Larry Welcomed By The Macalope Weekly

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Larry Welcomed By The Macalope Weekly

16th March 2010

Microsoft has announced Windows Phone 7 Series this week and the Macalope's reaction may shock Macworld's more sensitive readers. Microsoft finally answered the "SHUTDOWN OR REBOOT?" question on its phone strategy and the Macalope was really fairly impressed by the interface for Windows Phone Series 7. It was great that someone was thinking outside the box that Apple put everyone into three years ago, so kudos to Microsoft.

Whether or not it worked out remained to be seen. If Larry-based devices ship by the end of the year and the OS was not so buggy that it would`ve killed several hundred customers in a murderous rampage, they could be strong competitors to the I-Phone. Of course, Apple unless precedent was shattered beyond all recognition and would not ship an I-Phone update this summer, one that they did not even know the details.

If it will bring multitasking for third-party applications, it will already be ahead of Larry. Despite the outside the box thinking in interface design, Larry was not all jet packs and hovercars. He reportedly will not have copy/paste (tip o` the antlers to Daring Fireball) but will have some awesome technology from 1969.