Comments on: Why Windows Phone 7 Will Fail

By: rob

rob — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:53:18 +0000

I have the HTC arrive and its just terrible it can’t do anything

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:57:46 +0000

Completely agree regarding developer support. I don’t know who is in their marketing team for mobile devices. But it looks to me they hired bunch of rednecks who’re thinking like “HOWDY! LET’S START TO MAKE MONEY, PARTNER!”. What the fuck were they thinking about when they made developers to PAY for free applications!? The free apps that would promote and move this platform forward! Nope, you have to develop the application, you have to meet the requirements, you have to fuck your brain on thinking how to avoid platform limitations during implementation and at THE END … YOU HAVE TO PAY $20 … for possibility to upload your free up (with no ads) to marketplace! And of course you have to pay for each update of your application.

I remember the Rob Miles were bullshiting that each developer will be able to upload 5 apps for free. 5 apps, my ass! 5 submissions, each time you submit new app or submit update for your app – that counts! Once you made 5 submission be prepared to pay to be able to do more! I made 2 updates for 1 app (3 submissions), now I made 1 update for second app (+2 more submissions) = 5 submissions, and to make new update now I have to pay 20$.

In Samsung they have reduced Win Mobile support dramatically. Koreans realized this Phone is for retards and moved lots of developers from Windows Phone to Android platform dev. team. Hope LG will do the same shit soon.

By: terry treakle

terry treakle — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:31:46 +0000

there lots of reasons why windows phone 7 will fail and one more reason and its a big one for me and maybe not for everyone but the built in Zune player will not support the streaming of mms,asx or asf files and that is what i primarily use a smartphone for so i will just hang on to my old windows mobile 6.1 lg incite phone for that very reaon

By: kabeer

kabeer — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:35:31 +0000

microsoft has a tradition of entering into new markets at a very later stage and simply copy technologies from other major players.

this is exactly what they did in 1980s during the initial stages of PC era,
and in 1990s during the evolution of internet and now in the mobile era.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:05:37 +0000

The working, reliable alarm clock absolutely amazed me when I went from Windows Mobile to my iPhone.

– B

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:22:53 +0000

It’s incredible… in the time Microsoft did nothing, Google created an ENTIRE mobile OS that blows away everything else out there.

By: KrAzE

KrAzE — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:16:03 +0000

Yup, and I moved to android, which I thought I would never do. I am so glad I did. Pressing OK once to install an app without an issue is amazing.

I do still miss my close button.