Microsoft has announced its new phone ? the Windows Phone 7 Series. From The New York Times:
Steve A. Ballmer, Microsoft?s chief executive, took the stage for a few minutes before a demonstration of the new software began.
?We debated a lot about how much we should position and talk about from whence we have come and what we will show you,? Mr. Ballmer said. ?At the end of the day, we said, ?Let?s get on with the show.??
SNIP
The product marks a rare moment when Microsoft scrapped previous versions of its software in favor of building something new from scratch. Microsoft has spent the past 18 months trying to add gloss and sophistication to a product that had suffered ridicule as being clunky and too wedded to the company?s personal computer roots.
I’ve tried Windows 7, and it’s definitely better than the disastrous Vista. (A running joke I have with friends is that I tried to install Vista on my Mac, and the virus protection software blocked it).
Whenever Microsoft is brought up, though, I can’t forget the following ? um ? enthusiastic presentation from Ballmer from a couple years back.
Even better ? the Ballmer iPod remix.
