[SeekAndFind]

For any Microsoft fans out there ( and here in FR, I think they are very few ), next year is going to be the make or break moment for Windows Phone. The long awaited Nokia Lumia 800, which is an excellent device, will finally arrive in the U.S. With it comes all of Nokia’s marketing might that Kindel thinks Windows Phone is missing. If Nokia delivers a dud, it could easily take Windows Phone down with it.

(And for those software developers out there, it might not be worth your precious time mastering how to program for the Windows Phone ).

[jagusafr]

What pisses me off most about my Windows 7 phone is that it won’t synch with Microsoft Outlook - I have to move all my contacts to my Hotmail account and double-enter every appointment on my Calendar. Really, Microsoft? You make BOTH PRODUCTS!!

[Sherman Logan]

Have a Windows phone, and it is remarkably non-intuitive.

Haven’t used the other systems, but it’s difficult to imagine them being worse.

[dayglored]

> For any Microsoft fans out there ( and here in FR, I think they are very few )...

Honestly, I'm not anybody's "fan". But I want Microsoft to succeed with Windows Phone (and Windows 8). They need to be in this market or they will atrophy and become irrelevant, and that's not going to be good for anyone.

> (And for those software developers out there, it might not be worth your precious time mastering how to program for the Windows Phone ).

That's a killer; if developers stay away, WP is dead.

The thing is, Apple's iOS approach, and Google's Android approach, cover the two workable possibilities already -- the gorgeous but walled garden, and the open but fragmented litterbox.

What Microsoft is doing, by NOT controlling the entire process, but by setting tight restrictions, seems to combine the worst, not the best, of each approach. They have constructed a walled litterbox.

*sigh* I truly hope they figure it out in time.

[wbill]

What I'm hearing (and I'm following this, a little) is that the Lumia is a dud.

I hope not, I've got $$$$ riding on Nokia to be at least marginally successful.

But, I also don't underestimate the power of MS to distort the market. Maybe a free* Windows phone, with every purchase of a MS OS? Who knows.

*24 month contract extra, taxes and fees may apply.