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Originally Posted by orangekid
I get your point, and in some ways I agree with it, but 6.5 is still imo the best os out there, the only other os you could say is better is android, and thats still preference. So I don't see how MS is "falling fast" when wm7 will give it the surge it needs at just the right time. We have to trust that microsoft knows what its doing and has enough business sense to do the right thing here. I am just as anxious as the rest to see wm7 but there aren't even any phones out that can support it yet hardware-wise, so when it does come out it will be in front of the curve by leaps and bounds.
we knew the drawbacks of 6.5 when we started flashing long ago, and I'm glad the manufacturers add their own ui to it because I don't want everyone using teh same titanium ui that I use anyways.
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You can't see how it's falling fast?
It JUST released an app store. And JUST for 6.5 devices (how many are "officially" out yet? 2?), 6.0/6.1 doesn't get it until November, I believe. No OTA/downloadable OS updating (the majority of users don't flash). They're JUST starting to move away from a stylus-centric input based touch screen. HTC is essentially the only manufacturer that OEMs WM. Almost everyone else has stopped producing WM based phones. Just to name a few.
Additionally, WM is down to a 9% marketshare (which is dropping every single quarter)
By the time Win7 is released (if it stays on target) in late 2010, the iPhone will have a three year advantage over it, Android will have a 2 year advantage over it, BB has an long advantage over it, and even WebOS will have well over a year advantage over it.
The
only advantage that MS has with WM7, is that they can learn from the other 4's mistakes. That's it.
WM7 has to be perfect, otherwise it will fail.