Posts by aaee 2 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Oct 2010
Just tried it this morning. Download the app and run it on my iPhone4. Tried to make a video call to my desktop PC messenger client (latestest version). The app took a long time and appeared to be unresponsive, and almost wanna kill it. Finally it managed to show me the video call screen and started dialling after seemed like ages. Guess what. No video showing on the desktop client. It's only via WiFi! Absolutely time waster piece of junk!
Like what I see so far. But it's going to have the brand awareness issues with each manufacturer releasing several phones running the same OS. It's trying to add multiple entry points for a wide audience but seems to me the side effect is losing the focus. That's what's killing Nokia with its Symbian. The "Microsoft" brand is no longer a cool brand. When you have a manufacturer (no mention name here) is making some crappy looking WP7 phones running exactly the same OS as a gorgeous looking one made by another manufacturer that has put more effort in, it drags everyone down. It's great to have a tighter control on the OS itself, but I reckon Microsoft should also implement an approval process to vet the actual phones on there for the purpose of ensuring the best possible user experience. Just my own opinion of cos.
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