Windows Phone 7 video
Summary: Several of you have asked me for a Windows Phone 7 video demoing the features ... well, here you go ...
Several of you have asked me for a Windows Phone 7 video demoing the features ... well, here you go ...
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No need to see it
The a$$hole chimes in again. (nt)
Where's Google's ...
And where's Android's seamless integration with Facebook, Twitter and a number of other social and photo sharing sites integrated into the core of the phone experience?
And where's ... oh ... who am I kidding ...
No, this is a game changer - Google is going to have to go back to the drawing board to even get close to offering what WinPhone7 will.
Obviously you aren't serious.
social networking? Well one place is right there
on the Motorola Cliq. I believe the HTC Android
phones with Sense have the same thing. So do the
Sony X10 Android phones. Google gave everybody a
platform to go out and compete. Photo sharing
has BEEN baked into the core of the phone. You
didn't seriously think any of this stuff was new
did you?
Sorry buddy but MS is the one thats going to
have to go back to the drawing board. I watched
the video...and watched...and still haven't seen
anything thats not already in my wife's Android
phone and hers is actually obsolete compared to
whats coming out now. WinPhone 7 is obsolete
before it even launches.
I don't see anything unique in Windows Phone.
Not so with Linux. Not so with Android.
Then I suggest you watch the video ...
No I'd suggest you go and check out some Android phones.
apparent that you don't know much about them.
I mean this Win7 phone announcement has been
hilarious for me. Its the same old trick that MS
fans fall for every time. They live their lives
ignorant of anything non-MS. Then MS rehashes
whats already been done already and the MS fans
think its brand new.
Seriously...integrated social media HAS BEEN
DONE!!! And not only has it been done but in a
much better fashion that what I'm seeing on this
video. My wifes Cliq gives a much better view of
social news right on the desktop...you can see
whats going on without even touching anything.
The Win7 phone doesn't appear to have widgets
and thats already a huge step back to begin
with. And to think the Cliq pales in comparison
to the Sony X10 lmao.
Office and Sharepoint anyone? Live & Zune fts? etc. Android Fail (nt)
RE: Windows Phone 7 video
Well, the UI is a good start.
The first wince devices certainly didn't think outside the box when they tried to cram the desktop windows UI onto a tiny touch screen.
Now, questions remain if Microsoft will follow its tendency rush a new OS to market by releasing it without a thorough polish.
Afterall, this software company is well known for the bad first impression.
And whether it will push too hard on its business (zune and xbox) tie-ins, potentially turning off customers, or try to produce it with maximal user satisfaction in mind, by pulling in tie-ins through added convenience, rather than through imposing crippleware incompatibilities.
You're fundamentally forgetting something ...
HOWEVER, Microsoft is being FAR more prescriptive with WinPhone7 to prevent the issues many OEM's and carriers caused by shipping devices that were way too slow, cheap and small to be useful.
FWIW, the mobile devices that Microsoft HAS released have been met with pretty unanimous praise: Zune. If you've even used a ZuneHD for more than 30s, you'd know what I mean.
Of course, you, I and everyone else watching this space should wait to see if the proof is in the pudding, but if MS manages to deliver what they're promising here, then the mobile phone ecosystem is just about to have it's biggest shake-up in years!
Enterprise will abandon Windows Mobile
Microsoft has forced business users to migrate from the current Windows Mobile. Microsoft has just pushed them out of the boat.
Enterprises previously had the dilemma of staff wanting to use Android and iPhones, instead of the Windows Mobile phones that they were issued. Now that Windows Mobile has essentially been abandoned, it gives IT managers every reason to migrate to other platforms such as Android or iPhone (that their staff want to use), rather than Microsoft's unproven Series 7 Zune phone.
Your concern is valid
won't have all the advantages and business features
that current Windows Mobile offers.
Please.. put the crack pipe down..
Microsoft has forced business users to migrate from the current Windows Mobile. Microsoft has just pushed them out of the boat. [/b]
Seriously... There's a couple of major flaws your analysis..
1.) No one has forced anyone to upgrade. There's no "You will upgrade or else" directive. Not in WinMo, Not in the desktop. If you wanna use your current OS, you're free to do so.
2.) It hasn't even been released yet. If you bothered watching the video all the way through, it's not due out till "Holiday 2010" - that means maybe September - November. Probably October.
We have only seen a mock-up of ONE possible phone that can run WinMo 7. How the heck do you know that no one will want to use a phone that hasn't been released yet? The simple fact is, we don't have a clue what WinMo 7 phones are going to look like when they're released. Ergo, there's no predicting who will want them or not.
And to suport your agrument
Re:
Office and Sharepoint support will be available.
And if you have Exchange support, it means remote
wipe, device encryption. What other enterprise
feature you need?
Does it make phone calls?
Game changer?
copycats: Bold, Pre, Nexus, etc. Touch screen and on screen keyboard
and integration with music, games, social, blah blah blah. Been there
done that years ago.
what?
first of all, the iphone was NOT the first
phone with a touchscreen. also, the iphone was
NOT the first phone to play music and it wasn't
the first with on screen keyboard.
if you look at the video you will see this OS
looks nothing like iphone OS. If you want to
make up stories in your little head to make you
happy then i guess.
fanboys can be pathetic sometimes
Re:
screen keyboard
and integration with music, games, social, blah
blah blah. Been there
done that years ago."
Does the Bold, Pre or Nexus have integration
with Office (Word, Excel, OneNote)? What about
Sharepoint integration? Two things very
important for business. Maybe you haven't been
there yet...