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Donny James Folks we need to stop thinking like this. Windows Phone needs features. It will not stay competitive without features. Even if those features end up as gimics I'll take them. You don't know all the time whats going to take off and whats not so try everything. It's very easy to guess that there will be some people that will love the gif feature. How you were able to think that no one will like this, at all, is beyond me. It makes me wonder how old you are, cause that's old folks thinking.
Microsoft has done a good job of implementing features in a way that tend to be simple and usable when it comes to windows phone. Rarely are features the problem. Making features known to users and demonstrating specific applications are usually where the message gets lost in translation. When It comes to imaging, i think Nokia has gotten the message across to users and HTC has actually created some really good native tools for their windows phones when it comes to their software suit. HTC's Windows Phone Panorama app blows Nokia's away in simplicity and image results.
Now hopefully they will do the same for video. As tech enthusiast we get caught up in what our phones have the power to do, but the average person cares more about how easy it is to do things. Apple does a good job of dumbing down the message and showing people how easy it is to take a panorama of kids or recording the Christmas holiday with the family. While it's good marketing, the other part of the equations is having apps that can deliver the goods while being grandma friendly. Grandma Friendly typically means lacking features, but that's what the advance menu is for. But we need these tools for video on the windows phone platform. Pictures and Video, this is the only remaining mobile territory Windows Phone currently has an opportunity to lay a dominant claim to. They need to add the video tools to the impressive collection of picture taking apps.
