Posted on 05/19/2011 2:44:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Microsoft made some big errors during it’s earlier smartphone, which cost it a lot of trust from the consumer, but, in the end, it should be able to make up for lost time.
Do you suppose that may be why they are buying Nokia?
Didn’t they just buy Skype as well?
Microsoft is not buying Nokia. They’re partnering with Nokia, to get Nokia to use Windows Phone 7 as the OS.
I’ve got a BB Storm 2. Contract’s up in June, sooooo - I’m thinking Droid X. the Missus just got a Samsung Continuum, and she likes it a lot.
Now if they can come up with a droid battery that lasts more than a few hours, they may actually have something.
Amen to that.
RE: Do you suppose that may be why they are buying Nokia?
Yes it is. Nokia is going to shelve their Phone OS in favor of Windows. The purchase of Skype is also part of the scheme. Their is method to their madness.
Whether this madness will succeed is going to be interesting to watch.
Somehow, I think the next few years will either see Microsoft dominant once again or just a shell of their former self.
RE: Do you suppose that may be why they are buying Nokia?
Yes it is. Nokia is going to shelve their Phone OS in favor of Windows. The purchase of Skype is also part of the scheme. There is method to their madness.
Whether this madness will succeed is going to be interesting to watch.
Somehow, I think the next few years will either see Microsoft dominant once again or just a shell of their former self.
RE: Didn’t they just buy Skype as well?
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Microsoft’s purchase of both Nokia and Skype is part of a plan to dominate.
Nokia is going to shelve their smartphone OS, Symbian in favor of Windows. The purchase of Skype is also part of the scheme. There is method to their madness.
Whether this madness will succeed is going to be interesting to watch. Skype supports various operating systems (Windows being just one of them). Will Microsoft continue to support the other operating systems, or slowly abandon them to concentrate on Windows? Who knows what their plans are...
Somehow, I think the next few years will either see Microsoft dominant once again or just a shell of their former self.
Everything Microsoft has ever made has been a copycat bag of suck.
I think it will destroy three great brands instead of just one.
I hope you mean Droid X2, which is currently being released. I have the original Droid X and it’s an awesome phone, but if I were you I would wait a little while until there are more LTE phones out there (unless LTE is not a concern to you). If you don’t care about LTE, the qHD screen and dual-core chip in the Droid X2 look appealing.
HTC is notoriously terrible at batteries (see: Droid Incredible, Evo). Try the Motorola offerings, like the Droid X, which has a battery that lasts as long as any other smartphone out there.
Ah - that’s the input I’m looking for. Wasn’t sure when the dual core tecra procs were going to come out. Who’s going to offer them first? Samsung? Moto?
Well, like I said, the Droid X2 (currently being sold) has a dual-core Tegra 2. It looks like a great phone, except it’s missing two components I really think it should have: front facing camera and LTE. It also didn’t ship with Gingerbread, though it’s supposed to be getting it within weeks (along with the original Droid X).
If LTE and a front-facing camera don’t matter to you, the Droid X2 is about the most advanced Android phone out there.
This neck of the woods isn’t likely to see LTE for a good long while, I think. In another two years - and if we still have a civilization - I’ll probably take the next bump up. We’ll see Tegra quad cores by then.
Windows Phone 7 is a great OS - I really like my Windows phone. I think part of the problem is the limited number of handsets that are available, and the fact that none of them are really “sexy” from a smart phone perspective. If there was some really hot, pretty hardware available, I’m sure they’d sell more phones.
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