Comments on: Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft’s Attempt to Leapfrog iPhone 4 — The Competition

By: Hosea Brown

Hosea Brown — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:00:03 +0000

I think Microsoft can compete with iP4 if they work hard and finish quickly enough. Like not the end of 2011!

By: Sky

Sky — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:25:48 +0000

Dennis, agree. PocketPC was a remarkable platform in its early years but fell behind the times. Its handwriting recognition is still one of the best I’ve used. My biggest concern at this point is SilverLight, and the notion that proprietary standards by any one market leader are in consumers’ best interests. As aggravating as the iPhone / Flash standoff is, I can understand Apple’s position on this.

By: Kendo

Kendo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:32:55 +0000

I would love to see a good looking device run Windows Mobile 7. I do not have a phone yet but I know I want either an iPhone or a Windows Phone. Mostly Windows because Microsoft rocks.

By: neil john brimelow

neil john brimelow — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:45:16 +0000

love to see a 720p screen.

By: Lady Kaede

Lady Kaede — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:29:33 +0000

Until I see one well-implemented Media Edition device, I’m just finding it hard to believe MS can smoothly (read “fast, reliable”) integrate this list of technologies. Their ideas have never been bad, but their execution has been slow or sloppy or both for more than a decade. As for leapfrogging Apple – they should just try to get good stuff to market quickly in order to catch up in this space.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:26:01 +0000

MS has a shot if they really integrate MW and the Zune OS. Many, many people own an XBox 360, subscribe to XBox Live, and access audio and video content from MS's digital distribution service. It's precisely the area in which Apple did not succeed with Apple TV, leaving a gap that MS has been able to exploit, gradually.

As a former WM and Pocket PC user, I can say that WM always had several good points about it. It was merely underdeveloped and stagnant for a long time. Most notably, there is a large collection of mature, high quality 3rd party software for WM, over which there has been no central control as there is now with the App Store and the Android Marketplace. The ability to install 3rd party apps without an app store could be a major plus, if that's how the WM7 works. We'll see if they lock it down or not.

By: George DW

George DW — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:39:37 +0000

Count me skeptical on the ‘Apollo’ specs. However, a ‘Zune Phone’, if that’s what this ‘Media Edition’ actually resembles, would definitely be a serious competitor to iPhone much as Zune HD is a worthy competitor to the Touch.

By: Jason D

Jason D — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:13:07 +0000

I'm exceptionally skeptical at this point. Specs are nice. Smooth connectivity (like iTunes, App Store, etc) even better. Excellent functionality even more important.

If you separate out what of this is hardware (read- what HTC has done) and what part if Microsoft, the only thing that really beats iPhone 3OS is possible fake Flash via Silverlight. Other than that, I think my iPhone already does all this and more (again, from a software perspective).

By: Art Vendaley

Art Vendaley — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:50:48 +0000

does 720p mean we get a high-res blue screen of death ? evil laugh