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Originally Posted by gyoung345
I think you make a great point here. If MS really made a great OS for the phone, we wouldn't be able to customize it like we want and can. They would lock it down so tight you would have to do it the MS way.
I think MS is always in "response" mode. Their Vista OS is trying to catch up to Apple. Look at there .NET ad campaign and their Live ad campaigns. They just seem really confused. The Windows Mobile OS is a PDA OS that has had phone functionality tied in much later as more of an afterthought.
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I'm not sure I agree with you on this one. If MS really made a great OS for phone functionality from the start (no pun intended), we wouldn't
WANT to be able to customize it like we do today - at least not on the scale that we see now.
In contrast, iPhones were made with phone functionality in mind. End product - it just works and most iPhone owners are happy with it without the need to customize it. Yes - we live in a very technologically savvy world so no matter what gadget is in mind, you bet there will be people that wanna know what makes it tick. Heck, people are still hacking the Apple Newton!
For some reason, this topic kinda reminds me of how facebook has evolved. I remember not too long ago people were yelling bloody murder when FB activated their news feed feature. Look at it now! Another one of those - they'll hate it at first, get used to it second, then depend on them last AS LONG AS you're satisfied with what ever else the product has to offer.
Kinda like what Apple is doing.
Apple: NO MMS for you! You don't need it!
iPhone owner: But I want it! All the other dumbphones can do it!
Apple: NO - you don't need it. Just use email.
iPhone owner: OK, I'll just use email then. As long as my phone can do all the other stuff easier.
So in essence - if MS locked their OS down tighter than beads attached to an abacus AND actually had a rock solid phone OS, then yeah - most wouldn't want to customize it to get it to work the way they want.
As for your comments on MS playing catch up - sometimes its good to stay a service pack behind
