How Microsoft blew it with Windows Mobile

[x10guy]

Originally Posted by brownhornet

I said long ago on one of these posts that winmo is falling behind android and the iphone but of course no one listened. Proof is in the pudding since windows mobile sales had record drops in the last quarter.

Who said no one listened?
The news is worse when even the manufacturers start to grumble about WinMo too. HTC is definitely not too thrilled with the WinMo OS and is starting to really lean toward Android handets.

[Noir]

Originally Posted by x10guy

Who said no one listened?
The news is worse when even the manufacturers start to grumble about WinMo too. HTC is definitely not too thrilled with the WinMo OS and is starting to really lean toward Android handets.

wai wha/
granted htc is having half of its devices as android this year but you forget they pulled out the big rumored snapdragon android based hd in favor of the leo...i'm sorry but i don't see where the speculation is when lin himself has constantly sai that windows mobile and htc are tight (check out the interviews on htcpedia for more information on that)

as far as android is concerned i don't or haven't seen the big deal of android at all. maybe i'm lost but someone has to explain the draw beyond updates (looks at wm 6.5.3 updates every 3 days) or speed (points to said os leaks) and customizability (looks at htc and samsung) so uhm what's the big hullabaloo if anything android can do windows mobile can do?

[x10guy]

Originally Posted by Noir

wai wha/
granted htc is having half of its devices as android this year but you forget they pulled out the big rumored snapdragon android based hd in favor of the leo...i'm sorry but i don't see where the speculation is when lin himself has constantly sai that windows mobile and htc are tight (check out the interviews on htcpedia for more information on that)

as far as android is concerned i don't or haven't seen the big deal of android at all. maybe i'm lost but someone has to explain the draw beyond updates (looks at wm 6.5.3 updates every 3 days) or speed (points to said os leaks) and customizability (looks at htc and samsung) so uhm what's the big hullabaloo if anything android can do windows mobile can do?

Android is definitely not a leader yet. But just look at the number of current and future handsets coming out.

I don't think this is an argument about what Winmo can or can't do compared to others. I mean, there are all strengths and weaknesses of for all handsets. It's about who will lead and drive the market in the future.