telegraph.co.uk — In the wake of the launch of Google's Nexus One "super phone", Microsoft has attacked the company's mobile strategy. Google’s Android mobile phone software will struggle to make a major impact in the market now that the company has launched its own mobile phone, the Windows manufacturer has claimed.
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dfmeJan 8, 2010
Ohhh please... someone make this company go away... they're worse than a whiny little rich brat that didn't get his candy!I hope MS shipwrecks this year!!
fairdinkummateJan 9, 2010
"it makes zero difference from the user's perspective who developed it, whether it's open or closed, whether the handset maker customized/altered it, or whether it came straight from google"I beg to differ. Assuming that handset manufacturer's keep to certain standards when modifying Android, applications developed for the OS will be able to be used on any Android based phone. This makes a HUGE difference to end users!
rmxzJan 9, 2010
"just like the iphone" was referring to Balmer's understanding of the market. Some examples of how Balmer deals with the competition from apple.He tries to smash his employee's iphones[1] and teases people who use them[2]. He says their components are too expensive[3]. He laughed at their launch[4].This is a guy who knows nothing about the mobile phone market.[1] <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/microsoft/Ballmer_threatens_to_smash_Microsoft_employee_s_iPhone" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/microsoft/Ballmer_threatens_to_sma ...</a>[2] <a class="user" href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Steve-Ballmer-iPhone-Microsoft-Meeting,8644.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Steve-Ballmer-iPh ...</a>[3] <a class="user" href="http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/03/19/ceohsnap-ballmer-iphonecapacitive-touch-expensive-800-xperia/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/03/19/ceohsnap-b ...</a>[4] <a class="user" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/03/steve-ballmer-laughs-at-i_n_378518.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/03/steve-bal ...</a>
johnnysoftwareJan 10, 2010
That does not make it closed. It is open source, and it follows - in fact leads, the W3 industry web standards compliance. Not only does it use open source, but Apple republished the open source stuff they used as well. It's a mix of open and closed source technologies, same as Google's phone - which (duh) uses Apple's WebKit in its browser, just like Chrome for the desktop does.Now, IE/Windows/WindowsMobile - that stuff is closed.
johnnysoftwareJan 10, 2010
Remember how Windows XP came out in 2001, and in 2003 MS started hyping "Longhorn" which in 2005 they discovered they could not ship so they name changed to Vista and shipped a while later - and Vista bombed? Then in 2009, 8 years after XP, everyone said "this is what Vista" should have been" when Windows 7 came out.You start the decade with one OS, and you just manage to come out with one decent sequel to it 8 years later - that is struggling.
mrbitchJan 10, 2010
@ JohnnySoftware, RE: " .. in 2003 Microsoft had mockup screenshots of "Longhorn" which was never, released. Instead, almost half a decade later they shipped Vista as a half-measure, stopgap solution - and then the real deal of what Longhorn was supposed to be came out in 2009 as Windows 7. My point is, mockups do not mean a whole lot. "Good point.
mrbitchJan 10, 2010
@ strangewill, RE: " .. Yes, features like rooting is WHAT I choose a phone over. I want it to be a mini computer, not a hard locked device like Windows CE or the mobile OSX platform."Wait, you didn't know that rooting an Android based phone gives you the same features as jailbreaking an iPhone?
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