WinNok

I think Mr. Elop has the right idea. I would love to try a Win 7 Nokia phone like the concept models on Engadget. Last year I was looking at getting a phone and considered the N8 but decided against because everything I read was very negative about the software. On the other hand it is hard to see how this will be good in the long term for Nokia. I can't see how they will differentiate themselves sufficiently from the other manufacturers.

The main thing to realize is that the mobile phone competition is going to be more and more about ecosystems. Microsoft, Google and Apple all have at least the start of a comprehensive cross tool platform that will make the switching costs an increasing barrier issue for growing market share. This is where RIM and HP are behind. More on that later.

Google and WebM

I have the Firefox 4 beta installed which supports WebM. Therefore, I thought I would go to YouTube and see how it worked. YouTube insists I install Flash. Google, if WebM is the baseline, when will YouTube support it?

At this point it looks like John Gruber is right. Flash is required to watch video.

Back To Windows

After seeing Paul Thurrott's Windows Everywhere article and John Gruber's response I have been wondering if Windows 8 will be Microsoft's version of Back to the Mac. In other words is the plan to take elements from the Windows Phone UI and add them to the Windows 8 UI. This is what could be the idea for the latest project code named Jupiter as discussed in Mary Jo Foley's article More on Microsoft 'Jupiter'.

Windows Phone 7 looks like a good start and in the same way that the Mac App Store is adding to the appeal of the Mac. A Windows App Store with Silverlight/Phone 7 like applications could energize Windows development which certainly could do with some excitement.