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Re:Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 too little, too late by karterk on Monday October 25, 2010 @06:23AM (#1829233)
If they had done that, I am sure you would have commented here saying it looks like a cheap imitation. Have you actually used the phone?
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Re:Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 too little, too late by bad_user on Monday October 25, 2010 @06:37AM (#1829253)
That's my problem with Microsoft software ... they get hyped months or years in advance with nobody actually using the damn product.

And when a product is hyped, you've got to expect a backslash when it doesn't support basic functionality people got accustomed to.

I also think that if third-party integration like Twitter will be less than what Facebook got ... WinMo 7 is basically screwed.

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Re:Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 too little, too late by steverb on Monday October 25, 2010 @07:19AM (#1829331)
My understanding is that any app can register itself for any of the hubs, so I don't see any technical reason why a twitter app can't go in the people hub.

No clue whose over-sight it is that the twitter app isn't already there.

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Re:Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 too little, too late by rbanffy on Monday October 25, 2010 @07:58AM (#1829414)
> they get hyped months or years in advance

Remember how cool was WinFS?

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Re:Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 too little, too late by DjDarkman on Monday October 25, 2010 @08:42AM (#1829532)
There are stuff that these OS-es got right, and there is no known better way. Not doing the same just for the sake of not being called a copycat is a stupid thing to do. The perfect counter argument for these is: "that's what people were used to"

This all only holds up if there is no known better way.

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Re:Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 too little, too late by netcan on Monday October 25, 2010 @08:46AM (#1829541)
Cheap imitation used to be an MS strength. A $200equivalent of the iphone V1 would be welcome.
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