Ok, so I'm not saying that MS have made the right decision here but.... at some point they needed to make a transition. Part of the issue is that the future is in WinRT and Multi-core support, both of which WP7.x doesn't have. It's a question of prioritisation and time to deliver - does it make sense to ensure forward migration of existing devices with potentially no new features for WP8, or does it make sense for WP to catch up and perhaps even overtake competitors in terms of device capabilities?
Reality check: Android is dominating the market. Android has possibly the worst upgrade story possible. Is the Apple model of ensuring upgrades the best/only path? Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Microsoft MVP - Windows Phone Development | +61 412 413 425 | @btroam The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Built to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 2:03 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced Seriously ? Is that the new Microsoft policy, just dump old customers ? I see they said 18 months of updates in regards to windows 8. For me, I see Windows Phone as something that's evolving, and thought, and expected it, just like the iphone does, bring customers along with them, not just abandon them every three years or so (well last time it was three years ago) The sad part is I can't honestly tell people they should buy a windows phone today. And it's a paint to have to tell them, yes last week when I said to buy a windows phone that was all we knew, now we know your phone will be obsolete come September. |-----Original Message----- |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- |[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Kean |Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 1:45 PM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |I don't why the unhappiness, clearly you were happy with the device |when you |bought it, why do you care that a newer device sometime in the future |is coming |out? | |-----Original Message----- |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- |[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:48 PM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |Now I'm really grumpy... My lumia 800 isn't that old, but now |apparently it is :( | | ||-----Original Message----- ||From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- ||[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Burela ||Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 4:52 AM ||To: ozDotNet ||Subject: Windows Phone 8 announced || ||For anyone interested, I put my rough notes online of the Windows ||Phone ||8 announcement. || ||http://bit.ly/MrWEze ||Some highlights: || ||* Shared core between Windows 8 & Windows Phone 8. ||* New user definable tile sizes (like Windows 8). Can now have 1/4 |sized ||mini tiles to give it more flavour. ||* A new "company hub" that corporate IT can display apps and deploy |from ||their internal servers. ||* Support for new high resolution screens (720p) ||* Existing device aren't upgradeable to 8.0, but existing devices will |get a ||7.8 update that will give some of the features, such as the new tiles. || ||http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/my-notes-from-the-windows- ||phone-8-announcement/ || ||-David Burela ||Regional Technical Evangelist ||Infragistics | | | | |
