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don_falcone is offline don_falcone
2011-07-26 , 07:42
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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
In fact, I bet that it will drop their core share to something half of what it is today in just 1 year - that's called speculation, not fact. Mainly because Zune Marketplace isn't even in most of those places, so that means content isn't there. Now that ecosystem is starting to lack some bite - Microsoft's that is. They're finally testing in Australia now for WP7.
Yeay, if you have to rely on an 'ecosystem' but the handcuffs, err, ecosystem is not available in your country, you're fooked big time. (It's a bit the same with being forced to buy software in € than in $ based on your IP address - $49.95 is way better than 49.95€... hello Agnitum!)

Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Bada has more exposure to more countries than WP7. And I'd call Bada a niche player.
Second that. Besides being not an OS with a clean architecture, it's more 'acceptable' regarding features and usage than WinMobile/WP by magnitudes.

Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
I have a WP7 phone. Right now. Let me tell you this... it ain't ready for primetime. I've also played with build 7661 of Mango. Allow me to say that it brings some nice things to the table; still not ready for primetime.
Support Mango ringtone changes in any way? I could not believe that they * omitted such a feature that we are used to since, i dunno 2000? until i had the "honor" trying to 'fix' this on an HTC Mozart yesterday. After 4hrs i gave up trying to root it for installing custom ringtone changer. Not mentioning having to depend on crappy Zune sw too...

* They sell ringtones via Zune market, but read the bottom note on this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphon...nd-sounds.aspx
Last edited by don_falcone; 2011-07-26 at 07:45.