Will your desktop be extinct in three years?  That is what Google Europe’s big chief, John Herlihy says.  It seems that this is what the war between Apple and Google is all about, with Microsoft throwing one more grenade before they have to call it quits.  Hey you never know, maybe this one will be close enough.  You know they say close doesn’t count except in horseshoes and hand grenades and something else but I always forget (any help here would be appreciated).

So I agree that soon with all the cloud stuff, external storage drives and wireless printers that this is a coming phenomenon.  However mine, as long as it ticks, will be my backup device.  Recently I lost two laptops to hard drive failures and besides my smartphone the desktop was my backup.  Now I have upgraded one of the laptops to a tablet netbook while the other one that is scheduled to arrive today will be another laptop.  Both running Windows 7 Ultimate and the desktop still running XP.  I don’t see that changing.  And if it finally dies (both swappable SATA drives or the IDE that acts as an external for me) then I too will be done with a desktop.  Anyone need some parts?

Take a look HERE for a great piece on the evolution of devices.

Will you sell yours while the selling may still be good?

Or hang on to the death like me?

[Gizmodo]

Today’s JAMM Store Deal of the Day is Lyma Slider Puzzle (see here) for Windows Mobile.  Today only, you can register Lyma Slider Puzzle for half the regular asking price.  This makes a terrific deal that won’t be around for long, so check it out!

THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO INCLUDED WITH THE ‘DELUXE THEME PACK’.

Play the popular tile moving game on your Pocket PC. Simply tap the tiles next to the empty box to move the pieces. The Idea of the game is to complete the picture, with all tiles in the correct location in as few moves as possible.

High Scores will be automatically added to the scoreboard. Scores are based on both time and fewest moves.

Puzzle Images can be loaded from the ‘My Pictures’ folder. The Current ‘Today wallpaper’ that is set on the device can be selected as a puzzle Image. The game also Includes 7 Puzzle Images.

Features:

• The Color Scheme for the game automatically matches the loaded Theme colors (Windows Mobile 5 and Higher only).
• Images can be loaded from multiple places (including the Today Screen).
• Includes 8 Puzzle Images.
• Highest scores are automatically added to the scoreboard.
• Supports Portrait, Landscape and Square Pocket PC’s
• 2 different difficulty modes 3×3 and 4×4

Minimum Requirements:

• Pocket PC

Display Dimensions
240×240, 240×320, 320×240, 480×640, 640×480
Operating System
Pocket PC 2003 SE, WM5, WM6, WM6.1, WM6.5

Everybody and their brother has their undies in a potential knot over WSJ rumors that the iPhone will be coming to Verizon this summer.  The writing team here at JAMM has been oohing and ahhing over the possibilities…everyone except me, that is. In my opinion, this moves makes no sense, and if it is true, could be a move in the wrong direction for Apple..  Here’s why…

Picture taken from ZDNet

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Are you a Windows Mobile user in need of defining words or performing a translation from one language to another?  If so, you may be interested in Paragon Software’s current sale.  Now through April 5th they are offering a 20 percent discount on dictonaries when using the code:

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