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The Elusive Mister Wehrs chased by Brighthand October 25, 2003 [General] | By anonymous 1. I felt somewhat like Michael Moore chasing down Roger Smith ...says Steven G. Bush from Brighthand, who managed to catch Mike Wehrs, Director of Technology & Standards for Microsoft´s Mobility Division for the purpose of interview. Unfortunately (for broader public) Mr. Wehrs avoids msmobiles.com staff, the way the devil avoids holy water (because of our older news item about him here) and we failed to meet him at various trade shows and conferences, although he was present and we were ready to talk and also present. Let´s take a look, at what Brighthand - a platform agnostic and fair web site - not just another uncritically Microsoft-friendly publication like Pocket PC Thoughts - has to say... ... some quotes follow. And when Mr. Wehrs began our short meeting with a proud pronouncement, that the Motorola Smartphone, based on the Microsoft Smartphone platform, was available immediately through AT&T Wireless in the United States, I had only one question: What took so long? After all, it´d been three years since I flew to Seattle to attend a press briefing by Microsoft on its upcoming Smartphone platform and the exciting new wave of intelligent cellular telephones it said was being built around it. He admitted that things hadn´t worked out exactly as they´d hoped. For one thing, wireless data networks didn´t proliferate at quite the rate they´d expected. Also, battery technology seemed to drag its feet. And Mr. Wehrs admitted that Microsoft had underestimated the difficulty in switching between voice and data modes. Mr. Wehrs remarked that as long as you provide a compelling vision with tangible proof points along the way, consumers will understand. We´ll soon see. The Motorola Smartphone will be its first major test and we´re interested to see if the wait was worth it. To read the review in full click here.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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