CNET article about NYPD choosing Windows Phone

[spicypadthai]

Surprisingly, a semi-positive Windows Phone article from CNET...

 

[libra89]

Wow, I love this. Thanks for sharing! It's very interesting how they use it.

 

[Mach_E]

... You read that right. Life and death situations rely on outdated phones running Microsoft's Windows Phone software.
You may knock the unpopular Windows Phone platform, which commands less than 1 percent of the phone market, but the NYPD believes Microsoft was the most appropriate way to go.
The department looked at Apple's iOS and Google's Android, but picked Windows Phone for its security features and the ability to remotely manage the thousands of devices in the hands of officers.

Didn't refrain from taking a jab at WP.

 

[Scienceguy Labs]

Maybe I'm stating the obvious here, but I kinda look at the NYPD using WPs as Microsoft grabbing a foothold in that market. If a police department the size of New York's can utilize WPs so effectively, other departments might follow suit. Pretty smart move that I hope will continue.

 

[Alain_A]

They went that route cause it probably was cheaper

 

[RumoredNow]

They went that route cause it probably was cheaper

In case you missed this part of the article:

The department looked at Apple's iOS and Google's Android, but picked Windows Phone for its security features and the ability to remotely manage the thousands of devices in the hands of officers.

 

[fitchalcyone]

Originally posted by Mach_E
... You read that right. Life and death situations rely on outdated phones running Microsoft's Windows Phone software.
You may knock the unpopular Windows Phone platform, which commands less than 1 percent of the phone market, but the NYPD believes Microsoft was the most appropriate way to go.
The department looked at Apple's iOS and Google's Android, but picked Windows Phone for its security features and the ability to remotely manage the thousands of devices in the hands of officers.

Didn't refrain from taking a jab at WP.

My favorite part about this jab is that they referred to the phones as outdated, yet this rollout was done in 2015, the same year both phones were released.

More like outdated article.

 

[Alain_A]

In case you missed this part of the article:

I read the article. I still say ios is just as secure and able to remotely manage them.
Otherwise some other X company would not use ios.

 

[RumoredNow]

I read the article. I still say ios is just as secure and able to remotely manage them.
Otherwise some other X company would not use ios.

That's a different point entirely from the one you first made...

They went that route cause it probably was cheaper

 

[FXi2]

BMW also rolled out some 78,000 Windows phones to it's employees. There are definitely areas of large usage.