Damned if you do, damned if you don't. MS made the right decision here, WM 6.x series was horrid and should have been taken out back and shot years ago. This isn't to say the new completely new WM will be better, but lets face it, it can't be much worse. As far as leaving users high and dry, most people if they desire can replace their phones ever two years at minimal cost, so there will be some lag for some users getting on board. The next decision MS has to make hopefully will also be the right one...as in don't have 15 different versions of your phone OS as as you did with the previous phone OS, keep it simple and straight. I believe I read MS already fuxored this one up and is in fact releasing several versions of WM 7.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:21 PM, tjpa <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 18, 2010, at 5:51 PM, rleesimon wrote: > >> I think there are quite a few articles recently portraying a micro$oft >> smartfone push with a zunelike interface on the horizon ...I think apple has >> lotsa flare with its latest foray into ifone/ipad etc. but it is not a good >> idea, imho, to ignore m$ (the sleeping giant) with the longstanding >> windowsCE/PocketPC/WindowsMobile project ...I just bought my first new fone >> since 2004 in late 2009 and it was a windowsMobile6.1 motorola which works >> great and is easy to use and a pleasure to carry as it does everything I >> want >> > > I'm glad to know you are happy, but you have been left high and dry by M$. > The 7 product is very different from what you have and there is no upgrade > path. It is unlikely that many developers will invest any more of their time > on software for your phone. The best you can hope for is a bug patch or two > before you go unsupported. > > In even worse shape are the vendors who are presently rolling out phones > based on the 6.5 version. If they don't offer them at fire sale prices I > doubt they will be able to sell them at all. I expect they will be taking a > bath on this. It is enough to make one question the wisdom of teaming up > with M$. > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
