Frank Bitterlich

I wonder what brand of dictionary the folks over in Redmond are using. But until now, the word “stable” had a pretty well-defined meaning for me. Not so any more… This is a quote from Simon Aldous, manager with the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Ltd. (UK):

One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use. What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics. We’ve significantly improved the graphical user interface, but it’s built on that very stable core Vista technology, which is far more stable than the current Mac platform, for instance.

(Emphasis added by me)

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According to a press statement by T-Mobile, the rumors for once had it right: T-Mobile has been chosen by Apple as the exclusive iPhone service provider in Germany.

They will start punting the device in Germany starting on November 9th. As is the case in the UK, there will be not special UMTS-enabled version of the iPhone for Germany, so you have to put up with roughly 220 kbps on the EDGE network (“Almost four times the speed of ISDN”, according to T-Mobile. Wow.) But unlike O2 in the UK, at least T-Mobile has almost full EDGE coverage in Germany. I wouldn’t want to fall back on GPRS.

There are no announcements yet on the tariff plans, as far as I know. Please let me know if I’m wrong on that.