History of the death of Keane phones Android growth;

Jim Karpen, Topics, submitted on 10 July 2010: touch screen devices

A little bit shocking News weeks ago Microsoft discontinued Keane, leaving many to wonder phone that comes in addition to this week, we'll look and feel of the Android phone the latest and greatest and will briefly on Microsoft confusing array of services.

Goodbye Keane phones

Only six weeks after they were introduced phones Microsoft Keane, Microsoft axed and shifted its focus to Windows command Keane 7 phone.The big question is why an official explanation from Microsoft was that they wanted to focus on Windows 7.

The rumor was that fewer than 10 000 phones were sold with some gives a picture of nearly 500.Compare this to 4 million iPhones sold 1.7 within three days.

ZDNet has a good article gives an overview of confusing issues pertaining to development Keane. author loved Keane, although there are several major shortcomings.

I thought there was something visionary, Rod and back story on Engadget that vision of ' J ' Allard, but politics (including "Allard) and changing the direction of the had a simple effort that little fruit.

In the big picture, I think there's two takeaways: 1) is evidence of confusion Keane fiasco in Mobile Microsoft (which obviously is not a good thing) and 2 Keane revealed that Microsoft has a strong vision and a great technology for consumer devices (e.g. genus Studio), and it provides an overview of some of the features in Windows 7.

In the meantime, Android grows

This is not a good time for Microsoft to show confusion in their cell Division, the surging interest in Android and iPhone.No confusion.Both have cool equipment, great app stores and many phone manufacturers and developers eagerly participate.

Interesting interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt in the guardian "questions, it would be possible to attract these phone manufacturers and developers of Microsoft is a good question, and certainly not this.And if they are not jumping on board, Windows 7 phone can go by Keane.

Nevertheless, there are a lot like WP7, as we have seen and one should never count Microsoft.

But the fight for mindshare and market share it would be difficult, especially in new phones like X Droid, hitting the market's latest Android devices, and some say it's the best on the market, it has a huge screen (5 inches!), speed, 8-megapixel camera and an intelligent design Watch David Pogue's New York Times.

The phone is also one of the first to come up with Swype, new text input method.

Microsoft's discussion of the proposals for synchronization

This is a good news/bad news: Microsoft offers a number of possibilities for cloud-based syncing, such as the free my phone, but the bad news is that it's confusing. I have not had the opportunity to sort it out.

If you are not confused, you can find this excellent article Ars Technica useful he describes the various services: Windows Live Sync, Live Mesh, my phone and SkyDrive.