During my childhood till the end of my highschool; I almost never seen any other operating system but windows (and the black DOS).
but as the years pass by, i started hearing about other operating systems, i didn't understand how a computer can possibly run without a Microsoft Windows system.
i once Had the iMate Jam, and iMate JASJAM.They were PDAs with mobile as well. and i honestly can't describe how horrible they were, (
its usability was a mess, although i did many work with it, but it was not pleasant.
after that i got the original iphone, the iphone 2G, my love to this device was insane, although it was not very productive, (for example on the original iPhone, you can not edit an excel sheet, as the AppStore was not there except after announcing the 3Gs).
later i owned the iPhone 4, it was a huge upgrade!
for sometime, the company named Microsoft became almost unnoticed, especially after Vista (OS for PCs). people started to think that this company is dying.
Google at this time started the Android OS, also it has an amazing search engine, Samsung was busy copying other devices and adding Android to it, Apple released iPhones, iPods and later iPads.
and in the gaming world, Play-Station was the giant.
Where is "the dying Microsoft now"?
- In operating systems world: the stunning Windows 7 and lately Windows 8 regain the respect to Microsoft,
- In Mobile devices: Microsoft makes deal with Nokia and HTC, and now they are spreading fast, i just dealt with a new HTC windows 8, and it was really amazing. and i am expecting personally, that after few months, the windows 8 mobile devices will gain huge market share.
- In gaming world: i doubt that any device in the market is anywhere close to the new xBox with the Kinect.
- In the tablet world: the new Surface device is competing in the tablet world
finally, what i want to share, that it is nice to just look at the news in the world and learn from it.
Always there is something inspirational there.
although this company was out of the successful scene, but it didn't gave up, and nowadays it is almost sitting back again on the top of the technology world.
