Thread: Eldar and others: Nokia and Microsoft Discussing WP7
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-12-21 , 14:46
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Originally Posted by ndi View Post
I have no idea why you think that dealing with MS would get you dragged and shot. MS is not going to tell Nokia how to make phones, if they do they both lose. What do you base your "Windows powered by Nokia" premise?
Microsoft have placed very strict requirements on the design for WM7 phones, leaving the manufacturers with very little room for customisation, so yes, MS would be telling Nokia how to make phones.

Originally Posted by ndi View Post
"Why would you preach the "benefits" of what essentially iOS with a Microsoft face to a bunch of people who came here because of what Maemo is and is not relative to that OS?"

People are here because of N900(800, 700). I don't think the majority of N900 users bought Linux. I didn't for one. I bought a Nokia, then an ARM device with an OS. But with no real data, the point is moot.

Still, saying that Windows is Apple basically is not only narrow sighted, but ignores many figures. Apple may be big in mobile now, because market is very young and they have a polished OS. It's way too soon to tell. If anything, the PC market is where this is going. Plus, as soon as X86 is available in poket form I'm out of this transitional mess.
I think his point is that WM7 is copying an awful lot from iOS - walled garden, limited interfaces for 3rd party applications, no multitasking, etc. Those limitations are why many people have dismissed the iPhone as an option.

Originally Posted by ndi View Post
Oh and, "in the past 14 years" Maemo has abandoned every single edition of their OS and broke backwards compatibility. Might I add it's the only OS on this list that did that. Windows can still run apps from 14 years ago, no recompile. In fact, it can run just about anything ever written for Windows, plus a few old ones for OS/2.
Well, WM7 breaks all backward compatibility. I'd certainly agree with you that backward compatibility has been Microsoft's strong point - the downside is that it's left a horrendously complicated OS stuffed with legacy code which nobody understands.