Waiting patiently to blow! Wow thank you MSFT it was about time. WP8 and Windows 8 this is your year and there is no stopping you. MSFT is on a rise on mobile innovation. Will MSFT take over the World on 2014? What do you think?
Maybe 2015 cant be to sure right now until MS release WP8.1 however using the Surface 2 it a great a device!
I think MS will do better than last year.
\I could see this making WP a hit in the enterprise market.
Lack of physical keypads hasn't hurt iPhones in enterprise.Not without keyboards they won't.
Not without keyboards they won't.
Yes, because Blackberry is such a massive success. If keyboards were such a huge hit in enterprise Blackberry would not be on the verge of extinction.
Will MSFT take over the World on 2014? What do you think?
MS Windows phone has a long way to go. speaking of keyboards, MS screwed up. When on landscape mode there are a lot of extra space to make the keyboard much wider. A lot of little issues will add up to make a poor user experience. I really hope MS will succeed and address these issues quickly because they are already WAY behind iOS and android.
Way behind, I disagree. I believe the WP OS is far more advanced than either of those two you mentioned. Are there things to address, sure, but overall I've been much happier on WP than the others.
Way behind, I disagree. I believe the WP OS is far more advanced than either of those two you mentioned.
I hate to spoil the party, but unfortunately... No.
So far everything points to WP8.1 being another catch-up release. Such a catch-up release will have to be extremely good just to add an extra two or three percentage points to WP's market share. If there is nothing else to WP8.1 than what has so far been reported on, it won't move the market share needle sufficiently. So many people have now cosily settled in with iOS or Android, that just appealing to smartphone newcomers isn't enough. It will take a lot of motivation to make people leave the platforms they have become accustomed to and are familiar with. A catch-up release won't provide anywhere close to enough motivation to make people switch. At this point, WP must offer at least one feature that appeals to a very large portion of consumers, which the competition simply can't match. Being faster, more efficient, more stable, or having a cleaner UI are all great things, but they are all too subtle to have a notable affect. Whatever the feature is, it must be "in your face obvious", entirely impossible on iOS and Android, and easily marketable on television. At least for now, I don't see anything like that in WP's future.
I suspect the image of W8 is irreparably damaged. I doubt much will happen on the Windows front either, until W9 comes around in 2015.
Sorry for the downer...