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Dropping it completely would be too much of a loss of face I think, unless their losses by that point demanded a more positive "retreat to advance" kind of move.. what I do suspect is that WM7 will end up being so different to 6.x that it may as well be a whole different OS, and there'll be very little compatibility between the two. It's rumoured that 6.5 will just carry on for a while at least as low-rent cousin to 7, but it'll obviously be 7 (and handsets based on it) that get the major iPhone-bothering marketing push.
I still think MS would do better to develop their own phones as Apple are doing, and let HTC and the rest get on with Android. An updated Windows Mobile that was actually properly matched with custom hardware for the job could still be a really great phone - it's the constant compromise with one OS being stretched across multiple platforms that kills it.
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Posted: 2009-08-24 11:40:01
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Thats a very interesting idea - a Microsft Phone, although comparisons with the Zune would be unflattering to say the least. Surely such a phone would be targeted towards a Palm or RIM business user rather than a general user?
Then again, replace the Zune with a multimedia based touchscreen phone utilising Windows Media Player, Office 2010 Mobile and a version of Bing which searches the phone and brings all your social networking together, it may just work...
Such a device if integrated with cloud services like Mesh would be great for students too.
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Posted: 2009-08-25 09:21:33
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it's too late to quit now. ms should've done it in 1990's when the first touchscreen handheld os hit the market..
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Posted: 2009-08-26 07:52:00
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On 2009-08-25 09:21:33, carkitter wrote:
Thats a very interesting idea - a Microsft Phone...
And they can call it Microfone. I can already imagine the tagline - 'The Microfone...a microfone unlike any other' lol. Maybe they should throw a mic function in as a real feature
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Posted: 2009-09-04 02:09:09
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microsoft does not have any shortage of money to quit.. Especially since they have just become serious with windows phone.
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Posted: 2009-09-04 05:21:09
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On 2009-09-04 05:21:09, djin wrote:
microsoft does not have any shortage of money to quit.. Especially since they have just become serious with windows phone.
I Agree, certain reasons for a copany to quit a certain business is when they can no longer afford to fund the development of their product. Besides, Its too early to say they will quit within 2 years especially when they are cooking for something pretty interesting, let's wait until they released both 6.5 and 7 and if those two fail to attract their targets then they lost the
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Posted: 2009-09-04 05:35:57
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biz week article referred to by the article quoted in this thread suggested uncertainty, possiblity.
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I expect Microsoft to realize this and exit the mobile operating system market within the next two years.
i guess it's not proper to reason using such an argument, especially in journalistic
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Posted: 2009-09-14 07:52:00
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sorry guys but Microsoft is allready planing Windows mobile 8
http://www.engadgetmobile.com[....]-have-been-out-like-yesterday/
that's what Ballmer means when he says "this will not happen again."
[ This Message was edited by: XPHCTOC on 2009-09-27 19:54 ]
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Posted: 2009-09-25 18:55:37
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its depending how works windows 7 mobile
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Posted: 2010-04-18 12:09:54
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kyn 1 and 2 anyone?
theyll be around for awhile
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Posted: 2010-05-31 09:40:44
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