About 18 months ago, Microsoft launched the controversial Windows genuine Advantage tool, a piece of software that checks computer systems to see if users are operating genuine, licensed software.
He points out, legitimately, that many phones using Microsoft Mobile software have long had both GPS and 3g, and have always tied into corporate computer systems.
Microsoft has been taking stabs at tablet PCs over the last decade. The company failed at its attempts to effectively adapt the Windows desktop, Start menu and all, to touchscreens.