This morning we’re going to talk about the changing landscape in mobile devices. Apple has set the tone of conversation with iPhone, but Microsoft last week announced the inclusion of a full browser in an upcoming version of Windows Mobile, and yesterday Nokia was showing their first touch device code-named “Tube”. Tube? Is that Finnish for something? And what about RIM? What do we think the phone of the future be like and what do we want in it?
Plus – we’ll have a chat about the impact of Google’s announcement of Google App Engine last night. At first blush, a competitor to Amazon Web Services, but with some differences. My question … where’s Microsoft in all of this?
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
