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I was extremely worried this was going to turn out bad and brick my phone, but following the instructions from theunlockr (more details here) worked out great.
Turns out this version of 2.2 on a myTouch3g is extremely responsive, and even more peppy that the 1.6 official version I originally had. Very pleased so far!
Microsoft are having yet another try at getting a foothold in the mobile phone market, this time with Windows Phone 7. cnet ask if the launch of Windows Phone 7 will be the ‘defining moment’ for Ballmer. After a string of half-hearted mobile products, including different versions of Windows Mobile that attempted and failed to bring the Windows desktop metaphor to the smaller form factor of the mobile phone, the Microsoft Kin which came and went without hardly anyone noticing, Windows Phone 7 has a lot to live up to.
I’ve said many times before, I think Microsoft under Ballmer’s direction has lost it’s way – they’ve been milking the Windows and Office cash cows for too long and the rest of the tech world is leaving them by. For Microsoft to have a success with a new mobile phone platform they’ve got to come out with something earthshattering to catch up and compete with Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android platform. Those trains have long left the station and have gathered immense momentum, it’s going to be pretty hard for anything new from Microsoft to catch up at this point. We’ll wait and see what Microsoft pulls out of the bag on Monday.
Mark Reinhold, the Chief Architect for the Java platform, recently laid out details for two alternatives for the next Java release. Plans have obviously been changed somewhat due to Oracle buying out Sun, and as a result there will not be a Java 7 release this year.
Here’s the options:
Plan A: JDK 7 (as currently defined) Mid 2012
Plan B: JDK 7 (minus Lambda, Jigsaw, and part of Coin) Mid 2011
JDK 8 (Lambda, Jigsaw, the rest of Coin, ++) Late 2012
Reinhold confirmed in his blog recently that the next release will be according to Plan B.
Android based devices according to Gartner are neck and neck with Apple’s iOS based devices in market share. But by next year, Gartner predicts Android will surge ahead. More info here.