Jaskys
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Funny that apple, Samsung, htc and others don't seem to have a problem with launching handsets in Europe without ridiculous delays, just Microsoft and Nokia.
Europe is a continent. The EU isn't.
And are you seriously under the impression that Microsoft and Nokia only have one office working with all their markets?
I mean for heavens sake, the mere fact that companies like HTC...
androidcentral.com said:HTC shareholders absorbed some pain today as the stock dropped almost 4% on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The drop followed the company?s release of its Q4 results for 2013 along with a discussion of expected Q1 and 2014 results.
The main reason for the stock?s decline today is probably the Q1 outlook. Revenue guidance is between NT$34 billion and NT$36 billion whereas analysts expected, on average, NT$39.3 billion according to a survey by Bloomberg. The company is also expected to post a wider loss than analysts had been anticipating.
I don?t think there?s any argument that HTC makes very nice phones. But gross margins are really low. For Q1 they?re forecasting just over 21% gross margin, and it?s tough to make a profit on that after subtracting their R&D, selling, general and administrative costs.
I don't know about HTC, I wouldn't consider them a model to follow in the cell phone business [...]. Samsung launches a lot of handsets but again the resources dwarf Nokia.
I would prefer if Microsoft does not follow HTC trajectory. I like their OS and and I want them to be around for awhile.
The fact you posted this as your opening argument tells me you are wrong.
This is the second piece of evidence that tells me you have no argument. I mean a strawman should at least be kind of plausible for it to have any effect.
OP uses Cortana and Bing as an examples. Cortana and Bing working primarily for the United States and not "full" support (Language) of other regions.
Base on my readings of this thread it seems as if the OP is suggesting the Redmond to change their primary language of operations to a language in EU example would be Italian or Wales. Code in these languages, push out to these countries first and then work their way back home.
I find the above mention method a big harder than just using their primary language and coding in their primary language, for their primary people and then branching out to other regions.
Base on my readings of this thread it seems as if the OP is suggesting the Redmond to change their primary language of operations to a language in EU example would be Italian or Wales. Code in these languages, push out to these countries first and then work their way back home.
Cortana aside (based on language differences) you can't really argue the facts. The US is slow to adopt and MS should invest where the real money and interest is.