PCWORLD : No amount of advertising will fix Windows Mobile 6.5
September 1, 2009
PCworld has a scathing article regarding the complete Microsoft Failure in Mobile Devices. It basically said that no advertising agency on earth could solve this one. Granted I am somewhat biased as it’s the only Microsoft product that I like, as my Samsung Blackjack II runs Windows Mobile 6.1. I have Google Maps, Nimbuzz for Chat and Skyfire as my browser as well as an FTP client and a text editor. I can do about 95% of my job from just my phone (if bandwidth speeds are ok).
Now it may not be as “cool” as an iPhone, but at least I have a full QWERTY keyboard. But that’s mostly the hardware, the Windows Mobile platform does have some serious bugs, like it tends to “lock up” and other times it prompts you to install X so you can run Y.
The problem is however is that Microsoft did the same thing with Mobile as it did with Search, it ignored it. Whereas even Google Android is now catching up to it in market share (for good reason, Android is a solid Mobile OS that is opensource)
It’s reached the point where some are stating that Microsoft should just abandon the platform.
That would be a mistake, let’s face it.. things are getting smaller.. and smaller. My phone today can run applications that my desktop couldn’t 10 years ago. Yes, I even have the shareware version of Doom installed.
Abandoning mobile devices now would be akin to the same blue screen level error that IBM pulled off in the 1980′s. Let other people take over the next generation of computers.. you know.. the handheld ones.
You missed search Microsoft, don’t miss this one
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