Michael Gartenberg Devices Quotations

The problem was that the devices weren't very good, the screens were terrible, the prices were too high and there was a terrible selection of content.

This is not such a watershed moment for Microsoft, but another step in a process that's been years in the making to get the right devices and the right partnerships out there and demonstrate to the market that this is a viable platform for these types of large scale projects. Typically what you do see in situations like this is that success breeds success.

The core trend is we're seeing high-speed wireless access integrated directly into the devices rather than requiring an add-on card.