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Microsoft Convinced That Windows 10 Will Be Its Smartphone Breakthrough
jfruh (300774) writes At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, handset manufacturers are making all the right noises about support for Windows 10, which will run on both ARM- and Intel-based phones and provide an experience very much like the desktop. But much of the same buzz surrounded Windows 8 and Windows 7 Phone. In fact, Microsoft has tried and repeatedly failed to take the mobile space by storm.
More than enough reasons to keep Win 10 off my desktop
Apple is just ... Apple.
Apple: the 800 Lb niche player...
I wish I had a good sig, but all the good ones are copyrighted
there are a lot of companies that like sticking it to Microsoft.
Gee, I wonder why.
I wish I had a good sig, but all the good ones are copyrighted
Microsoft has to prove that they won't mess up the smartphone like they did with the desktop. Consumers who use Windows do so because they have to not because they want to. Microsoft never was able to get a strong foothold in the mobile market, because there was too much bad feeling about having to use Windows on their PC. With the problems that were prevalent during the mid-late 1990's still sticks in people head.
Blackberry biggest mistake was not being more developer friendly. Once apple allowed for custom Apps, and Exchange compatibility, that started to put a nail in blackberry dominance.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
How many models of phone does Microsoft make? Add to that, how many models of phones are available from other manufacturers running the Windows Phone OS?
How many models of phone does Apple make?
I don't think Microsoft is losing in the mobile space because of giving customers too few options.
Unless you think it's fun to play. Idle daydreaming about what you'd do if you won; the excitement as the numbers are called; the rollercoaster of emotion as you realize you may win - no you won't - oh but you did get a small price.
It's only stupid if you see it as an investment. See it as entertainment and it's no more dumb than paying to watch a movie.
Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
Oh I see, you're one of those. Well just so you know:
- Most people who work on Wall Street identify as liberal and/or democrat.
- If you make over USD $42,000 per year, you are among the world's top 1% of income earners.
- Not even 1% of New York actually demonstrated at Wall Street as over 99% of them had better things to do.
- Most people who attended OWS are among the world's wealthiest 1% just measured by the mere fact that they live in a residence in New York City, and even if they had no income at the time. And among other things, some of them were complaining about iPads getting stolen while they were there.
- Most importantly, nothing is more greedy than living among the world's wealthiest 1% and also believing that you somehow deserve to have more than you already have.
Who are the psychopaths now?