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Microsoft Should Dump Middlemen, Build Own Phones

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-do-it-myself dept.

suraj.sun writes "Microsoft has a long and illustrious history of operating system sales. The model has served the company well on the PC, but if it wants to make money in the phone market, it needs to start thinking like a consumer electronics company and start making its own phones."

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  1. Much like Hyper-V... by gimmebeer · · Score: 1, Informative

    ...they're too far behind to be viable in this market. Just give it up and stick with servers MS.

  2. Re:Hasn't Microsoft just done this with the Kin... by msauve · · Score: 5, Informative
    Yes, but they should still do it because Peter Bright, the author of the article, is a multi-multi-billionaire who made his money in consumer electronics. Wait, that not right, his bio tells us:

    Peter Bright dropped out of university after about five minutes to work as a programmer. He now lives in London, where he enjoys trolling, reading 4chan, gorging on burritos, and musing about the future of Microsoft.

    So, never mind. He's just another Internet person with an opinion which isn't backed up by either knowledge or experience.

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  3. Re:Eh... by mdwh2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is a good point - the whole so-called "feature phones" (which are still "smart" in the traditional sense, in that they run apps, allow Internet access, but don't get counted as such) seems to be completely forgotten among geeks, but they sell far more than the higher end phones. (It's an anomaly why the walled garden Iphone got counted in the smart phone category instead of feature phone in the first place.)

    It's sad to see more platforms going for a locked down single-tasking model. But it's funny to see people criticising Microsoft whilst excusing Apple; and it's also clear that in the market for locked down phones, there's room for many companies (including those selling a lot more than Apple).

  4. Re:Eh... by Pojut · · Score: 2, Informative

    ..you do know that all currently WinMo applications will not work with Windows Phone 7, right?

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  5. Re:Hasn't Microsoft just done this with the Kin... by stephanruby · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story/