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Earlier this month, Telstra reached a deal with NBN Co regarding its involvement in the national broadband network being rolled out by the federal government.  In a nutshell the Financial Heads of Agreement deal will see Telstra decommission their network and move their voice and broadband services to the NBN Co network as it is rolled out.  Telstra will go from being a competitor of NBN Co to being their biggest customer.

So, what does this mean to you as a Telstra customer or a customer of another telco? 

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The new HD2 Windows phone from HTC is now available and it looks like a real competitor to the iPhone. 

Windows Mobile has suffered in recent times in comparison with the business features of Blackberry devices and the usability of the iPhone.  Windows Mobile 6.5 addressed some of those issues, but seemed to have missed the boat through delays in its release.  The HD2 may get some momentum going back Microsoft’s way with its very impressive-looking hardware specs.

The most notable thing about the HD2 is its huge screen – 4.3 inches.  It is a capacitive multi-touch screen, too (think iPhone), which is a vast improvement on HTC’s previous resistive screens.  The drawback may still be the phone’s operating system, with Windows Mobile having a reputation for being buggy, something to which I can attest from personal experience.

There is a pretty thorough review of the HD2 here.  It certainly looks like a device worth checking out if you are in the market for a smartphone.

The next version of Microsoft Exchange, according to rumour, will officially be called Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.  The name may be underwhelming, but some of the rumours regarding features are quite interesting.

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I have been having a look recently at a Unified Communications product called Unison (www.unison.com).  Unified Communications is about unifying various communication methods, such as e-mail, instant messaging and phone calls, into one product.  Probably the best known example is Microsoft Unified Communications, though they certainly were not the first.

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