Do we really have an obsession with a new administration’s first 100 days in office? Or are people in the media guilty of making a mountain out of something so insignificant it would not even merit being called a molehill?

What I do remember was that a new president’s first 100 days in the house near the Pasig river were supposed to be a honeymoon period; that is, media commentators and critics would be holding their tounges and their acerbic commentaries on hold. Until the 101st day, that is.

Today, however, some groups and quarters could hardly wait to start bashing and slashing this young administration.
 
Windows Phone 7

Last week, Microsoft stopped playing coy and finally unveiled what everybody else already knew. The software giant, together with a number of mobile phone vendors and telecommunication carriers, launched the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system.

A good number of WP7-running smartphones were also launched. While majority of commentators and observers had kudos and positive mentions for the new mobile OS, there were also some bashing. After the Verizon Wireless CEO’s assertion that Windows Phone 7 was not innovative and leading edge enough for his taste, along comes Google vice president of engineering, Andy Rubin, saying that “the world doesn’t need another platform.”

Of course, Rubin lacks credibility as far as determining whether consumers could use another mobile platform or not. After all, it is expected of him to disparage anything that could work against his masters at the online search giant and their favorite mobile operating system, the Android.

This corner believes that in addition to some lessons in humility, the Google engineer needs to be reminded that even his company’s mobile OS is found lacking in several aspects. The Android is a work in progress, after all.

As far as I am concerned, there is always room for one more mobile OS. The more players there are, the better for consumers who now have more options.

You do not have to be an engineer to know that.
 
Asia Gets WP7

More Windows Phone 7 news: Microsoft plans to launch WP7 in Singapore and nine other Asian countries within the next six months. Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand get first tabs at WP7 devices starting on October 21, according to Natasha Kwan, Microsoft’s general manager for mobile communications business.

No mention was made of when Pinoy mobile phone lovers get their hands on those WP7 smartphones.

Local Bill Gates fans, meanwhile, can start bugging their U.S.-based relatives.

That’s all for the meantime, folks. Join me again next time as we keep on watching IT.