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Microsoft to Attack RIM with Magneto
An anonymous reader writes "At this week's Mobile and Embedded DevCon (MEDC) in Las Vegas, it's anticipated that Microsoft will finally unveil 'Magneto', widely expected to be dubbed Windows Mobile 2005. Magneto is rumored to merge the Pocket PC and Smartphone versions of Windows Mobile into a single platform that combines smartphone and PDA capabilities. Consistent with that strategy, Pocket Office will reportedly be renamed Office Mobile, with other key apps similarly redesignated Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, and Outlook Mobile."
Ha!
They're using an old X-Men villain to fight RIM?
I support the Center for Consumer Freedom
Professor X unavailable for comment.
And tomorrow the stock exchange will be the human race
Microsoft to Attack RIM with Magneto
looks like RIM will have to call upon the assistance of the Xmen!
can they trust him?
Well, given the name, I expect that they'll be able to generate powerful magnetic fields and hatching nafarious plots. Apparently, Microsoft feels that the human demographic is no longer a viable source of income, and therefore must be wiped out to make way for the Homosuperiors.
Not, cooler, but it keeps with Microsoft's corporate vision, "be more evil each day."
Mod me down and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!
So will Linux release mobile "Professor X", only to have the two OS's mutant API's do battle to save or destory mankind?
Office mobile... because paper clips should be able to piss you off no matter where you are.
...the submitter could come up with about this new version was that they changed the name of Pocket Office to Office Mobile?
:)
Well, at least it continues the travesty that is PocketPC in good fashion
...Stan Lee sues Microsoft.
Circumcision is child abuse.
What do they call employment at RIM?
wiction.org
At this point, Microsoft would need to publish a vapid, cloying blog to be any cooler, but you've got the patent.
is Blue Screen Mobile(tm) also included?
Well I was talking last night .
.
.
. .
Magneto and titanium man . .
We were talking about you, babe,
Oo --- they said ---
You were involved in a robbery
That was due to happen
At a quarter to three
In the main street.
I didn?t believe them
Magneto and titanium man . .
But when the crimson dynamo
Finally assured me, well, I knew
You were involved in a robbery
That was due to happen
At a quarter to three
In the main street.
So we went out
Magneto and titanium man . .
And the crimson dynamo
Came along for the ride
We went to town with the library
And we swung all over that
Long tall bank in the main street
Well there she were and to my despair
She?s a five-star criminal
Breaking the code
Magneto said now the time come
To gather our forces and run!!!
Oh no . . . . .
This can?t be so . . . . .
And then it occurred to me!
You couldn?t be bad
Magneto was mad!
Titanium too!
And the crimson dynamo
Just couldn?t cut it no more
You were the law . . . . . .
If magnets can kill your hard drives and monitors, just think about what he could do to them...
Goo goo g'joob.
That joke never get's old.
:)
I've worked for RIM for about a year and a half, and I still enjoy telling people that I got a RIM job.
but it'll be a cold day in hell before I rely on Windows to deliver those things.
I dunno, but they call a joke there a Rim shot.
Based on my past experience with running PocketPC software, Mr Freeze might be a better codename.
Of course, that would mean switching to the Batman world. If we're staying with X-Men, then the Iceman could substitute.
(Not really trying to troll. I use my iPAQ every day. It's just the apps I use have a habit of leaking memory and needing a soft reset with the stylus fairly frequently.)