Excellent piece, Jon. Well thought out and written.
This whole AKU2 thing has turned into a "last straw" for me. We were lead to believe that WM5.0 devices would ship with push email and A2DP. Once they were released we found out that SP2 for Exchange was needed and rumor was that A2DP would be along soon as an update. Once SP2 shipped for Exchange we were then informed that the wait was not over yet, MSFP was needed and it would be along soon and include A2DP. Now we are finding out otherwise.......Keep in mind I/we had A2DP two years ago on Broadcom BT stacks. I gave up that functionality believing I would soon get it back. Now I really wish I had not. I locked into a CDMA account with my 6700, so it's not going to be that easy to switch devices to get A2DP, which I have been waiting very impatiently for months to use again. I locked into this account with the knowledge that I would soon receive an update.......stupid mistake. I really should have known better.
Windows Mobile is very quickly turning into a second rate amateur show. I personally am very tired of the misinformation, and LOSS of features. We are going backwards very quickly in a lot of areas. It is the norm to wait months for updates. We still have a number of bugs that have been present since the inception of PPCs. I'm sorry but I don't know what else to say but...F u c k it!. I am totally frustrated with the platform.
Microsoft is the worlds largest software developer, and yet they can't seem to commit the needed resources to Windows Mobile that are needed to simply produce issue free features that have been promised. The whole platform seems the be very poorly managed. There does not seem to be a focused direction. Resources are not well managed at all. Schedules are forever backed up. Features are being removed because they don't have the resources to fix them. Meanwhile they are not being upfront with their loyal customers.
I think Windows Mobile, by that I mean MS, and its partners really need to be careful. If they are close to loosing one time MVPs as customers, imagine how others who are less comitted must feel.
I feel like every time I post lately I sound more and more negative. I was feeling kind of bad about it, but I now see why. It's not MY attitude, it's what's happening with this platform in general.
[edit] FRACK is not the the word I used.
To keep the Thoughts community at a Family rating it was edited.
Dave