Posts by techSage

Andy Rubin teases next week's launch of Essential phone

Satphone?

Looks like the antenna for a satellite-based phone. Would that be a first for Android?

Microsoft's nerd goggles will run on a toaster

HoloLens is Standalone, Doesn't Have Minimum Requirements

You say "This makes the minimum requirements... far lower than Microsoft's high-end "augmented reality" platform HoloLens.", but HoloLens is a standalone device that doesn't require a separate PC, so it doesn't have minimum requirements for such.

Microsoft fails to turn punters on to WinPho 7

True, But in Due Time (Which Has Already Started)

With the reboot that Microsoft did for Windows Phone, it was important to focus on making a starting with a phone that was fun to use again and then add everything else that everyone wants. They've already begun doing this with support for Sharepoint and Exchange at launch and are continuing it with Visual Voicemail, Office 365 Support, Sykdrive Support, 3rd Party Multitasking, Linked Inboxes (think Universal Inbox w/ a twist), Pinnable Email Folders, Threaded Email, management via System Center, Lync (Microsoft's Unified Communications Platform), Exchange Server email search, enhanced security and information rights management, and support for hidden WiFi networks, Group Messaging and more. That's just the Enterprise oriented features they've already announced or that have been leaked. Once they have these things in place, then it is the right time for them to market to the Enterprise as well and add to all of the other avenues of growth that they are exploiting.

Wrong Turn

Except that the Ferrari drivers were doing donuts on the track the whole time thinking they were so cool.

Exactly.

Well, we do know that it took Android 6 months to reach 1 million (look it up, people!), so there's part of your answer.

Reboot

Think Batman Begins. Better yet, Dark Knight after Batman Begins paved the way. Look out for the Fall/Winter update to Windows Phone and start planning on an exit strategy from whatever phone you're using now, because as someone actually keeping up with what Microsoft is doing instead of sitting on the sidelines poking fun and scratching my itchy parts, I can see what they've actually done so far with Windows Phone and where they're headed with it.

Everyone Driver Has to Refual at Some Point, MS Took Their Turn Already

Oh, like Apple has now that Android is the new flavor of the week? There's always room for a new flavor. Maybe the next one is Windows Phone. Think about Playstation versus Xbox. And without the usual Sony fanboyism.

Don't Judge WP7 by its Predecessor, Windows Mobile

If you find WIndows 7 to be useful on the desktop, you might be surprised if you gave Windows Phone 7 a chance, especially after the myriad of new features being added in the fall to all Windows Phones. WIndows Phone was rebooted and specifically with a focus on removing all of the previous annoyances of Windows Mobile. SInce Windows Mobile was feature-rich, though unstable and largely disliked, we're talking about taking the strengths of Microsoft's experience with a mobile operating system for over a decade and a half now and combining the good parts of that with a new mindset of what the consumer (that's you) wants out of a phone - and I think they've delivered AND are in it to win it, determined to continue drastically improving on what they've already accompllished with the new phone OS.