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Erm isn't that what effectively happened? Didn't we get a phone out of it? Except they're not made by MS. Microsoft likes to build platforms where other compa
by recoiledsnake 16y ago
Erm isn't that what effectively happened?
Didn't we get a phone out of it? Except they're not made by MS.
Microsoft likes to build platforms where other companies manufacture the hardware(XBox excepted). That's why Windows/WP7 run on multiple OEMs hardware.
The theory is that competition among hardware manufacturers will drive down costs. Sure worked with PCs.
- michaeldhopkins 16y agoNo. X-Box should not be excepted, because it is a major new product and is successful. I was expecting the X-Box strategy. Actually, I also still think that they will make an "X-phone", if you will. Think a PSP + voice/data and Windows Phone 7.
- recoiledsnake 16y agoI guess MS felt that phones were more like portable computers and not like niche devices like the XBox. Unlikely they will make an XPhone, because that would fragment WP7 games into those that support hardware input vs. those that don't, and making software that does both usually results in suboptimal results.