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The most popular ones have some sort of customization. Moto's BLUR is going to be huge. HTC Sense is very popular. Point is, OEMs have a choice: do a "Google" phone (basic OS) or a custom version (Sense, BLUR, etc.) It's working very well for platform, no? Why would MS take years of OEM customization away from them? The ability to customize the UX/UI is a way for an OEM to fly their colors, make themselves standout, define their brand. You take that way, they are all stuck riffing on the same tune. It's exactly why WinMo was so boring when Wm5 came out; only Palm was seriously hacking it. I've personally spoken with Microsoft before on this topic: they love HTC's Sense. They think it's a selling point for their OS. This was in October and I find it hard to believe they would do a 180 on the topic. All evidence I have suggest MS is doing the Android route: have both a Zune UX version and one that can be customized. Heck, they even mention they will be making custom UIs for carriers. I think OEMs would be ticked "Oh you can do custom UI's, but we can't?" There may also be a Zune-type feature phone (very locked down, guaranteed performance/experience). Going further, if the HD2 is getting the update (and I'm confident it will), do you think HTC is going to let users go from their Sense 2.5 to "X"? You don't think that would, you know, disrupt the customer experience? That's my bet. Last edited by Malatesta; 02-06-2010 at 08:29 PM. |
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Back to the point, the ability for OEMs to customize Android is a big selling point for them. The info presented today is only 1 piece of Seven and lacks important detail. OT: I also have to personally disagree about Droid being an amazing piece of hardware: the KB is just awful. It is really, really bad. The success of Droid is mostly due to advertising and word of mouth by Verizon. Last edited by Malatesta; 02-06-2010 at 10:00 PM. |
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@Smoove, just an FYI, Droid does now have full multitouch (along with tap to zoom) in the browser and galleries, but not out of the box, only through custom ROMs
![]() I already feel that Android is better than WM 6.anything, and I have hopes that WM7 will be awesome so I can come back to a MS device after it is released. Right now Android has all the ease of use and stability of the iPhone OS mixed in with the customization and capabilities of WM 6.5.x, so it has the best of both in my opinion. I would still rather have a Windows phone, they are just totally behind all the competition right now and I'm not going to stay with a product that doesnt offer the same capabilities just out of brand name loyalty. I have high hopes for WM 7 and I'm not going to write it off just yet based on these rumors. I also cant believe everybody thinking it wont be able to be modified ![]() ![]() ![]()
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the thing that worries me is if Microsoft is completly revamping its entire network. Why would you go from an interface like WM which is buisness oriented to begin with to one that moreso focuses on social aspects. This is a complete 360 to what their first niche market was...does this mean that in the future Windows will be a completly new OS all together?
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one day ill be able to read between the lines...one day
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