Recent content by eshropshire

I guess you have not followed has successfully Microsoft has been since they go rid of Balmer.

I have a 2013 Ford Sync 2, not Android Auto. I bought the car this Spring and my 2008 first gen sync was 10x better. After struggling, I found an update to Sync 2. After the update my Sync works great. Easy to do everything you sa about hands free with my Note 10 +. My wife has a 2017 with...

The reason Balmer was fired was the loss of customers for Microsoft main business productivity apps and enterprise products due to their lack of good iOS and Android support. Microsoft lost Billions of dollars to achieve about 2-3% market share in the leading industrial countries. MS was also...

You do realize that Microsoft does not really view itself as an enduser consumer company. Nadella was hired to move Microsoft away from massive loss making consumer ventures and move the company to high margin and high profit enterprise areas. Movement to be a leading cloud/SaaS company. Yes...

Not sure why I would pay this much for last year's spec when i can get a LG V60 with 5G support, dual screens the latest specs, top line camera, pen support and much cheaper.

A Microsoft Surface UNO?

Swap one drawer sitter for another potential drawer sitter. I have a fully loaded RT that sits in a box on my shelf. I bought it many years ago at MS TechEd 2013 for $99. At the time the MS Store was selling the same model for over $700. I would have to say the RT was one of the most...

I believe Nadella would say thank you for switching. His goal is to have Microsoft support the two main mobile OSs. He would love to get everyone off Win 10 Mobile.

This is not Andromeda in any shape or form. The whole point of Andromeda was a single foldable screen running Windows. Duo is a two screen device, nice but something that has been tried before. Hopefully Android 11 will have better support to make the concept work better. Lots can happen to the...

I am a Microsoft development partner. I am very well aware of Windows Core OS. I am also 100% certain of MS plans for Core. Microsoft is NOT getting back into phones or pocketable devices. The Smartphone market is now past maturity and is now in consolidation. The market is down close to 25%...

Yes, sounds like everything I have been talking about. The announcements on Oct 2nd will be updates to existing Surface products. Centaurus may get announced, but maybe not. Centaurus is the future for Microsoft foldable products. Tablet size, not pocketable devices. Not sure what we are...

Yes, and Microsoft showed the Centaurus product in house. The product is Not a phone. The product has two separate screens with a hinge between the screens. The device is also not pocketable. Also, MS like many large companies has thousands of patents that never become part of products. The...

Your privilege. FYI, I don't have any secret knowledge on MS Plans. I have been working with Microsoft for years. I have partnered with MS for many years. I have many friends who I have worked with over 20+ years that work for Microsoft. Here are a few ways to see what is important to...

Nadella keeps the MS hardware group on a very short leash. He is not going to release any products that cause the big write downs from the Balmer era. MS is not getting back into the phone business. The whole smartphone team is gone. I am talking about all of the business side. Lots of articles...

You left out the biggest announcement. Balmer is returning as CEO. The MS Board feels Microsoft has become too profitable under Nadella. Only way half of the above list will ever be released would require my announcement to happen.