Why is it BS? It's Microsoft's prerogative to retain some exclusive features on their hardware if they so desire. That's like saying all WP's should support dot view cases. And by the way if you've ever used OK Google, speech activation is not really not that big of a deal IMHO.
the 630 use sensor core but snapdragon 400 and while the m8 does not use sensor core it has the snapdragon 8xx. this is bullsh*t if ms doesn't work away round to give hey cortana to m8 users. I am on 920 at the moment currently awaiting a windows "mobile" 10 flagship replacement.
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well MS isn't going in the right direction because all of last year towards mid of this year the biggest carrier in my country was pushing Nokia windows phone which is the only reason I am using the OS. Ever since the acquisition of Nokia they are no longer pushing the windows OS. So if they know what I know they better work close to HTC to get Hey Cortana working. I am one of those persons getting pissed by their delays and slow services so they better pull their socks up and get it together.
Why is it BS? It's Microsoft's prerogative to retain some exclusive features on their hardware if they so desire. That's like saying all WP's should support dot view cases. And by the way if you've ever used OK Google, speech activation is not really not that big of a deal IMHO.
I'm starting to feel that this is the exact approach MS is taking now WP is given out free to OEM's. They will get their money back in Lumia sales by holding back certain features. It will be upto the individual OEM's to offer their differentiation. That being said, it's doesn't give MS license to rip off OEM features like they just did with attentive phone / motion launch if that's the path they are taking.
Idk why people keep claiming that the feature is coming to m8. Isn't one of the key components the hey Cortana feature is sensorcore which is a LUMIA ONLY hardware aspect.
Meaning only three phones are actually capable of it right now. Unless the m8 has sensorcore why do you guys keep saying it will get it.
Having finally gotten my hands on the 930 unlocked and with denim I have to say the fact I can launch it without touching it is making me weep I am still on cyan and not denim with my 1520. It's an awesome feature
'Hey Cortana' for Lumia 630 - Microsoft Community
I would be very careful about that. There's a distinct difference between Update and Upgrade. MSFT continued to Update XP 10+ years after it's release, but that didn't mean you were eligible to receive Vista or Windows 7. Updates to me means updating Sense, corrective patches and HTC apps, not the OS itself.
HTC is focused on providing timely software updates for HTC Sense? innovation, Windows Phone releases, the Eye Experience, and major Google Android? releases. In an effort to bring transparency to this process, we will be marking the steps of preparation and our progress, by device and carrier.
I did a little more poking around HTC's website, and found this link:
HTC Software Updates | HTC United States
From the webpage:
This sounds a little more optimistic than "updates". I don't like how they differentiate between Windows Phone releases and "Major" android releases, though.
Go read up on sensorcore. It requires hardware (Snapdragon 400+), plus software. Now that Microsoft owns it, they can add the software portion to the OS. Problem solved for everyone. If they do not, well, bon voyage WP. Microsoft cannot float the platform alone, no matter how much you want to see that. See RIM for what happens when you try and no longer have an ecosystem or user base to keep you on top.
I don't want to see WP die, but if MS is planning on holding back features from OEMs, then they deserve to fail.
Bon Voyage WP? More like Bon Voyage HTC, Samsung and others....aka the other 3 percent. That argument would actually be valid if those other OEMS combined together even made up 20 percent let alone 10 percent of the overall marketshare for windows phone.
Losing 1-2 million phones is not good of course but it doesn't spell the end of the platform. No matter how much you want to see that, NOKIA and now Microsoft IS what is holding the platform up presently. It's like you are being willfully blind and refuse to acknowledge that.
I'll give you another scenario. In the WP7 days, before Nokia...when Dell and LG begin to diss and leave WIndows phone and HTC and Samsung also begin slowing down their releases and barely supporting it...there was a time people were worried that that spelled the end of Windows Phone.
What happened? Nokia joined and Lumia became a thing and nobody really even mentions Dell or LG except in passing. Huawei is now off WIndows Phone...Again, irrelevant.
When your Market Share looks like this...Losing any of the other OEMs wont matter because they do nothing really for the platform now. But of course you choose to see it how you want despite facts proving that losing OEMs has really not hurt the platform anymore than having them helps the platform. But yes let's appease the 2 percent of people who brought an HTC and bring all Lumia apps and features to the others because you guys chose that phone and devalue the Lumia Brand/Majority.
See the screenshot below...this is just a week ago. HTC's marketshare has dropped despite the M8 windows being on now 3 carriers(in their defense, it has only been on out on T-Mobile and Att for over a month) yet I hear absolutely nothing about this device at work or in my inner circles.
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Good let's not You say I lack business sense, perhaps that's true. Hence why my job is marketing and actually getting people interested in productsI'm not having this convo with you again. You lack the business sense to understand what is going on and what needs to happen for WP success.
My bon voyage WP was not because I think HTC leaving will hurt. I think all OEMs abandoning them will, however. Again, you don't have the business sense to comprehend why that would be bad. If MS wants anything other than rock bottom market numbers, they will not abandon OEMs.
HTC or Samsung leaving could leave a mark in other ways. While HTC and Samsung don't have a significant number of units in the field compared to Lumia, they are major brand names and that carries some weight, especially to someone that might be on the fence about WP and would be more apt to try it on a handset brand they are familiar with. Lumia makes brilliant devices, no question about it. However WP has become somewhat of a niche product and is too often pigeonholed as the OS for camera enthusiasts when in reality it offers much more.
Sigh nobody can ever have a civil discussion because you guys don't want to accept facts.Adrynalyne it's becoming pointless. Its best to agree with Superboy that 25/5 = 14 or 2+2=5. We all know you have to you carry the "1" to get "5" when you add "2+2"
Yeah the apps thing is a bigger problem than lack of choice. We've always had choice. And with that android app rumor thing happening, I am mot that positive for the future.Yeah and then there's the apps thing.....
Sigh nobody can ever have a civil discussion because you guys don't want to accept facts.
You point out something factual and somehow that means debate fact and proven stats lol.