Having had the opportunity to play with a WM7 device at TechEd I have to say, it is very cool. The last time anyone did anything truly revolutionary in the mobile market was the original iPhone. Most every mobile device to hit the market since then has sought to "kill" or copy the iPhone. Even Google is guilty of this. While yes, Android is a nice OS, Apple set the precedent and Google has only worked to improve on an existing design rather than create anything truly unique. Whether WM7 will be met with success when it comes to market is truly anyone's guess. But what Microsoft has tried to do is revolutionize the platform itself and I commend them for that. Too often, I think, people see the current incarnation of MS as the same MS that has been around for decades and assume that the company is incapable of changing or growing. I work with MS tech on a daily basis and this simply isn't true. Personally, I am very optimistic and I can't wait to get own a WM7 device.
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Having had the opportunity to play with a WM7 device at TechEd I have to say, it is very cool. The last time anyone did anything truly revolutionary in the mobile market was the original iPhone. Most every mobile device to hit the market since then has sought to "kill" or copy the iPhone. Even Google is guilty of this. While yes, Android is a nice OS, Apple set the precedent and Google has only worked to improve on an existing design rather than create anything truly unique. Whether WM7 will be met with success when it comes to market is truly anyone's guess. But what Microsoft has tried to do is revolutionize the platform itself and I commend them for that. Too often, I think, people see the current incarnation of MS as the same MS that has been around for decades and assume that the company is incapable of changing or growing. I work with MS tech on a daily basis and this simply isn't true. Personally, I am very optimistic and I can't wait to get own a WM7 device.