Thread: Microsoft to buy Skype
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cheve is offline cheve
2011-05-11 , 19:37
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Originally Posted by richwhite View Post
I agree that WP7 shouldn't be lacking the features it is, i'm hoping that Nokia will correct this though considering that it doesn't skimp on its own features.

You're absolutely right MS is trying to buy its way in, it has always bullied its way to the top - but what's the competition anyway? Apple takes existing stuff, claims it as its own and then sells, the iPhone isn't popular on tech merit but image and advertising. Google is flooding the market making it hard not to buy an Android - I went to Best Buy the other day and of 15 phones, 13 were Android and 1 was iPhone and 1 WP7.

I don't really agree with MS monopolising the tech industry, but specifically from a consumer standpoint I can see the attraction of the ecosystem - having Skype work on XBox? Very nice. There is plenty of tech merit going for WP7, and having used all 3, i would take it over Android or iOS any day of the week - and that's just with the first update.
Did not know that there is Best Buy in the Queen's country

Anyway, I think Google was able to 'flood' the market because of the total cost of entry(for the handset developer) is relative low; most likely better terms(ie. vs. business agreement or terms with MS) and it is more 'free' and open(one would argue the degree of 'freedom' and 'openness'; but it is definitely way better than MS).

For Apple, we should give credit where they have packaged everything together to build a well polish, easy-to-use, close to fool-proof product. It is true that they are NOT the first to create a tablet/smartphone; but theirs ixxx were the most user/consumer-friendly at the time of introduction. One may not like the 'closed' nature of the platform and paying-for-everything nature of it. Customers like what they see and that is the end of the story. It true that there are lots of marketing and etc to help to establish the image and all. But as the saying goes: if it were a pig, putting lips-stick on it would not change the picture. Apple's ixxxx are by no means pigs.

I don't think Nokia has much saying in what WP7 can or can't do. They would just make their handset to work with WP7; there would be some minor adjustment here and there. In my view, MS is essentially the master of this Nokia-MS relationship; not the other way around(ie. money flows from MS to Nokia). You would bet that with most suggestions make by Nokia to the O/S group in MS, it will be resisted/looked down or dismissed out right whether there is merit or not. Have you ever trying to tell your boss that s/he is wrong

Cheers,
Last edited by cheve; 2011-05-11 at 19:41.