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Yes but that whole bribing thing left microsoft with about 3 exclusives.Instead of buying game companies like sony or maybe ea, they cut short term deals that work against them in the long wrong. Thats why nintendo and sony will (for at least the next 4-5 years) have more 1st party exclusive games. It wasn't that game 'developers' not publishers were frustrated with sony. Its simply that microsoft was first with next gen hardware.Lesser competition= larger consumer base. Microsoft is a great company and some of their products are great. I feel that the problem is that they're too ****y. Instead of building trust and loyalty with their partners and the consumers who buy their products. They simply drop support or block features only to charge you for later. Throwing money around doesn't guarantee success.

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Sounds to me like too many of us are taking the reviews that we have seen as the gospel. We don't seem to be thinking for ourselves made obvious by the fact none of us have had our hands on a WP7 device as yet. Most of the shortcomings pointed out by the reviewers are things that I don't care much about or would utilize that much. I'm not a power user; I'm a person that want's the system to operate simply enough to do the things I want to do. I for one look forward to growing with WP7 hardware and software wise over the next few months.:tshirt:

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Windows Phone 7 handset pre-orders sell-out in UK, Orange offering £20 “goodwill” voucher

It's selling out!!!

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Lets see how it does over here.

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I'm buying one... So... That's one sale. LOL
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I'm going to need to have one in my grubby hands before I decide.

I probably won't give up android but I will give wp7 a try. If it turns out to be great then I might get it for my wife. Wp7 is already getting the netflix app which android still doesn't have. That's a plus for microsoft. They are getting alot of developer support. Hopefully its a good os. If it is then that means more choices and hopefully lower prices for consumers.

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Like I've said all along... I'm getting one and will be happy to consider myself almost a beta user. Already they have found a few "glitches" in Europe and I thnk MS is taking note for the next release.
Nothing big. But noted.
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this is all great!!! I'm listening eagerly!!! :hello2:

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Looks like sales are still going strong in Europe.. if only the manufacturers could keep up with the demand.

Windows Phone sold out in the UK, supply constraints continue

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The support is not dwindling either... Still think it's doomed???

Survey: 20% of publishers/developers are planning to focus on Windows Phone 7 | Windows Phone Central

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Morgan Stanley seems optimistic to say the least...
Prediction: Microsoft to sell between 3.5 to 4 million WP7 devices (Q4) | Windows Phone Central

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I just played with an hd7!

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ANNNNND?

What did you think?

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Inquisitive minds want to know!

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we couldn't open any of the tiles lol. the guys at the kiosk didn't know you can't take the memory card out (you can't see it without taking the back apart).

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You broke it!? :angry7:

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lol, way to break it

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I didn't break it lol, thanks to courtney, I showed the guys the picture from the news section!

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You are obviously not in the demographic that is being targeted by Microsoft with this product.
You probably fall more into the windows embeded category.
It's more of a niche product and has more of what YOU are looking for.
WP7 is a direct competitor for the iPhone and will have a broader appeal.
The cool thing is that we all have choices and we aren't stuck with one or another.

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was that because the was no data connection?

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I was trying to respond on the hd7 but it wouldn't do mobile pages lol! the speed on it is incredible though....makes my hd2 feel like my old samsung m900!

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The guys at the kiosks don't know their own last name.
We need to give them a business card directing them to this site!
They're a bunch of Lames! (Yes... I just turned a verb into a noun) LOL.
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I had to get my sim card switched, I messed with it some more today. it is a learning curve over winmo, but it did grow on me a little :).

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Ill take my tp2 over the Iphone for sure... I'm worried about some really good programs going extinct....

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You mean that old technology processor was able to preform at a satisfactory level?
Hmmm... Where did I hear that... Did someone here mention that this would be the case due to the OS being as "light" as it is?

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Alot of the programs will be extinct. Some will continue to get updates as WinMo appears to be hanging around for a while at least... Windows Embeded is based on WinMo 6.5.3. However some will be gone forever from the WinMo platform... Most developers choose to develop for 3 platforms. Now we have WP7, iOS, Android, Rim at the forefront... They may support 4 but WinMo is not likely to be one of them.
But who knows.
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Yep - exactly - wish folks would understand that! But I don't think they'll really get it until 7.5, but I really hope WP7 does well!!!

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It is nice to hear that the device is responsive!

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I agree bro... Now I can't wait to get my TP2 that I always wanted... (7PRO) lol.

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How long ago was it that we were teased with that nvidia tegra processor? Looks like THE windows device will soon be here. Any idea when we may see demo units in the Sprint stores?

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Well... Apparently the employees witll be able to pre order soon. Not sure how soon after that they will get it.
But Shouldn't be too long... I've got a busy and costly holiday season ahead of me. I'm kinda glad it won't get here till early 2011. Gives me a chance to recover the wallet.

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Seems that a 3.7" screen HTC WP7 is on the way to Verizon. I'll wait till at least a 4" screen is available.

HTC Windows Phone 7 smartphone spotted on way to Verizon? - SlashGear

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In the beginning i didn't care about microsoft's new os at all. Now it's actually starting to grow on me. Don't get me wrong, i still don't want one because webos is the os i love lol. I'm just waiting on better hardware for it. I haven't had the chance to actually play with microsofts new baby but i believe it's better than android in some ways. I bought my girl an evo not too long ago and its a great device i must admit. The problem is that its the hardware and skin (sense) that htc provided that makes it a completely sexy device.I've had a mogul/touch pro and tp2 so i've always enjoyed what HTC makes. I feel like most people are claiming to love android and what they really love is what phone manufacturers add to it that makes it pretty/sexy and consumer friendly.

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Not exactly...while sense is a popular ui many people still opt to use launcher pro and adw launcher..the power of Android lies in it customization. realistically speaking at the moment its probably the closest alternative to the current winmo of having a pocket pc and a phone in one....and unlike winmo..Android is enjoying the new hardware and is taking advantages of the new processors/gpus and etc.

not only that, its also fairly customizable to the average consumer with the implementation of widgets.

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The only real problem with Sense it is that you are pretty much stuck with the layout as provided by HTC. With Android, widgets can be moved around to really create a customized interface.

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I agree about being fairly customizable with widgets, but most people dont use launcher pro or adw launcher. Maybe most people that roam sites such as this one but not the average consumer. All they know is what they're told.If they know they like android then thats enough. They walk into the store looking for android phones. Not phones running sense or touchwiz. We research and understand that htc/samsung/dell etc all have their own ui's over android itself.

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Yes but lets be honest. We really aren't the average consumer. When we compare android to the old winmo it's because of the ability to tweak the os and flash different roms. We are the minority. The first thing any of us (users of sites such as this one) do when we get any new os is try to root/flash/tweak or just plain old make the os do things it didnt do right out the box. Demonlordoftheround kinda made the point i was trying to get at. My opinion was that most people (the majority) don't realize that android isn't sense or touchwiz. All the average consumer can do is customize the interface within sense. To someone like us sense or any other ui doesn't matter because nine times out of ten, we're just going to flash a custom rom anyway. My girlfriend has an evo, she loves everything about it. She says she loves android and the weather effects (of sense) are cute. She doesn't realize that its htc's sense ui that she's in love with. If it wasn't for me she would expect all phones running android to at the very least have what sense has. I could imagine there are many other android users thinking somewhere along the lines of her.