 Jim GurdPremium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI | Yawn Who cares? Microsoft is a nobody in the mobile market. |
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Re: Yawn They may have a small market share, but if the product is good, there's no reason they cannot rebounce. Not very likely, but possible. |
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| MS just isn't cool, 90% of smart phones are bought for the cool factor. My guess on the 90% but I bet I'm close. |
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 Duramax08Win8 sucksPremium
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX | reply to E Man1864
Re: FIRST! Yeah!! Way to go Canada!!! |
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Re: Yawn By this logic, no company should ever enter a market, or try to improve their current standing. Because, you know, before they do, they're a nobody, so why bother. Plus the field is already too busy. There are two (count them!) strong competitors. Now, where else do we hear this argument?
Microsoft has a chance, and they'll take it. Plus, anyone who thinks that they have a chance to grow without trying to expand in the mobile space is kidding themselves. The desktop OS has little room for growth, but plenty of room to shrink. A company that owns the space today has plenty to worry about, if you ask me. |
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How "cool" is it to have a bloody phone that looks like everyone else's?
I like the look of the new Nokia phones. This is what I'll be looking at when it comes time to get a new phone. I'm confident that these will be extremely high quality devices. |
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| said by kittyburgers:How "cool" is it to have a bloody phone that looks like everyone else's?
I like the look of the new Nokia phones. This is what I'll be looking at when it comes time to get a new phone. I'm confident that these will be extremely high quality devices.
I have the S3 for Sprint (Personal) and just picked up the Lumia 710 for T-Mobile (Work) and the Lumia is great as far as the quality. And it's the cheap one. As far as the cool factor if I have both phones out people seem to notice the Lumia more often than not. Mostly because everyone has an android and that they don't know about WP. People always seem to like it better but they're "Used to Android" or the similar
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i guess I don't think of things that are "cool" in regards to how they look. |
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One of my issues w/ my iphone is that it has inconsistencies w/ my backoffice ms products (onenote, cal, exchange, sp, lync). Contacts don't always sync, calendar events (esp for people who use Macs) move or disappear, etc. The same was true of droid, but I must say my Nexus 7 integrates with all of them flawlessly (and my goog calendar too). The iphone (6) still does not.
I would think that the creator of this subpar backoffice software at least can make the connectors work w/ this, so maybe this is useful.
So I may be strange (a business user), but for my crew phone, calendaring, email, and the like are lifeblood.
I happen to hate the metro interface. It's almost just getting usable on the xbox though. The color scheme reminds me of the carpeting @ a Marriott hotel, and lets just say that is not a complement.
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said by kittyburgers:How "cool" is it to have a bloody phone that looks like everyone else's?
I like the look of the new Nokia phones. This is what I'll be looking at when it comes time to get a new phone. I'm confident that these will be extremely high quality devices.
I come up for upgrade about the time these are supposed to be out. I may jump from my ancient iPhone 4 to one of these like that Nokia if its a quality product as i am not too impressed with iPhone 5. |
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| perfect timing Right on top of the biggest storm to hit east coast in years. way to go MS. at least google called off press event for their new nexus events. Amazing. MS should have called the new phones "sandy"
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Re: Yawn lets take a look at the vegas odds makers..lol |
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It used to be Palm and Microsoft were the only 'players', then RIM, now Apple and Android.
I still use my Windows Mobile phone, and I still like it better than most current phone offerings.
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 Samus82Radly
join:2002-01-29
Alsip, IL | no chance at all... i remember when everyone said MS had no chance in the console war... |
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| said by Samus82:i remember when everyone said MS had no chance in the console war...
According to Wikipedia they are #8 and beaten handily by the Wii... |
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| Yawn The 20 people that like the FUGLY Metro UI will be happy.
The rest of the world will yawn and buy a decent phone. |
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 ARGONAUTgot android?Premium
join:2006-01-24
New Albany, IN
kudos:1 | Fugly Metro +1
I'm not even going Win8 desktop. Win7 is just fine. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to itguy05
said by itguy05:The 20 people that like the FUGLY Metro UI will be happy.
The rest of the world will yawn and buy a decent phone.
and you know they are not decent because...............? |
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| ugly I don't like the looks of windows 8. No matter if its on a PC/tablet or phone. I'm staying with window 7 on my gaming rig.
I won't upgrade till MS learns to stay away from that ugly look format. The look of desktop of a windows 8 OS. Looks like it should be on a Fisher Price Toy. |
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