After calming down from the reading the responses to the news about Cortana's future, I have decided that if MS is as serous about personal assistant aka Cortana, it makes sense to unleash it to other platforms (in the future) where not only it would get greater exposure but the amount of information Cortana would be able to gather would be a goldmine to Microsoft's future planning with apps like this feeding into Cortana.
Face it, WP is a scant better than 3 percent of the smart phone market its growing but here is where we are and the reality of it. How do you break the strangle hold if not by being downright "disruptive"? You have to think outside the box to drive sales to Windows Phone. No two ways about it.
There are many challenges ahead.
The good news is, that neither of the other two platforms have been able to successfully accomplish coming up with something close to what Cortana is. We all enjoy having it more than not having it and I bet a dollar to a dozen donuts that many on Android and IOS would pimp Cortana clean out given the opportunity. I'm talking about new ideas, uses, methodology and more importantly, $$financing$$. How would a Cortana enabled smart watch work? Cortana enabled Fitbit or Cortana enabled Internet Explorer for that matter. Lots of possibilities.
What Microsoft will need to do is make sure they take care of home. IOW,WP cannot be the last or super late to get updates, features and bug fixes. It must be a stellar experience on WP without fail. And if MS allows Cortana to flow outside the walls of Redmond with the intention of presenting it in the best possible light, we cannot be looking like National Lampoon Animal House at home. Cortana has to be damn near flawless on WP and I hope this is what Redmond has in mind. So, I think there is a bigger picture for personal assistant Cortana and I think the idea is at least worth exploring.
Face it, WP is a scant better than 3 percent of the smart phone market its growing but here is where we are and the reality of it. How do you break the strangle hold if not by being downright "disruptive"? You have to think outside the box to drive sales to Windows Phone. No two ways about it.
There are many challenges ahead.
The good news is, that neither of the other two platforms have been able to successfully accomplish coming up with something close to what Cortana is. We all enjoy having it more than not having it and I bet a dollar to a dozen donuts that many on Android and IOS would pimp Cortana clean out given the opportunity. I'm talking about new ideas, uses, methodology and more importantly, $$financing$$. How would a Cortana enabled smart watch work? Cortana enabled Fitbit or Cortana enabled Internet Explorer for that matter. Lots of possibilities.
What Microsoft will need to do is make sure they take care of home. IOW,WP cannot be the last or super late to get updates, features and bug fixes. It must be a stellar experience on WP without fail. And if MS allows Cortana to flow outside the walls of Redmond with the intention of presenting it in the best possible light, we cannot be looking like National Lampoon Animal House at home. Cortana has to be damn near flawless on WP and I hope this is what Redmond has in mind. So, I think there is a bigger picture for personal assistant Cortana and I think the idea is at least worth exploring.
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