Microsoft's new Smartphone & More Fast Moves from Big Ed at GM

More Fast Moves From the Big 3

This blog has been due since the end of the North American International Auto Show http://www.naias.com/, but so much has happened since then we believe you will understand.  
In our opinion at the North American International Auto Show Ford had the best technology display.  We base this on the fact Ford had Apple computers near their display so that bloggers (like us) could make reports from the auto show which I did in January 2010 when I updated our December 2009 blog while attending the auto show.  Ford also had self parking cars customers could demo themselves.  Speaking of hi- tech to get a peak and download the upcoming Microsoft Office beta 2010 just click below:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx?WT.mc_id=ENUS_BNR_DB_OL_728a

GM was the sales champion with the model/salesman asking me for my name as I admired the CTS Cadillac.   He knew the options for the Cadillac, the price, and typed in my contact information into a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) from HP and I received a post card from GM in a week or 2 after the show, and I had the feeling if I was ready to buy a CTS he would have sold me one then and there.  I also went by the Chrysler and Toyota displays among others at the show.   Toyota has recently had problems with various models and when I first heard of the on and off problem with the brakes we suspected it was a software problem and it may turn out to be a software problem with the Toyota Prius.   Our condolences go out to the families effected by this glitch, but this is no reason for the big 3 to gloat, it shows the perils of the increased use of software and processors in cars, and how stringent software testing is needed when software controls or helps to control key car parts like the brakes.   The safety hearings for Toyota in Washington D.C. are coming up, and also the Geneva Switzerland Auto Show that started March 4th - 14th home page is at http://www.salon-auto.ch/en/, the New York International Auto Show is coming up on April 2nd - 11th for more info go to http://www.autoshowny.com/.    I must finish up the auto section of the blog by saying I believe Big Ed of GM (Ed Whiteacre) is worth every penny of his new salary; which is $1.7 million as the base with $5.3 million more in stock that vests over time.  For some bankers his base and stock is less than their bonus alone which makes Ed a bargin with the knowledge he brings to GM of the telecom industry.   Speaking of which.....

Microsoft Takes Aim at Google with new Smartphone

The biggest news in the telecom world recently is that Microsoft has introduced a new smartphone to compete with the new Google phones powered by Android like the Nexus One Phone.   We are investigating models like the Sprint Samsung Intrepid to find out the operating systems (Windows Vista or Windows 7) used on these smartphones by Microsoft and how they compare to the Android powered smartphones and the Mac OS powered IPhones.   Microsoft's new operating system Windows 7 has a faster adoption rate than Windows Vista and more importantly by having Windows 7 on laptops, and on smartphones gives Microsoft an advantage when you think that Microsoft also has Microsoft Office which most corporate offices in the U.S. use when compared to other smartphone hardware and software makers.   The current smartphone market is similar to the PC market in the 1980s-1990s where  you had a battle of operating systems on PCs, except with the smartphones the leaders are Nokia, Google, Apple's IPhone, RIM (the blackberry), Palm and Microsoft.   Keep reading and stay tuned, we will keep you posted on this battle with a review of Microsoft's smartphones running Windows 7, and some Android basics in our next blog.   Until next time when we blog about the Windows 7 phone and the Nexus Phone from Google see http://www.google.com/phone for more info on the Nexus Phone. 

Mr. Winston Shines is a Consultant for Maximillian Bryan & Marcell Technologies Internationale LLC, he has written for Baseline magazine, and has written the book Training Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Technology.   For more info go to http://www.mbmtinternationale.com/.