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In all seriousness, if Microsoft can keep their phone software from getting captured the carriers, that would be a good thing in my mind. IMO, it is impossible

by jfb 16y ago

In all seriousness, if Microsoft can keep their phone software from getting captured the carriers, that would be a good thing in my mind. IMO, it is impossible to overstate the horror of a world run by the wireless carriers, and I'm afraid that Android is merely serving to empower them at the expense of the consumer.

recoiledsnake 16y ago
True, Microsoft is trying to combine the advantages of iPhone (OS updates straight from OS writer) with the advantages of Android (multiple hardware choices from various companies, carriers). It's just unbelievable that Sony is launching phones running Android 1.6 now which can't be updated by Google directly like it can the Nexus One.
- ergo98 16y ago
  >It's just unbelievable that Sony is launching phones running Android 1.6 now which can't be updated by Google directly like it can the Nexus One. Did you buy one of those Sony phones? Probably not. In fact that major disadvantage of Sony's entrants is incredibly well known, and has heavily worked against them. Which is exactly how the market is supposed to work. Having said that, it's humorous that Microsoft is now looked to as a good example. For anyone who owned a Windows Mobile device before, there is a long history of Microsoft grunting out a version onto the market, and then abandoning. The amount of support for that Moto Q after it was released was exactly 0, and that wasn't Motorola's fault. Microsoft gets bored quickly.
  - jfb 16y ago
    Obviously, it's too soon to tell which direction WP7 is going to go. Microsoft certainly have form in totally screwing their partners and customers, so skepticism is warranted. And it's not like there aren't sufficient internal problems with the company to scuttle even an excellent product. But more competitors focussed on the customer and not the carrier is a plus in my book. I'm an iOS fan, but I don't want to live in an Apple monoculture.
ergo98 16y ago
If Microsoft can keep their phone software from getting captured by Microsoft, that would be a good thing in my mind. IMO, it is impossible to overstate the horror of a world run by a single corporation, and I'm afraid that iOS is merely serving to empower that scenario at the expense of the consumer.

by jfb 16y ago

recoiledsnake 16y ago

True, Microsoft is trying to combine the advantages of iPhone (OS updates straight from OS writer) with the advantages of Android (multiple hardware choices from various companies, carriers). It's just unbelievable that Sony is launching phones running Android 1.6 now which can't be updated by Google directly like it can the Nexus One.

ergo98 16y ago
>It's just unbelievable that Sony is launching phones running Android 1.6 now which can't be updated by Google directly like it can the Nexus One. Did you buy one of those Sony phones? Probably not. In fact that major disadvantage of Sony's entrants is incredibly well known, and has heavily worked against them. Which is exactly how the market is supposed to work. Having said that, it's humorous that Microsoft is now looked to as a good example. For anyone who owned a Windows Mobile device before, there is a long history of Microsoft grunting out a version onto the market, and then abandoning. The amount of support for that Moto Q after it was released was exactly 0, and that wasn't Motorola's fault. Microsoft gets bored quickly.
- jfb 16y ago
  Obviously, it's too soon to tell which direction WP7 is going to go. Microsoft certainly have form in totally screwing their partners and customers, so skepticism is warranted. And it's not like there aren't sufficient internal problems with the company to scuttle even an excellent product. But more competitors focussed on the customer and not the carrier is a plus in my book. I'm an iOS fan, but I don't want to live in an Apple monoculture.

ergo98 16y ago

If Microsoft can keep their phone software from getting captured by Microsoft, that would be a good thing in my mind. IMO, it is impossible to overstate the horror of a world run by a single corporation, and I'm afraid that iOS is merely serving to empower that scenario at the expense of the consumer.