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Sunday, May 15, 2005
Bill Gates: Phones will replace iPods
"If you were to ask me which mobile device will take top place for listening to music, I'd bet on the mobile phone for sure," Gates told the newspaper.
We'll see. If so, the mobile phone must be as easy to use for music as an iPod.
"The BlackBerry is great but we're bringing a new approach," he said. "With BlackBerry you need to link to a separate server, and that costs extra. With us, the e-mail function will already be part of the server software."
Sure, if the company is using MS Exchange 2003 (or later). Most use MS Exchange for sure, but MS is truggling to get companies to upgrade to the latest version that has full support for mobile devices (via ActiveSync, HTML, WML etc). One reason is the need for adopting Active Directory.
Technology News Article | Reuters.com
We'll see. If so, the mobile phone must be as easy to use for music as an iPod.
"The BlackBerry is great but we're bringing a new approach," he said. "With BlackBerry you need to link to a separate server, and that costs extra. With us, the e-mail function will already be part of the server software."
Sure, if the company is using MS Exchange 2003 (or later). Most use MS Exchange for sure, but MS is truggling to get companies to upgrade to the latest version that has full support for mobile devices (via ActiveSync, HTML, WML etc). One reason is the need for adopting Active Directory.
Technology News Article | Reuters.com
