Mavee Shah
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I'm gonna say it again, Microsoft is taking the P*** or (WP'S Death of a thousand cuts)
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Microsoft has made some weird and self-destructive decisions on the mobile front, this whole Android is definitely going nuclear, but on home soil, and for no purpose. First they diluted the strength of their low-end WPs (i.e. their competitive advantage) by bringing in the Nokia X, and that too in markets where WP was already doing well in, good job Microsoft, screw-up #1.
And now they're stabbing the efforts of committed Windows and Windows Phone developers through this Android on Windows Phone/RT nonsense.
How are they confident that Android developers will even permit their apps to run on Windows? What if the concern goes from "lack of market share" to "wishing to preserve our brand image, we want to give platforms a native tier-one experience, not an emulated drag." ?? If that is the risk (which is huge), then you won't have your own developers to fall back on, just ask Blackberry. Screw-up #2.
How the F do you not have a range of competitive mid-end smartphones? I've been barking about this since the Lumia 720 was unveiled, i.e. the need to take that and develop it into a solid mid-end encompassing key specs, e.g. HD screen, LTE, PureView camera, etc and an affordable price-point of $299 (and up depending on storage). Microsoft could have at least taken on the Moto G surge, if not pre-empted it... but no... let's push crappy low-end phones, and in tandem, unbelievably unavailable high-end phones (hello, Canada?) Screw-up #3.
Speaking of apps, did they just forget that Windows 8.x/RT has more native apps and games than bloody Chrome OS? How the heck aren't they playing on that competitive advantage to the OEMs? How the F is there no marketing or messaging on this front?
Microsoft is run by idiots, if not at the very top, then definitely in the middle - at least in the business development, sales and marketing lines.
It's not only that these people don't know squat, it's that they don't care. I doubt many of these executives and managers are even using Windows Phone fulltime, many of them probably have an iPhone for personal usage and a MacBook Air at home, I guarantee it. And not for the sake of understanding the competition, nooo ... but that's where they live, they lack devotion to Microsoft (the kind of devotion that gets Apple and Google to push forward aggressively).
And now they're stabbing the efforts of committed Windows and Windows Phone developers through this Android on Windows Phone/RT nonsense.
How are they confident that Android developers will even permit their apps to run on Windows? What if the concern goes from "lack of market share" to "wishing to preserve our brand image, we want to give platforms a native tier-one experience, not an emulated drag." ?? If that is the risk (which is huge), then you won't have your own developers to fall back on, just ask Blackberry. Screw-up #2.
How the F do you not have a range of competitive mid-end smartphones? I've been barking about this since the Lumia 720 was unveiled, i.e. the need to take that and develop it into a solid mid-end encompassing key specs, e.g. HD screen, LTE, PureView camera, etc and an affordable price-point of $299 (and up depending on storage). Microsoft could have at least taken on the Moto G surge, if not pre-empted it... but no... let's push crappy low-end phones, and in tandem, unbelievably unavailable high-end phones (hello, Canada?) Screw-up #3.
Speaking of apps, did they just forget that Windows 8.x/RT has more native apps and games than bloody Chrome OS? How the heck aren't they playing on that competitive advantage to the OEMs? How the F is there no marketing or messaging on this front?
Microsoft is run by idiots, if not at the very top, then definitely in the middle - at least in the business development, sales and marketing lines.
It's not only that these people don't know squat, it's that they don't care. I doubt many of these executives and managers are even using Windows Phone fulltime, many of them probably have an iPhone for personal usage and a MacBook Air at home, I guarantee it. And not for the sake of understanding the competition, nooo ... but that's where they live, they lack devotion to Microsoft (the kind of devotion that gets Apple and Google to push forward aggressively).
Hold on just one second.
Why is everyone being tricked into believing Microsoft will release an Android Lumia? Because a website said so in a tweet without any real evidence or facts?
Get real.
Android is not going to Lumia devices
Why is everyone being tricked into believing Microsoft will release an Android Lumia? Because a website said so in a tweet without any real evidence or facts?
Get real.
Android is not going to Lumia devices
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