Comments on: Talking with Windows Mobile at CntrStg http://www.mobilejaw.com/articles/2009/01/talking-with-windows-mobile-at-cntrstg/ Mobile Jaw Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:11:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Charles http://www.mobilejaw.com/articles/2009/01/talking-with-windows-mobile-at-cntrstg/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Charles Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:43:32 +0000 http://www.mobilejaw.com/articles/2009/01/talking-with-windows-mobile-at-cntrstg/#comment-107 You didn't fumble it at all! I just wanted to add a couple points to a very interesting article. You didn’t fumble it at all! I just wanted to add a couple points to a very interesting article.

]]> By: Mike Temporale http://www.mobilejaw.com/articles/2009/01/talking-with-windows-mobile-at-cntrstg/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Mike Temporale Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:19:12 +0000 http://www.mobilejaw.com/articles/2009/01/talking-with-windows-mobile-at-cntrstg/#comment-106 @Charles - That's the exact point I was trying to make. Apple has complete control from start to finish, while Microsoft has limited control. I just fumbled it in the delivery. ;) Thanks for the tip on Kinoma Play - looks very cool. I'll have to give it a try. :) @Charles – That’s the exact point I was trying to make. Apple has complete control from start to finish, while Microsoft has limited control. I just fumbled it in the delivery. ;)

Thanks for the tip on Kinoma Play – looks very cool. I’ll have to give it a try. :)

]]> By: Charles http://www.mobilejaw.com/articles/2009/01/talking-with-windows-mobile-at-cntrstg/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Charles Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:41:01 +0000 http://www.mobilejaw.com/articles/2009/01/talking-with-windows-mobile-at-cntrstg/#comment-105 "Apple has shown that by controlling the device and the OS, they can better market the product to consumers and create that iconic device." The OS underlying the iPhone doesn't matter to users -- it could just as easily be Linux. It'd be more accurate to say that "Apple has shown that by COMPLETELY controlling the device and the USER EXPERIENCE, they've created a better device that's more marketable to consumers." The key is that when you buy an iPhone, you know what the user experience is going to be (1) very nice and (2) consistent -- "any color as long as its black", with all the benefits and drawbacks of a single-vendor solution. That's enough to Apple to earn a very healthy marketshare early on (until the rest of the industry gets its act together), and hold onto a profitable marketshare in the long run. Apps like Kinoma Play show that Windows Mobile can support apps that out-cool the iPhone. If Microsoft can pull together an appealing, coherent user experience on top of the OS (as they are with Windos 7) and make vendor-specific "shells" like TouchSLO obsolete, there's no reason the Windows Mobile ecosystem shouldn't grow like gangbusters. “Apple has shown that by controlling the device and the OS, they can better market the product to consumers and create that iconic device.”

The OS underlying the iPhone doesn’t matter to users — it could just as easily be Linux. It’d be more accurate to say that “Apple has shown that by COMPLETELY controlling the device and the USER EXPERIENCE, they’ve created a better device that’s more marketable to consumers.”

The key is that when you buy an iPhone, you know what the user experience is going to be (1) very nice and (2) consistent — “any color as long as its black”, with all the benefits and drawbacks of a single-vendor solution.

That’s enough to Apple to earn a very healthy marketshare early on (until the rest of the industry gets its act together), and hold onto a profitable marketshare in the long run.

Apps like Kinoma Play show that Windows Mobile can support apps that out-cool the iPhone. If Microsoft can pull together an appealing, coherent user experience on top of the OS (as they are with Windos 7) and make vendor-specific “shells” like TouchSLO obsolete, there’s no reason the Windows Mobile ecosystem shouldn’t grow like gangbusters.

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