01-26-2012, 02:30 AM
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Will 2012 Be The Year Of Windows Phone?
"So here we stand with the best smartphone operating system, best hardware, best development tools and the best mobile web browser. I'm certain that Windows Phone with its army of app developers, OEMs and Mobile Operator partners will be marching to victory this year." 
Yes it will, says Rob Tiffany in his blog. How is he so sure? Well, he thinks it's a convergence of a number of factors that play well into Microsoft's hands. For instance, he believes that exciting new hardware options will entice customers from a handset perspective, and developers will be able to develop compelling new apps using Microsoft's effective development environment. Good points, and indeed these will be important factors. I think marketing, product positioning with both vendors and the public, and continual evolution of the reference hardware specs will be important too. Read through his blog and the drop over to our forums to let us know if you think 2012 will be "the" year for Windows Phone.
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01-26-2012, 05:02 AM
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Waiting for the Lumia 900 hitting in March to take the plunge
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01-26-2012, 07:37 PM
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Brad touched on it, but I really think they need to consider adding an army of marketeers to that army of app developers, OEMs and Mobile Operator partners. With some exceptions, those last two catagories don't have a significant commitment in the success of the platform..they have plenty of other stuff to sell and derive revenue from.
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01-26-2012, 08:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sven Johannsen
Brad touched on it, but I really think they need to consider adding an army of marketeers to that army of app developers, OEMs and Mobile Operator partners. With some exceptions, those last two catagories don't have a significant commitment in the success of the platform..they have plenty of other stuff to sell and derive revenue from.
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Totally agree with Sven.. WP7 phones won't 'take off' until they are SEEN in the cellular providers' stores. Except for us geeks to want the latest and greatest from what we see on the internet, the vast majority of buyers simply look at what's available from the providers (at least here in NA).
Microsoft's challenge is to convince the cellular networks to have more than one WP7 phone on their list of available phones.
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01-26-2012, 11:48 PM
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And it looks like MS understand that without Carriers and OEMs support it has no chance to succed. That's why MS throw money first at Nokia and not it's AT&T time read the article: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Micro...models_id26311
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01-27-2012, 12:02 AM
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I guess bribes is one way to go, but we REALLY need (at least here in Canada) is PRODUCT IN THE STORES!
We need the cellular networks to actually buy-into and support WP7 phones on their networks. Then the OEMs will acquire the phones to sell in their stores!
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08-16-2012, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Brad Wasson
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://robtiffany.com/windows-phone/prediction-2012-will-be-the-year-of-windows-phone' target='_blank'>http://robtiffany.com/windows-phone...f-windows-phone</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"So here we stand with the best smartphone operating system, best hardware, best development tools and the best mobile web browser. I'm certain that Windows Phone with its army of app developers, OEMs and Mobile Operator partners will be marching to victory this year."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/wpt/auto/1326138910.usr110171.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>Yes it will, says Rob Tiffany in his blog. How is he so sure? Well, he thinks it's a convergence of a number of factors that play well into Microsoft's hands. For instance, he believes that exciting new hardware options will entice customers from a handset perspective, and developers will be able to develop compelling new apps using Microsoft's effective development environment. Good points, and indeed these will be important factors. I think marketing, product positioning with both vendors and the public, and continual evolution of the reference hardware specs will be important too. Read through his blog and the drop over to our forums to let us know if you think 2012 will be "the" year for Windows Phone.</p>
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This year can belongs to Windows Phone. But up till now it seems like that Apple will take a lead. Apple will sooner launch another smart phone with latest technologies called iPhone 5. So Windows will have to work hard to take a lead in this competitive environment
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