Why I'm investing in Windows Phone and skipping Android
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Why I'm investing in Windows Phone and skipping Android
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Re: Why I'm investing in Windows Phone and skipping Android
#2Thinly veiled advertisement from microsoft?
Re: Why I'm investing in Windows Phone and skipping Android
#3Interesting but risky point. What if the new Windows Mobile flops due to critical problems much like the other Windows Mobiles?
Android at least is already gathering momentum, despite all its issues. It's nice that Microsoft cares, but you won't get rich selling to the 3 people who decided to buy a Microsoft phone.
You say "They care about how polished the outside looks, how thin it is, and how smooth and fast the user interface is."
People also care about how easy it is to do whatever they're trying to do. And this combination, smooth, fast, and easy, is really hard to achieve. I'm not entirely convinced Microsoft is still up to it, though I'll be glad to be surprised.
Re: Why I'm investing in Windows Phone and skipping Android
#4Thinly veiled advertisement from microsoft?
Max Klein (author of this blog) is a regular HN member with some 5000 karma and many insightful comments.
Re: Why I'm investing in Windows Phone and skipping Android
#5Interesting but risky point. What if the new Windows Mobile flops due to critical problems much like the other Windows Mobiles? Android at least is already gathering momentum, despite all its issues. It's nice that Microsoft cares, but you won't get rich selling to the 3 people who decided to buy a Microsoft phone. You say "They care about how polished the outside looks, how thin it is, and how smooth and fast the us…
People also care about how easy it is to do whatever they're trying to do. And this combination, smooth, fast, and easy, is really hard to achieve. I'm not entirely convinced Microsoft is still up to it, though I'll be glad to be surprised.
I think Microsoft may stand an outside chance; they are already going in the right direction with recent UI/UX changes in Windows. They've always got that it should be slick but usable; their major problems (in the past) have been in realizing that slick on a desktop != slick on a phone...
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#8The blogpost seems a bit too praising towards Microsoft for my taste. But there is one bullet point missing there:
* Microsoft guys are desperate they will lose the mobile market for iPhone on the upper-end and Android on the lower-end so they will throw as much money at the problem to get into the spotlights again.
Of course this won't help them much since all the 3 companies involved (Apple, Google and Microsoft) have tons of cash.
The rest of the arguments are also debatable.
Re: Why I'm investing in Windows Phone and skipping Android
#9This trend is for real, I know people who preferred Windows Mobile to iphone recently.
Re: Why I'm investing in Windows Phone and skipping Android
#10Interesting but risky point. What if the new Windows Mobile flops due to critical problems much like the other Windows Mobiles? Android at least is already gathering momentum, despite all its issues. It's nice that Microsoft cares, but you won't get rich selling to the 3 people who decided to buy a Microsoft phone. You say "They care about how polished the outside looks, how thin it is, and how smooth and fast the us…
Obviously, it's risky. Given the information that is available at the moment (screenshots, videos, spec sheets), then this particular path is the best to take. I.e, Microsoft can still fuck it up by release a sideways talker or something stupid like that. But I cannot know this at this point in time, and the risk is basically in deciding that if they got this far and were able to come up with something new, then they will also make the final parts of this good.
One thing that worries me a bit is the 0.8 second delay when you switch screens. This may make the phone feel slow, and if it slows down over time, then that can kill the phone. But I can't know this now, one just has to take a risk.