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Originally Posted by dishe
Why does the better Pandora and N4S exist on iPod/iPhone but not WM? If it were because of some shortcoming on Microsoft's OS, I'd understand. Sadly, it seems to be more to do with the popularity game. Developers have shifted their sights to the more popular platforms, since they understandably want to target as many users with the least amount of effort. WM is losing in the popularity race right now. Its a danged shame. One of the reasons I've stuck with WM for so long is the long history of app developments that I use (I still have applications I use regularly dating back to Pocket PC 2003)... But its getting to a point where new developers are not bothering as much with us.
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Originally Posted by gianthobbit
Your totally right but I think your laying the blame in the wrong place. If Microsoft would have made a compelling OS update, consumers % would be higher and then higher developer support. It's Micro$fts fault for completely and utterly dropping the ball in the mobile arena.
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I like how everyone puts the blame on MS for not making a "compelling" OS update, but people fail to look at the larger picture. WinMo is still popular amongst most users like us BECAUSE they haven't made a radical update. The newer OS's still support really old apps that some of us still use (as highlighted in dishe's post).
MS has a very fine line to walk in terms of making something compelling and fresh and maintaining support for legacy applications. The newer mobile OS's (iphone, WebOS, Android) don't have this problem yet as they are all much newer than WinMo.
Now I know MS can and likely will do more than what they've done so far. I just want people to realize that the reason that haven't done more isn't just because they are lazy and don't care.