in catching some...
In reply to: Re: Absolutely nothing?
@David - although I think the dummies are good for drawing the guard's eye to a body in the water, nothing can replace a moving, seemingly live drowning victim. So, IMO, "Could we up that a notch or two by doing...
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This is an interesting discussion. Before I purchased the Samsung S4 I tried out a slightly larger LG. The LG was just enough bigger that it didn't sit well down in my pocket, and tended to fall out when I was sitting. I...
In reply to: Iphone
This is an interesting discussion. Before I purchased the Samsung S4 I tried out a slightly larger LG. The LG was just enough bigger that it didn't sit well down in my pocket, and tended to fall out when I was sitting. I...
In reply to: Iphone
@Micheal, agreed, at least one of Microsoft's product or service will have to be a success in order for Microsoft to gain some good PR. It would be better if the product or service is consumer facing, this could be from...
In reply to: Re: Monopolies incur "protected," not competitive, thinking inside
It's my strong impression that many organizations are motivated to claim to be using agile methodology, because they've heard that's supposed to be a good thing, but their commitment doesn't go any further than saying the...
In reply to: Too much lip service to agile
If I'm following this, speeding up the steps just makes the delays more obvious, and that shows up in a poorer efficiency statistic. The end-to-end process would still be completed more quickly if you decreased the length...
In reply to: So speeding up steps makes the delays (inefficiencies) more obvious?
We just posted a column by GE Capital's CTO that offers an example of this -- of a legal/compliance review process that took too long compared with the speed needed to turn agile iterations. Legal and security became part...
In reply to: Re: Eye opening
I think looking at other people's better lives might have something to do with buying behavior in social media. -Or- it could be most of us just don't use social media correctly so we don't want to buy stuff ;)
In reply to: Re: Does anyone really want to buy on social media?
The IT industry has grown to include many types of new services and products and this growth is also reflected in the current financial size of the IT industry. Microsoft or any one company could not possibly deliver this...
In reply to: Re: Absolutely nothing?
Is "Soul Mate" asking too much of an IT organization? One that's right alongside business units, inseparable, finishing each others' sentences, understanding needs the business units didn't even know they had. (OK, I think...
In reply to: Re: One More Category: Willing But Constrained
As it turns out, Alison, that may be happening sooner than later. About a month ago, Verizon unveiled its new "Virtual Visits" videoconferencing for smartphones. It will first offer the app to healthcare plans...
In reply to: Re: FSMB Guidelines do not rule out the use of the telephone
@Alison- Fair enough. I guess my recent experience with my knee injury has colored my opinions. The doctors who touched my knee got the diagnosis right. The ones that read the MRI but never touched me, got it wrong. But...
In reply to: Re: nifty, but not likely
I hear you about 'patients' seeking controlled or abused substances -- and most (if not all) telemedicine organizations I've spoken to refuse to prescribe narcotics or other medications commonly abused (like sleeping pills...
In reply to: Re: FSMB Guidelines do not rule out the use of the telephone
"Anyhow, especially with IBM and Apple are teaming up, I'm not sure it's so outlandish to imagine accessing sensitive databases on Apple devices. Android might be a different story." @Michael: I think that may just be a...
In reply to: Re: RIP MICROSOFT
Others I definitly see the educational values...others are simply too creepy (bugs in my brain? Really?) I thought that too, then I reminded my self that the alternative is to have them cut off the top of my skull, use...
In reply to: Re: New Frontier or Twilight Zone?
@tzubair- Fair point on maintenence. I would hope you could around that by having some sort of shipping program where you send bad ones back on trucks and are replace dby good ones. But yes, it adds expense that has to be...
In reply to: Re: nifty, but not likely
That is interesting, Dave. We're already seeing more doctors becoming hospital staff as they get fed up with dealing with the changes from government, insurers, etc. As i mentioned in another comment, I think we'll also...
In reply to: Re: nifty, but not likely
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Building a Mobile Business Mindset
The differences between mobile apps and conventional Windows clients, or even web applications, are far more than skin deep. Yes, the touch-versus-keyboard interface, APIs, and programming languages are new, but that’s arguably the easy part. There are profound differences in how the two are built, the functionality each prioritizes, the release cycles on which they’re developed — even the attitudes, values, and work styles of the developers creating them.
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