Windows posted a Tweet saying that they decided to drop the "Series." Now it's just "Windows Phone 7"! I'm sure no one is complaining.
http://twitter.com/windowsphone/status/11493142530
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/windows-phone-7-is-the-new-name-series-gets-voted-off-island/
Still sounds awful, though.
Imagine you tell a friend "I have a Windows Phone 7 phone".
Oh yeah, I still don't like it. I'll probably end up calling it Winmo 7 anyway.
Too bad it isn't WinMo7...
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Still sounds awful, though.
Imagine you tell a friend "I have a Windows Phone 7 phone".
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just as retarded as I have an iphone phone.
No, cause then you would just say "I have an iPhone 3GS."
But you can't say "I have a Windows Phone 7".
You could say "I have a Windows Phone", but that doesn't tell enough, caose WM6.5 is very different from WP7. Thus, you would have to say "I have a Windows Phone 7 phone", which sounds ridiculous.
"I have an iPhone OS 3.1 phone" also sounds a lot better.
I've been calling it Windows Phone 7 so I like the name change. Honestly I think what they want you to say is I have a Windows Phone. Not including the rest. Or maybe you can say I have a Windows Phone 7 device?
Should have been like this from the beginning, in my opinion.
I like Winpho7
sounds vietnamese to me !!!
Kloc said:
I've been calling it Windows Phone 7 so I like the name change. Honestly I think what they want you to say is I have a Windows Phone. Not including the rest. Or maybe you can say I have a Windows Phone 7 device?
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I will still say which version I have. Cause WM6.5 is (or better, was) good, WP7 is crap.
I'm not going to say "I have a Windows Phone". Luckily, most likely, I won't have one anymore soon.
Well if it's a 6.5 or lower device. I'd say I have a Windows Mobile Phone anyway. Just cause they want to change it to Windows Phone Classic doesn't mean I will. So I assume Windows Phone as meaning Windows Phone 7 or greater.
Windows Phone also stands for Windows Mobile phone.
Bah, it's a mess! Shows how screwed up their mobile division is...
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Oh yeah, I still don't like it. I'll probably end up calling it Winmo 7 anyway.
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Please don't. I think we need to hold that name for the product we were all looking forward to but that didn't get released (CE 6.0 based WinMo).
Rob
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No, cause then you would just say "I have an iPhone 3GS."
But you can't say "I have a Windows Phone 7".
You could say "I have a Windows Phone", but that doesn't tell enough, caose WM6.5 is very different from WP7. Thus, you would have to say "I have a Windows Phone 7 phone", which sounds ridiculous.
"I have an iPhone OS 3.1 phone" also sounds a lot better.
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well, this isnt true for anything windows mobile/ phone.
the iphone is one. as in it's one hardware/ software setup. granted some of them are 3gs, some are 16 gb, some are 32, etc...
if you say you have a windows phone, what does that mean?
it could be a samsung "X" with windows phone 7 on it.
Or an HTC "X" with windows phone 7. you get my drift?
no other company makes the body for the iphone. the phone is its OS and the OS is the phone. which, in my opinion, sucks.
that's what I love about windows phone. i could still have a better phone than my neighbor even though its the same os.
i think?
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No, cause then you would just say "I have an iPhone 3GS."
But you can't say "I have a Windows Phone 7".
You could say "I have a Windows Phone", but that doesn't tell enough, caose WM6.5 is very different from WP7. Thus, you would have to say "I have a Windows Phone 7 phone", which sounds ridiculous.
"I have an iPhone OS 3.1 phone" also sounds a lot better.
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Or you could've said "I have a 7 Series Windows phone". Ah well.
Whats wrong with just calling it windows 7 phone?
Is that to easy
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Whats wrong with just calling it windows 7 phone?
Is that to easy
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"I have a Windows 7 Phone phone".
you have to say, i'm a prowd owner of a Microsoft Windows Phone 7 phone. But isn't it ironic that now the 'series' is left out, it even looks more like apple. apple also uses the word phone, and MS had to do the same! So it's more like wPhone?
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So there you have it: http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/...s+(ZDNet+All+Blogs)&utm_content=Google+Reader
Finally.
"Widnows Phone 7 phone" still sounds awful, though. And if you ask me, they should have named it "Windows Phone iPhone clone edition".
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So there you have it: http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/...s+(ZDNet+All+Blogs)&utm_content=Google+Reader
Finally.
"Widnows Phone 7 phone" still sounds awful, though. And if you ask me, they should have named it "Windows Phone iPhone clone edition".
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HOW DARE YOU?!
You forgot "FUGLY" and "Cheap-Ass" in the title.
Like so: "FUGLY Windows Phone Cheap-Ass iPhone Clone Edition".
There. Much closer to truth.
I actually changed the name of my WM blog some time ago in the same fashion. The Series Moniker IMHO just had to go.
Something else though: doesn;t this remind anyone of Palm / PalmSource in their worst days? Palm, PalmOne, Palm1, palm again and so on?
I'm glad to announce that come this Sunday when the Captivate drops on AT&T I will be done with windows mobile 6.XX for good. Being able to test out the Android OS on my Tilt 2 put the dagger in the heart of Windows Mobile for me. I was skeptical at first, but now I believe that the Android OS is far superior compared to any other mobile OS. I'm sure the developers are working hard on a 100% port, but I'm tossing the Tilt 2, all thanks to a tease. Anyone else in the same boat I am?
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Well, crap, I didn't even see the "Goodbye Rhodium" thread. My bad.
Hells yeah, unfortunately I'm on the sprint network so I have to wait a little bit more. The only reason I wanted to make android work on the TP2 was the size of the phone (I think the Evo is just a little to big for my taste) and the physical keyboard.
Dont feel bad. There are many in your boat. I was pretty skeptical of android myself, but I've also been pretty attached to google for a few years now. It just made sense really. Winmo just isnt getting the support they need to make their product better it seems.
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I'm glad to announce that come this Sunday when the Captivate drops on AT&T I will be done with windows mobile 6.XX for good. Being able to test out the Android OS on my Tilt 2 put the dagger in the heart of Windows Mobile for me. I was skeptical at first, but now I believe that the Android OS is far superior compared to any other mobile OS. I'm sure the developers are working hard on a 100% port, but I'm tossing the Tilt 2, all thanks to a tease. Anyone else in the same boat I am?
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Well, crap, I didn't even see the "Goodbye Rhodium" thread. My bad.
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I was thinking the same thing as well, until i realized that even if we could use the camera, bluetooth, wifi and sound on the with android... it's just not that great.
I get all the options of android, plus the support and compatibility of windows.
mobileshell and mobilesense allowed me to completely drop the android os.
i dunno, i just hate to see people let go of their rhodiums. best damn phone Ive ever had and guarentee it will be for years to come.
enjoy android. sorry to see another winmo go...
I have agree even though I have moved on from the touch pro 2 the actual phone was amazing I was just gutted it was on windows mobile 6.5 which in my view didn't take advantage of the phone. I wish htc had released an android version of the tp2 rather than just making touch phones this year
Clockwork Mod Recovery still can't, and never has been able to clear the Dalvik cache. Why are some ROM developers still telling me to do this? I came from the Evo where Amon-Ra recovery could actually do this, but Clockwork can't/doesn't. And before you comment about going into Advanced settings in Clockwork, I know the option is there...
Did you bring your proof?
Maybe wipe it in recovry then reboot recovery, pull dalvik file via adb and look inside...
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Did you bring your proof?
Maybe wipe it in recovry then reboot recovery, pull dalvik file via adb and look inside...
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Agreed, just saying that it doesnt clear dalvik without proof doesn't make it true statement friend...
In Amon-Ra with my Evo, it took 10-15 seconds to clear Dalvik. In CMR with the E4GT, it's instant, which is the same as it was with CMR on the EVO. Also I read when I was still with the EVO that CMR didn't clear Dalvik, only Amon-Ra would..
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Agreed, just saying that it doesnt clear dalvik without proof doesn't make it true statement friend...
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Thanks, but I don't use Windows anymore, and I'm not about to dual boot on my Macbook. Honestly, people out there still use Microsoft?
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Thanks, but I don't use Windows anymore, and I'm not about to dual boot on my Macbook. Honestly, people out there still use Microsoft?
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If you had a iphone to match you wouldnt have to worry about a dalvik cache
Pretty sure windows is still the most used OS in the world...
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real funny, but obviously uneducated about how widespread microsoft is
its only on more than 85% of ALL desktop/notebook computers,so clearly people still use it
unless in your apple fanboy world you think 5% mac os > 85% windows[/QUOTE
I know that people still buy Microsoft sh*t, and then they buy the antivirus, and then the antispam, you name it. Windows 98 sucked, Vista (oh my god), Windows 7 = horrible, and windows 8 coming up = nothing compared to OSx. It's like comparing an iOS to Android. You will NEVER win...
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SayWhat10 said:
real funny, but obviously uneducated about how widespread microsoft is
its only on more than 85% of ALL desktop/notebook computers,so clearly people still use it
unless in your apple fanboy world you think 5% mac os > 85% windows[/QUOTE
I know that people still buy Microsoft sh*t, and then they buy the antivirus, and then the antispam, you name it. Windows 98 sucked, Vista (oh my god), Windows 7 = horrible, and windows 8 coming up = nothing compared to OSx. It's like comparing an iOS to Android. You will NEVER win...
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Funny how you Microsoft fanboys know nothing about computers. I know that Windows is still the preferred OS. Yet you would dare to test my knowledge in computers? Funny sh*t. Did I mention I have a doctorate in Computer Science. Do any of you have that? I didn't think so...
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TwinsFan said:
Funny how you Microsoft fanboys know nothing about computers. I know that Windows is still the preferred OS. Yet you would dare to test my knowledge in computers? Funny sh*t. Did I mention I have a doctorate in Computer Science. Do any of you have that? I didn't think so...
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well if you knew computers, you wouldnt have said "do people still use microsoft" If you knew microsoft heavly dominates the computer OS market,why would you say that?
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Thanks, but I don't use Windows anymore, and I'm not about to dual boot on my Macbook. Honestly, people out there still use Microsoft?
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I think what he means is that Windows days are limited and Android/iOS is or will be the dominant factor. And I agree that microsoft is cr*ap.
3 PC's all had to be restored (reinstalled windows) within 1-2 years and my 1 iMac is still running like a champ since 2009...
Phone Powered by: Android
Desktop/Laptop Powered by: Mac
Console Powered by: PS3
Productivity Powered by: Google
Microsoft is more obsolete to me, may the best tech win
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I think what he means is that Windows days are limited and Android/iOS is or will be the dominant factor.
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now i agree with the second part as long as there is a slash, but i think he even meant that when comparing ios to android that ios wins in a landslide, which is garbage (lets not even begin to talk about how apples copies things from other os years later and THEN market it as if its a new invention/idea/technique,like the pull down notifications)
but what you mean windows days are limited? you talking about windows pc? windows is on more than 85% of computers, with apple at the bottom of the barrel, so how can that be that windows days are numbered?
if you talking about windows mobile, then yeah, although i'd choose windows 7 mobile over apple ios as well
How did this dumbass thread turn into microsoft vs apple?
If you think it doesn't clear dalvik, and then test it... The have adb for osx, otherwise you are just talking ****..
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but what you mean windows days are limited? you talking about windows pc? windows is on more than 85% of computers, with apple at the bottom of the barrel, so how can that be that windows days are numbered?
if you talking about windows mobile, then yeah, although i'd choose windows 7 mobile over apple ios as well
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I'm talking about microsoft windows pc/desktop/laptops:
With quadcore phones releasing next year, heavy applications making their way onto our phones, why buy a desktop? Just buy a wireless mouse/keyboard and hdmi cable, connect to your 100inch HDTV and get your work done, unplug and carry your "computer" in your pocket... By limited days I mean the future won't be stuck on a desk somewhere rather in your pocket dominated by Android and iOS... Yeah? No?
You cant compare a smartphone CPU to a desktop CPU by cores or clockspeed. ARM chips use a completely different architecture and intstruction set than Intel/AMD cpus. If you tried to benchmark a kal-el chip against a similarly clocked Intel chip you will see massive differences. We are years from smartphones being comparable in power to todays desktops.
LordFan21 said:
You cant compare a smartphone CPU to a desktop CPU by cores or clockspeed. ARM chips use a completely different architecture and intstruction set than Intel/AMD cpus. If you tried to benchmark a kal-el chip against a similarly clocked Intel chip you will see massive differences. We are years from smartphones being comparable in power to todays desktops.
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I'm not getting into a debate, only expressing my opinion. I'll tell you from personal experience of myself and friends... Since iOS and Android, our use of desktop computing has been reduced by 80%... Tech power houses are after your pocket in your pocket...
Say you do buy another pc between 1-2 years from now, what do you plan to use it for (except for producing the next Matrix movie)?
Guys, he's just trolling you. No one could possibly be as dumb as TwinsFan.. Lol
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Guys, he's just trolling you. No one could possibly be as dumb as TwinsFan.. Lol
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Lol agreed. I have a doctorate degree as well. Lol.
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Alex1x said:
I'm not getting into a debate, only expressing my opinion. I'll tell you from personal experience of myself and friends... Since iOS and Android, our use of desktop computing has been reduced by 80%... Tech power houses are after your pocket in your pocket...
Say you do buy another pc between 1-2 years from now, what do you plan to use it for (except for producing the next Matrix movie)?
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right now the avg smartphone is about 4inches or so,with no keyboard
thats no where near being able to replace a full sized monitor with full size keyboard nor the matching power
what you saying could happen, but its like light years away
with phones u dont really compute, u just run lil apps
desktops run real programs and use real power
people are not finding the cure for cancer and aids via an iPhone
World demands justice for Galaxy Nexus owner who 'beat' Windows Phone
I knew we had a fast phone and this proves it.
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Huh?
Sent from the future.
Thread of the decade.
http://www.talkandroid.com/102027-galaxy-nexus-owner-beats-windows-phone-in-windows-phone-challenge/
I use both and eash OS has it's strengths and weaknesses. I actually prefer WP to Android except for my dirty little shame: Every Nexus I get turns into a portable torrent box. And since I don't have a computer this is my all in one. And they did a fantastic job with Android Chrome, I must admit.
But this pissing contest **** has got to stop.
Why can't people except that in some areas on different OS's will always be better. Some hardware specs will always be better. That's life. Personally? I root for a three horse race. Each OS, Android, iOS, and WP all pushing and pulling to stay ahead.
The end result? The consumer wins.
Bravo sir.. bravo
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I am a Windows developer and I don't like metro stuff at all. Guess we are going to get stuck with it but I absolutely hat eto be forced into any UI...
I LOVE MY GNEX!
Does anyone actually by Windows Phones?
I think Microsoft really dropped the ball. They were one of the few in the mobile smartphone game with their windows mobile platform. It was a true multitasking device that was capable of doing almost anything.
Then the iPhone came out and basically did less then WM phones just made things prettier. Know instead of Microsoft stepping up their game with their age looking UI they just hung back for a while.
Then came Android, which almost feels like it would have been the natural succession for Microsoft except they just waited. So all of us WM phone users started to jump over to Android. Now we are so happy there, why would we want to even try a Windows phone.
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So, how many Windows Shell replacements have you done? Because you're basically forced into the current Windows look.
I agree, I hate metro, too, but you've been 'forced into a UI' for a long time.
im going to try this, any tips to which rom to use?
"no the gsII is faster"
bmstrong said:
I use both and eash OS has it's strengths and weaknesses. I actually prefer WP to Android except for my dirty little shame: Every Nexus I get turns into a portable torrent box. And since I don't have a computer this is my all in one. And they did a fantastic job with Android Chrome, I must admit.
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you don't have a computer but multiple $500 cell phones?
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you don't have a computer but multiple $500 cell phones?
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Yep. At any given time I tend to have three or so and swap back and forth. Right now? Main EDC is a stock GN with a back up 4s. The 900 is my next and I'm considering a SGS3. If the SGS3 has TW puked onto it, that's out. I sell the 4s and move into the 5. If I find a Titan 2 cheap I may grab one to play with it. (Forgot to mention I'm still looking for a Finny.)
I love Mobiles.
I had an interesting 'battle' with a windows rep today. I beat her hands down loading a webpage. She wasn't very happy.
But she did beat me updating a Facebook status.
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http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/apollo-update-not-coming-to-current-windows-phones
Not looking too promising eh?
I don't think so. First of all, it's too early to say something. Second, if MS will do it, they will completely lost mobile market.
I agree, They aren't doing exactly great at the moment and it would surely destroy them? Time will tell of course but it's interesting all the speculation that goes round before something like this, I hope we do get Apollo or even a lesser version of it, Look at Desktop OS, You have basic through to Ultimate editions although not entirely based on Hardware.
http://wmpoweruser.com/microsoft-ev...handsets-will-be-upgraded-to-windows-phone-8/
No one know what will happen to our handsets. I'd suggest that you read this article.
I know what's gonna happen to mine, It's heading for ebay and I will be returning to a Maxon MN1 lol.
AndyFZ1S said:
I know what's gonna happen to mine, It's heading for ebay and I will be returning to a Maxon MN1 lol.
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oh dear....
lololololol
Hmmm ? http://gizmodo.com/5902860/every-windows-phone-ever-will-get-the-windows-phone-8-upgrade
Budniu said:
Hmmm ? http://gizmodo.com/5902860/every-windows-phone-ever-will-get-the-windows-phone-8-upgrade
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What about this twist in the tale?
http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/windows-phone-8-beta-report-what-features-are-in-place
Stop caring, enjoy your phone's.
All I want is live game streaming, and thats a app.
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vetvito said:
Stop caring, enjoy your phone's.
All I want is live game streaming, and thats a app.
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True man, after the HTC HD 2 saga,,here might come the another one, unfortunately I was one of the victim in HD 2 case. Now,sold my Mozart,bought HTC one X...enjoy the phone...
and care-less about it...
Just enjoy what you have till the end of the year, I highly doubt Apollo is going to be rolling in full force before then. Even if it does, I'd bet even more that some form of Apollo'esque update will also be hitting then for our earlier handsets.
Slower than others
Windows phone updates and upgrades are a lot slower than expected. With the whole world going gaga over Ice cream sandwich and io5, windows better step up.
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Windows phone updates and upgrades are a lot slower than expected. With the whole world going gaga over Ice cream sandwich and io5, windows better step up.
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Going gaga over Ice what?
None of the old phones but one has got ICS after it's announcement nearly half a year ago. If that is going gaga, MSFT is leap years ahead of that.
iOS5 - give you that. Again they have 1 phone to upgrade. Not 5-6 different OEMs with 2-3 phones each!
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Going gaga over Ice what?
None of the old phones but one has got ICS after it's announcement nearly half a year ago. If that is going gaga, MSFT is leap years ahead of that.
iOS5 - give you that. Again they have 1 phone to upgrade. Not 5-6 different OEMs with 2-3 phones each!
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I see what you did there....
please put your ios statement onto android...
Not only 5-6 OEMs and with 50+phone,tied with various carriers...
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Stop caring, enjoy your phone's.
All I want is live game streaming, and thats a app.
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Well said Vetvito,
No doubt we will all end up with the best bit of kit available at the time, personally it will hardly be the end of my world. Besides M$ have been playing this game for years and years, they know their roadmap and we along with the (slow news day) media dont ever have a clue.
There has always been speculation and a healthy amount of bull floating about regarding any update for any O/S or platform........but still i have a Windows phone........shocker huh.
Have a little faith, they havn't exactly shot you in the face yet and they arn't about to knowingly lose money/customer base now are they.
Kind Regards,
Creamy
Yeah it seems even theVerge is now getting on the Apollo updates might actually be happening road
Microsoft has a history of ****ing up successful lines , remember XP? They decided the time was right to migrate to Vista and cut off support to there "flagship" , that really worked out in there benefit considering more than half of all Windows users are still using XP , XP is 10 years old!!
Personaly I did migrate and am using 7-64 , but dumping the wp7 line for wp8 will alienate all of us who already got onboard , Im dev/interop unlocked , custom rom and if I cant get a custom rom with the update ,I will leave for Android and never look back , my Acer a500 is a year old now and it is better than anything being sold now because I can upgrade /downgrade do anything I want with it , the sky is the limit! In Microsofts world even the sky has limits!
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Microsoft has a history of ****ing up successful lines , remember XP?
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Mmm yeah. It's still the most widely used OS in the world. Not sure how it's F'd up. My parents use it all the time. No complaints.
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Personaly I did migrate and am using 7-64 , but dumping the wp7 line for wp8 will alienate all of us who already got onboard
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Mmm... If XP is any indication I will be using Windows 7 happily for years until I upgrade to whatever comes out after Windows 8. Windowss 8 is going to have zero impact on my computer use for years.
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if I cant get a custom rom with the update ,I will leave for Android and never look back
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MS doesn't care. They sell millions of phones to a bunch of people that will NEVER update them no matter what they offer. The problem is this place is one big geek circle jerk. MS and Nokia want to sell phones to teenage girls and business people. As long as the phone looks cool and covers the basic functions both groups are happy. They are not 20 something male software developers. They just want to text, email, talk, check the weather and play angry birds. The business people also want MS office and some kind of enterprise email calender solution.
They don't want to flash a custom ROM or root a device. If you want to see how the average consumer interacts with tech check out my post HERE.
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The majority of people I know think "Ice Cream Sandwich" is a desert. This may come as a shock but the majority of smartphone owners to do not hang out on XDA. They do things like go to the park and get some sunlight and fresh air.
Vintage144 said:
Microsoft has a history of ****ing up successful lines , remember XP? They decided the time was right to migrate to Vista and cut off support to there "flagship" , that really worked out in there benefit considering more than half of all Windows users are still using XP , XP is 10 years old!!
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Just to be clear, they didn't cut support for xp until midway through 2010, and this wasn't to abandon xp for vista. It was after windows 7 was released. They didn't "force" people to use vista, they released something far superior to it, THEN forced you to use it, haha.
Edit: thanks for the next poster correcting this, Microsoft still supports XP and will for two more years.