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Originally Posted by ajwalker
They don't let PC makers strip features from Windows XP or Vista, why do they allow that to happen with Windows Mobile?  |
In the desktop space they can do whatever they want - and we know how they went too far a few years back. But when Microsoft started in the mobile arena, they were the little guys. They worked very hard to bend over backwards to do whatever the carriers wanted - because the carriers were (and still are, largely) the gateway to the customers. I personally feel that as Microsoft has grown in this market and gained significant market share, they should have started to ramp up their own needs/wants and started to do more on their own. But they really haven't, and we've all suffered as a result.
But guess what? With the way AT&T was willing to bend over backwards for Apple, there's some real hope moving forward that Microsoft will be able to accomplish more.
This remains my #1 pain point with Windows Mobile and at the MVP Summit this year I challenged the General Manager of the Windows Mobile Division on this exact point - I said, point blank, that the ease of use and speed at which Apple has been able to offer updates to iPhone customers should make Microsoft feel embarrassed. He, uh, didn't seem to like that statement very much.
I don't know if things are going to be better with Windows Mobile 7, but I keep fighting for it!
