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Presumably it has a lot to do with the ecosystem that the customer has already bought into. If they already use Google's products, then Android phones are the n

by ticks 14y ago

Presumably it has a lot to do with the ecosystem that the customer has already bought into. If they already use Google's products, then Android phones are the natural option, if iTunes then Apple. Nokia's shoved themselves into a specialist category by opting for Windows-only.

yread 14y ago
because nobody uses windows or office or xbox? This argument doesn't work
- rbanffy 14y ago
  That's the point. People keep their data on Google products, using (or not) Windows machines. Windows machines are pipes to your data. Unless you depend on Office, which doesn't run on the phone anyway. And they already have Xboxes - they don't need matching phones.
  - yread 14y ago
    According to wiki Hotmail has more users than Gmail [1]. You and I might think they are just tools and they don't know what they are doing since gmail just blows hotmail out of the water in every respect, but it is popular. I don't think there is any other Google product that would be as popular as gmail. Office does run on the phone! It's not full featured of course but you can do basic editing and reading... see [2] for early version There are plenty of games on the phone which have some connection to similar games on xbox through Xbox Live - achievements. I think that Microsoft could do more to improve the standing of WP7 in the Xbox live - it's available on other platforms and some games are released even first for iPhone and then for WP7 But overall I think WP7 has quite some association with the ecosystem. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drbjT2dUtQA&feature=fvst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drbjT2dUtQA&feature=fvst
    - rbanffy 14y ago
      I'm not sure - it's a different public. I'm not sure the features set and ecosystem integration of WP7 appeal to the average smartphone user.
- bni 14y ago
  Windows has little in common with WP7 aside from the name. There are very few synergies that matter in the real world for a Windows user, selecting WP7 over an Android phone. For example existing Windows skills do not transfer in any way. Windows programs, legacy or current, do not run on WP7. Similarly, the Xbox is a different platform in of itself, might just as well be made by a different company.
freehunter 14y ago
I use almost every Google product under the sun. There's only one that works better on my Android tablet than on my Windows Phone, and that's Google+.

by ticks 14y ago

yread 14y ago

because nobody uses windows or office or xbox? This argument doesn't work

rbanffy 14y ago
That's the point. People keep their data on Google products, using (or not) Windows machines. Windows machines are pipes to your data. Unless you depend on Office, which doesn't run on the phone anyway. And they already have Xboxes - they don't need matching phones.
- yread 14y ago
  According to wiki Hotmail has more users than Gmail [1]. You and I might think they are just tools and they don't know what they are doing since gmail just blows hotmail out of the water in every respect, but it is popular. I don't think there is any other Google product that would be as popular as gmail. Office does run on the phone! It's not full featured of course but you can do basic editing and reading... see [2] for early version There are plenty of games on the phone which have some connection to similar games on xbox through Xbox Live - achievements. I think that Microsoft could do more to improve the standing of WP7 in the Xbox live - it's available on other platforms and some games are released even first for iPhone and then for WP7 But overall I think WP7 has quite some association with the ecosystem. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drbjT2dUtQA&feature=fvst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drbjT2dUtQA&feature=fvst
  - rbanffy 14y ago
    I'm not sure - it's a different public. I'm not sure the features set and ecosystem integration of WP7 appeal to the average smartphone user.
bni 14y ago
Windows has little in common with WP7 aside from the name. There are very few synergies that matter in the real world for a Windows user, selecting WP7 over an Android phone. For example existing Windows skills do not transfer in any way. Windows programs, legacy or current, do not run on WP7. Similarly, the Xbox is a different platform in of itself, might just as well be made by a different company.

freehunter 14y ago

I use almost every Google product under the sun. There's only one that works better on my Android tablet than on my Windows Phone, and that's Google+.