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By: Are Nokia And Microsoft Hoping Two Wrongs Make A Right?: Mobile Technology News «

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:11:23 +0000

[...] problems Windows Phone 7 has (and critics say it has plenty) at least it is out there. In the short term, it means Nokia can get some smartphone devices in the [...]

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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:11:54 +0000

[...] and if it takes off — a big “if” at this point, based on limited sales data and comments from LG’s mobile division — HTC is well positioned to become less reliant on Android. That could help bring customers [...]

By: meyer

meyer — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:32:01 +0000

LG makes what amounts to the “generic” Windows Phone. That is, they didn’t bring anything interesting to the table as did each of the other models. Yet all phones were sold at the same price, so it is no surprise that LG is less than satisfied. They should have been the budget option.

By: William C Bonner

William C Bonner — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:13:13 +0000

I like WP7. I can easily imagine that LG doesn’t see it’s launch being successful because the carriers don’t seem to be pushing LG’s phones.

The only WP7 phone I’ve seen with T-Mobile is the HTC HD7. (I’m currently on T-Mobile.)

I’ve seen the Samsung Focus as the premier phone on AT&T, and a couple of other phones that don’t seem to stand out. I think that’s the real problem for LG, their hardware doesn’t seem special, and the end user pricing is the same as the other hardware.

By: Upside Down

Upside Down — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:41:02 +0000

Sorry but this phone has been a sales disaster of epic proportion considering all the hundreds of millions Microsoft spent on advertising and marketing not to mention the money spent on development.

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By: Lucian Armasu

Lucian Armasu — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:57:07 +0000

I’d much rather see manufacturers adopt another open source and free OS like Meego, than Microsoft’s proprietary OS where they set all the rules and slow down their products’ cycles.

Plus, Meego would compete much better with Android on all levels and in all types of devices, not just phones.

By: Fotis

Fotis — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:55:10 +0000

Completely agree that MSFT will be clearly behind iOS and Android for some time. But Microsoft has proven to be quite good at playing the long-term game in the past and given that Android and iOS have such a lead, WP7 results so far look promising.

By: Bob Shaw

Bob Shaw — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:52:11 +0000

There is a lot of opportunity for growth in smart phones and there is room for Microsoft with Windows OS and HP with WebOS. On the computing side, smart phones with docking stations along with tablets will start cannibalizing the sales of Netbooks, Laptops and PCs. Also smart phones at present integrate atleast 10 different gadgets into it e.g. MP3 player, Timer, GPS, Camera etc. Thus cannibalizing the sales of these devices. In future it will integrate more such gadgets. Last but not the least, the potential to transition the users of 4 plus Billion dumb phones to smart phones. All in all there is tremendous growth in the smart phones expected in future and there is room for atleast 6 to 7 OSs each having some unique value proposition.

By: Tal

Tal — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:23:54 +0000

Sounds like WP7 is like the new Symbian. For the non-techy masses.
I can understand that …

For all else – MS has probably already lost. But who had ever bet on them. Early sighting were very obvious how the platform is not going to be mature in such a short time. And in this business you don’t have catch-up time.