Re:Really? Windows Phone 7 Commercials
by philwelch on Monday October 11, 2010 @11:38PM
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It's interesting to try and position a smartphone towards people who hate obsessive smartphone users. I don't think that's the best positioning, though.
Microsoft has the power to keep crapware off of Windows phones and the Windows Phone UI seems better designed than Android, at least aesthetically. They're also on networks other than AT&T, which is their competitive advantage against Apple. So at least until a Verizon iPhone comes out Windows can sell WP7 on those merits. Upon getting that beachhead, they can beat Apple in third-party apps by not being dicks to their developers.
Microsoft has the power to keep crapware off of Windows phones and the Windows Phone UI seems better designed than Android, at least aesthetically. They're also on networks other than AT&T, which is their competitive advantage against Apple. So at least until a Verizon iPhone comes out Windows can sell WP7 on those merits. Upon getting that beachhead, they can beat Apple in third-party apps by not being dicks to their developers.