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The Windows Phone ones are out there. ;) Now, I get your point, but there are too many useful scenarios where having an online ID helps (and too many benefits
by tellarin 14y ago
The Windows Phone ones are out there. ;)
Now, I get your point, but there are too many useful scenarios where having an online ID helps (and too many benefits for providers if you have an ID too) that I don't think this is very feasible.
- amcire 14y agoLast time I tried (HTC 8S) you needed an outlook account to mass transfer contacts from one phone to another (bluetooth was limited, vcf not allowed). Background syncing and 'cloud' features were aggressively pushed on users. Microsoft is no different from Google.
- tellarin 14y agoThe WP mention was a joke. I do agree that the account thing is pushed too much in many cases. My point was that having an ID has too many advantages to both the phone user and the OS company (not that those two sets of advantages have a bigger intersection...) that it's hard to see their presence/usage in smart phones not happening.