Cellular and Computing Industries Finally Collide

magarity writes "For years now cell phones have become increasing complex as computers become ever smaller. The two industries now directly collide. Of special interest is the change in mission statement by Microsoft from 'a computer on every desk and in every home' to 'empowering people through great software, any time, any place and on any device.' With mobile phone saturation in the industrialized world from +80% (Italy) to 45% (USA), this is the next battleground for information technology dominance. Both industries have giant sized players; the shakeouts, as well as implications for consumers, will be huge."

Comments

Re:Europeans will have the edge

[Anonymous Coward]

The 65% of the USA that doesn't have saturation is in:

a) Alaska

b) Farmland in Montana

c) Desert in Nevada

Italy is fricken tiny compared the usa if it doesn't even have 100% coverage then it's actually behind the usa.

Now they collide?

[lseltzer]

Where was the article about collision when Sun entered this market with Java? I guess this is bad now because it's Microsoft offering something new, and everyone who buys their products was forced to because it's a monopoly. Sheesh...

Re:well duh

[denisbergeron]

I don't know if you want to be a troll or something like that.

But I think, it's a lot more difficult to upgrade a infrastructure of a country like Italy or any North Europeen country that it will be difficult to upgrade a infrastructure like the one in USA.

In Italy all the country was use for habitation, not only 10 to 20% like in the USA. You don't have big cities whom take neerby 60 to 70% of the population.

In Italy, people live in mountain, in big mountain, some place in Europe, in France have wainted until the 90's to receive TV signal because of this mountain.

Putting this on the edge technologies was possible because they have a gouvernment whom invest in something other than bomb and conflit with everyone who don't have the same opinion then them!