Microsoft App Store, Online.

Yes it’s finally here, Micro$oft have finally gone online in the US with their Store. I’m going to have to admit, that I assumed an online store from Microsoft, would focus on windows mobile, but we all know what happens when we assume… 

It’s definitely not a Windows Mobile application store, it is your cloud conduit to all things windows except Mobile . I would have thought that the Zune store/marketplace would have been sucked up into this vortex, as well, but the Zune is only available as entertainment hardware at the store.

The store is almost everything windows PC, except for XBox, Zune and games. Go figure?

It offers great advantages for the greener consumers out there, no packaging, you can get your software over the air, and do away with all of those great big plastic boxes that M$ still insist on putting a DVD/installation CD in. With the store you create an account and buy online, and all of your details are there, you can re-download, and recover product keys at your leisure. You can still request the hard copy of your software, M$ still offers this antiquarian service, although they are moving further into the Cloud.

M$ can’t hope to emulate iTunes with this portal, let’s face it they are late to the party, but if you are a PC, this is probably welcome news, sorry to see, as far as OS’s go, Vista is the be all and end all, my XP Eee is spitting at me as I type this

Microsoft Store

Microsoft Opens Online Store in the US | GottaBeMobile.com

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Chrome your Android, or is it nickel plated?

Has everyone tried Google’s new browser, ok I’ll wait just a minute whilst you install it…

Chrome has made a big shiny splash this week and there’s lot’s of speculation about what it means, for Cloud computing and for Mobile computing. Maybe even for OS’s?

Now most of the rumours are actually being fuelled by Google (or it’s representatives) itself, and it raised a few questions for me, when I turned on random brain functionality. (read: sat down and thought about all of the stuff I’ve read about it in the last couple of days, and started to formulate a new possibility). What really kicked off this train of thought was a post from Matt Miller over at ZDnet, his observations of the construction of the Chrome browser, really triggered off a phantasmagorical train of thought for me.

the new Chrome browser is based on the WebKit open source project like the Nokia S60 and Apple iPhone browsers I think it is very possible that it will be coming to the mobile space and may actually be the browser that we see launched on the Google Android

That simple statement made me think, if Android, S60 and Apples apps are that similair, based on a comparable operating environment, might this be Google’s “incognito” route to an open source operating system? I know it’s a big jump, but Sergey looks rather tired, and any challenge to Microsoft that Google may make in the OS war, would have to start covertly with mobile and migrate to the desktop, this is just some speculation on my part.
If you build a browser that is Desktop and Mobile compatible, you might start to think that the mobile OS that will run the Mobile compatible Browser, will run a Desktop computer?

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Untethered: Managing Tasks With Toodledo

I first learned of Toodledo about a year ago, when I was looking for a better way to manage my tasks.  Until then, I had been using MS Outlook.  That worked fine, but had a significant disadvantage.  There was no way to modify your tasks when away from your main computer.  Everything was stored locally.  The more mobile I was becoming, the more of a problem this single computer approach was going to be.  So, off I set to find a solution in the sky…well, really in the Cloud.  What I found was one of the finest task managers I had ever used: Toodledo.

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Nozukiane? What The….

Well after my last post it seems Nokia and Microsoft are ganging up on me. Never have an opinion, it’ll come back to bite you in the butt. By the way I’m not paranoid…………… Are you lookin’ at me!

Anyway, what would a partnership between Nokia and “The Zune Team” make you start imagining, No No No, don’t say it!

This has nothing to do with device manufacture, it’s about integrating the “Zune Marketplace” into the Nokia/S60 platform.

"Nokia is currently working with the Zune team on integration of Zune Marketplace content according to a well placed source within Microsoft. The joint development is directed at content delivery rather than a hardware device according to the source. It has long been assumed by many tech followers that Zune content and software would find it’s way onto Windows Mobile devices, thereby offering competition to the unfortunately popular iPhone. The interesting thing about the Nokia Zune partnership is that Nokia does not support Windows Mobile. It appears Microsoft may be developing a two front war against the iPhone, namely Windows based smart phones and more abundant ‘non-smart’ phones."

What does it say to me, M$ is looking to increase it’s revenue via digital music licensing, on other platforms. When Jack posted this today at ExperienceMobility.net, probably like many, I think of a Zune phone, but really it’s M$ trying to gain a greater foothold in the online music world.

Are we witnessing the death of the physical CD, mobile devices lacking optical drives. Promotion for more and more online stores, and limitations. You either buy from one or the other!

Who’s going to be the first to license the cloud as we are now calling it?

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Vito Releases Task2Gather Web Application. Windows Mobile and iPhone Apps to Follow Soon

Several weeks ago, I wrote about the technology preview of a new web based task manager, Task2Gather, from Vito Technology/iWindows Mobile.  Today, Vito has announced the official release of their new application, and it looks even better than what I saw in the technology preview. 

Task2Gather is a Cloud based application, meaning that all of the information you input will be stored online, not on your computer.  Unlike most web-based task managers, Task2Gather is not laid out with a traditional list of tasks.  Instead, it utilizes a hierarchical, tree-based list of tasks.  In other words, you will organize your tasks by project or category, meaning similar tasks will be grouped together.

Task2 Gather was designed around several guiding principles, including: simplicity, high performance, sharing, flexibility and mobility. The result is a completely unique task manager, which can be accessed from any computer, anywhere in the world.  

Just head over to www.task2gather.com to sign up for your free account and get started today, or you can read the full press release first.  Windows Mobile and iPhone users will be happy to know that mobile versions will be coming soon.  Watch for a full review in this space soon.

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