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  1. Comment - The case for smaller, simpler, faster operating systems

    (Jun 12, 2009 - 5:26 PM)

    Uhhh, when you buy a new car you don't care how it drives but just that it drives. And you like the fact that the newer car model looks better than the old one (hopefully). I agree that I don't want too much glitz at the expense of performance but why would you want to buy a new OS that 10 years later looked exactly the same. I would not want my OS looking like Windows 95 no more than I would want my new Cadillac to look like an '85 Geo Metro.

    Unless you are a hardcore performance nut . . . eyecandy sells.

  2. Comment - iTunes App store's biggest competitor will be WinMo Marketplace

    (Jun 12, 2009 - 5:04 PM)

    One more thing . . . Microsoft needs to change the name of the OS. Windows Mobile is too long and uncatchy. Like Bing they need to rebrand their mobile offering with a new name as well as a new UI.

  3. Comment - iTunes App store's biggest competitor will be WinMo Marketplace

    (Jun 12, 2009 - 5:04 PM)

    The bigger issue that hampers Microsoft relative to Apple is the fact that Apple looks to make a profit off of the phone hardware and not the OS. So Apple keeps it customers happy by providing OS upgrades to its existing hardware and thus keep customers in their ecosystem content in the knowledge that if they do go buy that new whiz bang iPhone, Apple won't stop upgrading it a year later when the next one comes out.

    Ultimately, Microsoft needs to exert more control over the hardware, app distribution and OS updates to compete in this environment. Ditch most of these bit players and make HTC the premier hardware manufacturer for WinMo. Allow OS upgrades to come from MS instead of these garbage brick your phone rom upgrades from the OEM. Finally, have a set distribution channel for apps with a pricing model similar to Apples. Other than Handago, you have to look all over the place to find WinMo apps and different ways to install (download cab file to phone or msi file on pc that will install or download the cab file to the phone to install).

    Personally, I think MS should just scrap the WinCE kernel they have been using for ages and start anew with a new set of terms for the TELCO operators. Microsoft is good at stealing other peoples ideas and making them better . . . well they need to do it again to overturn the power Apple is building in the smartphone market.