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Originally Posted by Russ Smith
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So why do all those other phones sell? I think it's because a lot of people don't think in terms of leveraging apps they might already have to their next device. They might ask about transferring their contacts, but that's the extent of it. Microsoft might do well by not just highlighting some of the neat features of their OS, but also showing how you might have gotten an application in 2000 for your smartphone and might still be using the same app in the WM device you own today.
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Huh...? Have you ever used an iPhone? Configured it with iTunes? At approaching 60,000 apps why would you infer that people aren't interested in holding onto what they've purchased? You don't sound familiar with use of an iPhone.
Apps are stored in iTunes, the install files are all listed there. If you purchase, or download a free app on your device it syncs the install file to your desktop version of iTunes. Within iTunes you select the option to 'backup store purchases to disc' and you have a backup-backup of your apps. A DVD can hold a ton of apps.
A more accurate summary of the situation would be that iPhone users don't have to think about restoring their apps to a new iPhone, they just click a mouse button
