Thread: So, seems like Nokia still has some pull , MS mobile app increased 300% as per this
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gerbick
2011-06-25 , 01:56
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Originally Posted by uppercase View Post
I know the steps. I have taken some of them
Glad you know them... next time you shouldn't ask questions you already know the answer to.

What we are not going to agree on, is what consumer friendly means. You say an ecosystem is required to make that happen. I respectfully disagree.
Again, wrong. I personally don't care for what they sell as an ecosystem. Think about it this way... I'm here at TMO, formerly ITT. I've been here for almost 4 years and 3 devices that had no real ecosystem. I got my own content.

I personally do not need that. Nor do I want it. Give me VLC for my videos, something to play my music on... and I'm golden.

But for a "consumer friendly" phone - now I have to think outside of my own needs, my own abilities, my own wants and my own workflow... I suggest you do the same for just one moment - then you'll see how an "ecosystem" all of a sudden is important because the average consumer doesn't know a *.mkv file from a *.csv file.

We here at TMO do.

I am not a market expert, can't tell if am right on this, but I think a phone with good basic applications can survive without the almighty ecosystem.
In 2007, yes. In 2011, no.

Just give that phone half of a chance please, don't announce something similar with windows on it two days later.
Totally agree there. It was way too calculated timing-wise to be an accident. I haven't seen an undercut like that in ages. Harmattan basically got screwed.