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This article gives me a bit of melancholy.

Even though I have this feeling, we can't blame them. They can't get stuck in the past. Hence we got these Xperia devices.

"...but we made a decision not to bring a product to market in the first wave."

I hope that when you decide to get onto the WP7 train, it won't be too late. AND don't use old technology.
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Posted: 2011-01-18 19:11:34
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That's great news, they must just stick to one OS , and make their Androids as unique and great to use as possible.
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Posted: 2011-01-18 19:21:44
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But it wouldn't be good if they stick just to one's os.
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Posted: 2011-01-18 19:23:34
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But that means great support for it.
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Posted: 2011-01-18 20:18:43
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True. But they should not forget theirs. There are people who don't like Android yet.
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Posted: 2011-01-18 21:50:00
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Like I said too there is still the market & people who want the 'normal' phones. All manufacturers should see there is still that small gap in the market where people want non touch based or non smart phones with buttons or maybe a combination of both. They should not be putting all their eggs into one basket so to speak. Their older A2 phones like w995 for example were big sellers. Like Nokia it still has Symbian & S40. Not good just to stick to one OS that is not even their own. But it still is good that they look to improve on their Android range.
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Posted: 2011-01-18 22:09:10
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SE needs, probably more than most other companies, to jump on the Android bandwagon right now, which it should do with all its resources.

Android as an OS is currently growing three times as fast as any other OS and SE needs to take this opportunity to build back up it's reputation and market share while the stupendous growth of Android is happening.

I wouldn't expect many other phones with an OS other than Android for a while to come yet.
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Posted: 2011-01-18 22:28:29
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Se does need android..without a doubt. Its guarenteed money. Although they wont be gettin mine until a few handsets in and i see what they put ontop..if anything.
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Posted: 2011-01-18 22:35:00
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I'm with tranced on this one, sticking with one OS is dangerous IMO.

If I were them I would allocate 80 percent of my resources on Android, 10 on Windows phone and 10 on the A-platform.

Now that they have experience with Android and have come up with a very, very good phone in the Arc it shouldn't be a problem to easily produce many quality Android phone with great support.

What held them back was the dull Symbian S60 or SF3 if you prefer, now that that is out of the way they can really make some serious progress. Windows won't be that demanding cause it is already 'prescribed' for them by Microsoft plus they could learn a few useful things on Windows that they could implement on their Android phones. It's a win-win situation.

A lot of the old people also want a hassle-free phone which is where their A-platform comes in. It is not only the old people but some young ones would buy such phones.

My concern is they are doing the age old mistake of putting their eggs into one basket, usually the end result isn't so great.

They need to test the waters and release just one Windows phone this year and see what happens. I know the OS isn't doing that well but with SE's design excellence they can bag a few euros/dollars.


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Posted: 2011-01-19 10:20:02
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The Aspen phones never really took off did it. That was Windows. Does anyone ever think that long into the future Android could become so popular and so common place it might become stagnant or boring? Just a thought.
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Posted: 2011-01-19 12:28:00
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