Trying to wrap my head around the idea of Windows Phone phones as an anti-consumerist philosophical statement. Could you elaborate a little? I'm a little slow this morning.
The rabies seems to have spread to the entire rest of the planet, too. 98 percent of smartphone buyers seem to "irrationally" not want Windows Phone phones whether they're slashdotters or not and despite the glowing reviews and spontaneous euphoria it induces in blog post commenters.
I'm a big slashdot fan, but it's not that influential.
The iPhone proved a hugely popular choice and the smartphone started to boom. Established players Palm, Nokia, RIM, Motorola Mobility, Samsung, HTC and LG faced a difficult choice as they clearly needed a new winner. Palm made the wrong choice to go their own way and imploded. Nokia went their own way and suffered but survived on momentum. RIM continued to go their own way, confident their customers were committed due to the nature of their offering. When Windows phone came out, almost all the survivors hedged their bets with it but RIM persisted in continuing to go their own way and imploded. When Windows Phone proved an unpopular choice most of the survivors kept it as a hedge but emphasized their alternative, but for some reason Nokia bet the farm on it and imploded.
- History of Smartphone Economics, 2009-2012.
"If you bet the farm often enough eventually you win a factory job."
The only thing that disappoints me about Steve Ballmer's leadership is that it didn't begin five years sooner, so he could mark XP with his scent as well. I hope they keep him a long time.
Android's install base didn't come equal to iOS's until early this afternoon.
But they're both great, and if you develop for both your installed base target is over 800 million and adding over a million every day. That is where the easiest money is at.
Why would you start a project and not finish it? Because that's the only way to explain these numbers. Why not run the article as "More iOS developers abandon their projects uncompleted"?
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Ah, more unbiased coverage from "Windows Mobile Power User - The Largest Independent Windows Phone Community."
I would comment in the article, but I've been banhammered. They don't like dissonance over there. People say /. has group think...
Trying to wrap my head around the idea of Windows Phone phones as an anti-consumerist philosophical statement. Could you elaborate a little? I'm a little slow this morning.
It's actually pretty simple. It's the same as Oracle's, both derived from the simplified IRS tax form 0:
1. How much money do you have? _____
2. Send it in.
Once you see how wonderfully helpful these tiles are on your desktop and server, you'll get used to them. Or not.
We like progress.
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The rabies seems to have spread to the entire rest of the planet, too. 98 percent of smartphone buyers seem to "irrationally" not want Windows Phone phones whether they're slashdotters or not and despite the glowing reviews and spontaneous euphoria it induces in blog post commenters.
I'm a big slashdot fan, but it's not that influential.
Nokia's seems to be to serve as a warning to others.
I wonder if they don't already have that.
Somebody else still might offer "0 percent corporate tax base for 10 years, and for $1 a 99 year lease on an abandoned military base."
The iPhone proved a hugely popular choice and the smartphone started to boom. Established players Palm, Nokia, RIM, Motorola Mobility, Samsung, HTC and LG faced a difficult choice as they clearly needed a new winner. Palm made the wrong choice to go their own way and imploded. Nokia went their own way and suffered but survived on momentum. RIM continued to go their own way, confident their customers were committed due to the nature of their offering. When Windows phone came out, almost all the survivors hedged their bets with it but RIM persisted in continuing to go their own way and imploded. When Windows Phone proved an unpopular choice most of the survivors kept it as a hedge but emphasized their alternative, but for some reason Nokia bet the farm on it and imploded.
- History of Smartphone Economics, 2009-2012.
"If you bet the farm often enough eventually you win a factory job."
- Anonymous
^ pardon me, I believe you dropped this.
Yes, the strategy does seem to be to find a way to be crushed between Android on the low end and Apple on the high. I believe they can achieve it.
I prefer "Domain controller with integrated Facebook and Twitter". Those are the key features we've been missing all along.
When Vista launched there was no heir apparent. Now there are two.
The only thing that disappoints me about Steve Ballmer's leadership is that it didn't begin five years sooner, so he could mark XP with his scent as well. I hope they keep him a long time.
Shhh. You might scare it away.
Android's install base didn't come equal to iOS's until early this afternoon.
But they're both great, and if you develop for both your installed base target is over 800 million and adding over a million every day. That is where the easiest money is at.
Why would you start a project and not finish it? Because that's the only way to explain these numbers. Why not run the article as "More iOS developers abandon their projects uncompleted"?
Why would you even want to do that?
Because making their phones is unprofitable, and they can't expect others to keep doing it voluntarily forever?
When Nokia moved their US headquarters to Santa Clara they used leased, not purchased space.
Samsung needs the patents for defensive purposes against Microsoft. If they're already licensed to Microsoft they have no value for that purpose.
That whole cloning all their products thing, that's just friendly competition.
http://www.asymco.com/2011/02/11/in-memoriam-microsofts-previous-strategic-mobile-partners/
And other billionaires have stepped up. Amounting to a vast amount of giving.