| mrstickball said: WinMo will be dead in a few years. They had no centralized marketplace until October of this year - Nokia, BlackBerry, Android, and the iPhone had centralized marketplaces well before that. Microsoft has been slow to adopt, and stupid when it comes to mobile devices. Their shrinking is deserved. Nokia will continue to shrink, leaving RIM, Apple and Google as the big 3 for mobile OSes. Android will be the only viable choice, as Apple and RIM have no real reason to support OSes on multiple devices outside of what they manufacturer. And yes, Android is awesome. I've had one since July of this year. Its getting better and better all the time. |
I see what you're saying and agree to some extent. Personally I want a Motorola Droid so bad that I entered sweepstakes to win one (too poor right now). Android is on fire.
But have you seen the reactions to what MS is doing with WinMo7? Its very good. I don't see it ever being dominant, but if they (apologize in advance for using this word) create synergy with other MS products such as Zune, XBL/360, Win7 and Office10 (which it sounds like they are doing), then that is a very attractive suite of features that cannot be matched by any other mobile OS. Its ambitious and it probably won't be as smooth as we'd imagine, but it could be worth the wait.
Saying its dead is ignoring exactly who you're dealing with. It may be popular to hate MS, but it is FOOLISH to underestimate them.
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