fdalbor
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To be honest I think its a little late to change the name now. People are just starting to take notice, don't know if we should confuse them more.
Why is it that everyone thinks that just because Microsoft created the Xbox that all their products should have an X in front of it!!
because it's f'in cool and actually makes more sense than "windows" phone?
No, it's not "cool". Just because Apple put an i in front of their products it doesn't mean Microsoft need an x in front of theirs. So you're saying this looks cool then:
xWindows
xOffice
xOneDrive
xOneNote
xSocl
xSurface
xXbox
Aside from the copyright issues surrounding xWindows, Linux has the X Windowing system, adding an x in front of the names just looks crap!!
hardware-wise.. OneNote and OneDrive etc makes sense because it IS THE ONE mutual to all devices
also, isn't cool rather subjective thing?
I really like the name Windows. They really just need to jump ahead 16 months from now, Windows 9 Phone,
In a few more years, Windows will be Windows. There won't be a phone only version. It will just be one OS adapted to different devices. So calling it anything else will go completely against the grain of logic.
Abandoning the Windows name is not the way to fix reputation. Microsoft just needs to stick with it and make it cool. So far I think they've done a great job by embracing a completely modern approach to digital design. One that everyone else is now trying to duplicate. And they didn't go flat, just to go flat. They truly thought it out well. Unlike Apple with iOS 7.
then surface + phone = surface phoneI do like 'surface', its simple and catcy but then so is 'phone'.
Windows Phone is still Windows, so it's irrelevant to change the name of the OS unless 'Windows' is changed. But that isn't bound to happen. Microsoft has started the One Microsoft strategy, which means better integrated Microsoft services across devices for the consumers, and it's already happening with Bing, Office 365, and Xbox Music being available on all Microsoft devices, as well on other platforms. The average consumer may only be starting to see this change with Microsoft, and this change also shifted their status from being the most 'evil' company to being the 'most trusted' (Apple May Be Cool, But Microsoft Most Trusted by Consumers: Study | SiteProNews) considering Microsoft is popularly known by their Windows OS.
The way I see it, Windows and Windows Phone will keep the incremental naming.
just the unification of the platform will make Windows strong on the mobile or tablet environmentMicrosoft will unify Windows Phone and Windows RT in a new OS that will be used in phones and tablets, and I suppose It won't have the desktop interface. They will spend 20% or more of the development time just thinking about the name, because every option they could chose would generate some level of confusion.