Will Windows Mobile Be There In The Future?

[Batman]

http://mobiletechaddicts.com/2009/01...indows-mobile/

Found this article thought id share...

[TheRealHotshot]

Of course windows mobile survive its M$ they have more than enough money to pull there arse from the fire. I love when I'm flying somewhere and the token apple guy whips out his iphone n showing his cool BUT USELESS apps on his nice iphone than I breaks out mines and run down just a few of the things my phone can do both work related and media showing them winmo can also be a nice fun phone too and when I tell ppl tmo,verizon,at&t and sprint ALL carry this touch pro phone. I mean I thank apple for the iphone making other phone OS's step it up only for there's to stand still so if winmo 7 comes out to be a magnificent OS *jamie foxx voice* blame it on the I I iphone! For waking up M$ just my 2¢

[Whosdaman]

It's too true.....Microsoft is fighting a lost cause by making WM. It's so far behind it unbeileveable. Compared to the iPhones App Store, Verizon new App Store, and Palm and Blackberry support and now Touch Screen flexibility....Windows Mobile is just now trying to create their own App Store, they are making 6.5, when Windows Mobile 7 is coming right after this? Why waste the time making 6.5 when you could be fully working on 7?

Just makes no sense and they will fail....

[Batman]

Originally Posted by Whosdaman

..they are making 6.5, when Windows Mobile 7 is coming right after this? Why waste the time making 6.5 when you could be fully working on 7?

thats so true. whatd be the point making 6.5 if theyre just gonna release 7 right after..pretty pointless

[indagroove]

Originally Posted by Whosdaman

It's too true.....Microsoft is fighting a lost cause by making WM. It's so far behind it unbeileveable. Compared to the iPhones App Store, Verizon new App Store, and Palm and Blackberry support and now Touch Screen flexibility....Windows Mobile is just now trying to create their own App Store, they are making 6.5, when Windows Mobile 7 is coming right after this? Why waste the time making 6.5 when you could be fully working on 7?

Just makes no sense and they will fail....

6.5 is just a stepping stone to 7, is that so hard to figure out.

I disagree that windows mobile is so far behind. I wouldn't trade my Diamond in for an iPhoney if you paid me.

[AB33]

Originally Posted by Whosdaman

It's too true.....Microsoft is fighting a lost cause by making WM. It's so far behind it unbeileveable. Compared to the iPhones App Store, Verizon new App Store, and Palm and Blackberry support and now Touch Screen flexibility....Windows Mobile is just now trying to create their own App Store, they are making 6.5, when Windows Mobile 7 is coming right after this? Why waste the time making 6.5 when you could be fully working on 7?

Just makes no sense and they will fail....

IMHO:
WinMo will survive because at the end of the day it is still ahead of the curve when compared to: OSX (Iphone), Symbian (Nokia), Palm, WebOS, Blackberry, Danger (Sidekick).

Really, what more can the Iphone add, the last 3 phones have been incremental updates at best and the Iphone 3G update to 3.0 makes it basically the same phone as the Iphone 3G S except that the 3G S has more memory options and longer battery and is supposed to be faster for data, but its contingent upon ATT's towers which makes it the data speed just as fast as the 3G.

Also WinMo has many manufactures worldwide using these phones and many industries are heavily dependant based on the Windows Mobile device from Construction, Target and other retail stores, Health care, Cable companies, etc, etc., etc. Next time the cable guy comes to your house or you see someone in a retail store doing inventory chances are they are using a Windows Mobile device with an IR scanner/barcode reader

In terms of App stores, I could really care less about an app store as long as I can go on other sites, XDA, Winmo, and PPC Geeks and find whatever I want, donate, pay for ,or get apps and ROMS for free where I can use a new phone every month with a ROM Update. Something the Other Operating systems are not able to do yet. Plus all companies use Microsoft Exchange Server which makes WinMo relevant.

[horndoctor]

I hope it doesn't go away!
What will happen to ppcgeeks!

[codybear]

well its mainly the UI and a few minor things that they have to change to make it better than the other OSes. Once they update the UI to current standards, and then change those few minor things and add dual touch screen capabilities(like they're going to in wm7) I think they'll completely dominate the mobile world again.
They have all the bugs/functionality pretty much down, it's just mainly the UI that needs work IMO.

[shaggylive]

but the iphone can copy and paste now.

they survived after they shared their cool find with bill (xerox's mouse)

[Atomic2Mod]

Of course WM has a future! It might not be glamorous and not too many teens, heck not too many regular people will use them, but it has a market that can't do without the platform.

I'm not just talking about the business user. But I'm thinking of many professional applications that the WM platform is suited for. Doctors and especially the military. You wouldn't believe how even the older pda's are still used by the military to run vital programs.

Personally, I can't do without being able to sync all our personal pda's / wm phones and have all the daily info readily available in a form that no other phone can provide.

If wm were still in the stylus only state, it would lose a lot of it's appeal, but I would still use it!