Originally Posted by
RichardBurt
What on earth makes you think that WP will suffer without this "service"?
I am an Apple guy who has been considering switching to Windows and Windows Phone for a few months. This feature (or lack thereof in Windows world) is solely keeping me from switching. The ability to read and send SMS messages and place/receive phone calls from my desktop (iMac) is a great feature to have and one that I use quite often. When I am working, it is very handy to remain connected through a single device rather than multiple. It is especially nice while in my home. Now, I basically leave my cell phone in my bedroom and carry around my iPad everywhere I go and get all of the same functionality out of that device.
WP may not "suffer" without this feature, but its at least keeping WP from gaining one more customer.... me.