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Few points: - As the article states, WP7 has been getting excellent reviews and has very high customer satisfaction (much higher than Android to my knowledge).
by aik 14y ago
Few points:
- As the article states, WP7 has been getting excellent reviews and has very high customer satisfaction (much higher than Android to my knowledge). I'd say this shows potential? Personally I find it much cleaner and easier to use than Android (and iPhone in many cases).
- Many reports have been showing WP7 phones as best sellers on T-Mobile, AT&T, and Amazon, meaning it is gaining marketshare and apps are increasing steadily (now >100k). I believe this is a key point in the article, "It should be noted that comScore doesn’t break out figures for Windows Phone 7, which means that much of the activity may have been driven by Windows Mobile users dumping their old phones..."
- Concerning WP7 being the cheapest option -- there are phones in the entire range, just like Android (though to an even larger extent I believe)
- Just curious, most popular apps are available on WP7 now -- which ones wouldn't you be able to find?
- Concerning not being interested in MS ecosystem -- my understanding is that this is a brand new ecosystem, meaning you haven't been there (unless you've been part of the WP7 one)?
Edit: Added some details.
- rbanffy 14y ago> reports have been showing WP7 phones as best sellers You can do that by limiting the number of models offered. If you sell 1M WP7 phones of 3 models, all three are best sellers and your share is still low. > brand new ecosystem It doesn't have the new car smell - you use Visual Studio, on Windows, to develop for it. I've been there (Win+VS) and I feel no urge to go back.
- aik 14y ago> You can do that by limiting the number of models offered. If you sell 1M WP7 phones of 3 models, all three are best sellers and your share is still low. I agree, it's clear that the share is still low, however my point is that contrary to much news (or a seemingly common perception), the phones are actually selling and the share is steadily increasing.
- kooshball 14y ago> It doesn't have the new car smell - you use Visual Studio, on Windows, to develop for it. I've been there (Win+VS) and I feel no urge to go back. Honestly, what's stopping you? Is java/objective-c much better than c#? Do you hate VS and love Xcode/Eclipse?