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I think the market will speak on this one, both from the developer side and the end user side. I'm all for app signing but I think the user needs to be allowed to turn it off.
I've had Lextionary for the Smartphone at beta stage for over a month and that's where it has stayed. No phones to test on, cash up front to certify it, signing hassles, and did I mention a microscopically small Smartphone installed base? I have more pressing things to attend to.
Microsoft and their partners (Orange chose the specific signing model, not MS) will see that software support for the SPV will be a trickle at best and will panic in a few months. The model they have setup works fine for large corporate applications but doesn't work for a cool, hip device with fun and interesting software. Makes even less sense for an inexpensive mass market device such as the SPV.
I guess they are happy to give this market away to Nokia. Nokia has their problems but they also have the head start.
And has Microsoft fallen so far that they were only able to get 2 launch partners, one of which did the unheard of and pulled out at the last minute and the other one is just one more operator in just one more country (no offense UK)?
Okay, it's 3 in the morning and I've been programming all day and I'm a little grouchy....but Microsoft is not getting off to a good start on this one. It's a shame because the hardware and OS are pretty darn decent for a version 1.
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